SAP S/4HANA has been on a continuous innovation run since its launch in 2015. SAP S/4HANA 1809 is the result of the latest innovation run. As it stands, SAP S/4HANA is more than just “ready” for organizations looking to start their path to digital transformation. SAP S/4HANA is the definitive enabler for organizations looking to digitize their enterprise and achieve digital transformation.

 

SAP S/4HANA 1809 Key Innovations Overview

 

Embedded Transportation Management

 

• Mixed pallet building and load optimization
• Carrier invoicing through SAP Logistics Business Network

 

Supply Chain

 

• AATP (advanced Available To Promise): alternative-based confirmations
• Product allocation: calculate non-reserving availability

 

Industry to Core – Utilities

 

• Exception resolution in billing and invoicing
• Analysis of meter reading
• More Analytical insights

 

Industry to Core – Retail and Fashion

 

• Merchandise Management: empties in warehouse management integration
• Enhanced season management

 

Customer Management

 

• Embedded Service Management (Service Core)
• Eliminated middleware
• Harmonized data models

 

Digital Manufacturing

 

• Demand-driven visibility and interactive planning
• Capacity evaluation and adjustment for MRP controllers

 

Finance

 

• Central Finance which provides a finance data hub for real-time consolidation
• Intercompany reconciliation report

 

Sourcing and Procurement

 

• Purchase requisitions are centralized through hub and central contract management hub
• Integration of SAP Ariba Buying with SAP S/4HANA

 

Asset Management

 

• Overview Page for Planner
• Technical Object Damage Analysis
• Task list and operations

 

Sales and Distribution

 

• Simplified Sales Order creation
• Perform split analyses in Sales billing and invoicing
• Approval workflow for credit memo requests

 

Inventory Management

 

• Predictive analytics/machine learning for decision support
• Posting goods receipt for production order

 

Quality Management

 

• Quality inspection: recording results
• Complaint management recording/monitoring
• Analyze KPI’s for quality management data

 

Extended Warehouse Management

 

• Item Unique Identification
• New reports which classify products based on warehouse tasks history (ABC calculation)

 

R&D / Engineering

 

• Variant Configuration: multi-level, CPQ, classification
• Product marketability and chemical compliance

 

Migration Cockpit

 

• Transfer Data using staging tables
• Ability to adjust migration objects used with Object Modeler

 

These are just some of the highlights of SAP S/4HANA 1809.

 

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