E3 Category: Coverstory 18-10

SAP is known for its industry solutions. The transformation of SAP's ERP to S/4 and Hana represents a major challenge for the many individual manifestations of an industry solution. Even SAP does not manage this step without a partner: Gisa with its parent company Itelligence is a leader in the utilities sector. With Michael Krüger, Managing Director at Gisa, and Itelligence CEO Norbert Rotter...

Today, IT has reached the core of value creation processes. And this development is continuing. Large companies such as Dax corporations have the resources to maintain specialists for professional IT. Medium-sized companies, on the other hand, are reaching their limits.

Gisa's customer projects almost always involve complex outsourcing projects. This was also the case at porcelain manufacturer BHS Tabletop. The application example shows how the concept of a virtual IT department can be implemented in practice in a medium-sized company.

SAP software, especially the utilities billing solution IS-U, is the basis for the majority of German electricity and gas billing. With the transformation of the previous ERP to S/4 Hana and the end of maintenance in 2025, the industry is currently looking to the future with many question marks.

At the beginning of the year, Stadtwerke Pforzheim opted for S/4 Hana in its search for a future-proof ERP solution. The project is to be successfully completed after just one year. The changeover also meant a redefinition of the process organization.

The beverage wholesale group Team Beverage uses the SAP Analytics Cloud Platform to digitize the beverage trade in Germany.