Material Management in SAP S4 HANA: a case study

Yimei Zhang

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

In SAP S/4 HANA system, there are 3 different categories of applications: Transactional, Analytical and Factsheets. These three types of applications have their own characteristics and functions. The main objective of the study is to compare three categories of SAP applications within Fiori interface in SAP S/4 HANA system, then find differences and similarities among the three types of applications. The SWOT analysis of the material management module in SAP S/4 HANA system is also made during the process of comparing operation. The case study is based on the literature review and operation in a given task scenario, the thesis used quantitative approach to generate statistical comparison as well as qualitative approach, for example method for User Experience inspection, to find more differences among the three types of applications and put forward to advice in relation to the SWOT analysis for the module Material Management and the system SAP S/4 HANA. The results showed the differences among the three categories of applications in time consumption, number of applications, design of main user interface and running database. Otherwise, there was existing interconnection among the three types of application to indicate they have similarities as well. Eventually, the overall strength of the material management module in SAP S/4 HANA is greater than the weakness, the module and SAP S/4 HANA system itself still have strong competitiveness in the ERP software market, which is the first choice for customers who want to standardize their business processes.

Keywords

Material Management, SAP S/4 HANA, Comparison, Fiori interface, Transactional, Analytical, Factsheets, ERP

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 21. 11. 2020

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Miloš Ulman, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management