Wake Up – It’s Time to Upgrade Your S/4HANA System!
- 1. Amit Garussi | VP Product, Change Intelligence July 2022
- 2. 2 • Questions should be posted in the Chat (we will cover them at the end) • Session is recorded and will be available on demand (e-mail with the link will be sent) House Keeping
- 3. 3 • SAP S/4HANA Cadence • Project Planning • SAP Tools • Key Success Factors • Avoid Production Failures • Introducing Innovation • The Power of a Single Platform Agenda
- 4. -We reduce thetime, costand riskof anyERP or SFDC changeby atleast 50% ERP and CRM ChangeAnalytics EnterpriseTest& Defect Management Value StreamManagement& PlanningTools Gartner’s2019Magic Quadrantfor EnterpriseAgile PlanningTools “Panayaincluded amongmost significantproviders inVSM marketfor its ability to modernizeSAP app-dev process, and empower SAP developers withcode-quality analytics” Trusted by over 3,000 enterprise customers Founded2006 AcquiredbyInfosys2014 7 GlobalOffices Leaderin Next Gen Impact Analytics& Testingfor About Panaya BringingAgilityto Enterprise Applications
- 6. 6 Release 1511 1610 1709 1809 1909 2020 SAP S/4HANA Material Ledger Extended Warehouse Management Commercial Project Management Advanced Variant Configuration Group Reporting Predictive MRP Extended Service Parts Management Unified General Ledger Constraint-Based Planning (PPDS) Portfolio + Project Management Transportation Management Central Procurement Product Compliance Production Planning Optimizer Business Partner Advanced ATP Production Engineering & Operations Service Sales Force Support Stockroom Management Direct Delivery CRM SRM SCM
- 7. Why Should I Care? • End of Support • 5 years mainstream support for every release (specific extended support is costly) • Last FPS for every release is maintenance only (no innovations) • 30% of SAP customers are on S/4HANA (EOL 2040) • New Functionalities • Introducing Innovation – Drove by IT/MIS organizations • Proactive and leading IT/MIS approach • Better support digital transformations • Maximizing Value and Utilization of TCO • ERP systems are critical, complicated, expensive • Utilize the current costs (licenses, labor, PS etc.) – to the max • Avoid Opening a Gap 7
- 8. SomeKey Questions We’ll Answer in This Session • How to pre-plan your S/4HANA upgrade project? • How to manage a successful, on time and on budget project? • How to avoid production failures due to the technical upgrade? • How to identify and introduce new processes and innovation as part of the project? • How to utilize a single platform to manage, simplify and accelerate all the project activities (development corrections, testing and more)? 8
- 9. 9 Plan YourS/4HANA Upgrade Project Approach • Technical • Functional • Embedded (Fiori) Scope Definition • Move Standalone Systems (CRM/SCM/SRM) to S/4HANA? Any Gaps? • Move Standalone Fiori to Embedded Version (recommended by SAP)? • HANA Upgrade as well? • Define Innovations per LoB Plan • Scope • Timeline • Budget • Risks • Communications (all stakeholders)
- 10. 10 Innovation Activities • What’s New Viewer • Fiori App Library and/or Lighthouse Scenario • Innovation and Optimization Pathfinder • Value Map for BP Improvement and Digital Innovation (Fiori) SAP Tools to Consider/Use Technical Readiness • SAP Readiness Check Technical Activities • SI (Delta) Catalog • Upgrade Guide • Custom Code Migration Guide • Software Update Manager (SUM) Fundamentals • SAP Upgrade Roadmap Viewer
- 11. Don’t Forget (!) 12 • Communication x3 – THIS IS THE KEY • IT and Business • From the very beginning • C-Levels and Senior Management • Extra Critical for Business Processes changes (deprecated transactions…) • Validate the needed expertise before you kickoff the project • SAP documentation and openSAP courses
- 12. Key Factors for Successful Project Management • This is a risky project with many potential failure points • Invest time in a thorough planning phase • Build a project steering-committee (Business + IT) • Nominate key business users • Define communication channels (RACI etc.) • Ensure you have the right platform/tools to work with E2E • Reduce idle time by efficient stakeholders’ collaboration • Consider project automations (testing and repetitive tasks) • Ongoing monitoring of project plan/actual 13
- 13. Avoid Production Failures • Production failures are the nightmare of any project manager • They can always happen, even following a detailed and profound planning • Their criticality is based on their impact • They can drive huge cost/loss for the business • Build failures mitigation and contingency plans as part of the project risks management • They can be avoided by using upgrade simulation tools and thorough project management platforms such as Panaya 14
- 14. Introducing Innovation • As part of the project, IT may want to introduce innovations to the business • This can bring major added value to many departments and different stakeholders • Proof that it isn’t just a technical upgrade • Use this opportunity to fine-tune the business suite with revised/improved processes • Use SAP tools as Innovation and Optimization Pathfinder • Free report • Interactive with “tailored” recommendations • Introduce process enhancements and business transformation (Fiori, Cloud Extensions) • Compare yourself to others 15
- 15. Single Platform as The Source ofTruth • Single source of truth is the cornerstone of any successful project • Managing the project end-to-end in one place for both the IT and the business is a MUST • Avoid mis-communications and mis-alignments • Cut wasted time Save cost Minimize project timelines • Panaya’s S/4Accelerate was built to perfectly match all S/4HANA upgrade aspects: • For both IT and Business • For all project stages (assessment, planning, execution, monitoring and completion) • Detailed project plan (including corrections and tests), ready to execute, in 48 hours 16
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- 17. PanayaAnalyticsEngine S/4HANAConversionProject What Will Change? — What Will Break? — What to Fix? — What to Test? Project,Tests,Defects Management SmartHypercare Zero defects — 70%+ effort reduction — 70%+ cost reduction Upload& Analyze Analyzes your initiative based on uploaded metadata Start Receive a tailored project plan to be used immediately! Execute Project execution with intelligent code remediations and testing Golive Move to production with full confidence PanayaReducesSAPUpgradeandConversionProjects’Effortbyover70% Smart Scoping and Assignment — Intelligent Code Remediation — Intelligent Test Planning and Execution
- 18. Panaya’s S/4Accelerate 19 BENEFITS • Upgrade to the latest S/4HANA with minimal risk • Reduce your upgrade effort by over 70% • Consolidate your entire project plan and execution MAIN FEATURES • Fully tailored executable project within 48 hours • Ready to execute code corrections and tests • Intelligent Code Remediation for auto code correction • The most comprehensive impact analysis • Automatic project progress updates • Full progress visibility dashboards and reports
- 20. Panaya’s Ultimate S/4HANA Custom Code Buster! 21 21 Using Panaya’s Intelligent Code Remediation and Impact Analysis SAVING OVER 70% OF MANUAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORT
- 21. 22 Intelligent Code Remediation Flow
- 23. Q&A Panaya.com