SAP S/4HANA 1709 Fashion - What you need to know

This blog post takes an in-depth look at answering some of the frequent questions around SAP S/4HANA 1709, taking into account what fashion companies need to know and how they can prepare for their transition to SAP S/4HANA for Fashion.

Ever since SAP announced SAP S/4HANA, there have been many questions about the future and roadmap for industry specific solutions such as SAP Fashion Management Solution. During a recent webinar, we discussed some of the most frequent questions we get from customers regarding the roadmap and migration to SAP S/4HANA.

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Here are some of the main points that we addressed during the webinar:

• What's available for me today on SAP S/4HANA?

Customers want to know if they can jump on SAP S/4HANA immediately, and what SAP products are currently available on S/4HANA? As of today, S/4HANA Finance (previously Simple Finance) and SAP S/4HANA Retail for Merchandising Management are currently available along with SAP Customer Activity Repository. See what else is available on SAP S/4 HANA for fashion customers.   

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• Is SAP Fashion Management on S/4HANA already?

SAP FMS is not on S/4HANA yet, but we discussed what the roadmap would look like for SAP FMS in the transition to SAP S/4HANA Fashion, along with what it brings to the table for FMS customers in terms of feature/functionality changes and technical/architectural changes.

• Should I implement SAP FMS today or should I wait?

Customers who are seriously evaluating FMS ask this question. You can certainly implement FMS immediately and it is recommended, but there are a few considerations to be made. Find out what they are. 

• What do I do if I'm already implementing or have implemented FMS?

Customers who have already begun the journey on SAP FMS may be faced with this question. Customers who have started implementing FMS are definitely on the right track. A move to S/4HANA would mean a technical migration.

Find out attune's point of view on SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Fashion Management implementation; what you need to do today and going forward.

While SAP S/4 HANA is definitely a game changing offering by SAP, it can also cause confusion in the minds of existing and potential new customers. Our webinar aims at clearing out some of the most commonly asked questions.     

Vinod Kumar is the Solutions Director at attune. 

Vinod has over 15 years of experience in the industry with most of it in fashion and SAP’s fashion related solutions.  He has been with attune for 5 years and previously was with SAP Labs as SAP AFS Product Manager, during which he lead the design and development of few SAP AFS releases.  Vinod has been working closely with SAP and managing attune’s co-innovation partnership on SAP FMS. He has been involved in design, proof of concept and development of FMS.