SAP Business Suite – Concept and Architecture Explained

SAP Business Suite

Enterprise Management from the Cloud

DATA - AI - APPS

Scheer Netherlands embraces SAP's vision that business solutions should be simple and easy to maintain in order to support the business of today and tomorrow. We have been implementing SAP Public Cloud solutions since 2012. We have built up extensive experience in supporting companies in making the right choices when deploying the Public Edition of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform, and SAP Industry Cloud solutions.

The SAP Business Suite helps organizations create simplicity and certainty in a complex digital world. Companies are not opting for separate systems, but for control, speed, and innovation from a single integrated foundation.


One foundation for all processes

Organizations want peace of mind and clarity. With SAP Business Suite, all core processes run on a single, reliable basis: the SAP Data Cloud. This provides confidence that decisions are made based on consistent and up-to-date data.


Always ready for change

Agility is key in a dynamic market. The suite uses AI and data analysis to enable companies to respond more quickly to changes, plan more intelligently, and immediately benefit from new insights.

Growth without limitations

Companies want the freedom to start small and grow with their ambitions. SAP Business Suite supports expansion into new markets, products, and countries without adding complexity or requiring heavy IT projects.


Fewer worries about IT

Teams want to focus on their business, not maintenance. With a clean core strategy and automatic updates, the organization remains up to date and agile, without requiring additional management.

SAP Business Suite = Data + AI + Apps

The SAP Business Suite consists of four pillars that together form the basis for simplicity and innovation:

  1. Data: SAP Business Data Cloud provides a single, reliable layer for all your business data, accelerating insights and decision-making.
  2. AI: SAP Business AI & SAP Joule provide artificial intelligence integrated into processes, with Joule acting as a digital co-pilot for employees.
  3. Apps – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and SAP ECO Systems: certainty in ERP processes and additional solutions such as Ariba, SuccessFactors, Concur, and Fieldglass.
  4. SAP Business Technology Platform: the connecting layer for integration, expansion, and development of new applications.

SAP Business Suite Concept Infograph

SAP Business Suite - Business AI

SAP Business AI & Joule

Data only becomes valuable when it is converted into action. SAP Business AI makes this possible by building intelligence directly into processes. Joule, the digital co-pilot, acts as a super-orchestrator across end-to-end processes. 


AI agents for finance, supply chain, HR, procurement, and customer processes support employees with insights, predictions, and recommendations. This increases efficiency and enables organizations to take proactive control rather than reacting after the fact.

SAP Business Suite - Business Cloud

SAP Data Cloud

Every organization runs on data, but that information is often scattered and difficult to use. The SAP Business Data Cloud brings all data together in a single semantic layer. This aligns data from SAP and non-SAP systems and creates a single source of truth. Finance, supply chain, HR, procurement, and customer data become uniformly available. This provides certainty in reporting and accelerates decision-making.

SAP Business Suite - SAP Business Technology Platform

SAP Business Technology Platform

All components are connected and reinforced by the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). SAP BTP enables integration between applications and data, both within SAP and with external systems. In addition, the platform offers extensibility via low-code and no-code tooling, allowing new applications to be developed quickly. Bringing AI, data, and apps together on a single platform creates a foundation for continuous innovation and sustainable growth.

SAP Business Suite - SAP Cloud Apps

SAP Cloud ECO applicaties

The core of the suite is formed by SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. This ERP system provides a reliable foundation for all primary processes such as finance, supply chain, production, and services.

In addition, SAP ECO Systems—such as Ariba, SuccessFactors, Concur, and Fieldglass—provide specialized extensions that are fully integrated. Together, they create an application layer that supports both standard processes and industry-specific needs.

SAP Public Cloud Composable Solution architectuur

The modular concept of the SAP Public Cloud solution architecture can be used to support your company in entering or growing in the SaaS arena to build a scalable and flexible solution platform. To meet your Enterprise Resource Planning needs, start with the Public Edition of SAP S/4HANA Cloud.


SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition: Standaard functionaliteit

SAP S/4HANA LoB solutions: Additional functionality requires an additional license.

SAP Industry Cloud: Specific services, separate license required

SAP ECO Systems: Additional suites/applications, requiring implementation and licenses


Overview of how the functionalities from the various components of the Public Cloud solutions can be combined.

SAP Business Suite ERP Components

All SAP Public Cloud solutions are designed and developed around SAP Suite Qualities to ensure consistency, seamless integrations, and uniformity between these applications.


Scheer IDS SAP Cloud ERP Projects