Cover story April 2024
SAP Basis with Cloud ALM,
on-prem
and licenses.
Salzburg 2024: Hana and S/4 also need a robust SAP basis. The Customer Competence Center of SAP R/3 and Business Suite 7 is transforming itself with ALM, process mining and enterprise architects. The SAP Competence Center Summit in Salzburg is dedicated to this transformation process.
Cover story September 2025
License behavior
SAP license management, once characterized by complex rules and opaque metrics, has developed into an even denser jungle over the past three years. This has been driven by SAP's cloud strategy and the introduction of the Full Use Equivalent (FUE) license model, which many existing customers can barely keep track of.
Pragmatic advice for measurable success
September 16, 2025
Companies invest in SAP solutions to optimize core processes, become more efficient and remain fit for the future. But how do you turn this investment into measurable business success?
S/4 Finance for Group Reporting
September 16, 2025
S/4 Finance for Group Reporting enables the real-time consolidation of financial data, automates processes, and supports well-founded decisions. It is particularly suitable for complex structures and offers scalability and compliance.
A Strategic Opportunity for S/4 With Bluefield
September 15, 2025
The digital transformation has long been a reality for top managers. For many companies, the SAP S/4 Hana transformation, which involves moving an SAP system into the cloud, is at the heart of this far-reaching change.
How the SAP Build Work Zone Is Rethinking HR Processes
September 12, 2025
HR services have long since arrived in the cloud, but accessing them is often confusing. Different systems, inconsistent interfaces, and multiple portals make day-to-day work unnecessarily complicated for employees.
Systems, Strategies, and Stumbling Blocks: New SAP Implementation
September 12, 2025
As the industry leader, SAP remains the first choice for ERP systems, as implementation is more than just a technical changeover—it is a strategic decision that has long-term effects on the respective company structure.
SAP and More...
September 11, 2025
It is well known that the majority of SAP users also use non-SAP systems in some way. Sophisticated SAP Basis automation platforms are able to integrate and manage these advantageously.
SAP S/4 Private Edition 2033
September 11, 2025
Now the release change from ECC/ERP 6.0 to S/4 Hana may last until 2033. The repeated extension of the current ERP conversion is a sign of a lack of planning: SAP no longer understands the ERP market and invents new transformation scenarios every few years.
SAP FUE for AI Agents
September 4, 2025
FUE (Full Use Equivalent) is a licensing metric from SAP. This raises the question: how much FUE is attributable to an AI agent? The German AI company DeepL presented an agent-based AI that can also access SAP S/4 Hana via standard interfaces such as a browser, keyboard, and mouse.
Keeping ERP in Balance
August 28, 2025
The CIO is not an innovator, but rather a steward of successful business processes and a facilitator of necessary orchestration. At the same time, the CIO must strike a balance between ERP business management, the IT organization, technology, and licensing fees.
E3 Roundtable on ERP Platforms, Data Streams, and E2E Workflows
Successful ERP, supply chain management, and CRM architectures are built on IT platforms. Data streaming and collaboration are essential to the orchestration of ERP systems. IT platforms are the new operating system for cloud computing. The E3 Roundtable will highlight the importance and strategy of platforms for a holistic IT infrastructure and ERP architecture. SAP customers will implement platform technologies for digital transformation. The E3 Roundtable will discuss the ERP architecture principle of platforms using Boomi's offering as an example.
Comments
September 4, 2025
SAP Clean Core 2016
E3 Magazine already addressed the topic of "cleaning out" ERP systems in 2016. To that end, the SAP system has been heavily modified in recent years. What now?
September 3, 2025
AI Doomsayers
AI doomsday preachers are gaining momentum, but the IT industry is not prepared to disrupt itself. Clayton M. Christensen's "The Innovator's Dilemma" is relevant once again.
August 25, 2025
False SAP Prophets
SAP is not only a stock market darling and star, but also the source behind much business, technical, and licensing discourse in the IT scene. Who has the power of interpretation?
July 21, 2025
AI Agents—Battle of the Giants
It was with great astonishment that I read the text "AI agents are turning Salesforce and SAP into rivals. Artificial intelligence is blurring the distinction between front office and back office" in The Economist on June 5 of this year.
Community News
September 16, 2025
S/4 Finance for Group Reporting
S/4 Finance for Group Reporting enables the real-time consolidation of financial data, automates processes, and supports well-founded decisions. It is particularly suitable for complex structures and offers scalability and compliance.
September 15, 2025
A Strategic Opportunity for S/4 With Bluefield
The digital transformation has long been a reality for top managers. For many companies, the SAP S/4 Hana transformation, which involves moving an SAP system into the cloud, is at the heart of this far-reaching change.
September 12, 2025
Systems, Strategies, and Stumbling Blocks: New SAP Implementation
As the industry leader, SAP remains the first choice for ERP systems, as implementation is more than just a technical changeover—it is a strategic decision that has long-term effects on the respective company structure.
September 11, 2025
Competence, efficiency, transparency: CCoE and SAP for Me make everyday SAP life easier
Future-proofing is a key issue for existing SAP customers. Due to accelerated digitalization, S/4 conversion, AI, cloud and growing IT complexity, knowledge about their own SAP ERP is becoming increasingly important.
Business Management
RISE with SAP promises the path to an innovative cloud future. How can SAP customers best approach the transformation process?
August 27, 2025
RISE with Support
RISE with SAP is a concept that makes it easier for customers to migrate to a new ERP era—with S/4 Hana as the first step. T-Systems provides the necessary support for a powerful IT architecture and a solid foundation.
July 30, 2025
Excellent WMS
For the twelfth time in a row, SAP has been recognized by Gartner as a "Leader" in the Magic Quadrant 2025 for Warehouse Management.
As part of its "Logistics Concept 2030", packaging manufacturer Linhardt is preparing for the future and ensuring a more efficient material flow. A decisive factor in this was the move away from the old warehouse management system in good time before the end of maintenance.
IT Management
September 8, 2025
SAP deployment more than applications: Automation in infrastructure and system operation
SAP investments are usually a matter for the boss and decisions are made in conjunction with the IT management. Automation potential in the SAP infrastructure or in system operation is often not considered until it is too late. This leads to missed opportunities.
September 5, 2025
Advising Wisely Thanks to Hybrid Archiving
When introducing a new distribution system, Munich's public transportation company (MVG) had to rethink its archiving concept. Instead of migrating five million documents, it opted for a hybrid archiving architecture.
September 2, 2025
The Journey From Idea to Production
AI is driving digital transformation, but the step from prototype to production often fails due to a lack of hybrid infrastructure, which is necessary for end-to-end use in multi-cloud, on-prem, and edge environments.
August 26, 2025
Only Those Who Automate Benefit
Digitalization presents companies with new challenges—especially when it comes to IT security. SAP systems are increasingly becoming the focus of criminals.
Economy
June 19, 2025
Companies Rely on SAP From the Cloud
The continued rise in cloud usage is changing the SAP ecosystem in Germany, as user companies are switching to the Walldorf-based software provider's cloud solutions despite ongoing concerns.
February 4, 2025
S/4 Migrations Gain Momentum
Complex SAP-centric business processes continue to hinder comprehensive, company-wide automation. These are the findings of a recent study by the Americas' SAP Users' Group ASUG and Precisely, a global provider of data integrity.
August 14, 2024
Cyber insurance is the IT standard
The first cyber insurance policies for companies were offered in the DACH region a good ten years ago. Since then, the market has grown and the insurance offerings have matured considerably.
June 3, 2024
Are AI and Digitalization Our Saviors?
The many changes in business, technology, politics, and society can make you think. And the more innovations there are, the greater the desire for orientation and clarity.
E3 Book Tip
SAP S/4HANA Finance - Customizing
This book will help you navigate safely through the configuration of FI/CO in SAP S/4HANA. A continuous example shows you how to make all the important settings. You will learn how to create master data and set up organizational structures. You will also learn how to set up the central processes in Financial Accounting and Controlling. The authors also explain which methods have proven successful for migration. The completely revised 4th edition includes all the functions of Release 2023 - for example Advanced Valuation. Many screenshots and practical tips will help you to successfully implement SAP S/4HANA Finance.
- Successful customizing of financial accounting and controlling
- Upgrade and new implementation explained in detail
- Successful customizing of financial accounting and controlling
- Upgrade and new implementation explained in detail
- With a practical example throughout and lots of tips and tricks
- Incl. the new features of Release 2023
- Incl. the new features of Release 2023
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