Warehousing, Procurement and Inventory Management made efficient using S/4 HANA Cloud.
March 19, 2024

Warehousing, Procurement and Inventory Management made efficient using S/4 HANA Cloud.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP S/4HANA Cloud

I have used SAP S/4 HANA in my organization for the past two years. It involves implementing SAP into client Business Processes into their Warehousing and Material Management. We have helped clients transition from the Legacy system to the S/4 system and Greenfield and Brownfield implementation. S/4 Hana gives clients leverage to integrate their Warehouse using SAP EWM into various processes, including STO Process, External and Internal refurbishing, stock return, and Return to Vendor, among other processes. It essentially allows the client to integrate their various business processes, including procurement, sales, and stock transfer, to other warehouses, providing them the luxury of tracking and streamlining the business process without any hassle. SAP S/4 Cloud also makes the physical inventory process easy by using ad hoc, cycle counting, or annual physical inventory processes efficiently and comparing it with stock in the warehouse. The scope of my use case involves Implementing SAP S/4 HANA into the clients' new Plant or warehouse through SAP MM, EWM implementation after configuring it into the SAP, doing the Smoke test, SIT, assisting the user during UAT, and finally implementing it for Production use.
  • SAP S/4 HANA Cloud users have flexibility, whether migrating Data from a legacy system to S/4 or converting Data.
  • Data Security and Cost-effectiveness are other benefits associated with the S/4 HANA cloud, highlighted by clients insisting on implementing it.
  • The S/4 cloud can be used in one or more plants for the client site, and there is scope for significant scalability. In my experience, the implementation has been very smooth.
  • The level of customization that accommodates specific client businesses could be better. There are times when we get a query about a very unique business process and find it difficult to adapt it to the cloud.
  • Very flexible and allow Integration effectively.
  • Ease of implementation.
  • Less hassle, smooth transition.
It has effectively helped my client and me implement seamless business operations. Inventory Management and warehousing efforts helped clients with tons of headaches, resource savings, and reduced paperwork. Order entry, order tracking, procurement, and seamless physical inventory make it easy to keep track of warehouse inventory. Largely effective in Accounting-related use cases and business requirements.
  • Cloud Solutions
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use

Do you think SAP S/4HANA Cloud delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP S/4HANA Cloud's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP S/4HANA Cloud live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP S/4HANA Cloud again?

Yes

One of my clients required the implementation of the S/4 HANA cloud on a tight timeline, as their go-live was supposed to be earlier than scheduled. In that case, the flexibility and less implementation time made it easy for the client site. Sure, there are various use cases of the S/4 HANA cloud, which made our work easier using it as it provides integrations to various other cases like Warehousing, Logistics, and CRM, among others.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Feature Ratings

Accounts payable
8
Accounts receivable
7
Inventory tracking
9
Automatic reordering
8
Location management
7
Pricing
9
Order entry
7
Cost of goods sold
7
Pay calculation
7
Benefit plan administration
8
Direct deposit files
8
Dashboards
8
Standard reports
7
Custom reports
8
API for custom integration
6
Plug-ins
7
Role-based user permissions
8
Single sign-on capability
8
Not Rated