SAP Cloud ERP

Score8.6 out of 10

2,057 Reviews and Ratings

What is SAP Cloud ERP?

SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) is a modular ERP that enables users to run mission-critical operations in real time from anywhere, introduce new business models in any industry, and expand globally. SAP Cloud ERP is a SaaS product and can also be deployed in a hybrid landscape for quicker time to value.

SAP Cloud ERP is a foundational component of the SAP Business Suite, an integrated system of applications, data, and AI that connects and optimizes every part of a business, to enable smarter decisions, real-time insights, and intelligent automation.

Categories & Use Cases

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Screenshot of the Order to Cash Dashboard - For the management of the order-to-cash process more efficiently across revenue streams and business models - including sales of physical and digital goods, services, subscriptions, projects, and bundles.

Screenshot of a Sales Management Overview - Helps ensure sales reps meet their goals with an overview of orders and key sales performance metrics, with status tracking for each order in real time for the early detection of potential issues.

Screenshot of the Purchasing Spend Dashboard - For weighing various aspects of purchasing spend through quick access to clear, complete, and real-time data, with less risk, and without opening different reports and transactions.

Screenshot of Operational Supplier Evaluation - Provides a transparent overview of suppliers. Users can approve the most reliable vendors and get the right mix to serve business needs while reducing risk.

Screenshot of Inventory Management - Provides visibility to manage supply chains, to mitigate risk, avoid unnecessary costs, maximize efficiency, and fulfill customer orders on time.

Screenshot of Inventory Processing - Enables real-time supply chain visibility and provides meaningful metrics, with customizable dashboards and reports that display real-time inventory that track the status of inbound and outbound deliveries.

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Screenshot of the Order to Cash Dashboard - For the management of the order-to-cash process more efficiently across revenue streams and business models - including sales of physical and digital goods, services, subscriptions, projects, and bundles.

Travel & Expense Management
Enter expenses from mobile devices, integrate credit card and travel booking, configure policy enforcement
Category average: 7.2
Project Planning and Scheduling
Interactive Gantt chart for establishing tasks, durations, and delivery schedule
Category average: 7.3
Project Mobile Functionality
Capabilities for project functions such as updating and monitoring task progress and timecards from mobile devices
Category average: 6.8

Plug-ins
A number of third-party plug-ins are available to expand the core functionality of the software.
Category average: 7.4
Forecasting
Statistically forecast based on historical patterns and sales input, monitor accuracy and estimate new demand
Category average: 7.3
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
Control spending at any budget level or time interval
Category average: 7.1

#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

23.7%

166 installations of 701

“Across the whole company basically supporting purchasing, selling, accounting, planning and forecasting, asset accounting, analytics, and HCM among other things.”
— SAP service lead, Deloitte (10,001+ employees)

#2 most frequent

Manufacturing

23.7%

166 installations of 701

“SAP ERP is our primary ERP platform. It's used across the whole organization. As an ERP platform, it helps us integrate business and technology processes across the whole spectrum from Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Account to Report, Hire to Retire, Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing & Execution. It has helped to bring in transparency, consolidate financials and have a better future forecast.”
— Global Application Development Manager/Solutions Architect, Dawn Food Products (1001-5000 employees)

#3 most frequent

Information

8.4%

59 installations of 701

“SAP S/4HANA Cloud is being widely used in my organization (Accenture). Almost every SAP project is either implemented already or in implementing/migration to SAP S/4HANA Cloud phase. As far as my current project, we are already on SAP S/4HANA Cloud for almost three years. Overall, it is a great appliance to work on.”
— Application Development Analyst, Accenture (10,001+ employees)

Satyam Itadkar

Senior Project Manager in Information Technology at Origin Logistics Pvt. Ltd. (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using SAP Cloud ERP to streamline financial operations & core HR functions, optimize inventory management & procurement process, and manage compliance. It offered us an intelligent automation that helped us automate repetitive, routine tasks and use machine learning for predictive analysis. It helped us reduce the high upfront capital expenditure required to purchase servers, storage, and networking equipment for an on-premises setup.

Pros

It helps you streamline financial operations and core HR functions, optimize inventory management & procurement process.
It helps you reduce high upfront capital expenditure required for on-premise setup.
Its intelligent automation helps you automate repetitive, routine tasks and use machine learning for predictive analysis.

Cons

Requires specialized expertise for smooth implementation.
Proper training needs to be given to new users.

Return on Investment

It boost our productivity by automating repetitive, routine tasks.
It provide us accurate forecasting with its AI and machine learning capabilities.
It helped us streamline financial operations & core HR functions, optimize inventory management & procurement process.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Other Software Used

Cisco Duo, TeamViewer, Cisco AnyConnect

Sundaram Iyer

IT Head in Information Technology at Origin Logistics Private Limited (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SAP Cloud ERP to streamline and automate business processes, including supply chain, procurement, and finance. Along with faster data processing, it offered modern technologies such as built-in AI, machine learning, and real-time data analytics. With its multi-currency and multi-language support, we can handle international operations smoothly.

Pros

t comes with built-in AI agent which reduces manual work by automating repetitive processes and provides faster insights
It offers speedier data processing along with real-time data analytics
You can choose suitable subscription plan as per business requirement and save money

Cons

Limited customization.
Costly than other solutions.

Return on Investment

Its joule agent helped us reduce manual work by automating repetitive processes.
With SAP Cloud ERP we able to handle international operations seamlessly.
It helped us save big upfront cost required for on-premise setup.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Other Software Used

Cisco AnyConnect, TeamViewer, SAP HANA Cloud

Ashish Katyayan

CEO in Corporate at KATBOTZ LLC (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a consultant for SAP and run my organization, KATBOTZ LLC.

Pros

FICO
Supply chain management and integration to FICO.
Trusted Analytics.

Cons

AI
Machine learning
Middleware

Return on Investment

Robust and trustworthy system.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Zoho Books

Other Software Used

Zoho Books

Krushna Chaudhari

Data Engineer in Information Technology at Onepoint IT consulting Pvt. Ltd. (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our organization use SAP Cloud ERP to manage various business aspects such as finance, procurement, and supply chain operations. We use it to maintain vendor management, purchase orders, procurement management, general ledger, finance management and also to manage centralized data for customer, vendor and material. We use SAP Cloud for the integration with other apps like IFS, Azure data factory, etc.

Pros

It works very well in finance team because journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting all happen on the same dataset.
It handles an end to end flow for procurement, right from the vendor onboarding to the purchase order management.
Compliance and audit ready data is kept in single location

Cons

Customization in SAP systems are very limited specially in public cloud
Integration with other systems sometimes feels confusing and complex due to the OData structures and object name in API
SAP UI and UX needs to improved as per the modern UI requirements.

Return on Investment

Automation of processes related with finance, procurement and supply chain management reduces the manual efforts and time required for it.
It provides a near real time data visibility for the various departments.
Provides stronger governance on the data at a centralized location
Scalability and future ready ness of the processes

Usability

Alternatives Considered

IFS Applications and IFS Cloud

Other Software Used

IFS Applications, Azure Data Factory, Boomi

Arvind Dixit

Assistant Manager - IT in Information Technology at Origin Logistics Private Limited (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using SAP Cloud ERP for enterprise resource planning. By providing suite of integrated business applications it helped us to manage organization resources efficiently. It helped us streamline business processes and perform quick advanced analytics for important business decisions. Its periodical updates helped us stay competitive in a rapidly changing market.

Pros

It offers flexible subscription plans which lets you add or remove users, memory, storage as per requirement.
It can be deployed faster than on-premise setup.
It offers periodical innovation cycle which provides you early access to new features and technology

Cons

Implementation requires proper planning and execution
Limited customization
New users requires proper training and support

Return on Investment

Its flexible subscription feature helped us save significant amount of upfront cost
Its periodical innovation cycle helped us stay competitive in rapidly changing market
Its in-memory feature helped us in faster data processing, advanced analytics, and faster decision-making

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Other Software Used

Cisco AnyConnect, Cisco Duo, FortiClient, TeamViewer

NetSuite ERP

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Workday Financial Management

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP

SAP Cloud ERP

What is SAP Cloud ERP?

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Travel & Expense Management

Project Planning and Scheduling

Project Mobile Functionality

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Plug-ins

Forecasting

Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting

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Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Manufacturing

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