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.
Digital transformation partner: Arsenal digitizes with NTT Data
November 6, 2024
NTT Data and Arsenal FC have announced a multi-year partnership. The aim is to offer fans personalized and seamless experiences.
Low-hanging fruit for the use of AI?
November 6, 2024
Specialist departments and IT departments have it on the table: artificial intelligence is to be used, provide new insights and increase efficiency. But where to start, where to find the right use case to test the new technologies? Where can you get quick, demonstrable results?
Not Without My CCoE
November 5, 2024
SAP customers from the R/3 era suspect an end-of-life for their beloved CCC. However, anyone who has signed a RISE contract is now aware that a CCoE is of greater significance than ever. What is the next step?
SAP's New AI Ethics Policy
November 4, 2024
The advent of generative AI has broadened the scope of the guideline and the number of stakeholders affected. In light of these developments, SAP has revised its AI Ethics Policy.
Self-Contained Silos
November 4, 2024
In process control, new SAP SaaS products act as self-contained silos. Integration is available both for data and for the execution of processes as a web interface—but that is where it ends.
Postponed is not canceled: AI in Finance & Accounting
November 1, 2024
In a study by BlackLine, 37% of managers and finance professionals surveyed in Germany stated that artificial intelligence (AI) improves automation and accuracy. A further 34% are convinced that AI optimizes the analysis of historical financial data and forecasting capabilities.
One ERP system, but two databases
21 May 2021
SAP conversion puts a disproportionate strain on the IT budget because SAP refuses to offer a universally valid AnyDB conversion for S/4. More and more existing SAP customers are contacting the E-3 editorial team and complaining about their double DB costs.
Schrödinger's cat
19 May 2021
A few weeks ago, I wrote in a commentary: Hana is dead. However, I didn't mean the end of life of the database, because the Hana platform is still needed for the S/4 release. What I meant was the fact that no one gets bright eyes, an excited voice or a rising pulse when Hana is mentioned anymore....
Most comprehensive SAP community survey
April 29, 2021
PAC/Teknowlogy analysts survey the SAP community in German-speaking countries online via e-3.de and this newsletter, as well as via the print magazine and globally via the English-language site e3zine.com. The topics: Cloud Computing, Integration, Hyperscaler, Intelligent Enterprise, Hana, Analytics, Digitalization and S/4 Transformation. It's all about the future of the SAP community. This survey by PAC analysts is an important and...
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
December 14, 2022
Hybrid justification requirement
My expectation is that SAP will demonstrate a transparent, medium-term and consistent corporate policy. What do I get? Unctuous words, devout listening, and a cozying up to our DSAG association.
December 12, 2022
People in the Industry 4.0 era
Industry 4.0 is changing our everyday working lives in many areas. By definition, this so-called digital revolution is accompanied by a massive change in the role of the human resource in the work process.
December 7, 2022
Supply chains in the cloud
An extension of the digital supply chain via SAP BTP helps companies to map special industry use cases - in this way, flexible new paths can be taken through the cloud.
December 5, 2022
Please help SAP!
The ERP world market leader has sunk low. SAP has risen up and lost its way in the cloud. The group is being overtaken left and right by competitors. Personnel and structural problems are rampant.
SAP News
March 19, 2024
MHP Is an Official Qualtrics Partner
MHP expands its consulting portfolio with Qualtrics. Companies can now benefit from the Qualtrics experts at MHP.
March 18, 2024
ROI Factors of SAP-integrated Tax Technology
SAP S/4 Hana also calls the tax department into action: the calculation of VAT, part of every business transaction, is up for debate. Existing in-house solutions, configurations, and adjustments cannot be transferred from existing systems.
March 15, 2024
Raymond Kok is Mendix CEO
Siemens subsidiary Mendix announced the appointment of Raymond Kok as CEO effective February 12, 2024.
March 13, 2024
Swan is future-proof in 2024
Swan sets course for the future and underlines success in Central America. With a clear view to the future, the project house for SAP logistics is planning to expand its service portfolio and enter the field of SAP DM (Distributed Manufacturing) in 2024.
Business Management
Hardly a week goes by without new announcements about purchases and sales in the IT market. In Germany, this particularly affects the German IT midmarket with its nearly 10,000 companies in the 10 to 500 employee range.
December 14, 2018
How Microsoft protects its SAP data
Since business processes process data across application and platform boundaries, data should also be protected across the board. Using its own internal SAP landscape, Microsoft shows how effective Azure Information Protection is with the help of Secude.
December 10, 2018
Challenge IoT - The digital logistics chain
New technologies such as the Internet of Things are massively changing logistics networks. Companies and logistics service providers face the challenge of using more and new data in real time. The often highly complex site logistics in particular can benefit from this.
December 6, 2018
Hybrid integration strategy for S/4 Hana
Tighter integration of on-premise and cloud applications, an automated supply chain, and global e-government require a sustainable One Digital Enterprise Integration Strategy.
IT Management
October 3, 2018
S/4 Unlimited —Think Outside the Boxx
Talking about S/4 Hana is impossible without also mentioning the digital core. Aside from marketing catchphrases, what does this term actually mean, and what does it entail for your company?
October 2, 2018
Nearline analytics gains ground
Archiving, management and analysis of SAP and external data have long been on the agenda for SAP managers in companies. The use of a Nearline Analytic Infrastructure (NAI) for fast, up-to-date data analysis promises further benefits.
October 1, 2018
Interview: Operational Analytics for ERP (OA4ERP)
To complement an existing ERP system for smart analytics, PBS offers a complete package called Operational Analytics for ERP. It is based on the Nearline Analytic Infrastructure. In this E-3 interview, Dagmar Fischer, Product Manager Operational Analytics for ERP at PBS Software.
September 26, 2018
Sapphire 2018 - Integration Offensive
At Sapphire 2018, SAP made big announcements: the Intelligent Enterprise, C/4 Hana or the SAP Data Management Suite. The focus was also on the importance of the SAP Cloud Platform and the importance of integration - also of non-SAP systems, especially those from Microsoft.
Economy
May 22, 2017
Perspective for Ciber employees
Acquisition enables immediate continuation and restructuring of the operating business of the German Ciber companies.
19 May 2017
Big Data for the digital energy transition
Enersis is one of over 5,000 companies worldwide in the SAP Startup Focus program. With their Hana-based Big Data solutions, the committed Swiss young entrepreneurs want to make a significant contribution to greater energy efficiency. E-3 spoke with CEO Christina Würthner.
May 15, 2017
Accelerates service processes
MobileX becomes MobileIron AppConnect technology partner Integration and optimizes enterprise service processes.
Cpro Conlog and IdentPro are now working together in the field of intralogistics to expand their range of services.
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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