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SAP S/4HANA - Designed for Different Needs of Hong Kong Businesses

SAP Activate is a collection of SAP Best Practice tools that provide assistance and serve as an agile methodology to streamline the setup of SAP solutions, particularly SAP S/4HANA.

Along with guided configurations, this framework includes a reference solution that contains pre-configured business processes that are optimized for SAP S/4HANA and provides best practices for integration and configuration.

SAP Activate also facilitates various starting points, such as setup, system conversion, and landscape transformation. Additionally, it expedites the initial setup of SAP S/4HANA for Hong Kong clients, and is designed to adapt to continuous innovation.

Single Data Model | Unified Semantics | Streamlined User Experience

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

SaaS

SAP S/4HANA

on any infrastructure

S/4HANA Function Highlights

Increase transparency across your entire organization.

Optimize your supply chain with agile management practices.

Digitize your financial accounting processes.

Streamline your procurement and enhance supplier management.

Leverage industry-specific features and functions.

Benefit from a comprehensive approach to migration.

Enjoy the next-generation SAP Fiori User Experience (UX).

Access embedded analytics for simulation, prediction, and actionable insights.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud – Key Benefits and Values

Business Benefits

  • SAP S/4HANA scope including LOB and industry processes, supporting 20 industries*
  • 43 Local versions in 27 languages
  • Pre-configured integration to other cloud solutions

Strategic Benefits

  • Enjoy the lowest total cost of implementation (TCI).
  • Leverage a solution that is tailored to fit standard business processes.
  • Receive a complete delivery of pre-activated business innovations.
  • Scale your platform to meet evolving business needs.
  • Realize the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).
  • Accelerate onboarding with a fast and efficient setup process.
  • Achieve the fastest time-to-innovation with cutting-edge SAP solutions.
  • Gain access to monthly feature updates and bi-annual major upgrades.

Technical Benefits

  • Achieve the highest level of automation through machine learning (ML) and robotic process automation (RPA).
  • Benefit from flexible and extensible SAP solutions.
  • Gain access to on-stack extensibility for SAP S/4HANA.
  • Leverage a framework that supports side-by-side and in-app extensions.
  • Enhance your code with ABAP environment-based code extensions.

Operational Benefits

  • Achieve the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) with SAP solutions.
  • Leverage native cloud infrastructure and cloud-enablement features, such as authorizations and access management and output management.
  • Benefit from SAP handling technical operations, upgrades, system maintenance, and more.
  • Enjoy a hassle-free experience with SAP handling the technical aspects of your system.

Values of SAP S/4HANA Cloud

01

Fast Time-to-Value

Leverage SAP’s expertise in managing best practice business processes and integrations.

Best Practices

Manage your content lifecycle with ease through SAP S/4HANA.

Benefit from pre-configured integrations that simplify your workflows and enhance productivity.

02

Minimize risk with SAP solutions that offer dependable and secure business operations

Access on-demand, self-service lifecycle management and tools with SAP S/4HANA.

Leverage SAP's Activate Methodology for streamlined life cycle management.

Benefit from self-service tools that simplify your SAP workflows and enhance productivity.

03

Achieve cost savings by utilizing standard service level agreements (SLAs), application programming interfaces (APIs), and on-demand resources with SAP solutions

Leverage standard SLAs, APIs, and on-demand resources to reduce costs and enhance efficiency with SAP S/4HANA.

Benefit from cost-effective solutions through the use of standard SLAs, APIs, and on-demand resources with SAP.

Access best practices in SAP solutions for optimized business processes and operations.

Manage your content lifecycle with ease through SAP solutions.

Leverage pre-configured integrations to streamline your workflows and enhance efficiency with SAP.

Benefit from the most comprehensive, integrated, and intelligent Cloud ERP functions with SAP S/4HANA.

Utilize SAP S/4HANA Cloud for enhanced business functionality and productivity.

Ensure compliance with industry standards through SAP solutions.

SAP S/4HANA - Most Comprehensive, Integrated
& Intelligent Cloud Function Highlights

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

R&D

  • Access robust R&D tools and resources through SAP S/4HANA.
  • Ensure product compliance with industry standards through SAP solutions.
  • Manage your enterprise portfolio and projects with ease using SAP solutions.
  • Utilize variant configuration tools for enhanced product customization and flexibility.

Manufacturing

  • Optimize your manufacturing operations with SAP S/4HANA tailored to your business needs.
  • Benefit from Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools that leverage demand-driven and/or predictive approaches for enhanced efficiency.
  • Manage both make-to-stock and make-to-order production processes with SAP solutions.
  • Ensure quality control with robust Quality Management tools and resources in SAP solutions.

Supply Chain

  • Streamline your supply chain with SAP S/4HANA that optimize your operations and reduce costs.
  • Optimize outbound and inbound processing with robust Warehouse Management tools in SAP solutions.
  • Manage your inventory with Core Inventory Management tools that offer real-time insights and enhanced productivity.
  • Benefit from (Advanced) Available-to-Promise (ATP) processing in SAP solutions that optimize production and inventory planning.

Sales

  • Optimize your sales processes with SAP S/4HANA that offer enhanced functionality and flexibility.
  • Sell products directly from your stock with streamlined stock management tools in SAP solutions.
  • Manage service sales with ease using SAP solutions that offer robust service management tools.
  • Benefit from rebates and commission management tools in SAP solutions that offer flexibility and control over your sales processes.
  • Utilize convergent and external billing tools in SAP solutions for streamlined billing and invoicing processes.

Industry Capabilities

  • Access industry-specific capabilities through SAP S/4HANA tailored to your business needs.
  • Benefit from professional services tools and resources in SAP solutions that optimize your operations.
  • Streamline your manufacturing operations with SAP solutions that offer robust manufacturing tools and resources.
  • Manage public sector operations with ease using SAP solutions that offer tailored public sector functionality.
  • Meet the unique needs of higher education institutions with SAP solutions that offer comprehensive higher education capabilities.

Procurement

  • Procurement of Direct Materials & Services
  • Supplier Management
  • Central Procurement

Finance

  • Accounting & Financial Close 
  • Financial Operations
  • Cost Management
  • Treasury
  • Enterprise Risk & Compliance

Service

Sell, deliver, bill, and monitor acombination of physical goods and services as one solution offering

Asset Mgmt.

  • Resource scheduling for maintenance planner
  • Enhanced collaboration and review

Cross Functions

  • Master Data, Data Migration, Data Protection & Privacy, Information Lifecycle Management
  • Integration Capabilities 
  • Legal Content Management

More On What Can SAP S/4HANA Do for Hong Kong Businesses – FAQs:

1. What is SAP Activate? How can it help to make the setup process of SAP S/4HANA easier for Hong Kong businesses?
SAP Activate is a collection of SAP Best Practice tools that provide assistance and an agile methodology to streamline the setup of SAP solutions, especially the SAP S/4HANA. It includes a reference solution that contains preconfigured business processes optimized for the SAP S/4HANA, and facilitates various starting points, such as system conversion, and landscape transformation. What’s more, SAP Activate can speed up the initial setup of SAP S/4HANA in Hong Kong, and also allows for continuous innovation.
2. What are the key benefits and values of using SAP S/4HANA Cloud for my business?
SAP S/4HANA Cloud offers a range of benefits and values for businesses, including fast time-to-value, industry-specific capabilities, and pre-configured integration to other cloud solutions. It also supports 20 industries and 43 local versions in 27 languages, and provides the lowest total cost of implementation (TCI), lowest total cost of ownership (TCO), and the fastest time-to-innovation with cutting-edge SAP solutions. Additionally, it offers monthly feature updates and bi-annual major upgrades.
3. How can SAP S/4HANA help me optimize my supply chain management practices?
SAP solutions like the SAP S/4HANA can help optimize your supply chain management practices by offering robust Warehouse Management tools, (Advanced) Available-to-Promise (ATP)processing, and Core Inventory Management tools that offer real-time insights and enhanced productivity. These tools streamline outbound and inbound processing, optimize production and inventory planning, and provide visibility across your entire supply chain, increasing transparency and reducing costs.
4. What industry-specific capabilities are available through SAP S/4HANA?
SAP S/4HANA offers industry-specific capabilities for a range of industries, including professional services, manufacturing, public sector, and higher education. These capabilities include robust R&D tools and resources, Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools that leverage demand-driven and/or predictive approaches for enhanced efficiency, tailored public sector functionality, and comprehensive higher education capabilities. In addition, SAP S/4HANA in Hong Kong also offers variant configuration tools for enhanced product customization and flexibility.
5. How can SAP S/4HANA help me reduce costs and increase efficiency in my manufacturing operations?
SAP S/4HANA can help reduce costs and increase efficiency in your manufacturing operations by offering optimized manufacturing tools and resources, Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tools that leverage demand-driven and/or predictive approaches for enhanced efficiency, and robust Quality Management tools that ensure quality control. These tools provide real-time insights, streamline make-to-stock and make-to-order production processes, and optimize production and inventory planning, ultimately reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
6. What are the benefits of using SAP S/4HANA for sales management?
SAP S/4HANA offer a range of benefits for sales management, including enhanced functionality and flexibility, streamlined stock management tools, robust service management tools for managing service sales, and powerful rebates and commission management tools that offer flexibility and control over your sales processes. Additionally, convergent and external billing tools in SAP S/4HANA provide streamlined billing and invoicing processes, further optimizing your sales operations.
7. How can SAP S/4HANA help me reduce risk and ensure compliance with industry standards?
SAP S/4HANA in Hong Kong can help you reduce risk and ensure compliance with industry standards by offering on-demand, self-service lifecycle management and tools, leveraging SAP's Activate Methodology for streamlined life cycle management, and providing best practices for integration, and configuration. Additionally, SAP S/4HANA offers dependable and secure business operations, access to robust Quality Management tools and resources, and compliance with industry standards through tailored public sector functionality.