James Willett

The results are in. The UK & Ireland SAP contractor community have spoken. Contractors are critical to the success of business transformation programmes - but because they’re part of the temporary workforce, their voices often aren’t heard in the boardrooms of the businesses that need them. This report aims to change that. And it's available NOW:  https://lnkd.in/eCSu7BPQ   After surveying hundreds of SAP contractors across the UK & Ireland, we have substantial data on: • How much contractors are paid • Their preferred working patterns • What would make them likely to accept or reject a role • What makes them stick around for the duration of a project. Available now, exclusively on SAP Network+:https://lnkd.in/eCSu7BPQ  

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I lost my senior title when I moved from SAP Ireland to SAP Germany but I was really happy about it. I got promoted to a Senior Support Engineer less than two years into my SAP career. Was it justified? I think so. I worked really hard to earn it and just like for many people at the early stage of their SAP careers, it was extremely important for me. But, soon after, after having been with SAP Ireland for three years I decided to get rid of it. Decided to get rid of it? What the hell, you might ask. Well, when I moved to SAP Germany, I was offered the choice - “here is the package we are offering you - you can choose if you want to remain a senior or get dropped down to mid-level but the salary will be the same either way.” And I decided to become mid-level again because I knew that the best pay rises come with promotions. So I stuck around, after having been demoted to “just a normal engineer” again and when the time of the next round of promotions came - I proved my value and got the senior title back, with a nicer hike than I would have received, if I had stuck with the senior title. So, the title doesn’t really matter that much once you have a few years of experience on you - it’s all about the value you bring to the table (and equally as important - the bank transfer you receive at the end of each month) Should I have become a senior with less than 2 years of experience? What would you have done in the above case? #SAP #SAPCommunity #S4HANA #SAPCareer

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The results are in. The UK & Ireland SAP contractor community have spoken. Contractors are critical to the success of business transformation programmes - but because they’re part of the temporary workforce, their voices often aren’t heard in the boardrooms of the businesses that need them. This report aims to change that. And it's available NOW:  https://lnkd.in/eQysTUpw   After surveying hundreds of SAP contractors across the UK & Ireland, we have substantial data on: • How much contractors are paid • Their preferred working patterns • What would make them likely to accept or reject a role • What makes them stick around for the duration of a project. Available now, exclusively on SAP Network+:https://lnkd.in/eQysTUpw  

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Want to see how we are using AI 🤖 with Workday Security? As we know, data security is paramount, which means #Workday Security teams face the challenge of streamlining audits while ensuring robust protection. 🛡️ In this blog, Antonios Alexiadis, Lead Data Scientist at Kainos | For Workday, explains how Smart Audit’s AI-driven anomaly detection is revolutionising Workday security. Reach out to me if you want learn more 🗣️ 🚀 Follow me for the latest Workday tips and tricks! 💻 Want to know more? Read the full blog here 👉 https://okt.to/c6xio7 #WDAY #AI #DataProtection #Kainos #WorkdayHCM

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SAP TIPS FRIDAY - An easy way to save yourself from the jaws of a SAP disaster. We’ve all been there if we’ve worked in SAP for some time - a transport has gone into live and wreaked havoc. One free and easy way to cut the risk of this type of SAP apocalypse is by activating TMS QA Approval (transaction STMS_QA). This allows you to add an approval step to transports before they hit production; generally a sanity check by someone nominated to sign-off changes to live. Try it - it may just make it safer for you to go back in the water. SAP Tips Friday ©️ Jon Simmonds Painting ©️ Craig Davison #sap #sapbasis #saptips

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I needed to take something to the print shop and find a USB stick I could use. I found a classic SAP Teched 2015 that I could use. The plastic is now sticky. And it could probably have used some cleaning also. There are, by the way, some classic Integration related sessions like INT262 – Use SAP Process Orchestration for a Recruiting Cloud Integration Scenario  INT204 – Run Your B2B Integration Business Better. Which introduces the B2B Addon package.

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Nice, but less know feature, to reduce downtime: include custom Z fixes in SUM upgrade procedure. Read more: https://lnkd.in/edMmMyW4

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Become a Skills-Based Organization - Pitfalls and Strategies from Martina Willam, Director of Product Management at SAP SuccessFactors 🎧 SAP Podcasts https://lnkd.in/e3psPCDW 🎧 Apple https://lnkd.in/epnnzQnB 🎧 Spotify https://lnkd.in/eUE6k8SC Martina Willam is Director Product Management at SAP SuccessFactors for talent solutions. She shares her view on why skills and AI are the two hot topics when looking into the HR space these days. 🔍 We are looking into the questions organizations want to address with skills management like 💡 “What competencies and skills do my employees possess? 💡 And how can I keep this data up to date?”, 💡 what the typical pitfalls are if you want to become a skills-based organization and what can help to overcome them. And she states the importance of the employee perspective. We discuss SAPs approach to skills management from the whole self model to different solutions like the SAP Talent Intelligence Hub, the Attribute Library and the different scenarios like for recruiting, people development or workforce management. Finally Martina gives an overview on how AI can help like for skills library creation or tagging- As always we are happy if you share, comment and rate the EducationNewsCast Podcast. #skills #skillsbasedorganization #sapsuccessfactors

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Get ready to unlock the wealth of data with SAP at the upcoming #SAPSapphire. I caught up with Peter Alvmo, of SAP Customer Experience, in my latest #RelaytoSapphire interview and he shared what we are all feeling: that the future is now. #AI is opening up the floodgates of data and SAP Business AI is helping us translate that breadth of data to personalize the work we do and make us more productive. One quote that stuck with me from this interview 👇 “It’s not AI that will take your job away, it’s if your competitors make better use of AI” Looking forward to discussing this topic at #SapSapphire in Orlando and Barcelona!

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➡ The results are in. The UK & Ireland SAP contractor community have spoken. Contractors are critical to the success of business transformation programmes - but because they’re part of the temporary workforce, their voices often aren’t heard in the boardrooms of the businesses that need them. This report aims to change that. And it's available NOW:  https://lnkd.in/eAzSjCXB   After surveying hundreds of SAP contractors across the UK & Ireland, we have substantial data on: • How much contractors are paid • Their preferred working patterns • What would make them likely to accept or reject a role • What makes them stick around for the duration of a project. Available now, exclusively on SAP Network+:https://lnkd.in/eAzSjCXB  

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I have just completed it on my local docker A4H of 1909. 😀 You can do it too. Specific of this OData service example: it uses `SAP Application Interface Framework` (AIF) to monitor execution of OData by clients, so this is why I advise it to you. You will find how to adjust this AIF and how you can use monitoring. You can play with any clients (mobile, curl, edge, chrome, swagger, insomnia, postman, .http test (CAP), API-manager(mine), ARC(Mulesoft) and so on) and you will find how you can easily see the registered problems during communication and be prepared to resolve those and even if you need to receive messages to your email as administrator. Have a nice time for learning! #sap #odata #aif #apu #passiavanti #developmnet #makeyourself #monitoring #improveyourself #becuriouse

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"Digital skills": What are they? And do CPOs really care? A great discussion this week with Andrew Daley, specialist recruiter and Partner of Edbury Daley. Some may consider "digital skills" as being proficient in MS Office and SAP MM module. That's not going to be relevant though for the future. Digital skills means understanding procurement technology, no code apps, Gen AI, process automation, data science and much, much more. You need experts in your team who know their stuff in these areas. And you need them urgently, if you wish to stay relevant. There will be a boom for contractors and subject matter experts in these areas. The days of "bums on seats" and staffing procurement departments 100% with permanent employees will soon be over. There is a bright future for those who understand tech, and how to apply it within procurement. But don't expect these experts to find an average salary and mandatory on-site presence attractive. There will be more demand than supply. We're entering a brave new world for how we staff procurement departments, for those able to think outside the box. The tech industry has done it for years this way. Where they lead, others follow. Buckle up, it's going to be an interesting ride. ************************************* 🚀 Hi, I'm James. I'm passionate about modernising our profession, thinking differently, and escaping winters. ✅ Grab my FREE Digital Procurement 101 online course. Learn the basics of procurement tech in one coffee break. Link at top of profile! 🎙️ Subscribe to The Procurement Software Podcast on all major podcast platforms.

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SAP App Dev guru Mark Wright just pointed me towards a great resource for Fusion Development. I'm a huge believer that the future of innovation is for business people to do more of the innovation themselves, in their area of expertise, without IT and technology being a bottleneck, using technologies like SAP Build Apps. But it has to be "co-code", with business people doing what they're best at, while IT handles the back end, scalability, security, integration, etc. This document does a great job of how to find ("ideate!") the best innovation projects for business people and IT to work together on (i.e. to maximize usefulness and ability to actually go production while minimizing costs) Check it out and tell me what you think! https://lnkd.in/dMtprpwh

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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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The tech is ready, but are the people? Day 1 of SAP Sapphire has been great for connecting with both new and old friends. However, amidst the discussions between sessions, the primary topic has been about people and how we drive adoption. It’s evident that AI promises faster business processes and is no longer just a competitive advantage but a necessity to maintain competitiveness. While companies like SAP are simplifying AI adoption with seamless integration, the central question remains: How do we change human behavior? This is why I’m particularly intrigued by the intersection of human and machine. Despite the remarkable technological progress we've made over decades, we often overlook the human aspect. The real magic, however, happens at this intersection 💫 If anything is certain, it's that the pace of change isn't slowing down anytime soon. #SAPSapphire #sappartner

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I'm delighted to be celebrating 3 years at Salesforce/MuleSoft today! It's been an exciting ride helping our customers accelerate their digital transformation towards Composable Enterprises through the power of API-Led architecture. During this time the MuleSoft value proposition has increased significantly to include Universal API management & governance regardless of how or where APIs exist within an organisation and also Automation. Additionally the integration between MuleSoft and core Salesforce products has tightened and its been fascinating to experience how an effective integration strategy can really accelerate the time to value for products including Data and Financial Services Cloud. Nothing ever stands still in the tech world especially with Generative AI disrupting business and operating models across all industries. One thing remains constant though and that is an organisation is only as effective as the trusted data on which it is based and effective data & integration strategies are a core part of that.

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"Another one bites the dust!!!" Just love the way Freddie did this.... Remember it is a NON-ZERO risk in ripping up your working ERP to move to another ERP running on low-ranking databases.... One needs to prepare for any situations with contingencies in place. Talk to us on how to navigate a safe SAP journey. This article is in Japanese, but thanks to webpage translation, we are all aware of it now. Link to article is in the comments.

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🚀 Maximise Personalisation with Celebrus & Pegasystems Combining the power of real-time data from Celebrus with Pega's AI-powered decisioning would help the enterprise achieve moments-based marketing by sensing customers' behavioural signals to drive in-the-moment decisioning across the customer journey and all channels. This powerful combination enables businesses to: ✅Craft a Unified Identity Graph: Celebrus captures a wide range of customer identifiers, creating a seamless identity profile across channels and devices, evolving from anonymous to known states. ✅Sense and Respond to Customer Needs: Harness real-time data from all digital touchpoints, enriching Pega’s AI decisioning to precisely anticipate and meet customer needs. ✅Deliver the Next Best Experience: Infuse Pega’s decisioning with deep insights, offering prioritised, hyper-personalised engagement that resonates with each customer’s unique journey. ✅Seamlessly Unify the Customer Journey: Implement the calculated engagement through various channels, ensuring a consistent, one-to-one customer experience that boosts loyalty and drives growth. For a tailored demonstration of how these solutions can transform your business, contact our DCS team today! #DCS #Celebrus #Pega #PegaPartner #PegaDev #pegacdh #FirstPartyData #wearedcs

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The first instalment of the Mendix UK Customer Forum was held at Oracle Red Bull Racing HQ, in Milton Keynes, UK. Attendees learnt about how the Mendix Digital Execution Practice can accelerate your application development and how some of the most widely respected names in the industry are using Mendix to put their digital transformation in the fast lane. At the forum, they heard from industry leaders about their low-code journey, how they deliver apps at scale, and from Mendix executives about the Mendix ecosystem and the product roadmap. Want to learn more about low-code development? Check out our definitive guide here 👉 #mendix #SoftwareDevelopment #ScalableSolutions #TechCommunity #DigitalExecution #TechInnovation #OracleRedBullRacing

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