E3 Category: MAG 16-04

27 minutes instead of 22 hours for a material requirements planning - that is the performance increase that an MRP solution with Hana technology achieves compared to a classic MRP.

Described today - already outdated tomorrow. And besides, it's all so terribly complicated! This is a widespread prejudice about business process modeling and the tools available on the market for this purpose.

IT departments face the challenge of constant system updates. With the SAP Cloud Appliance Library (CAL), the latest SAP versions can be obtained from the cloud and tested immediately.

Companies give IT security top priority, but the SAP world is often left out of the equation. This approach no longer meets today's requirements.

Oracle Advanced Customer Support from Walldorf migrates and updates Oracle SAP databases.

An independent study by Forrester Research finds that hyperconverged infrastructure can deliver up to 60 times greater storage efficiency and 73 percent lower total cost of ownership. The CIO is on his way to the meta-level.

Can the new S/4 Business Suite deliver on the promise of a "digital core for digital business processes" for supply chain and logistics as well? An initial reality check reveals: The goal is becoming (more) visible on the horizon with each new release. But there is still a long way to go until then.

Digital technologies play a large or medium role for every second SME. However, one in five companies still states that they play no role at all.

WMD has been present on the US market since the beginning of 2016 with a new subsidiary, xSuite Solutions.

Otto Johannsen first introduced SAP to the banking world 15 years ago with Fidis. Many thought it was crazy at the time.

Ten years ago, the German government set up the EFI expert commission. This year's report was all about "digitization". But the result was not positive.

Only if the individual processes in production are closely interlinked can Industry 4.0 be successfully implemented.