Gartner defines cloud ERP services as services provided by third-party systems integrators to assess needs, implement solutions and evolve platforms that are transforming their back-office systems via the implementation of cloud-based ERP solutions. A cloud ERP solution is a set of applications (SaaS) that are sold/marketed as integrated products to support organizations. These integrated products include financial management (FM) functionality, human capital management (HCM), supply chain management (SCM) and other administrative ERP functionality.
Gartner defines the SAP S/4HANA Application Services as: assessment, implementation and applications management services. Assessment services are discrete, project based services to assess the impact of either a new SAP S/4HANA implementation or a migration from a legacy platform(s) to SAP S/4HANA. These services include consulting and potentially Proof of Concept, and covers the analysis of all SAP S/4HANA products, applications, databases, analytics, middleware, mobile and other technologies. Implementation services are discrete, project-based implementations of SAP S/4HANA applications without ongoing management responsibilities. These services include consulting, development and integration services, and covers all SAP S/4HANA products, applications, databases, analytics, middleware, mobile and other technologies. Management services are ongoing services focused on SAP S/4HANA applications that are provided as part of a multiyear-based agreement and managed against defined quality metrics.