This blog summarisesinsights and highlights at a glance for released SAP #S4HANA Cloud Editions 1605. It marks the next major milestone on our path to the cloud, thanks to all the contribution from customers, partners and many teams cross SAP. We also did include several links providing more in-depth information.
Focus of the second shipment of this year for the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Editions, includes updates for
- SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud
- SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud
- SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud
Some key highlights: SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud 1605
SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud covers the most important business scenarios to run a company, from finance to procurement to manufacturing and supply chain like
- Streamlined Procure to Pay
- Accelerated Plan to Product
- Optimized Order to Cash
- HR Connectivity
- Core Finance
- Project Services
Country availability: 4 countries have been added: CN, FR, PH, BE (now covering 12 countries and 10 languages)
Additional business processes for
Optimized Order to Cash - Sales Process Performance Monitoring
Streamlined Procure to Pay - Subcontracting
Project Services - Internal Project Management
Core Finance - Asset Acquisition for Constructed Assets
Enhancements in the areas of
Streamlined Procure to Pay - Purchase Contract
Project Services - Customer Project Services
Core Finance - Standard Cost Calculation, Overhead Cost Accounting, Bank Account Management
SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud is integrated with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP C4C, SAP Hybris, and SAP Ariba Network.
For a complete list of the new scope items shipped with 1605, click here.
Key highlights: SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud 1605
(subset of Enterprise Cloud edition)
Integrates with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP C4C, SAP Hybris, and SAP Ariba network
This edition supports end to end customer project services delivery. Project planning, costing, staffing, billing and financial accounting are the key pillars.
The solution supports customer with:
- real time information for better decision-making
- always accurate financial figures for projects and revenue recognition
- improve of people utilization and external resources
- reduce time from projects delivery to cash collection
Supported Countries: US, DE, AU, CA, CN, UK, HU, NL, SG, BE, FR, PH, HK, MY (now covering 14 countries and 10 languages)
Additional business processes for
Project Services - Inter-company Processes – Project-Based Services
Enhancements in the areas of Project Services
- Customer Project Management
- Sales Order Processing –Project-Based Services
- Internal Project Management
SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloudis integrated with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP Ariba Network
For a complete list of the new scope items shipped with 1605, click here.
Key highlights: SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud 1605
(subset of Enterprise Cloud edition)
Integrates with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP Ariba Network
- Sup. Countries: US, DE, AU, CA, CN, UK, HU, NL, SG, BE, FR, PH, HK, MY
Languages: EN, DE, FR, ES, RU, CN, JA, PT, NL, HU
This edition leverage the full SAP Hybris Marketing scope in the cloud by Extensible out-of-the-box scope for six business scenarios:
- Consumer and Customer Analytics
- Segmentation and Campaign Execution
- Marketing Recommendation
- Marketing Executive Dashboard
- Marketing Planning
- Marketing Lead Management
Additional business processes for
- External Campaign Execution
- Newsletter Campaigns and Trigger-Based Campaigns
- SAP ERP Integration
Enhancements for following business processes
- Contact Segmentation and Campaign Execution by E-Mail and Text Message
- Marketing Planning
- Marketing Lead Management & Activities for Sales
Supported Languages: EN, DE, FR, ES, RU, CN, JA, PT, NL, HU
Standardized interfaces for data load and business integration scenarios e.g.
- Load Social Media for SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud
- File Based Data Load for SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud
- Integration with SAP Cloud for Customer
- Integration with Hybris Commerce
For a complete list of the new scope items shipped with 1605, click here.
More information about SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1605
- Watch the release video presented by Sven Denecken, SVP Product Management and Co-Innovation on the Q2 Key Questions
- Watch the release video presented by Yannick Peterschmitt from SAP S/4HANA Product Management
- Check out the latest demo´s here: SAP #S4HANA - Update on latest demos
More information about SAP S/4HANA Cloud Editions
The following links on the SAP Help Portal are helpful:
- Understand the detailed scope of the solution with the Feature Scope Description
- Have a look on “What’s New” to see what has been added with 1605
- For more details go to the Help Portal for 1605
- To check out the Product Assistance, click here
More information about SAP S/4HANA you will always fond here, including the test drive:
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