{"id":26041,"date":"2016-07-01T16:12:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T14:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=26041"},"modified":"2019-04-01T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:11:11","slug":"shortfacts-july-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/shortfacts-july-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortfacts - July\/August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Coupled cloud<\/h3>\n<p>HR software provider Aconso has now integrated its cloud services into SuccessFactors as part of its long-standing development partnership with SAP. The company is thus taking a further step towards holistic human capital management (HCM). Aconso has been a development partner of SAP since 2009. Therefore, the coupling of the two cloud services was the next logical step to continuously expand the offering for customers with regard to the strategic orientation of HR work. A clear advantage of the cooperation: Via data interfaces between the cloud solutions of Aconso and SuccessFactors, the document processes of the Aconso Cloud can be easily integrated into SuccessFactors.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Serviceplan consolidates<\/h3>\n<p>The international communications agency Serviceplan will in future rely on the products of LucaNet, a provider of software and consulting for BI in accounting, to prepare its consolidated financial statements. This is the company's response to the strong growth of the group and the resulting increase in requirements for group accounting. Serviceplan is the largest owner-managed advertising agency group in Europe. The responsible team defined the parameters for the new software and found the ideal solution in LucaNet: \"Compared to other providers, LucaNet scores above all with its intuitive user interface and flexibility in decentralized data entry,\" says Andr\u00e9 Hiesl, Head of Accounting at Serviceplan, explaining the decision in favour of LucaNet. \"The direct connection via the certified interface to the existing SAP system and the associated possibility of drilling down to the individual posting document also convinced us,\" continues Hiesl.<\/p><div id=\"great-3430487693\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Solution for strategy consultants<\/h3>\n<p>Following a successful go-live, the international management consultancy Simon-Kucher &amp; Partners is now working with the industry solution it.service from Itelligence. The solution is based on SAP Business All-in-One. \"With it.service, Simon-Kucher &amp; Partners will be able to support its customers even better in the future in optimally aligning their strategies. Thanks to the Itelligence industry solution, Simon-Kucher &amp; Partners now has a fully integrated IT landscape that lays the foundation for further international growth. it.service offers more effective resource planning, maximum transparency and complete scalability,\" emphasizes Andreas Pauls, Managing Director Germany, Itelligence. Following the successful go-live, it.service supports all financial accounting, sales and HR management processes at Simon-Kucher &amp; Partners. This replaces the previously used isolated solutions with a reliable and flexible system. Jens Schl\u00fcter, Sector Sales Service Companies, Itelligence: \"Management reporting can now be processed centrally in the SAP system.\"<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>ERP system of the year<\/h3>\n<p>On October 5, the \"ERP System of the Year\" awards will be presented for the tenth time at the \"IT &amp; Business 2016\" trade fair for digital processes and solutions in Stuttgart. This time, the Center for Enterprise Research (CER) at the University of Potsdam has announced the competition for the best solutions for enterprise resource planning (ERP) in the categories supplier industry, one-off production, professional services, retail, food\/foodstuffs, public sector, \"Microsoft system house of the year\" and \"SAP system house of the year\". \"The 'ERP System of the Year' competition highlights the diversity of the ERP system landscape in Germany and enables users to identify suitable providers,\" explains business IT specialist Prof. Dr. Norbert Gronau, initiator of the contest. The background to this is that it is not easy to gain an overview of the range of solutions on offer, as there are many other factors in addition to the range of functions that are important for a successful introduction. These include, for example, specific customer benefits, the scope of technology and integration and ergonomics. The aim of the competition is to view and evaluate these non-functional criteria neutrally in order to create better transparency for users.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Top SAP solution provider<\/h3>\n<p>Datavard has been named one of the top 20 SAP solution providers 2016 by the US-based CIO Review. CIO Review's annual 'Most Promising SAP Solution Providers' ranking identifies the twenty companies that lead the field as SAP solution providers in the US. A high-level panel of CEOs, CIOs, VCs and analysts, including the CIO Review Editorial Advisory Board, selected the 20 most promising SAP solution providers. \"To be listed among the top 20 SAP solution providers in the USA is a special honor for us, especially since we have not been active in the US business for very long,\" says Gregor St\u00f6ckler, Managing Partner of Datavard.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Hana certified<\/h3>\n<p>Tibco Spotfire is certified for Hana: Tibco Spotfire's SAP-certified integration enables users at all levels of the enterprise organization to streamline access to the Hana platform to profitably leverage Tibco Spotfire's extensive self-service data reporting and analytics capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) certifies Spotfire's integration with Hana using standard integration technologies and native support for in-database and in-memory data analysis. \"We are delighted that Spotfire is now officially certified for use with Hana. The integration of Tibco Spotfire with Hana is particularly beneficial for our customers in production environments, as they can rely on a fully supported integration from both sides,\" explains Thomas Blomberg, Senior Product Manager at Tibco.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Innovative office building for SAP in Eschborn<\/h3>\n<p>In a joint venture with OFB Projektentwicklung, Gro\u00df &amp; Partner is developing a striking new office building for SAP in Eschborn, Hesse. This is a project with radiance: the striking new building will be recognizable from afar on the corner of the main Frankfurter Strasse\/Sossenheimer Strasse axis. It will be an eye-catching addition to the Eschborn skyline. After completion in May 2018, the SAP building will have a total rental area of around 9,000 square meters. The adjacent parking garage will create around 300 new parking spaces. SAP is the sole tenant of the eleven-storey, 43-meter-high office building.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Worldwide SAP rollout at Mubea<\/h3>\n<p>The automotive supplier Mubea, Attendorn in Westphalia, launched a worldwide SAP rollout initiative in 2013 to create standardized business processes and a solid, integrated IT system based on them for the further global growth of the Mubea Group. Based on a modern SAP installation in Mubea's own data centers, a solution set of SAP-supported business processes in the areas of purchasing, production, logistics, sales, quality, finance and controlling was created in the concept phase. The Munich-based software company Membrain specializes in mobile solutions in production and logistics in the SAP environment and can look back on over ten years of experience. Any systems and processes can be connected to the SAP-certified \"MembrainRTC - Platform 4.0\" technology. The standard solutions are quickly implemented and can also be adapted to individual customer processes. These were also the reasons why Mubea strategically opted for Membrain.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Extension for SAP S\/4<\/h3>\n<p>OpenText has announced the availability of solutions for Business Suite S\/4. They have been developed specifically for the latest generation of SAP Business Suite. The new OpenText package of solutions for S\/4 includes support for digitizing and simplifying the entire value chain and supports the Fiori user experience. It is characterized by intuitive access to information from anywhere and at any time. In addition, the new solution offers support for the Hana database across the entire portfolio.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>SAP operation of Gruner + Jahr<\/h3>\n<p>Hamburg-based publishing house Gruner + Jahr has handed over responsibility for operating a major portion of its SAP systems to QSC. Following a one-year transition phase, 23 SAP and other IT systems are now being operated entirely from the Hamburg data center of the Cologne-based ICT services specialist. The contract has a term of 60 months. Gruner + Jahr is one of Europe's largest printing and publishing houses. With over 500 media activities, magazines and digital offerings, as well as well-known brands such as Stern, Brigitte and 11 Freunde. The publishing house had commissioned QSC to take over its SAP operations as well as further systems in the SAP environment, for example for document capture, accounting or bank communication. In addition to the technical implementation and integration of the respective services, the internal ticket systems were also linked with QSC Support.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Business ByDesign for the stock exchange<\/h3>\n<p>With the support of All for One Steeb AG, the Stuttgart Stock Exchange has realigned its software landscape for finance, controlling and consolidation. The previous applications were replaced by SAP Business ByDesign. Increased requirements such as more effective monitoring of costs and performance, faster and more targeted evaluations, more flexible adjustments, more efficient business processes and Group requirements such as simpler consolidation of intra-Group service relationships could no longer be mapped satisfactorily with the previous financial software landscape. In addition, the new corporate solution of B\u00f6rse Stuttgart serves as an anchor point to further optimize selected, already digitalized business processes.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>SAP operating instructions<\/h3>\n<p>NV Bekaert, a global supplier of steel wire products, has harmonized the testing and documentation procedures of its IT applications with the help of TTS software and Belgian TTS partner Fern. Thanks to the TT Performance Suite, all 7000 IT users at Bekaert have quick access to consistent and up-to-date operating instructions for SAP applications. Before the introduction of the TTS software, the various international production sites and branches had created their own manuals in Word and PowerPoint and made them available to users on various systems such as SharePoint, Wiki or Intranet.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Customized business applications<\/h3>\n<p>Scheer BPaaS: The extended Process2Application Platform is designed to make companies fit for the implementation of digital business models. Scheer BPaaS is a cloud-based solution for automating and accelerating processes in companies cost-effectively and quickly. The potential of mobile, cloud, social and analytics can thus be harnessed with intelligent, process-based business applications for innovations in the company \"as a service\" and thus on demand. Predefined adapters for easy connection to ERP systems such as SAP are available to quickly implement cross-company processes.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>SAP add-on for process control<\/h3>\n<p>With the MDC Process Cockpit, Realtime presents a new SAP add-on with which processes relating to master data changes (e.g. material discontinuation, field changes in the material master or address changes) can be flexibly mapped company-specifically via workflows in SAP. The aim is to optimize manual and confusing processes in companies through greater transparency and shorter throughput times. The MDC Process Cockpit is suitable for all companies that use SAP and is now available directly via Realtime - either as a stand-alone solution or as an integrated module in the MDC Master Data Cockpit for efficient master data maintenance. Both solutions are fully integrated into SAP and require no data migration.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>ZUGFeRD for SAP<\/h3>\n<p>It has recently become possible to process ZUGFeRD invoices with the inPuncto SAP add-ons. The ZUGFeRD invoice format was developed by the \"Forum for Electronic Invoices Germany\" (FeRD) under the umbrella of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft f\u00fcr Wirtschaftliche Verwaltung (AWV) as a standardized format for the exchange of electronic invoices, as paper invoices and electronic invoices have to be treated equally for VAT purposes since July 1, 2011. The ZUGFeRD format allows invoice issuers to transmit structured XML invoice data in a PDF file to the invoice recipient, who can then read and process the data without any further steps.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Data security in SAP<\/h3>\n<p>Secude, provider of data security solutions in the SAP environment, presents the new version of its data-centric security solution Halocore. The expansion of the software suite includes additional features that further increase the efficiency of the core functions. Halocore prevents the loss of sensitive data and protects this intellectual property from theft when the data is exported from SAP. \"SAP offers comprehensive security measures within the system. However, data is regularly exported from the SAP system in everyday working life and processed and sent for reports, analyses and internal or external collaboration. This means that this sensitive data is no longer protected against data loss or theft,\" explains Volker Kyra, Vice President Sales EMEA at Secude.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Recognized Expertise<\/h3>\n<p>Xiting receives seal of approval for expertise in the areas of SAP Governance, Risk &amp; Compliance as well as SAP Security, Data Protection and Privacy in Switzerland. Having started out as a traditional consulting firm, Xiting is now one of the most respected experts in the areas of SAP security, SAP authorization concepts and SAP Compliant Identity &amp; Role Management (CIRM). To date, only 21 companies in Switzerland have been awarded SAP Recognized Expertise. Xiting Switzerland Managing Director Patrick Bockel is delighted with the award: \"We see this certificate as something special.\"<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>SAP applications on AWS<\/h3>\n<p>More and more Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers from a wide range of industries are moving SAP applications to the AWS Cloud. They primarily see the high agility, scalability, security and cost savings of the cloud platform for their business programs as an advantage. Whether for development and test environments or for production: customers can launch entire software stacks from SAP in the AWS Cloud and run their own business seamlessly on it. SAP has verified and certified various solutions for production deployment on AWS, including S\/4, Business Suite on Hana, BW on Hana, Hana, Business All-in-One, Business One, BusinessObjects, SAP Database and Mobile Solutions.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Multichannel integration with SAP<\/h3>\n<p>The CTI middleware YouCon Cube 2.0 is now officially certified for integration with SAP applications. YouCon's solution can be seamlessly linked with SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) 7.0 and other SAP applications, enabling the smooth integration of communication and data via telephone, e-mail and chat channels. The SAP Integration and Certification Center certifies the YouCon Cube's ability to integrate the communication infrastructure of leading manufacturers with extensions for SAP CRM to make important data immediately available to all parties involved. Customers and service employees benefit from automatically provided, up-to-date data. Caller information appears exactly when it is needed. Background services process and synchronize all events and status changes across all contact channels.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Global Trade Services<\/h3>\n<p>The SAP system house Cpro Industry is now offering its customers comprehensive services relating to the SAP Global Trade Services (SAP GTS) software solution - for smooth processes in foreign trade and efficient customs clearance. By adding SAP Global Trade Services to its range of services, Cpro covers the entire SAP product portfolio: from the classic SAP ERP system and new SAP interfaces such as Fiori, Screen Personas and UI5 to SAP HCM for HR management, EWM for warehouse management and GTS for customs and foreign trade. Future topics such as S\/4, in-memory and cloud computing are also consistently incorporated into the work of the SAP consulting company.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Top employer<\/h3>\n<p>Cormeta has now been awarded the Kununu Top Company seal of approval. The leading employer rating platform kununu.com recognizes companies that can demonstrate an overall high level of employee satisfaction. Top Company status can only be achieved through good ratings from employees. The Ettlingen-based SAP partner currently has an overall rating of 3.8.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to minor news as well as seemingly more or less important statements from the community. This is the place for SAP-specific press releases that otherwise tend to be overlooked. 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