S4 HANA 1605 Release - Cloud Edition

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This blog summarises insights and highlights at a glance for released SAP #S4HANA Cloud Editions 1605. It marks the next major milestone on our path to the cloud, thanks to all the contribution from customers, partners and many teams cross SAP. We also did include several links providing more in-depth information.

 Focus of the second shipment of this year for the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Editions, includes updates for

- SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud

- SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud

- SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud

 Some key highlights: SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud 1605

SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud covers the most important business scenarios to run a company, from finance to procurement to manufacturing and supply chain like

- Streamlined Procure to Pay

- Accelerated Plan to Product

- Optimized Order to Cash

- HR Connectivity

- Core Finance

- Project Services

Country availability: 4 countries have been added: CN, FR, PH, BE (now covering 12 countries and 10 languages)

Additional business processes for

Optimized Order to Cash - Sales Process Performance Monitoring

Streamlined Procure to Pay - Subcontracting

Project Services - Internal Project Management

Core Finance - Asset Acquisition for Constructed Assets

Enhancements in the areas of

Streamlined Procure to Pay - Purchase Contract

Project Services - Customer Project Services

Core Finance - Standard Cost Calculation, Overhead Cost Accounting, Bank Account Management

SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud is integrated with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP C4C, SAP Hybris, and
SAP Ariba Network.

For a complete list of the new scope items shipped with 1605, click here.

Key highlights: SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud 1605

(subset of Enterprise Cloud edition)

Integrates with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP C4C, SAP Hybris, and SAP Ariba network

 

This edition supports end to end customer project services delivery. Project planning, costing, staffing, billing and financial accounting are the key pillars.

The solution supports customer with:

- real time information for better decision-making

- always accurate financial figures for projects and revenue recognition

- improve of people utilization and external resources

- reduce time from projects delivery to cash collection

Supported Countries: US, DE, AU, CA, CN, UK, HU, NL, SG, BE, FR, PH, HK, MY (now covering 14 countries and 10 languages)

Additional business processes for

Project Services - Inter-company Processes – Project-Based Services

Enhancements in the areas of Project Services

·         Customer Project Management

·         Sales Order Processing –Project-Based Services

·         Internal Project Management

SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud is integrated with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP Ariba Network

For a complete list of the new scope items shipped with 1605, click here.

Key highlights: SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud 1605

(subset of Enterprise Cloud edition)

Integrates with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP Ariba Network

A.     Sup. Countries: US, DE, AU, CA, CN, UK, HU, NL, SG, BE, FR, PH, HK, MY

Languages: EN, DE, FR, ES, RU, CN, JA, PT, NL, HU

 

This edition leverage the full SAP Hybris Marketing scope in the cloud by Extensible out-of-the-box scope for six business scenarios:

·         Consumer and Customer Analytics

·         Segmentation and Campaign Execution

·         Marketing Recommendation

·         Marketing Executive Dashboard

·         Marketing Planning

·         Marketing Lead Management

Additional business processes for

·         External Campaign Execution

·         Newsletter Campaigns and Trigger-Based Campaigns

·         SAP ERP Integration

Enhancements for following business processes

·         Contact Segmentation and Campaign Execution by E-Mail and Text Message

·         Marketing Planning

·         Marketing Lead Management & Activities for Sales

Supported Languages: EN, DE, FR, ES, RU, CN, JA, PT, NL, HU

Standardized interfaces for data load and business integration scenarios e.g.

·         Load Social Media for SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud

·         File Based Data Load for SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud

·         Integration with SAP Cloud for Customer

·         Integration with Hybris Commerce

For a complete list of the new scope items shipped with 1605, click here.