E3 Category: Coverstory 18-09

One starting point of digital transformation is the optimization of e-mail and paper-based processes.

A system for processing incoming documents that is embedded in SAP offers particular efficiency. All the advantages of an SAP landscape are available.

"Digital transformation" has been around for about five years. The first attempts were technology-heavy. In the meantime, pragmatism has set in. We talked about the values of digitalization with Tangro founder and CEO Andreas Schumann and Tangro development managers Andreas Krings-Stern (l.) and Alexander Oberle (r.).

Besides the processing of invoices, smart digitalisation projects also focus on order processing, because such work needs to be handled quickly. Customer satisfaction is a key priority.

Companies achieve even more synergy effects if they combine automation in the purchase-to-pay process with a solution for electronic processing of service entry.

Even though everyone is talking about digitalisation at the moment, it is by no means a new idea. The exchange of structured electronic business data through EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) has been taking place for decades.

For years, SAP’s licensing policy has been constantly irritating customers and partners. The pricing strategies of SAP are complex and often leave room for interpretation, leading to uncertainty and conflicts. Especially Indirect Access divides SAP and its customers and business partners.