E3 Category: Roundtable

Upcoming date: March 25, 2026, at 11 a.m. SAP is touting Agentic AI as a major ERP revolution: autonomous AI agents will control core processes independently in future. However, this poses a massive control risk for existing SAP customers. Instead of its own LLMs, SAP usually uses external language models in the BTP GenAI Hub, which jeopardizes digital sovereignty. Generative AI such as Joule is also an expensive means of exerting pressure: who...

The Customer Center of Expertise (CCoE) is the essential control center for existing SAP customers. Contrary to the deceptive cloud marketing from Walldorf, this IT unit is by no means obsolete at Rise with SAP, but absolutely vital for survival. As a critical guardian of expensive SAP licenses, hybrid IT architectures and the clean core, the CCoE defends the user's digital sovereignty vis-à-vis the provider SAP.

The digital transformation to SAP S/4 ruthlessly reveals the failures of the past in data management, because anyone who migrates historical legacy data, duplicates and inconsistent master data to the new in-memory environment without reflection not only causes the operating costs for the expensive Hana storage to explode, but also slows down the new ERP system right from the start.

The shift to the IT platform economy is leading SAP users from monolithic ERP systems to modular architectures. SAP BTP serves as the central PaaS platform and enabler of the clean core strategy. In addition, the SAP Business Data Cloud aims to provide an integrated database for analytics and AI. Alternatives offer best-of-breed options and reduce vendor lock-in.

The ERP transformation to SAP S/4 Hana is more than just a release change or another migration. The focus is on end-to-end processes, including change management and the orchestration of an updated organizational and operational structure. This means that an S/4 transformation goes far beyond a classic IT project, with Heiko Schmidt and Dr Thomas Schönemeier from SAP partner Convista demonstrating the business, organizational and technical challenges.

The SAP community is undergoing a transformation. The S/4 conversion means challenges in many areas: Automation, testing, data management, ERP modifications, AI and more. Prior to the SAP Competence Center Summit 2025 Salzburg on May 21 and 22, representatives from the SAP partner community will discuss the new ERP solution approaches and suitable S/4 roadmaps.

CCoE with Rise and Grow is a roadmap to the cloud: Lift and Shift are not enough. Rise and Grow are ERP action guides. Without an experienced SAP Basis team and a dedicated SAP partner, the journey to the cloud will be very difficult. SAP's offerings are relevant, but the key to success is the Customer Center of...

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...

Platforms are the new mantra in the IT community. Certainly less sacred, but helpful in overcoming the interface chaos of recent years. In addition to familiar buzzwords such as cloud, GenAI, blockchain and AI, the SAP scene in particular is undergoing consolidation: The IT sins of the past ERP days need to be eliminated. Numerous modifications and security negligence need to be...

SAP Business Technology Platform can become the new basis for a composable ERP. To achieve this, existing SAP customers need comprehensive business, organizational, technical and licensing knowledge as well as cloud expertise. The Steampunk and BTP Summit 2025 on March 5 and 6 in Heidelberg will impart this knowledge and is the place for a sustainable BTP discourse. As preparation and warm-up, the...

The digital transformation has stuttered for a variety of reasons. But the economy needs more efficiency, resilience and agility. The ERP areas of human resources, i.e. HR and HCM, and financial management with the area of controlling are a key driver of digital transformation. Both areas, HCM and finance, are the domain of cloud provider Workday.

New providers with cloud-native concepts have entered the ERP market and cloud provider Workday claims to have a better solution for enterprise-wide planning, implementation and analysis.