What’s the difference between SAP Business One and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition?

Both solutions are enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions offered by SAP, but each caters to different organization sizes and process complexities. SAP Business One is ideal for small and midsized businesses, while SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition is for midsized to large and global organizations. SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition is a software as a service (SaaS) solution with built-in best practices for 20 major industries.

How is SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition deployed?

Although SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition is a cloud-based SaaS solution. However, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition’s rapid deployment model that follows a ‘fit-to-standard’ approach is only available in the cloud.

How does SAP S/4HANA Cloud public edition improve financial management?

SAP S/4HANA Cloud public edition supports multiple industries and their financial management requirements, including subscription billing, joint venture accounting, and project financials. It also has built-in functionalities for detailed costing and controlling, budgeting, financial planning, consolidation, and treasury management across legal entities in multiple countries.

Why do companies prefer SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition?

Companies love SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition because it’s a ready-to-run cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that delivers the latest industry best practices and continuous innovation. It’s quick to implement and doesn’t require extensive training or IT resources. Users also enjoy a lower total cost of ownership because they pay for only what they use and don’t have to purchase and maintain hardware. SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition is a fully extensible platform that allows users to expand the solution as their needs change.

What’s the difference between ‘RISE with SAP’ and ‘GROW with SAP’?

Both are commercial offering models by SAP. Companies choose one based on their application scenarios, business process requirements, and ability to commit to standards. ‘GROW with SAP’ is a complete offering of solutions, best practices, adoption acceleration services, community, and learning to help users adopt cloud ERP with speed, predictability, and continuous innovation. ‘GROW with SAP’ allows businesses to attain rapid and uncomplicated access to top-tier SAP solutions, whereas ‘RISE with SAP’ is for customers who can’t use standardized processes and require extensive customization.

Will ‘GROW with SAP’ work for different industries?

Yes. The ‘GROW with SAP’ program is for any business moving to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. It supports organizations of all sizes and industries by providing the latest innovations, best practices, and resources to achieve growth and transformation goals. ‘GROW with SAP’ works for any industry for which SAP has an industry solution.

How does ‘GROW with SAP’ support digital transformation initiatives?

‘GROW with SAP’ helps organizations replace legacy technology solutions that can’t support business goals with cloud ERP. By moving to cloud ERP, these organizations accelerate business growth, reduce costs across the enterprise, and become more adaptive to continuous economic, regulatory, and industry changes.

How does SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition improve collaboration between parent companies and subsidiaries?

SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition streamlines operations between parent companies and subsidiaries and makes it easy to juggle currencies, languages, and laws across multiple locations. And with the Central Finance functionalities, SAP customers can achieve real-time financial and management reporting, company-wide data governance, simpler consolidation, and faster period-end close.

Can SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition improve a two-tier company's resource maintenance?

Yes. SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition’s centralized database provides a unified view of business performance across every location and ensures processes and workflows perform consistently across all locations, reducing errors and delays.

Will SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition help me scale my company across different subsidiaries?

Yes. SAP S/4 HANA Cloud, public edition’s implementations provide control and standardization of business processes and authorization across a single global management structure. Subsidiaries in different countries can still have localized processes that comply with local regulations and laws.

Can SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition be integrated with other business systems to help two-tier companies scale?

Yes. With prebuilt application programming interfaces (APIs) and strong extensibility, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition easily integrates with other solutions, systems, and third-party applications in a controlled environment without the risk of upgrades or additional developments causing disruption. In addition, SAP’s governance model requires partners like Vision33 to build extensions that comply with customer requirements.

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