SAP invested millions of dollars to innovate a simplified but intelligent, high-speed data processing Translatytical digital core SAP S4 HANA with new user experience SAP Fiori.

The SAP S/4 Intelligent digital core is loaded with machine learning, artificial intelligent (AI), embedded analytics to make customer business run easily and efficiently. The intelligent digital core redefined the ERP to a real-time intelligent interactive system away from a data entry system. SAP S/4 HANA core digital is being adapted across industries, but it is irony to know not many companies have explored the simplified but powerful functionalities for which it is innovated & known for. i.e. many companies are using SAP S/4 Hana like ECC .

SAP S/4 HANA core digital is being adapted across industries, but it is irony to know not many companies have explored the simplified but powerful functionalities for which it is innovated & known for. i.e. many companies are using SAP S/4 Hana like ECC .

Why Companies are running intelligent Digital SAP S/4 Hana as ECC

In my view, as of now, many consulting companies are not well versed with the latest features of SAP S/4 HANA. Most consultants, Project managers have not upskilled their knowledge base to SAP S/4 Hana yet. Even if they are well versed, they play in their comfort zone and hardly showcase the powerful features of SAP S/4 Hana. Or educate clients with the latest features of SAP S/4.

On the same note, customer companies Business Owners and CIOs do not insist, demand for new available features to implement.

Let me take an example of SAP’ innovative user experience (UX), Fiori :

It is again irony to know that many consulting companies convince their customers to go for GUI first and later they can implement Fiori and other new features after the system gets stabilized. This is purely misguiding customer companies.

Let me draw an analogy.it is like suggest using keyed mobile phones and once comfortable, they can move to a smartphone.

In this blog,Let's discuss why companies should go for Fiori-first as entry to SAP S/4 Hana.

1.SAP Fiori Apps mobile-first The responsive and adaptive design allows Fiori apps to run on multi-devices- Smartphone, Tablets, and desktop alike.

Benefit-

• Infrastructure cost is reduced as there is no need to have a desktop for everyone to run the SAP transaction
• Users can execute a transaction on-the-go.

2.Fiori -user-centric design User-centric Fiori Apps are designed to avoid earlier clumsy GUI screens and only required fields kept as required for user role along with guided navigation. No need to remember T-code or path to execute a transaction.

Benefit:

• Fiori first adaption reduces training effort and cost by more than 50%.
• Improve Business users' experience.

3. Fiori Launchpad-Shell to hold Fiori-Provides following functionalities

• Enterprise search- The SAP Fiori launchpad offers an enterprise search function that searches across all apps and business objects. And users can act on the searched results.
• Notification- - Notifications area that informs users about important business tasks and requests that require their timely action or knowledge.
• Co-Pilot-With SAP CoPilot, users can use natural language to interact with business applications.

4.Types of Fiori and Functionalities:

More than 12500 Fiori Apps are being developed and those are of the following types

• Transactional apps: Allow user to conduct transactional tasks with easily, quickly and better user experiences
• Fact sheetsInteractive reports, used to drill down to key data and contextual information in business operations. It also allows user to navigate one-fact sheet to all its related fact sheets.
• Embedded Analytical apps:Embedded analytics correspond to the set of Fiori analytical applications. Offer role-based, real-time information about business operations and also closely monitor Key Performance Indicators KPIs.
• SAP Smart Business cockpit: Bring together the Analytic content from multiple business systems. Provide user insight in operational data, Analyze KPIs and OPIs, and use its drilling down capabilities with specific dimensions in a definite Line of business.

Benefits:

• With availabilities of all these rich graphical interactive reports, the business may hardly need extra custom reports. So, there is save of 90% on the cost of report development .Even Fiori extensibility is easy and less effort-intensive to develop a new report.
• Easy and takes less time to execute the transaction with a far better experience.
• Many SAP S/4 HANA new features are accessible from Fiori only.
• Fiori apps are business user-centric design; user can run without good verse with SAP.
• Transactional and analytical is the same system and that to in real-time unlike BW works on old data records.
• Fiori standardizes SAP UX, with the same visual language and user workflow across apps and roles and so easy to use.

Tons of benefits by going Fiori first for SAP s/4 HANA as user interface. It is consulting companies’ responsible to be customer consultative partners showcasing the latest features and functionalities for the best use of customer’s investments.

With mutual exploration & Churning during the discovery phase, both Customer company and Consulting companies will bring out the best by exploring all simplified but powerful features of SAP S/4 HANA, best fit for their business need, relevant to their industries. Leverage on SAP S/4 HANA competitive advantage & stay ahead of the competition with best the best use of customer’s investments.