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 October 2025
AI with ERP, BTP and BDC
The mathematician Ada Lovelace is also considered the first female programmer. It may be a romantic view from a computer science perspective, but it is worth questioning what has fundamentally changed in recent years: Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) have taken over. AI for and with ERP, SAP BTP and BDC is therefore under scrutiny.
Nothing but the Truth About Process Mining
October 9, 2025
The starting point of this article is a current lawsuit filed by Celonis against SAP in the USA¹. The aim of the lawsuit is to remove barriers to competition that prevent Celonis from working with SAP systems.
One of the Biggest Global Transformations
October 8, 2025
With the go-live of the SAP Cloud ERP solution, the consulting and auditing firm PWC is consolidating its global business processes and creating a standardized platform for more than 100,000 employees in 19 countries.
The Majority Plan Savings in IT
October 8, 2025
The tense economic and geopolitical situation is forcing 82 percent of the companies surveyed in the DACH region to cut costs, with 53 percent of IT departments affected by cost-cutting measures. The IT budget is being reduced in one in four companies.
Welcome, Digitalized Delivery and Goodbye to Paperwork
October 7, 2025
Unloading pallets, delivering building materials, and documenting everything digitally—Stark Germany was impressed by the SAP-based FIS/LastMile app during the pilot phase. Now the roll-out is underway: paperless processes, faster workflows, and full transparency on the "last mile".
Towards the Future With LeanIX
October 7, 2025
Over a long period of time, the mechanical engineering specialist Trumpf from Ditzingen developed IT structures that the in-house IT department could only manage through a great deal of effort. Among other things, heterogeneous subsystems and decentralized IT solutions at various locations made work more difficult and resulted in avoidable IT costs—for example in the form of multiple licenses and rising maintenance costs.
A big step towards data-driven maintenance
October 6, 2025
Maintenance staff are rarely at their desks - but SAP processes often demand just that. Schöck Bauteile was therefore looking for a mobile solution to record maintenance and fault messages directly in the factory. This step was realized in 2024 with the Argvis Maintenance Portal.
SAP: Best-of-Breed
October 9, 2025
SAP is stepping up its efforts to further develop a composite S/4 Hana, Composable-ERP, towards a holistic suite. The existing S/4 patchwork is to be orchestrated by AI assistants and AI agents. Best-of-breed ERP is to be replaced by Composable ERP with Databricks.
SAP overlicensing
October 2, 2025
What to do with SAP licenses that are no longer needed and only generate maintenance fees? If company shares are sold or staff have to be laid off, there may often be too many licenses downstream. However, unused licenses cause high support costs and maintenance fees.
SAP's Multiple ERP Construction Sites
September 25, 2025
SAP left the path of righteousness many years ago. It began with the hybridization of its database. Added value? Unknown. Many other construction sites were added, partly out of ignorance and partly due to competitive pressure. Unfortunately, between topics such as the cloud and AI, SAP has yet to find its way again.
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.
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October 1, 2025
Open Source Cannot Be Switched Off
The volatile macroeconomic and geopolitical environment requires IT landscapes to be operated with confidence. Security and independence are becoming increasingly important. Open source and hybrid cloud offer the necessary flexibility and resilience.
September 29, 2025
Reach Your Destination Quickly and Safely
Everything must become more efficient, including processes. SAP knows this too—and thus offers stable, tried-and-tested processes for complex subject areas that benefit companies. They are the best at it.
September 26, 2025
Users Are Different
The SAP community is increasingly diverging from SAP's plans. There is a wide gap between the global ERP market leader's dreams and reality.
September 24, 2025
10 years of S/4: racing car with API handbrake applied
Ten years ago, SAP presented S/4 as a new beginning for the digital backbone of the economy. Real-time, simplified data models, cloud focus. Much was achieved. In the meantime, it is less a question of "if" and more a question of "how".
SAP News
October 9, 2025
Nothing but the Truth About Process Mining
The starting point of this article is a current lawsuit filed by Celonis against SAP in the USA¹. The aim of the lawsuit is to remove barriers to competition that prevent Celonis from working with SAP systems.
October 8, 2025
One of the Biggest Global Transformations
With the go-live of the SAP Cloud ERP solution, the consulting and auditing firm PWC is consolidating its global business processes and creating a standardized platform for more than 100,000 employees in 19 countries.
September 29, 2025
Clear view of the order backlog in SAP
At packaging manufacturer Karl Knauer, the standard SAP system lacked adequate mapping of the order backlog - a central KPI for production and sales planning. Thanks to an enhancement, this can now be evaluated in real time and used for well-founded decisions.
The EU Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether SAP may have distorted competition in the aftermarket for maintenance and support services related to an on-premises type of software, licensed by SAP, used for the management of companies' business operations, in the European Economic Area.
Business Management
October 7, 2025
Welcome, Digitalized Delivery and Goodbye to Paperwork
Unloading pallets, delivering building materials, and documenting everything digitally—Stark Germany was impressed by the SAP-based FIS/LastMile app during the pilot phase. Now the roll-out is underway: paperless processes, faster workflows, and full transparency on the "last mile".
October 7, 2025
Towards the Future With LeanIX
Over a long period of time, the mechanical engineering specialist Trumpf from Ditzingen developed IT structures that the in-house IT department could only manage through a great deal of effort. Among other things, heterogeneous subsystems and decentralized IT solutions at various locations made work more difficult and resulted in avoidable IT costs—for example in the form of multiple licenses and rising maintenance costs.
October 6, 2025
A big step towards data-driven maintenance
Maintenance staff are rarely at their desks - but SAP processes often demand just that. Schöck Bauteile was therefore looking for a mobile solution to record maintenance and fault messages directly in the factory. This step was realized in 2024 with the Argvis Maintenance Portal.
September 30, 2025
Into the cloud with SAP Utilities Core
Berlin-based energy service provider Gasag is one of the first energy companies to convert its SAP billing system for grid operations to a cloud-based solution in the Rise model. This is the first part of the largest IT project in the company's history to date.
IT Management
October 6, 2025
Clean Core and BTP in Day-to-Day Business
Companies in the energy and process industry are under pressure to implement innovations, meet legal requirements, and optimize their operational processes at the same time. Outdated ERP landscapes are making this increasingly difficult.
October 2, 2025
Digital Sovereignty Is A Necessity, Not a Luxury
Digital sovereignty is rapidly gaining in importance in Europe. This is creating new requirements—and opportunities—for SAP customers. Open source plays a key role in this and helps companies to become more sovereign.
October 2, 2025
Data as Strategic Capital
In the data-driven economy, data quality is becoming a success factor: precision, consistency, and reliability are no longer a nice-to-have, but a clear competitive advantage.
October 1, 2025
Roadmap for AI implementation in SAP
AI has long since ceased to be a trend. It is an unavoidable necessity. The integration of AI into SAP systems offers companies the opportunity to increase their efficiency, make informed decisions in real time and remain competitive in the long term.
Economy
October 8, 2025
The Majority Plan Savings in IT
The tense economic and geopolitical situation is forcing 82 percent of the companies surveyed in the DACH region to cut costs, with 53 percent of IT departments affected by cost-cutting measures. The IT budget is being reduced in one in four companies.
September 24, 2025
Cybercrime, Workforce Transformation, and AI
Digital transformation remains the central task on the executive floors of German companies. Key topics such as cybercrime, automation, and AI are at the top of the corporate agenda in Germany, according to KPMG's study, Future Readiness Monitor 2025.
September 23, 2025
The evolution of the CFO
The days when CFOs only managed balance sheets and ensured that budgets were adhered to are over. Today's CFO is a dynamic strategist at the center of the company's direction and growth.
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.
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