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First time meeting my leadership team for application development, automation, and integration topics around #SAPBTP in Frankfurt to deep dive into our strategic priorities in this area. ...and perfect timing after collecting a lot of customer feedback in the US.   It was exciting for me to get more insights into the many innovative topics the teams are working on in this area, like #SAPBuild as the single solution for developers to easily mix and match low-code and pro-code tooling, including #ABAP, to develop all SAP extensions, and our growing portfolio in the area of enterprise automation with high value #AI scenarios. …and we even saved a bird that got trapped ~ Djay Chaudhary😉   It’s so inspiring to see how we bring integrated and AI-powered app development and automation solutions to life that help our customers tailor #SaaS apps to their specific business needs. Looking forward to the months ahead with this great team. Thomas Volmering Andrea Flügel Andreas Schlosser Achim Kraiss Amjad A. Hari Balakrishnan Jason Gabor Nicolas Damonte Patrick Schmidt Tim Back Djay Chaudhary Csaba Korényi Florian Frey Tamara Stern Jan Schaffner Torben Schuchart Christoph Thommes Rui Nogueira Thomas Ziegert #SAPBTP #BTPisthechoice #GenerativeAI #ApplicationDevelopment #GenAI

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*** Throwback Thursday: The risks of choosing the cheapest SAP implementation partner *** A decade ago, a senior IT executive from a prominent German automotive OEM shared a valuable insight with me: "In every SAP implementation RfP, there tends to be at least one applicant who fails to grasp the scope and intricacies of the project. Odds are that particular applicant happens to be the one with the cheapest offer." This observation highlights a common occurrence in the world of SAP implementations. When a potential implementation partner fails to fully understand the complexity and requirements of the task at hand, they may underestimate the effort, leading to an overly optimistic and potentially unrealistic pricing strategy. Such a scenario should raise a cautionary flag for organizations seeking an SAP implementation partner. While the allure of a low-cost option may initially seem appealing, it's crucial to recognize the potential risks involved. Underestimating the scope and lacking a comprehensive understanding of the project can result in cost overruns, project delays, and a compromised outcome that falls short of meeting the organization's objectives. Therefore, when evaluating potential partners for an SAP implementation, it's essential to consider factors beyond price alone. Assessing the partner's expertise, track record, understanding of the project scope, and alignment with your organization's goals are equally important. By doing so, you can make a more informed decision that sets the stage for a successful SAP implementation journey. #sap #sappartner

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Would you like to learn about the latest SAP S/4HANA Cloud innovations ? Follow these SAP people on LinkedIn ! They are employees of SAP. These are some of the official people that share information about SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Bert Oliver Schulze Yannick Peterschmitt Ulrich Hauke Corina Kinzel Jan Gilg Gerhard Welker Christian Vogler Markus Oertelt Maria Silipo Katharina Klug Jan Musil Marco Valencia Sang Dao Dequan Xu Leonie Viktoria Peterka Heino Schrader #sap #s4hana #s4hanacloud

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One large step for SAP, one giant step for GenAI! 🚀 Another great session from #Know24 with Hardy Kuhn and Steffen Meyer on combining ServiceNow and SAP's intelligent automation with AI. The results speak for themselves: 20+ AI use cases, 55% efficiency gain, 80% satisfaction score! Things I loved about this session: 👩‍💻 Emphasised the importance of combining human capabilities with machine strengths to enhance customer support and cloud operations processes. Initial use cases leveraged AI integration in SAP's Intelligent Automation framework to harmonise ITSM processes across 24 lines of business, using GenAI for case summaries, information collection, and decision support based on user feedback. Not a small feat given SAP has 50,000 agents on the ServiceNow platform, handling 3 million cases annually, with a large CMDB of 26 million active assets. Hardy and Steffen shared an interesting machine learning use case involving swarming, where AI brings together experts to analyse and fix complex customer issues based on past resolutions and similarities. 🤖 Highlighted the latest advancements in IT service management and stressed the need for understanding the benefits and costs of each AI use case. To test the premise of value, SAP set up a playground with limited data for limited users and a defined set of use cases - feedback-based voting was used to refine prompts, and by year-end, everything was pushed to production ready for largest user groups. In terms of AI investment, SAP now use a mix of in-house models and out-of-the-box capabilities from ServiceNow. 🚸 The importance of balancing value and risk, noting that the right ecosystem and partnerships are essential for AI adoption - data readiness and collaboration with Accenture was critical to their success. They also stressed the need to educate people on AI capabilities and risks to ensure adoption and address fears. Watch the full replay here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gjgRN_fY #PutAIToWork #ServiceNow #SAP #GenAI

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🔊🔊🔊 #Awesome #excitingnews #excitingtimesahead #excitedforthefuture ✅✅✅ Thank you, Dominik Maier for sharing this great insightful information on #excitingfuture of SAP PLM Cloud Solutions! 🌱🌱🌱 Achieving #endtoend #designforsustainability is the goal of many SAP Customers! With #endtoend #designtooperate and #designtoconsume business processes, SAP offers several sustainability solutions that can help businesses incorporate sustainability into their operations and processes. These solutions can help businesses: Comply with regulations SAP solutions can help businesses comply with sustainability regulations, such as extended producer responsibility regulations. Understand impact SAP solutions can help businesses understand the impact of their design choices on the environment and their costs over the product's lifecycle. Accelerate circular economy SAP solutions can help businesses manage the flow of materials through their value chains, which can help them focus on designing products that can be reused and recycled. Improve supply chain SAP solutions can help businesses gain visibility into their raw materials sourcing and processing, which can help them ensure ethical labor and trade practices. This can also help businesses bring on new suppliers more quickly and with confidence. Some of SAP's sustainability solutions include: SAP Responsible Design and Production Combines data from enterprise or third-party systems with information on global regulations to help businesses meet zero-waste commitments. SAP Product Footprint Management Helps businesses evaluate a product's carbon footprint over its entire lifecycle, from design to disposal. SAP Design to Operate Represents the entire lifecycle of a product in an end-to-end supply chain process, from design to delivery and maintenance. 🎯🎯🎯

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Excited to share what's new in the Q2 release of SAP Business Network for Supply Chain? Check out the highlights of our latest innovations in a blog from my colleague Paola Temoche: #SAPBusinessNetwork #SAPBusiness #digitaltransformation Here is a glimpse of the key innovations (refer to the blog for the complete list): - Suppliers can now share their feedback using Qualtrics surveys while working with the Planning Collaboration and Ship Notice creation processes. - Improved supplier visibility for purchase order line items deleted by buyers. - Supplier email notifications for buyer planning collaboration updates. https://lnkd.in/gGju-3Fz Joern Keller Arun Thiyagarajan Art Burov Jean-Philippe Préfot Paola Temoche Murali Medam Karen Figueroa Gonzales Vanessa Castro Ralf Stolle Praveen Bapat Ramakoti Konatham Amit Kumar Verma Pamela Bailey Xia Charleen Liu Gregory P. Mekjian Brooke Williams Raj Alluri Bhaskar Bodahanapati Jasper Chong Marc Bennink Keith Baranowski Peter Colligan Winston Li Renzo De La Cruz

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Meet our cbs experts Lorenz Praefcke, Rainer Wittwen, Holger Scheel, Victor Puente, Markus Mueller, Maximilian Thür, and Johannes Semel at Sapphire Orlando to learn more about the RISE with FAST VALUE approach. The move to SAP #S4HANA is a question of when, not if. This looming IT investment is putting a lot of pressure on CIOs and IT executives to deliver innovations fast and determine the right approach for their SAP #transformation. With a conversion, you’re simply kicking the innovation can down the road; with a new implementation, you’re looking down the barrel of a rather long-term and disruptive project. With today’s fast-evolving technologies, do you want to be implementing a digital dinosaur? Stop by Booth #401 to learn what RISE with FAST VALUE can do for you and your journey. This strategic vision, combined with an understanding of the transformational appetite in the business, allows for a customer-specific roadmap that fully takes advantage of the moment. The time for transformation is now. Book an appointment: https://lnkd.in/etsTZ4-V

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I would invite all to save this post. This is a landmark achievement in integrating AI to process transformation to help our clients deliver innovation faster to market. This will reshape how we model a enterprise as an socio comercial entity. As I mentioned this integrated with RISE, GROW , Joules and Build SAP will empower a dynamically agile 360 organization. Stay tuned for more ….. a great ending to 3 exciting days. #cognitus #SAP #AI #Signavio #LeanXI #DataInteligence #businesstransformation #BTP #DataSphere #SAC Pat Sathi Rouven Morato Mani Pirouz

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In an interview, SAP CEO Christian Klein reassured customers about SAP’s cloud strategy and discussed using gen AI as a migration accelerant. “All business models, across all industries, and especially in Germany, are undergoing fundamental changes,” Klein said. “That’s why I advise against simply replicating old processes into the new software world, or just hosting the ERP upgrade. It’s about more essential topics such as process standardization and the definition of new business models. And above all, it’s about making these innovations, which ultimately keep companies competitive and productive — or sustainable, accessible and usable.”  #sap #cloud

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Takeaways from SAP Sapphire 2024! 💡 Dominik Karosser and Lars Becker attended SAP Sapphire 2024 in Orlando, and we asked them about their key takeaways. Here’s what they shared: 1. Bigger and Bolder in the USA: The scale of the event in the USA was truly impressive, with everything elevated to a whole new level compared to Europe. Notable appearances included Christian Klein, Jensen Huang (CEO of NVIDIA), and Matt Garman (CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS)). 2. Major Announcements: "Grow with SAP" will soon include features for Sales Cloud and Concur. Additionally, "Joule for Consultants" and "Joule for Developers" will be introduced in partnership with #NVIDIA. 3. Focus on #AI and #BTP: AI and the Business Technology Platform were the central themes on the show floor and in presentations. 4. Networking and Celebrations: The heart of the event was about networking and celebrating together with the entire SAP community. Dominik and Lars had insightful discussions with key industry leaders of SAP, LeverX, Cbs America Inc, Avvale We're thrilled with the insights Dominik Karosser and Lars Becker brought back from SAP Sapphire 2024, and the enthusiastic thumbs-up in the last slide says it all! 👍

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“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” 💡 At the SAP Innovation Days for Supply Chain on May 7th it is all about realizing supply chain transformation and industry innovations for global organizations. Volker Schuler, Christophe Hudelmaier and myself will showcase Camelot ITLab's unique end-to-end capabilities in the area of #digitalsupplychain along the D20 process. In the area of #digitalmanufacturing I look forward to discussing how global organizations can... ...realize the potential of SAP Digital Manufacturing with our comprehensive consulting, implementation, and integration services ...leverage our Smart Factory approach to embrace digital solutions and #AI for increased productivity, innovation, and customer-centricity ...Orchestrate manufacturing processes across your value chain until plant level for streamlined operations, and data-driven decision making 👉 Also, don’t miss our joint presentation with B/S/H with Bernard Czap and Christophe Hudelmaier! #SAPInnovationDays #SAPDigitalSupplyChain #SupplyChain #CamelotDSC SAP Supply Chain Management 📍SAP Innovation Days for Supply Chain | SAP University in St. Leon-Rot | May 7

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Continuous improvement - incorporating the best of the past with innovative new ways allowed only by having truly embedded consolidation on the S4Hana system.

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📢 Webinar Alert: Transforming Business with #AI on #SAPBTP: Practical Insights and Recommendations After 4 successful BTP webinars in German we are now switching to English! Whether you're a seasoned industry professional or just beginning to explore the possibilities of AI and SAP BTP, this webinar will provide valuable insights and practical examples to help you understand the power of these technologies in today's digital landscape. There is a lot of excitement around AI, but it's crucial to understand that AI is not a one-size-fits-all solution. With over a decade of deep experience in the SAP ecosystem and with AI and #MachineLearning, we offer insight and practical experience. We’ll help you understand what works, and help you avoid what doesn’t. ❓What can you expect? 💡 In-depth BTP knowledge with #GenAI 💡 Practical examples 💡 Concrete recommendations for action 📆July 10, 11:00 a.m. Central Time Transforming Business with AI on SAP BTP: Practical Insights and Recommendations Register now for the webinar (EN) 👉🏻 https://hubs.ly/Q02DGGc_0

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It was indeed a privilege to be part of this event. 👍 I’d like to thank all the participants who made an incredible effort to join us and show the commitment in improving their own IBP/S&OP process. This is just the start of the journey, and I can’t wait for our next exchange. ☺️ #integratedbusinessplanning #salesandoperationsplanning #salesandoperationsexecution #digitalsupplychain #workshops

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Great article by Jon Reed on where SAP #customers do stand re #RISE #S4HANA, #AI and #digitaltransformation. I think the following statement of German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG e.V.) chairman Jens Hungershausen summarizes the fundamental problem of SAP RISE "I think the customers are deciding if they're going to do a real transformation. And in that case, if they have enough time to do real transformation coming from an ECC system, going to S/4, or if the customers have to do a brownfield migration - because they just don't have enough time to do real transformation, to really use and take benefit for S/4. 2027 is not so far away, so some timelines are closing." SAP RISE front loads cost - way before the benefits are coming in. MyPoV: - There are ways between Greenfield and Brownfield - There is a necessity for a more flexible offering that already helps in harvesting some of the benefits of cleaning up the core and innovating processes. Customers will get far more benefit by following an approach like this: - Analyse - improve on urgent issues and low-hanging fruit - migrate - continue to improve Link to the article is in the comments

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