SAP-Solution: Coverstory

It wasn't better in the past, but it was easier: Individual ERP adjustments were made with Abap modifications in the Z namespace of SAP R/3 and later ECC. At the moment, existing SAP customers can no longer see the forest for the trees. The possibilities for individual enhancement are increasing exponentially.

SAP has created the low-code Build platform as an integral part of BTP to help companies develop user-centric SAP applications quickly and effectively.

SAP deployment entails a whole bundle of tasks and activities for SAP Basis and SAP infrastructure teams that need to be processed or mastered. Actually, they are always time- and resource-intensive and thus cost-intensive.

The latest Industry 4.0 barometer from MHP and Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich states that an uncertain future is holding back the development of Industry 4.0 in Germany. Uncertainty about the return on investment is preventing progressive digitization and automation at two-thirds of all companies. Supply chain planning is on the agenda, but operationally there are many gaps.

And then make a second plan, they both don't work! At least that's how Bertolt Brecht sees it in the Threepenny Opera. But with IBP, SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain, production and supply chain planning should succeed.

SAP is managed excellently by Christian Klein and his colleagues on the Executive Board. However, accents and milestones are not set by the SAP Executive Board. The presentation of Hana and the current ERP version was ten years ago. SAP does not need officialdom, it needs leadership.

There is a remarkable illustration from SAP centered on ALM, SAP's Application Lifecycle Management product. It will be the SolMan successor for a hybrid cloud architecture and much more. The illustration gives the answer to the future role of SAP Basis and thus the further development of the Customer Competence Center and Customer Center of Expertise.

For a long time, CEOs, CFOs and CIOs ignored the data problem. But with the transformation to S/4, this is no longer possible, because the discussion about algorithms and data structures shows: Data drives processes!

Since 2017, GTW and SAP have been working hand in hand as a team in the various project phases of the BRIM implementation project. Here, the roles are clearly distributed.

For 50 years, the IT community has known the software group SAP as the ERP market leader. The term ERP defines a subject area, but says little in concrete terms. This E-3 cover story deals specifically with the keywords SCM, logistics, Industry 4.0, (I)IoT and Digital Twins. The three SAP partners Camelot, FIS and Orsoft supported the E-3 editorial team in the research....

In a world where “Black Swan” incidents are daily routine, supply chain disruptions have become commonplace. The goal of companies shouldn’t be repair service behavior but resilient supply chains.

When implementing S/4 EWM in warehouse logistics, detailed planning is critical to success - this is the experience of a large medium-sized manufacturer with complex warehousing and three very different business units. But the result is convincing.