Beyond the Digital Core with SAP S/4 HANA
Transitioning to the latest SAP S/4 HANA platform is opening companies up to a world of new possibilities for growth and innovation. Regional Head of SAP Solutions and Services in TCS Australia and New Zealand, Mahesh Mittal explains why “mastering SAP S/4 HANA” is the most important new buzz-phrase in the tech realm.
Day-to-day business operations will take on a whole new dimension of high-volume efficiency, productivity, cost and time-saving with the introduction of TCS’s next generation SAP S/4 HANA solutions.
“The DNA of this new real-time enterprise resource planning suite will radically overhaul how companies operate in the next 20 years,” Mahesh says.
In a nutshell SAP S/4 HANA enables businesses to go beyond the digital core by simplifying business functions; order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, plan-to-product, request-to-service.
Leveraging in-memory computing, it accelerates data-intensive processes delivering greater value, while connecting business networks to the Internet of Things and Big Data in real time as well as engaging people with a personalised user experiences across any device.
The phasing out of SAP ECC 6.0 by 2025, means shifting to new SAP S/4 HANA solutions is a must for most companies. It’s vital that you have a tech partner who understands your niche.
The TCS SAP S/4 HANA Centre of Excellence based in Cincinnati, Paris, Sydney, Mumbai and Tokyo focuses on research and development of futuristic technologies and the creation of next-generation products and solutions to keep our global customers ahead of the curve – here we explore some of the latest innovations.
The innovative use of robotics is one example of how TCS-powered SAP S/4 HANA solutions are enlivening supply chains across industries as diverse as transport, utilities, banking, insurance, government and consumer goods.
Robots mean you no longer have to worry about the expensive ramifications of procurement glitches in time-sensitive and large-scale projects because of a lack of available data, inefficient communication, inadequate tracking, backlogs, a failure to enforce parameters and people simply missing warning signs, Mahesh says.
“The TCS SAP S/4 HANA robot operates in the background to proactively solve problems before people even know they have them,” he says.
With complex webs of authorisation, businesses can be frustrated for days and even weeks when someone in charge of a procurement process leaves a company or goes on holidays.
The TCS plug-and-play solution reduces costs and increases productivity by resolving these sorts of problems within minutes.
“The robot automatically gathers all the important information and detects how, where and why a procurement has stalled. It then aligns the request, with all the relevant data, to a more senior manager, enabling the transaction to be closed,” Mahesh says.
TCS’s SAP S/4 HANA solutions combined with our deep domain expertise is driving market-leading innovation among the global top 10 industry leaders in rail, airlines, hospitality, shipping and logistics.
The application of the TCS highly sophisticated drones in the inspection and maintenance of key transport infrastructure assets such as bridges and railways is saving time, effort and costs while delivering better results when it comes to lengthening the life-span of assets, preventing operational hiccups and enabling workers to operate more safely.
“Maintenance in the past has required a huge amount of time and manpower, often with people working in unsafe environments,” Mahesh says.
“The drones can detect even the finest cracks. They then produce thousands of multi-dimensional images, enabling the cause and progress of a fault to be analysed, predicted and monitored over time.”
Faster turnaround times mean more frequent inspections can be conducted. Quicker access to more detailed insights and reports is also lending greater rigour to compliance and regulation.
This TCS-led innovation is now the first point of call for structural engineers and other experts who are engaged in identifying and mapping the stability of tracks, poles or other components that may be affected by weather, weight and wear-and-tear.
But the key to achieving all this, isn’t the technology alone, it’s TCS’s commitment to growing and transforming with our partners over the long-term.
With more than 5000 specialist consultants working with more than 50 customers worldwide, our teams have the resources, business intelligence, and networks to deliver the most detailed and complex projects.
“We build long-term relationships with our business partners so that in delivering SAP S/4 HANA solutions we understand the pulse of your business and what functionalities and features will bring you the maximum benefits for minimum investment,” Mahesh says.
TCS can implement everything from large-scale rollouts and upgrades of SAP S/4 HANA across global networks to multiple point solutions for particular industries and specialised business functions.
“TCS’s SAP S/4 HANA solutions are empowering our business partners with the ability to make wiser and faster decisions, enhance operations and ultimately improve customer experiences,” Mahesh says.
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