Course Summary

The entire world has gone digital. Gearing your company towards the digital economy means you need to digitize the core of your applications as well. But technology is only one side of the coin when considering the state of digital transformation most industries are in. The other side is the business perspective.

After the introduction of “SAP S/4HANA in a Nutshell” and “SAP S/4HANA - Deep Dive”, this course is designed to offer a closer look into business value acceleration driven by the design principles of SAP S/4HANA. The technology-induced implications of the digital economy are huge, though the technology itself is only a catalyst to achieve a fundamentally different business outcome. The selected use cases are designed to emphasize and visualize the value behind this technological shift.

We will also introduce a framework of value levers to help build your company-specific value proposition for each use case.

The course is structured along the use cases and will showcase values across the innovation areas, taking into consideration both the business and the technical (IT) perspectives for each selected example:

• Use Case 1: Market to the Segment of One
  
• Use Case 2: Real Time Inventory Management
  
• Use Case 3: Accelerated Material Requirements Planning
  
• Use Case 4: Advanced Sales Order Fulfillment
  
• Use Case 5: Soft Financial Close Anytime
  
• Use Case 6: Increase Financial Business Performance
  
• Use Case 7: Engage Talent across the Organization
  
• Use Case 8: Drive HR Compliance across the Organization
  
• Use Case 9: Detect Potential Fraud Patterns in Real Time
  
• Use Case 10: Detect Collaborative Work Patterns
  

After the course, you’ll have examples at hand that you can relate to your specific situation. You will gain insights into the SAP S/4HANA capabilities you can adopt for your company’s processes. You’ll also understand and be able to use the value levers framework and the innovation adoption cycle to showcase the value of SAP S/4HANA using the scenarios that were introduced.

Course Characteristics

• Starting from: Wednesday, November 4, 2015, 09:00 UTC, (What does this mean?)
• Duration: 3 weeks (~ 3 hours per week)
• Final exam: November 25 – December 3, 2015
• Course language: English
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Course Content

• Week 1: Intro & SAP S/4HANA Use Cases (1)
• Week 2: SAP S/4HANA Use Cases (2)
• Week 3: Business Driver & Value Lever Framework
• Week 4: Final Exam

Target Audience

• Anyone with a general interest in digital transformation and in how to leverage SAP S/4HANA
• specialists who want use cases at hand for business-driven conversations
• Line of business owners and business IT specialists responsible for process design

Course Requirements

• You need no previous knowledge or technical background to participate in this course
• It is recommended to revisit the openSAP courses: SAP S/4HANA in a Nutshell, SAP S/4HANA – Deep Dive & Digital Transformation and Its Impact.
  

Development Systems

This course is based on online lectures only. You need no development system to successfully participate in the course.

About the Instructors:

Sven Denecken

Sven Denecken is global vice president, Strategy and Co-Innovation SAP S/4HANA at SAP.

In this role, Sven assesses customer and market requirements, defining the co-innovation approach to new developments with customers and partners and supporting SAP´s strategy.

His many years of experience in working with customers, partners, and the SAP field organization enables him to bring client issues into the solution development process, thereby ensuring that our software solutions address customer needs and help them gain a competitive advantage.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/sdenecken/en

Bert Schulze

VP Co-Innovation SAP S/4HANA, SAP SE

Bert Schulze drives Co-Innovation with Customer and Partner for SAP S/4HANA.

In this role, Bert cooperates closely with customers and partners to assess market requirements and interweave with SAP´s S/4HANA strategy and portfolio. His profound experience in working with clients in different roles as a solution architect, business developer, and international sales head helps him to analyze and transfer market and client issues directly into the solution development process with the goal of helping clients achieve competitive advantages based on requirement-driven next generation software and services.

http://de.linkedin.com/pub/bert-oliver-schulze/3/782/866