Course Summary

In previous courses such as “SAP S/4HANA Project to Success” or “Gain Experience with Business Partner for SAP S/4HANA Conversion” we focused on questions around the transition to SAP S/4HANA and the introduction of business partner master data.

The introduction of the new employee business partner model with SAP S/4HANA 2020 brings new functionalities and topics to consider in your projects. In this course we want to give you helpful insights from different perspectives, depending on your starting point. It doesn´t repeat the basics of the business partner as a strategic master data object or its data model, as these topics were covered in previous courses.

This course is targeted at functional experts in employee master data. It addresses consultants working on both SAP S/4HANA system conversion and new implementation projects.

In the first units we will provide an overview of the new employee business partner model and explain the background and reasons for introducing it. In the following units you’ll learn about the structure of the new model, its features and use cases. We’ll also explain the external worker in the new employee business partner model. Unit five will focus on the SAP S/4HANA business user concept as a prerequisite for a business partner with the role of employee and the new employee business partner model. Finally, unit 6 will describe the different steps required to transition to the new employee business partner model, depending on the specific starting point.

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Course Characteristics

• Starting from: November 2, 2022, 09:00 UTC. (What does this mean?)
• Duration: The course is open for 4 weeks
• Effort: 3 hours in total
  
• Course assignment: You can take the course assignment at any time whilst the course is open.
• Course closure: December 1, 2022, 9:00 UTC
• Course language: English
  
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Course Content

Unit 1: Course introduction
Unit 2: Overview and context
Unit 3: New employee business partner model – Part 1
Unit 4: New employee business partner model – Part 2
Unit 5: Prerequisites and business user
Unit 6: Path to the new employee business partner model

Target Audience

• Project teams
• SAP partners and SAP employees, especially consultants focusing on employee and business partner master data (in the human capital management area)

Course Requirements

• Basic understanding of SAP implementation projects
• Participants should be aware of the basics described in unit 3 of the openSAP course “Guide Your SAP S/4HANA Project to Success”

About Further Content Experts

Urs Henle

Urs Henle is an SAP S/4HANA product expert in the Regional Implementation Group for EMEA. Urs has worked in consulting at SAP Switzerland for more than 20 years and his main focus areas are business partner / customer/vendor integration and Order-to-Cash.

Eu Jin Sie

Eu Jin Sie is a logistics functional consultant in SAP APJ. His focus is on the Sourcing and Procurement and Materials Management areas, and he has implementation experience in SAP ERP, SRM, S/4HANA and Ariba procurement solutions.
Eu Jin is a member of the SAP S/4HANA RIG team in APJ, where he specializes in SAP S/4HANA Procure-to-Pay and Business Partner CVI. He also writes blogs and conducts customer and partner enablement sessions.

Vivian Mafra

Vivian Mafra is an SAP S/4HANA product expert in the Regional Implementation Group (RIG) for Americas, based in Brazil. She has a strong background in sourcing and procurement and materials management. Vivian specializes in SAP S/4HANA system conversion, focusing mainly on business partner, CVI and Procure-to-Pay topics. As a product expert, Vivian has supported numerous successful SAP S/4HANA customer projects in the Americas region.

Dorin Marmeliuc

Dorin Marmeliuc is an SAP S/4HANA product expert and a senior consultant in the Regional Implementation Group for the Americas region. He specializes in SAP S/4HANA system conversion, with a main focus on areas like CVI conversion and plan-to-product. Dorin has over 7 years of experience as a logistics consultant in projects related to airlines, manufacturing industries, electronic products, consumer and chemical products, public sector, and shipbuilding.

Christian Niemann

Christian Niemann is a principal consultant with the SAP S/4HANA Regional Implementation Group (RIG) for EMEA, and is based in Hannover, Germany. He has worked in consulting at SAP for more than 20 years. With a strong background in solution architecture, business processes, and analytics, his focus areas in the RIG are CVI and architecture.
As a product expert, Christian has supported numerous successful SAP S/4HANA customer projects in the EMEA region.