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 April 2026
Trends and investment 2026
The year 2026 is a critical turning point for the SAP community: SAP's visions meet the reality of existing customers. As the end of maintenance for the old ERP system approaches in 2027, the pressure for S/4 migrations will increase massively and shape the market for service providers.
Output or prerequisite?
March 30, 2026
How can SAP transformation be approached with the Maslows Hammer mindset? Every business challenge is treated as if it required a comprehensive transformation program.
The foundation must be in place
March 27, 2026
AI has long been a reality. Models have been purchased, platforms are in place and budgets have been released. This looks logical on strategy charts. In day-to-day business, however, the effect remains sobering.
simus classmate: Data management for SAP systems
March 26, 2026
The advancing digital networking of industry requires flexible data management. ERP systems offer hardly any support for the adaptation, optimization and maintenance of master data. simus systems closes this gap with the simus classmate software suite.
The 2027 maintenance deadline is driving an urgent move to S/4. Suse provides the necessary resilient, automated and secure foundation for this critical business evolution.
Small but fine AI
March 25, 2026
RPT-1 is SAP's technical attempt to transfer Transformer technology from language processing to SAP's core competence - relational business data - in order to eliminate the weaknesses of conventional LLMs.
E-bills without borders
March 24, 2026
Electronic invoicing has gone from a nice-to-have to a must-have for companies. New laws around the world - including those aimed at combating tax fraud - are driving change and accelerating the transition from paper to digital invoices and archiving.
SAP's narrative economy
March 12, 2026
In times of radical transformation, a narrative is essential for IT companies like SAP. Storytelling condenses the complex reality of cloud, AI and quantum computing, reduces the unmanageable technical complexity and creates the confidence to invest millions.
The radical AI agent
March 5, 2026
Cloud computing is no longer a megatrend. The SAP share price has fallen by up to 40 percent from its all-time high. In an interview with Manager Magazin, SAP CEO Christian Klein promises to restore the old glory, this time with AI.
SAP Chief Quantum Officer
February 26, 2026
The new SAP Chief Quantum Officer will need a quantum consolation, see Daniel Craig in James Bond 2008, when he soon has ERP processes calculated using qubits, the smallest unit of information in quantum computing.
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
March 19, 2026
Pure fiction: digital sovereignty without open source
Digital sovereignty is one of the key challenges facing German companies. Five theses on how companies can become both more innovative and more digitally sovereign.
March 18, 2026
S/4 countdown: AI, cloud and choosing the best partner
The S/4 countdown is running: Companies have less than two years left before mainstream maintenance ends. Service providers are upgrading massively, AI is gaining in importance - but choosing the right partner is becoming more complex than ever.
March 16, 2026
Strategic ways out of the virtualization trap
The virtualization of SAP landscapes has long been considered the standard. The recent consolidation in the hypervisor market is radically changing this. Infrastructure is now once again highly strategic for cost control, flexibility and digital sovereignty.
March 6, 2026
SAP S/4 Hana 2026: Transformation needs strategy
SAP S/4 Hana is a given for many companies - especially in the cloud. But rollbacks, frustration in IT and scarce resources show: Without a clear strategy, clean data and strong partners, the transformation will remain bumpy.
SAP News
March 18, 2026
SAP certificate management according to user taste
Empirius takes automated SAP certificate management to the next level. Responsible SAP infrastructure/base teams no longer have to worry about (almost) anything.
March 17, 2026
AI skills for 12 million
SAP has announced a major expansion of its learning ecosystem to fundamentally change the way professionals acquire and demonstrate SAP expertise in an AI-powered world.
March 9, 2026
The AI experience workshop
AI pays off through operational applications in existing ERP systems. Now that SAP has provided numerous tools and presented methods, the focus is on practical implementation. An interview with Snap Managing Director Christian Knell.
February 20, 2026
AI Study—Pragmatism Gives Way to Euphoria
After a period of euphoria, managers are increasingly pursuing pragmatic AI strategies. This is shown by two new studies.
Business Management
February 25, 2026
S/4 in One Year?
The Elmer Group modernized its entire ERP landscape with S/4 and FIS/wws. Without downtime, with measurable added value—for simpler, modern and automated merchandise management.
February 16, 2026
Trimmed for the future with SAP DM and SAP EWM
Many companies still use paper-based processes in production and intralogistics. The example of automotive supplier ElringKlinger shows that cleverly combined and modern tools can also change this.
February 11, 2026
Transformation and resilience
Crises and sensitive supply chains are forcing security-critical organizations to rethink. The example of army maintenance logistics shows how a consistent S/4 transformation on-premises can succeed - between efficiency, resilience and maximum confidentiality.
January 30, 2026
When Execution Becomes a Bottleneck
As supply chains continue to grow in complexity, the core focus for many organizations has shifted from which products are physically moved to whether their execution data can be handled consistently across planning, operations and finance.
IT Management
March 12, 2026
Finding a common language
SAP BDC for companies is becoming increasingly powerful with Databricks, SAC and the BDC partner Connect. A strong toolset is not the only important thing. It's about finding a common language and mindset across roles for SAP and non-SAP employees for maximum success.
March 10, 2026
SAP on-board resources reach their limits
Printer and output management in SAP is a bottleneck in many companies: it requires administrative authorizations, specialized hybrid know-how and often the coordination of several teams.
February 12, 2026
Data quality: the foundation of finance
The SAP Data Migration Cockpit facilitates the S/4 migration of financial data by checking the data quality of the objects to be migrated at an early stage, thus ensuring security, transparency and compliance. This saves costs and significantly reduces risks during migration.
January 15, 2026
SAP ECC Through 2030 and Beyond
The end of support for SAP ECC is approaching and organizations face a pivotal moment in their ERP lifecycle. Businesses must prepare for migration to other ERP systems (not necessarily from SAP), while continuing to ensure uninterrupted SAP ECC operation—until 2030, but probably even beyond.
Economy
February 2, 2026
What finance and procurement teams can expect
Not every year is one of the biggest upheavals for SAP. From today's perspective, 2026 is likely to be one of them. It is more likely to be months of pragmatic transformation.
January 21, 2026
Europe and AI Sovereignty
Companies are increasingly asking for their own AI infrastructure. In Germany, three quarters are planning to increase their investments in sovereignty and control over cloud, AI, data, and security.
December 17, 2025
AI and S/4 as Transformation Accelerators
A new study by PwC shows how companies can accelerate their transformation, increase efficiency, and create sustainable business value by integrating artificial intelligence into S/4.
December 3, 2025
Compliant artificial intelligence
New services create transparency, promote trust, and support companies in the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
E3 book tip
Getting started with SAP S/4HANA
Get to know SAP S/4HANA using practical examples! In this book, Christian Drumm, Bernd Scheuermann and Stefan Weidner introduce you to the most important modules and business processes of SAP S/4HANA. You will get an overview of the applications for sales, purchasing, production, warehouse management, accounting and controlling. Many exercises, case studies and practical cases enable you to implement what you have learned directly in the system. Currently for the example company Global Bike 4.3.
The prerequisite for using the exercises, case studies and practical cases is access to an SAP system with Global Bike Client version 4.3. SAP UCC Magdeburg.
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