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E3 Category: Coverstory 20-06

E-3 Cover Story June 2020

Interview: Open and flexible: The Forcam solution ideally complements the SAP world: Uncertainty in the markets, potential through IT platforms, the importance of partner marketplaces and why machines could also tweet - a conversation with Oliver Hoffmann, Co-CEO at Forcam and responsible for global sales.
There are many buzzwords for the revolution in manufacturing, production and commerce. The best collective term is still Industry 4.0 and IIoT, the Industrial Internet of Things. Whether evolution, revolution or digitization - the fact is that this transformation is challenging, comprehensive and sustainable. The classic SAP existing customer needs optimal support for this. Forcam is a leading IIoT/Industry 4.0 provider...
The consequences of the Covid 19 pandemic are creating new priorities on executive floors. Digitization is part of the solution. But the basic principle remains: The digital transformation will only succeed according to the formula "First motivate people, then optimize machines.
Interview: Today, the right technology platform determines future viability: Interview with Dietmar Hopp on the competitiveness of manufacturing companies and his view of factory IT in the 21st century. Dietmar Hopp was a co-founder of SAP in 1972. He has held a stake in Forcam since 2004 and took over the majority in 2019.
Manufacturing companies face an apparent IT dilemma: They need innovative solutions to remain competitive. At the same time, production must continue with inventory machines and inventory IT. The solution lies in intelligent, adaptable platform IT.

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork. All information about the event can be found here:

SAP Competence Center Summit 2024

Venue

Event Room, FourSide Hotel Salzburg,
At the exhibition center 2,
A-5020 Salzburg

Event date

June 5 and 6, 2024

Regular ticket:

€ 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Event Room, Hotel Hilton Heidelberg,
Kurfürstenanlage 1,
69115 Heidelberg

Event date

28 and 29 February 2024

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
The organizer is the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes the attendance of all lectures of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2024, the visit of the exhibition area, the participation in the evening event as well as the catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due time.