Transform your Technical and Professional Services with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

with real-time insights, intelligent automation, and service-specific solutions on a scalable cloud platform designed for agility and growth

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Transforming Services with Industry-Specific Innovation

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition is redefining the way professional services firms operate by delivering tailored, end-to-end solutions on a cutting-edge cloud platform. Combining agility, scalability, and real-time insights, this solution empowers businesses to elevate their service delivery, streamline operations, and drive growth.

The platform’s industry-specific capabilities seamlessly integrate:

Project management,
Resource planning,
Time and Expense tracking
Core financial and operational processes.

This allows professional services firms to allocate resources efficiently, manage project milestones effectively, and ensure accurate financial updates in real-time.

Curious about what’s possible for your organization?

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition is not just an ERP system—it’s your strategic partner in transforming the way you deliver technical or professional services, driving operational excellence, financial agility, and unmatched customer satisfaction.

Let us guide your firm in unlocking its full potential today.

Financial management is taken to the next level with tools that provide instant insights, handle complex billing scenarios, and streamline intercompany transactions across multiple regions. This ensures your firm remains agile and financially precise, regardless of how dynamic your projects or operations become.

Cloud-driven agility ensures rapid deployment, automatic updates, and scalability to match the pace of your business growth. With preconfigured best practices tailored to the professional services industry, you can experience faster time-to-value while remaining equipped with the latest innovations—all without business disruption.

Intelligent technologies like embedded analytics, AI, and process automation predict project outcomes, prevent resource bottlenecks, and automate repetitive tasks such as invoice processing and compliance checks.

Enhanced Collaboration with built-in collaboration tools foster seamless teamwork, no matter where your teams are located.

Global compliance and sustainability are embedded into the platform’s DNA. It’s designed to support country-specific regulations and tax standards while also enabling the tracking and reporting of ESG metrics, helping firms maintain accountability and transparency in their engagements.

User-centric design ensures that every stakeholder, from consultants to executives, has access to personalized dashboards and mobile-friendly tools. This fosters remote work flexibility without compromising on system performance or user experience.

Fit with the Service business

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition is particularly well-suited for services businesses and related industries that operate project-based, client-facing, or knowledge-intensive models. Businesses that require seamless integration of project management, resource planning, and financial control can derive significant benefits, like:

Project-Based Work: Companies heavily reliant on project management.
Multi-Entity Operations: Firms with subsidiaries, intercompany billing, or global reach.
Complex Billing Models: Businesses handling subscriptions, retainers, or milestone payments.
Need for Real-Time Insights: Organizations that thrive on actionable data for decision-making.
Growth-Oriented Firms: Businesses requiring scalable, cloud-based solutions.

Below are the types of businesses that can benefit most:

Consulting Services with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Consulting Firms

Management Consulting: Firms focused on strategy, operations, or technology advisory.
IT Consulting: Businesses offering digital transformation services, system integrations, or software development.
Engineering Consulting: Organizations providing design, compliance, and specialized technical expertise.

Benefits for Consulting Firms

Streamlined project tracking and billing.
Real-time resource planning and utilization.
Simplified intercompany financial processes.

Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Firms

Companies managing large-scale design or construction projects.

Benefits for EASC Firms

Improved cost estimation and tracking.
Integration of project delivery with financials.
Better compliance with contractual and regulatory obligations.

Technology Service Providers

Software Development Firms: Working on agile, iterative product deliveries.
Managed Services Providers (MSPs): Offering ongoing IT support or SaaS-based services.

Benefits for Technology Service Providers:

Integration of subscription-based revenue models.
Simplified financial operations across service delivery teams.
Predictive analytics for project overruns or underutilization.

Multi-National Professional Services Firms

Organizations operating across geographies with complex intercompany transactions or compliance needs.

Benefits for Multi-National Professional Services Firms

Harmonized financials across multiple entities.
Support for global tax and regulatory compliance.
Scalability to support cross-border teams and clients.

Public Sector and Nonprofits

Organizations managing donor-funded initiatives or public projects.

Benefits for Public Sector and Nonprofits

Grant Management: Tracks funding allocation and compliance with donor requirements.
Transparency: Ensures full visibility of project progress and spending.
Outcome Reporting: Measures project impact against stated objectives.

Empower your projects

Enhanced Financial Control

SAP S/4HANA Cloud provides CFOs with a real-time view of financial health, which is critical for managing a service business where projects can rapidly impact profitability:

Real-Time Profitability Insights enables CFOs to monitor project profitability down to granular levels (e.g., by client, region, or resource) in real-time, ensuring proactive decision-making.

Cash Flow Management for predictive analytics to help forecast cash flow scenarios, such as potential delays in client payments or over-budget projects.

Centralized Financial Oversight to Consolidates data from multiple geographies and business units, enabling CFOs to maintain oversight across global operations.

Revenue Recognition and Compliance

Service businesses often deal with complex billing models and regulatory requirements. SAP S/4HANA Cloud automates these processes to reduce manual effort and ensure accuracy:

Automated Revenue Recognition to handle milestone-based, subscription, and usage-based billing in line with IFRS 15/ASC 606 standards, minimizing compliance risks.

Audit-Ready Records to Generate transparent, traceable financial records for audits, reducing the risk of regulatory penalties.

Contract Management Integration ensures that billing and revenue align seamlessly with project contracts, avoiding discrepancies.

Operational Efficiency Through Integration

SAP S/4HANA Cloud bridges the gap between financial systems and operational activities, delivering significant efficiency gains:

Integrated Financial and Project Management for Real-time synchronization between project progress, resource costs, and financial data ensures accurate project accounting.

Simplified Intercompany Transactions to automates cross-entity billing and allocations, which is essential for global service firms managing shared resources.

Cost Efficiency by tracking and and controlling overhead, direct costs, and project expenses more effectively, allowing CFOs to identify and eliminate inefficiencies.

Global Compliance and Risk Management

CFOs are responsible for ensuring the organization meets regulatory requirements and mitigates financial risks. SAP S/4HANA Cloud excels here in various ways.

Tax and Regulatory Compliance adapts the local regulations across multiple geographies, ensuring timely and accurate tax filings and financial reporting.

Risk Identification by predictive insights to help identify risks such as potential project overruns or non-compliant transactions, enabling early intervention.

Sustainability Reporting to track and reports ESG metrics, helping service businesses meet stakeholder and regulatory expectations on sustainability.

Scalability and Continuous Innovation

Service companies need systems that grow with the business and remain competitive in the face of changing technology and market demands:

Cloud-Based Scalability to easily adds new regions, business units, or services without extensive reconfiguration.

Automatic Updates includes updates to ensure access to the latest innovations, reducing the burden of manual system upgrades.

Agility in growth supports mergers, acquisitions, or new service lines without compromising financial visibility or compliance.

Scheer - Your partner of choice

Industry Expertise with a Focus on Service Businesses

Scheer Netherlands combines deep expertise in professional and technical services with a thorough understanding of industry-specific challenges. This allows them to:

Tailor SAP implementations to address the unique requirements of service-driven organizations, such as project-based revenue, complex billing, and resource planning.

Deliver solutions that enhance operational efficiency and financial transparency while meeting industry standards and regulations.

Proven Track Record of Successful SAP Cloud ERP Implementations

Extensive experience in SAP S/4HANA Cloud deployments, ensuring smooth transitions for businesses of all sizes.

A reputation for minimizing disruption during implementation, with a focus on rapid time-to-value and measurable ROI.

Customer testimonials and case studies that showcase their ability to deliver transformative results.

In addition to this: Scheer Netherlands runs SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Collaborative Approach and Ongoing Support

Scheer Netherlands prioritizes collaboration and long-term partnership:

Transparant engagement model to work closely with clients to design and implement solutions that align with their strategic objectives.
Post-Implementation support to provide continuous optimization, ensuring the SAP environment evolves with changing business needs.
Thought Leadership offers expert insights into leveraging SAP tools for innovation, growth, and competitive advantage.

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