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.
The lost trust in SAP
April 8, 2025
The annual investment report of the German-speaking SAP user group, DSAG e. V., is always eagerly awaited. In addition to the survey data itself, the level of participation is an important indicator of the mood in the SAP community.
Business Suite is dead, long live the Business Suite
April 8, 2025
Buzzwords are my topic. Why? Because my thesis is that buzzwords definitely have a right to exist - but only if they can be roughly categorized and the majority of them make sense.
E3 exclusive interview: Quo vadis, SAP Basis?
April 7, 2025
Something essential for SAP customers is sovereignty and control over SAP systems, all with a reliable basis. Thankfully, a good deal has been achieved with SAP Basis automation over the past 20 years. What influence do SAP's cloud strategy and Rise have? Empirius Head of Technology Marcus Bogenstätter explains.
SAP migration booster Fit Gap and Factory
April 7, 2025
SAP migrations often take longer than expected. It is not for nothing that SAP has extended some maintenance windows. New developments such as automated fit-gap analyses with a downstream factory approach accelerate the transformation.
Sustainable growth in corporate IT requires more than just cost reductions - it requires strategic ERP management. SAP Gold Partner LeverX is convinced that modern companies must continuously question their ERP strategies in order to remain agile.
Artificial intelligence: Digital 2030 trend study
April 4, 2025
More than two thirds of companies are seeing measurable added value from AI applications.
Cloud that is not a cloud
November 3, 2022
One of the best-kept secrets is on-prem cloud functionality for Hana and S/4. Those with patience and good nerves can ask SAP if there is a way to run Hana and S/4 with cloud functionality in their own data center.
The data whisperers
27 October 2022
In September, several SAP partners met at NetApp's invitation. The topic was data management from security to archiving to automation. For details, see the E-3 cover story November 2022.
First, Only, Hybrid, On-prem
20 October 2022
What is to become of the megatrend cloud computing? One insight from the DSAG annual congress in Leipzig and the E-3 videostream on the topic of cloud computing: the discussion must become more objective and do without polemics!
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
6 October 2023
HR and Finance- Usability, Mobility and Singularity
Exclusive interview with Workday Group Vice President DACH Christopher Knörr.
6 October 2023
SAP Visions versus Strategy
SAP's strategy is cloud computing. Almost all IT providers are taking refuge in the cloud. Why not SAP, too? But SAP has no vision of where it’s going.
5 October 2023
Open source with support
Open source and GitHub/GitLab are closely linked. Three years ago, GitHub created a monetization option for open source developers and companies with the sponsorship button.
4 October 2023
SAP modernization
What are the benefits of open source? SAP modernizations and migrations are complex; taking a different approach based on open-source principles can help you avoid several problems and stumbling blocks from the start.
SAP News
July 25, 2024
Is SAP’s Restructuring Program a Hit or a Miss?
SAP announced during their Q2 financial report that their restructuring program has now become more drastic. Now, up to ten thousand people will lose their jobs.
According to the study, the biggest challenges of AI implementation include companies' current IT infrastructure and customer expectations.
July 24, 2024
Alexander Rosell Heads the CoE for Data and AI
Alexander Rosell joins the Zurich Germany Group from the consulting firm EY as an IT consultant and data management expert.
July 24, 2024
Improvements Through AI Automation
Global strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation with RISE.
Business Management
April 15, 2021
Procure-to-Pay—Where to Start With Digitization?
In the SAP Business Suite or with S/4 Hana, it is generally possible to execute end-to-end procure-to-pay workflows directly in the system. However, this doesn't automatically remove paper from workflows.
April 13, 2021
Role-based work processes
Companies with production sites in different countries are increasingly challenged by globalized logistics processes. International inventory planning and uncertainties in supply and demand place high technical demands on supply chain management.
April 9, 2021
End of APO—What Now?
The lifecycle of SAP APO is expected to end in five years. Users can turn to its successor, SAP IBP, to plan their supply chains. However, there are other alternatives as well.
IT Management
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13 May 2021
Pomerania burned down
The second part on the fire disaster in the cloud comes from Marc Kleff. The first part was written by E-3 columnist NoName, page 16: a fire in the data center and the lesson learned - focus on business continuity!
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May 5, 2021
Conversion
The automotive industry is characterized by international manufacturers and complex value chains. The industry operates highly efficiently in global markets.
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May 3, 2021
How to Optimize SAP Authorization Management
The definition and assignment of roles and authorizations is crucial for ERP systems, as they allow companies to define and implement user access rights in processes and workflows.
April 27, 2021
Learning from data
Generali Switzerland is breaking new ground: Instead of the marketing that is common in the insurance industry, it is relying on cooperation with start-ups and innovative technical solutions. An always-on strategy guarantees a targeted customer approach.
Economy
November 21, 2018
Expansion of the strategic alliance - Digital twins
Siemens and Bentley Systems strengthen strategic alliance and joint investment initiatives.
November 19, 2018
Payment and E-Commerce - Extension for SAP Commerce
The long-standing partnership with SAP was extended. The expansion of the partnership between SAP and Wirecard was triggered by the launch of the Wirecard Extension for SAP Commerce.
November 10, 2018
Alegri goes Devoteam
And SAP and Microsoft partner Alegri has belonged 100 percent to the Devoteam Group since the end of August.
29 October 2018
Acquisition: SAP automotive expertise for NTT
NTT Data acquires automotive sales and aftersales specialist Genius DMS.
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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