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  • How to Understand Why S/4HANA is a Poor Fit for the Cloud

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    Executive Summary

    There is a poor fit between S/4HANA and the cloud, hidden because SAP commingles S/4HANA Cloud with S/4HANA on premises.
    For this article, we needed to cover ASP (Application Service Provider) versus “single =tenant” versus “private cloud.”

    Introduction
    While researching the history of S/4HANA implementations, something that came to the surface was how rare it was for S/4HANA implementations to be in the cloud. This is curious because so much of SAP’s marketing around S/4HANA has been used to promote S/4HANA Cloud as a flexibly deployed application. Something else of …

  • References for the S/4HANA Implementation Study

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    References
    https://www.erpfocus.com/hillarys-blinds-sap-implementation.html
    https://searchsap.techtarget.com/feature/Hillarys-Blinds-speeds-SAP-S-4HANA-upgrade-with-Panaya-tool
    https://www.sap.com/documents/2017/04/4c1f5ae3-b67c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html
    https://www.panaya.com/blog/sap/hillarys-wins-sap-award-for-fast-s4hana-migration-with-panaya/
    https://news.sap.com/sap-s4hana-system-conversion-at-airbus-ds-optronics/
    https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/business-analytics/kurlon-becomes-the-first-smes-to-implement-sap-s4-hana/53379654
    https://diginomica.com/2016/08/04/sap-s4-hana-the-numbers-and-the-business-case …

  • The Toyota Indus Motor Company S/4HANA Case Study

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    Executive Summary

    Toyota Indus Motor is one of SAP’s S/4HANA case studies.
    This case study carefully excluded the views of the client and any consultants who worked on the project.
    Our access to one consultant pointed out the difficulties of getting S/4HANA experienced resources, including SAP support for S/4HANA.

    Introduction
    Toyota Indus Motor Company is based in Karachi, Pakistan, and it manufactures Toyota for the Pakistan market. IBM implemented S/4HANA. IBM, which has this to say in its press release about the implementation.
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  • The Problem with S/4HANA Consulting Company Case Studies

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    Executive Summary

    The High Number of Consulting Companies Implementing S/4HANA.
    The Problem with Taking Much from These Case Studies.
    Consulting Marketing of S/4HANA.

    Introduction to the Types of Companies Implementing S/4HANA.
    One should note that a not insignificant number of the public S/4HANA case studies are from SAP implementation companies. In fact, 31% of the public S/4HANA implementation 6/19 case studies are from these companies. You will learn about the problems with who is implementing S/4HANA.
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  • The New York Life S/4HANA Case Study

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    Executive Summary

    New York Life’s S/4HANA Implementation
    Where Did Budgeting and Planning Occur in S/4HANA?
    Implementing S/4HANA for Its Ledger?

    Introduction
    New York Life is an insurance company. I struggled with even including them in the list of public implementation announcements of the different case studies.
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    Notice of Lack of Financial Bias: We have no financial ties to SAP or any other entity mentioned in this article.

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  • The Florida Crystals S/4HANA Case Study

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    Executive Summary

    Florida Crystals is a case study for S/4HANA with some surprising claims, including that the implementation was performed in an unheard of 4 weeks. In this article, we will cover the likelihood of what Florida Crystals says is true.

    Introduction
    Florida Crystals is a sugar refiner based in Florida. Florida Crystals have made some rather extreme claims about its implementation of S/4AHANA. The following quotation is an excellent example of this.
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  • The Binderholz Nordic S/4HANA Case Study

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    Executive Summary

    The Binderholz Nordic Case Study
    BN’s Implementation Partner Tieto’s Observations on the Implementation and S/4HANA
    How Much Did Teito and BN Actually Implement?
    A Three Month Implementation Timeline?
    Obvious Inconsistencies with the Timeline

    Introduction
    Binderholz Nordic (BN) is a company with around 1350 employees based and $450 million in sales, and operating out of Finland and Austria. Binderholz Nordic is a timber milling company.
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  • The Hillary's Blinds S/4HANA Case Study

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    Executive Summary

    The Hillary’s Blinds S/4HANA Case Study
    Upgrading S/4HANA?
    CRM on HANA?
    Hillary’s Implemented NetWeaver?

    Introduction
    Hillary’s Blinds is a substantial company based in the UK, with revenues of roughly $200 million. They manufacture and distribute window blinds. The press accounts were that they implemented a S/4HANA upgrade in record time, and the implementation time was six months.
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    How to Best Understand ASUG's SAP S/4HANA Adoption Survey

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    Executive Summary

    ASUG’s study into S/4HANA adoption was highly skewed towards SAP’s marketing and sales messaging.
    In the study, ASUG attempts to normalize the bumpiness with S/4HANA.
    The study minimizes the issues with pre-existing ECC customizations.

    Introduction to ASUG’s S/4HANA Study
    We are currently working on and plan to release the first study into the actual implementation case studies for S/4HANA. As part of this research, we reviewed any previous work performed in the area. One of the publications that came to our attention was the ASUG S/4HANA Adoption Survey. In …

  • Is S/4HANA Actually Designed for the Cloud?

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    Executive Summary

    Hasso provides several assertions regarding the benefits of S/4HANA for the cloud.
    We review the accuracy of these benefits.

    Video Introduction: Is S/4HANA Actually Designed for the Cloud?
    https://youtu.be/L6mRw4eYuXU
    Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)
    One of the common areas of confusion is the S4HANA cloud. That is the deployment of S/4HANA in the cloud. S4HANA Cloud is the concept, often presented by SAP S/4HANA is somehow explicitly designed for the cloud. There has been a great motivation for SAP to commingle both HANA and S/4HANA with the …