Cover story April 2024
SAP Basis with Cloud ALM,
on-prem
and licenses.
Salzburg 2024: Hana and S/4 also need a robust SAP basis. The Customer Competence Center of SAP R/3 and Business Suite 7 is transforming itself with ALM, process mining and enterprise architects. The SAP Competence Center Summit in Salzburg is dedicated to this transformation process.
Cover Story December 2025
The CCoE Experiment
The „SAP for Me“ portal is about as reliable as Deutsche Bahn. Without IT tools, the CCoE (Customer Center of Expertise) is flying blind. With Rise, automated testing, Cloud ALM, Signavio, LeanIX, and WalkMe, the CCoE has more tasks than ever before, and SAP is letting its users down. The old CCC partnership has broken down.
Nothing but the Truth About Process Mining
October 9, 2025
The starting point of this article is a current lawsuit filed by Celonis against SAP in the USA¹. The aim of the lawsuit is to remove barriers to competition that prevent Celonis from working with SAP systems.
One of the Biggest Global Transformations
October 8, 2025
With the go-live of the SAP Cloud ERP solution, the consulting and auditing firm PWC is consolidating its global business processes and creating a standardized platform for more than 100,000 employees in 19 countries.
The Majority Plan Savings in IT
October 8, 2025
The tense economic and geopolitical situation is forcing 82 percent of the companies surveyed in the DACH region to cut costs, with 53 percent of IT departments affected by cost-cutting measures. The IT budget is being reduced in one in four companies.
Welcome, Digitalized Delivery and Goodbye to Paperwork
October 7, 2025
Unloading pallets, delivering building materials, and documenting everything digitally—Stark Germany was impressed by the SAP-based FIS/LastMile app during the pilot phase. Now the roll-out is underway: paperless processes, faster workflows, and full transparency on the "last mile".
Towards the Future With LeanIX
October 7, 2025
Over a long period of time, the mechanical engineering specialist Trumpf from Ditzingen developed IT structures that the in-house IT department could only manage through a great deal of effort. Among other things, heterogeneous subsystems and decentralized IT solutions at various locations made work more difficult and resulted in avoidable IT costs—for example in the form of multiple licenses and rising maintenance costs.
A big step towards data-driven maintenance
October 6, 2025
Maintenance staff are rarely at their desks - but SAP processes often demand just that. Schöck Bauteile was therefore looking for a mobile solution to record maintenance and fault messages directly in the factory. This step was realized in 2024 with the Argvis Maintenance Portal.
SAP Share Is Slipping
March 13, 2025
The U.S. stock markets are tumbling. Investors are attempting to sell and flee to Europe with their capital, and yet SAP cannot benefit from this. The magic of cloud, Datasphere, and AI has evaporated. The true value of SAP is being revealed.
SAP Clean Core Deal
March 6, 2025
Deals" are currently the order of the day and SAP's clean-core requirement is a deal with its own existing customers and partners. SAP demands a lot from its own community in return for planning security.
Innovation vs. SAP Licensing
February 27, 2025
In many cases, SAP's licensing policy seems counterproductive. Innovation comes from experimentation, learning, and experience. For proof-of-concepts, SAP customers need a test environment that runs without a license.
E3 Roundtable on ERP Platforms, Data Streams, and E2E Workflows
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 customers will implement platform technologies for digital transformation. The E3 Roundtable will discuss the ERP architecture principle of platforms using Boomi's offering as an example.
Comments
May 6, 2025
Customer Evolution
SAP offers numerous services and programs for a successful S/4 migration. The path to the cloud should not be a problem, however, the seed has not been planted. ECC customers hesitate and procrastinate. Why is that?
May 5, 2025
S/4 transformation without HCM damage
Many companies use S/4 transformations to tidy up systems and data - including account assignment objects. If you follow a few tips when clearing out, you can prevent the link between ERP and HCM from being damaged.
May 1, 2025
SAP often fails in sustainability reporting
Because the underlying database in SAP is not correct, the reporting on REACH (chemical safety), RoHS (hazardous substances) and Pfas ("perpetual chemicals") is incorrect in many industrial companies.
April 29, 2025
Homo Ludens
Homo Ludens is an established term that was also popularized by Hermann Hesse's novel "The Glass Bead Game". In education, and later in business, you will find the term "serious game", and then we are not too far off from the concept of Digital Twin.
SAP News
Accenture and Microsoft Corporation are co-investing in the development of advanced generative AI-driven cyber solutions, which can be used to help organizations mitigate threats and consolidate technology tools.
The technology consulting firm Seidor has consolidated its alliance with Adam, a provider specializing in data centers with facilities in Madrid and Barcelona, to strengthen its critical infrastructure architecture in Spain.
July 30, 2025
AI in the Supervisory Board
Although German supervisory boards are better than the global average in many aspects of AI, they are still self-critical.
July 30, 2025
S/4 Challenges
Many companies struggle with resources, conflicting goals, and quality compromises. S/4 projects lose strategic clarity and stakeholder support as they progress.
Business Management
November 15, 2024
S/4 Hana Migration—Quick Steps to Success
Desma, one of the world's leading manufacturers of shoe equipment, has been committed to continuous innovation since it was founded. One example of this is the Smart Shopfloor system.
November 8, 2024
Initial Public Offering in SAP S/4 Hana
During the hypercare phase of the S/4 transformation, specialty glass manufacturer Schott carried out a carve-out that included the separation and migration of the pharmaceutical division into a new legal structure.
October 30, 2024
Stabilo International—Writing the Future With S/4 Hana
Stabilo International, a family business since 1855, combines tradition with innovative strength. The migration from ECC 6.0 to S/4 with NTT Data Business Solutions marks a strategic shift towards more standardization, flexibility, and future-oriented business processes.
October 18, 2024
AI Must Be Seen as a Team Initiative
The use of AI and ML is continuously increasing. However, it is associated with numerous challenges, which range from development to provision and management.
IT Management
When asked whether they ever check their emergency user log, most companies still respond with no. Experience from GRC practice shows that these logs usually gather dust in archives instead of being properly checked and documented.
June 4, 2024
AI at Any Price?
Everyone is talking about AI. Even though generative AI is now facing criticism about its quality and reliability, and privacy advocates are taking legal action against Open AI, AI is here to stay.
A challenge for any organization, especially those moving SAP workloads to the cloud, is to protect data at every stage: at rest, in transit and, perhaps most importantly, during processing.
May 14, 2024
Purchase requisition: SAP Ariba Guided Buying
Purchasing departments working with SAP software also have the problem that the majority of free text purchase requisitions are not described sufficiently or incorrectly. This puts a strain on purchasers and drives up throughput times.
Economy
14 October 2021
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships
SNP and All for One expand partnership The partnership includes the expansion of joint projects to include the upper midmarket and the acquisition of additional SNP software by All for One. Following a successful start, SNP is expanding its partnership with All for One from Filderstadt. As a consulting and IT group, All for One supports over 2500 customers...
14 October 2021
SNP acquires SAP data specialist
Whether S/4 migration or digital transformation, data is indispensable - as long as the quality is right. Transforming and preparing it presents many a company with a problem. SNP now has the solution.
August 23, 2021
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships
Possible sale not ruled out q.beyond is examining the sale of its existing colocation business IP Exchange alongside other strategic options. Since January 1, 2021, the IT service provider's housing and hosting business has been concentrated in its wholly-owned subsidiary IP Exchange. This company has three data centers in Munich and Nuremberg. The aim of the spin-off was to expand the strategic options in...
July 2, 2021
Exuberant mood in the digital industry
The business climate for IT and telecommunications companies is on a strong upswing. SAP also posted good figures in the first quarter, not least thanks to Rise with SAP.
E3 Book Tip
The latest guide to accounting with SAP FI
Keep your financial processes in SAP S/4HANA under control! This practical guide accompanies you in your daily tasks, from financial accounting to accounts payable and accounts receivable invoices to payment transactions, asset accounting, and closing tasks. The authors explain the processes step by step and use numerous examples to show you how to use the SAP Fiori apps efficiently. This third edition is based on SAP S/4HANA 2023, but is also suitable for older SAP S/4HANA releases and SAP S/4HANA 2025.
• Up-to-date expertise for users in financial accounting
• All tasks under control: from asset accounting to payment transactions
• Up-to-date expertise for users in financial accounting
• All tasks under control: from asset accounting to payment transactions
• Clearly explained: SAP Fiori, business partners, and much more.
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