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 September 2025
License behavior
SAP license management, once characterized by complex rules and opaque metrics, has developed into an even denser jungle over the past three years. This has been driven by SAP's cloud strategy and the introduction of the Full Use Equivalent (FUE) license model, which many existing customers can barely keep track of.
Efficient digital end-to-end SAP configuration based on the "Model Once - Configure Anywhere" principle will be indispensable for variant manufacturers in the future if they want to survive on the market. But setting this up is a complex task.
Artificial intelligence is changing the world of work, and at Workday's flagship event, Elevate 2025, Workday is showcasing how companies are embracing this change.
Many existing SAP customers are at a crossroads as to whether SAP's ERP should continue to play a leading role in the future or whether there are a variety of alternatives with a composable ERP. SAP is countering this with a new Business Suite.
SAP often fails in sustainability reporting
May 1, 2025
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.
Study on AI in Practice
April 30, 2025
A recent study shows that AI is particularly important in quality control and automated data and document management.
Ariba Snap implementation—When the Chemistry is Right
April 30, 2025
The globally active specialty chemicals manufacturer Archroma has switched its procurement centrally to Ariba.
Heads Roll at SAP
August 1, 2024
In no other German supervisory board is the balance of power as opaque and secretive as at SAP. Although he was only elected for two years, Pekka "the Puppet" Ala-Pietilä has now given SAP Executive Board members Julia White and Scott Russell the boot. Who is pulling the strings behind the scenes?
ERP Knowledge Gaps
July 25, 2024
Standardization increases contribution margin. Individualization costs resources. CEO Christian Klein and CFO Dominik Asam are turning SAP into a cash cow, as evidenced by all the money SAP stands to make with mass layoffs and public cloud.
AI, Money, and Community
July 18, 2024
AI development is expensive, which gives most US start-ups with their powerful venture capitalists an advantage. A lack of capital could be replaced by partnership-based innovation and communities—both of which Aleph Alpha lacks.
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
October 22, 2024
Quick Transformation From a Single Source
The cloud blurs the differences between applications from different providers. Functions are developed, replicated, and provided more quickly. Switching to the cloud is difficult, but offers enormous opportunities.
October 18, 2024
The Woes of the Young SAP CIO
CIOs, CTOs and, above all, Chief Technology Officers encounter many challenges in their roles at SAP. The turnover is high, and the rewards are few. What is the root cause of this issue?
October 15, 2024
Kubernetes Is Driving Innovation in the SAP Environment
Kubernetes is increasingly being used in SAP applications. The increased flexibility promises cost savings and new use cases, such as integrating applications into the SAP Integration Suite.
October 10, 2024
The Successor to Christian Klein
SAP CEO Klein and CFO Asam are performing exceptionally well, as evidenced by the company's share price performance. However, outside of the financial implications, there is a sense of unease, uncertainty, and apprehension within the SAP community.
SAP News
February 3, 2025
Epi-Use Labs and Revelation Software Concepts Forge Alliance
The new alliance combines Rev-Trac's SAP change automation solution with Epi-Use Labs' test data management suite to optimize DevOps.
February 3, 2025
FIS Is Expanding Its Management Team With Michael Benirschka
FIS Informationssysteme und Consulting continues its strategic development and strengthens its management with the new division: “Business Transformation and SAP Cloud”.
January 30, 2025
Workday HR and SAP ERP
SAP software is often the foundation for comprehensive business management and organization in the midmarket. For selected areas such as workforce planning and HR, there is an alternative from Workday.
January 28, 2025
Changes to the SAP Executive Board
SAP has announced a new addition to its executive board and the extension of the contract of SAP Executive Board member Thomas Saueressig.
Business Management
September 29, 2023
Cloud Business Transformation
Finnish industrial company establishes digital business process platform based on SAP's Intelligent Enterprise architecture in record time of just 15 months. The transformation project was named Leap.
September 28, 2023
Advanced Process Management with SAP
Mayer & Cie.'s claim to innovation heralded a comprehensive digitization journey that is intended to secure and extend its market lead in the future. The motto is: increasing efficiency along the entire value chain.
September 25, 2023
SAP Billing and Revenue Management
With the move to S/4 Hana, Swiss Post has implemented the SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management (BRIM) bulk billing solution in areas with high billing volumes to prepare for the future.
September 12, 2023
SAP Process Automation with AI and ChatGPT
Staying in control in the storm of rising prices, volatile labor markets and the resulting sluggish revenues and shrinking profit margins is the central task of corporate executives.
IT Management
A fully automated solution from Empirius is now available for important SAP Basis tasks of SAP SEC Notes handling and managing.
23 October 2023
SAP without Cloud? That's over!
SAP is going cloud-only and is inciting discussion in the SAP community. The move to the cloud has been on the horizon for many years, and now every company must ask itself what this means for its own future.
20 October 2023
Advertorial: Agile Support for Project Success: Practical Insights and Guidelines From an Expert in Change Management
Interest in change management has increased significantly in the last 3 years: six out of ten companies (59 percent) use corresponding methods - these are the results of a latest trend study conducted by TCS among 950 German companies in 2022.
12 October 2023
Voice/Chat Bots: AI-supported bots in the SAP Store
Yellow.ai announced that its generative AI-powered ChatBots and VoiceBots are ready for automation in the SAP Store.
Economy
February 9, 2021
Transparent supply network thanks to Ariba
Valantic cooperates with SAP and Apsolut. Customers now have the option of integrating SAP's Ariba solution into planning processes.
26 January 2021
Support for shippers
Shippeo and SAP are working in partnership to make European supply chains more transparent.
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January 22, 2021
Companies continue to invest in digitization
Although companies around the world are reporting lower revenues, 90 percent are investing in digital transformation as before.
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January 20, 2021
Digital Index - Business Climate Stabilizes
The business situation of IT companies continues to improve: The Bitkom-ifo Digital Index rose to 12.4 points in August 2020.
E3 Book Tip
SAP S/4HANA Finance - Customizing
This book will help you navigate safely through the configuration of FI/CO in SAP S/4HANA. A continuous example shows you how to make all the important settings. You will learn how to create master data and set up organizational structures. You will also learn how to set up the central processes in Financial Accounting and Controlling. The authors also explain which methods have proven successful for migration. The completely revised 4th edition includes all the functions of Release 2023 - for example Advanced Valuation. Many screenshots and practical tips will help you to successfully implement SAP S/4HANA Finance.
- Successful customizing of financial accounting and controlling
- Upgrade and new implementation explained in detail
- Successful customizing of financial accounting and controlling
- Upgrade and new implementation explained in detail
- With a practical example throughout and lots of tips and tricks
- Incl. the new features of Release 2023
- Incl. the new features of Release 2023
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