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.
SAP deployment more than applications: Automation in infrastructure and system operation
September 8, 2025
SAP investments are usually a matter for the boss and decisions are made in conjunction with the IT management. Automation potential in the SAP infrastructure or in system operation is often not considered until it is too late. This leads to missed opportunities.
Advising Wisely Thanks to Hybrid Archiving
September 5, 2025
When introducing a new distribution system, Munich's public transportation company (MVG) had to rethink its archiving concept. Instead of migrating five million documents, it opted for a hybrid archiving architecture.
SAP Clean Core 2016
September 4, 2025
E3 Magazine already addressed the topic of "cleaning out" ERP systems in 2016. To that end, the SAP system has been heavily modified in recent years. What now?
AI Doomsayers
September 3, 2025
AI doomsday preachers are gaining momentum, but the IT industry is not prepared to disrupt itself. Clayton M. Christensen's "The Innovator's Dilemma" is relevant once again.
Intelligent agents for SAP-integrated invoice processing
September 3, 2025
Many repetitive tasks in invoice processing can be automated - using artificial intelligence to help control work steps in invoice verification and provide decision support. Generative AI (GenAI) and intelligent agents are now driving further progress.
The Journey From Idea to Production
September 2, 2025
AI is driving digital transformation, but the step from prototype to production often fails due to a lack of hybrid infrastructure, which is necessary for end-to-end use in multi-cloud, on-prem, and edge environments.
Joule, the SAP Agent Thriller
June 26, 2025
SAP is rightfully proud of its ERP automation with the AI agent, Joule. However, in its excitement about this successful product, SAP overlooked holding a briefing with customers to discuss where and how far the AI agent can go.
SAP Optimizes, but AI Revolutionizes
June 18, 2025
Savoir-vivre—the art of enjoying life! The French seem to have achieved this even with information technology. Viva Technology, an annual IT and AI festival in Paris, attracts 180,000 visitors. AI is revolutionizing information technology. SAP is working on evolutionary optimization.
SAP Joule Compliance
June 12, 2025
Although AI agents like SAP Joule show great potential, their ability to adhere to all compliance rules has yet to be proven. Might SAP and other AI providers suffer the same fate as the sorcerer's apprentice in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's eponymous ballad?
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.
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Data is everywhere: in our systems, our processes, and our heads. We collect, store, and transfer it—and sometimes lose track of it. So, what do we actually do with all this data?
June 17, 2025
Nip It in the Bud
Currently, there is an extensive debate about SAP's diversity targets. The goal of having 40 percent of women in leadership positions within the group has been rejected. Apparently, SAP CEO Christian Klein is bowing to the US administration's requirements.
SAP relies on open source infrastructure for ERP and Hana—this brings opportunities and new challenges. Find out how you can make SAP systems robust, flexible, and future-proof with best practices in planning, security, and operation.
June 13, 2025
Image Mode as a Game Changer for Linux
Many SAP users stop halfway through automation. The potential of tools such as Ansible and end-to-end automation remains untapped—and with it the opportunity to combine migration with modern future-proofing.
SAP News
August 18, 2025
SAP Analysis for Excel—the Best of Both Worlds
How often do users work in SAP and want the benefits of Excel, or do they work in Excel and want to have information from SAP at their fingertips? A solution that combines both advantages is available with SAP Analysis for Excel. The key solution for companies combines the robustness of SAP with the familiarity of Excel.
Snowflake, the company behind the AI Data Cloud platform, has announced the public preview availability of Snowpark Connect for Apache Spark.
August 7, 2025
SAP Plans to Acquire SmartRecruiters
SAP has signed an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, a software provider for the recruitment of top employees.
August 5, 2025
Deloitte: Zora AI in Joule
Deloitte has announced an integration of Zora AI with SAP Joule and SAP BTP.
Business Management
April 16, 2025
MDM before ERP migration
The refrigeration system manufacturer Hauser spent two years optimizing its master data for global S/4 use. With software and services from Simus Systems, the MDM team was able to build a golden client for a secure migration that supports further automation and digitalization.
April 14, 2025
Easy Custom Code Adaptation
The migration of SAP systems is often complicated by custom code that has grown over time and is insufficiently documented. Fujitsu Easy Custom Code Adaption (ECCA) minimizes risks, reduces costs and accelerates the migration process with an innovative solution.
April 11, 2025
SAP-integrated tolerance line check
In order to remain competitive, automotive supplier Harman relies on digital solutions and efficient processes. An SAP-based tolerance line check enables precise demand planning, automated checks of delivery call-offs and fast reactions to tolerance violations.
April 4, 2025
Artificial intelligence: Digital 2030 trend study
More than two thirds of companies are seeing measurable added value from AI applications.
IT Management
Customers in more than 180 countries and around 5000 responsible service technicians rely on being able to obtain spare parts for their Roche Diagnostics laboratory equipment quickly and reliably when needed. The S/4 transformation harmonizes and optimizes these processes.
February 17, 2025
Code security for SAP BTP
New offering provides industry-leading application security testing for SAP BTP development.
January 31, 2025
SAP data integration without ODP
The integration of SAP data is a challenge, especially with incremental data updates and large volumes of transaction data. SAP Note 3255746 prohibits the use of ODP Data Replication APIs for access via the RFC interface.
December 23, 2024
Q3-2024 release: SAP Business AI for IT and platforms
Three months earlier than planned in our roadmap, SAP presented 100 functions for generative AI that can be used immediately in all SAP cloud applications.
Economy
What's Happening in the SAP World? Current Mergers, Partnerships, and Acquisitions in April 2023
May 17, 2023
Where You Come From
The new supply chain due diligence law has been in force in Germany since January 1. For companies, this means even more documentation and complex compliance.
April 3, 2023
Mergers, Acquisitions, Partnerships in March 2023
What's Happening in the SAP World? Current Mergers, Partnerships, and Acquisitions in March 2023
March 22, 2023
Stormy Economic Times
Two-thirds of respondents surveyed by market research firm Censuswide agree that knowing real-time cash flow will be critical - but only two percent have full confidence in the visibility they currently have.
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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