Extensions for S/4 Hana

According to its own statements SAP reduce complexity with a simplified data model and the Fiori 2.0 user interface.

Based on forecasting, pattern recognition and machine learning, the aim is to S/4 Hana enable greater automation of routine tasks.

With advanced capabilities, Advanced Available to Promise (aATP) enables multi-level delivery quota management and supports ATP order confirmations in Real-time.

New methods for backlog processing and interactive rescheduling are designed to ensure that, in the event of bottlenecks, first Customers be supplied with high priority.

With the functions for inventory management benefit Customers from a simpler and scalable transaction management.

The Material Requirements Planning includes integrated production and detailed planning that can be implemented without complex integration and requires no data maintenance. This allows the time required for the Material Requirements Planning potentially reduce from several hours to a few minutes, while supporting intelligent restriction-based planning and scheduling.

The integrated SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) application enables a much simpler Implementation of advanced warehousing functions.

The Environmental, Health and Safety at Work Management (EHS), a comprehensive and end-to-end new capability for EHS-Management, now facilitates digital transformation across the enterprise.

Industry-specific functions

Special functions for the retail trade, such as merchandise management, have been completely revised and offer both retailers and Customers in industries that work with retailers, comprehensive transparency for holistic decisions based on harmonized master data.

For the oil and gas industry, optimized upstream and downstream functions are available, among other things, for the Management of hydrocarbon products are available.

The new release also offers all the functions of the S/4-Hana Finance solution from the display and analysis of detailed Data up to the Simulation based on real-time data.