Juan Castruita, PMP

What software vendor is truly customer focused? …SAP Customer growth and satisfaction starts with a great partner ecosystem. I just wrapped up an awesome North America SAP Partner Advisory Council…an incredible event! Why was it incredible? 👩👩 Leadership - SAP Partner Leadership (Nanette Lazina ,Annie Busch,+ many others) understanding, investing and advocating in our ecosystem. Not losing focus, we are all about the customer. I really appreciate the follow through and proposed actions! 🤝Collaboration- genuine collaboration amongst the top SAP partners for the good of our ecosystem and customers. Surprised by competitors helping each other (very refreshing)! Steve Niesman 💪 🏆Focus - intense focus on customer success, not just marketing…really making our customers successful (🤫…partners are critical). Thanks Hans Uebe! 📈Meaningful Progress- SAP is investing and focusing on helping partners help our customers in well thought out and meaningful ways! (Also goes to my point about great leadership 👏) Thanks for being invited to participate in such an important event! Analysis Prime Inc.

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A very interesting article by Susan Galer about the upcoming regulatory changes in both food safety and sustainability that are impacting fruit and vegetable farmers, distributors, and retailers in the agribusiness Industry. #SAP #IFPA #sapintelligentagriculture #agribusiness

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#GROWwithSAP represents a great opportunity for our #ecosystem of #SAPPartners. ➡ Join this expert session to get the latest and greatest to grow strong within the 2nd half of the year. From my own experience working specifically with partners regarding the opportunity to infuse #industry as an additional differentiator, the future looks great. Let's jointly seize it! #SAPpartneredge #S4HANACloud #innovation #transformation

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For first-time SAP users navigating their inaugural holiday season, this blog post offers essential information and an introduction to the expectations and requirements for long-term customers and partners using SAP Commerce Cloud to drive sales events during the holiday season. Find out more: https://imsap.co/6048gPWxM

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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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I was energized by the incredible conversations at SAP Sapphire this week 🙌​ And I was especially pleased to connect with our amazing leaders in the SAP Business Women's Network. Their stories and insights are always a powerful reminder of the importance of supporting and uplifting each other in the business world.​ We ended on a high note at the Diversity & Inclusion panel with Supriya Jha and Florian Bauer, discussing the critical role of integrating AI with inclusive practices. Ensuring transparency and accountability in AI is not just a necessity, but a path to a more equitable future. Thanks to multi-modal models, we can also help to provide people with diverse abilities (such as visual or hearing impairments) with equal opportunities.​ These events reinforced the transformative power of collaboration and AI innovation. Let’s continue to drive change, embrace diversity, and lead with integrity. Together, we can shape a better future! 🌍​ #BusinessTransformation #WomenInBusiness #DiversityAndInclusion #SAPBusinessAI #Innovation #Accountability #Leadership #SAPSapphire #LifeAtSAP

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What is SAP Rise? Why is it best for my business? Where do I start? These are all good questions. Come join me with SAP, Protera, and CNT at the Microsoft office on Thursday, May 2 to find the answers!!

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SAP customers use a variety of methods to harness the power of integration. Dive into this interactive research from #ASUG and SAP about integration 👉 https://bit.ly/3SgA0BX #ASUGresearch #SAPIntegration #SAP

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Building out your #SAPSapphire schedule? Don’t forget to join SAP leaders for the opening keynote: “Bring out the best in your business!” Kick off SAPSapphire on Tuesday, June 4 with this keynote, featuring Julia White and Christian Klein. The session will cover SAP's portfolio of enterprise applications empowered by business AI, that can help you optimize your success. Explore the full session catalog and build your schedule: https://bit.ly/4dDM3ld #SAP #SAPPartners #VirtualEvent

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*** Hasso & me. About a short conversation with Hasso Plattner *** At today's SAP Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, co-founder Hasso Plattner stepped down as chairman and retired from an active role in the company after over five decades. This marks a monumental shift in SAP's history, with Plattner's influence on the company's growth and success being comparable to that of Larry Ellison at Oracle and Steve Jobs at Apple. During my 12 years at SAP, primarily in Consulting and Customer Advisory, my personal interactions with Hasso Plattner were naturally very limited compared to those of colleagues in development. Nonetheless, my brief encounters with him left a lasting impact on my professional life and approach to work: Over a decade ago, I was the program manager for one of the first large enterprise implementations of the then infant-HANA, a project with a high-profile DAX client as pilot customer. Given the project's importance, I had to report the status occasionally directly to then-SAP board member Bernd Leukert. The project had a bumpy start, with technical issues and teething problems typical of such revolutionary new technology. One day, while driving on the autobahn (at unreasonable speed), I received a call from an unknown Walldorf number. To my astonishment, it was one of Hasso Plattner's assistants, who informed me that Hasso was on the line and wanted to speak with me. Striving to maintain control of the car from the surprise and safely move to the right lane at a reduced speed, I took the call. Hasso greeted me friendly and asked for a brief status update on the implementation of "his HANA". I provided an impromptu report, outlining the current status, issues, and the measures we were taking to resolve them. He listened intently, asked precise and insightful questions, and never made me feel inferior or pressured despite every word spoken oozing natural authority and his larger than life personality. His technical brilliance, hands-on approach, and genuine interest in the project's details and the individual customer experience were evident and beyond impressive. He approved the measures, thanked me and left the call. For me, this very brief but impactful interaction demonstrated Hasso Plattner's intellectual rigor, technical vision, and his dedication to SAP's success. This particular conversation left a lasting impression on me. It offered a glimpse into the personality of a man instrumental in developing enterprise applications that drive global business and shaping SAP into a €32 billion revenue company. Because he cared. For the details. Hasso Plattner's retirement marks the end of an era, but his legacy and personality will continue to guide SAP into the future. P.S: The implementation was (of course) a success 😉 😎 and turned my personal career towards HANA and SAP S/4HANA. #sap

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We are once again back with our now regular #GRCTuesdays “What’s New” blog for SAP solutions for Three Lines: https://lnkd.in/gwXKBei7 Marie-Luise Wagener-Kirchner and Paul Petraschk from #SAPGRC Product Management have shared their inputs, and you will be able to discover below the new features delivered over these last few months:   💹 Analytics for Audit Management   With 13 analytical charts, a re-designed Audit Management Overview app, and three new SAP Fiori apps: Analyze Audit Engagements, Analyze Findings, Analyze Action Plans, this enhancement provides powerful data visualization and analysis tools to help audit teams track their key metrics and gain insights into the internal auditing activities across the organization.   🚒 Business Impact Analysis   The new the Business Impact Analysis capability in SAP Risk Management is the first building block for a wider Business Continuity Management #BCM. This module introduces a new option to classify an activity (or subprocess) as “Critical” and maintain business continuity metrics: Recovery Time Objective, Recovery Objective Point, and Criticality Level. From there, a Business Impact Analysis #BIA survey can be run to collect inputs from expert stakeholders.   Vishal Verma, Michael Heckner, Bo Baade-Pedersen, Vincent Doux, Steffen Trumpp #SAPGRC #SAPCCR

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Innovate with Impact: TechTalk with SAP AppHaus   I want to invite you to join me on a TechTalk about SAP AppHaus and GenAI on how we help our customers on their journey to success. Sounds cool? You can learn about actionable insights, practical tips, and exclusive access to resources that will empower your innovation journey. Check out the video on youtube: https://lnkd.in/eUthGxiH How do you leverage GenAI in your organization? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. #SAPAppHaus #innovation #SAPAppHausNetwork #AI

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Great analyst perspective on how SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition took center stage at SAP SAPPHIRE 2024. Fully agree with the author's observation about our customer's genuine passion for this solution! #GROWwithSAP #PublicCloud #SAPSAPPHIRE

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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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This is an interesting alternative for selective data migrations during an S/4HANA migration.

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Business AI is so cool. The things you can do with this go beyond anything we could have done in the past in a blink of an eye. I suggest checking it out and reading more about SAP's investment into this area.View my verified achievement from SAP.

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Arguably the most critical role in Enterprise IT today is that of the Enterprise Architect. With so much change on the technology horizon Enterprise Architects are the navigators, pathfinders, pioneers and guides to the next generation of Enterprise IT. In an SAP context there are so many opportunities when planning a move to SAP S/4HANA: Automation, AI, Machine Learning, Process Mining, Advanced Analytics, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Sustainabilty, ...the list goes on. But the list is also daunting, and connecting all the dots is a challenge requiring skill, experience and a network of other Enterprise Architects. Given the tens of thousands of companies currently planning or contemplating the move to SAP S/4HANA, this skill is precious, to say the least. Paul Kurchina and his friends continue to expand the Enterprise Architects Community to drive the visibility, sharing, and collaboration around the hottest topics in this space. This is a critical movement. Why? More than 3/4 of the world's commercial transactions run on SAP. That is a sizeable chunk of the world's economy. Moving this mass of customers to SAP S/4HANA over the next few years will feel a bit like replatforming the world's economy. The Enterprise Architect's community will be at the center of that movement. Thank you Paul, for the opportunity for our company to share our approach to using automation for SAP transformation, at your recent Enterprise Architect's Forum. Very impressive and a great way to feel the pulse and heartbeat of the SAP Transformation world. Don't miss Paul's current 30 Daily posts on key Enterprise Architect topics. Here an example of Day 13, and our company, LeapGreat's contribution. If you go through all 30 episodes, you will quickly have the foundation of knowledge to become an SAP Enterprise Architect. Follow Paul if you are interested in SAP Enterprise Architecture and keeping your finger on the pulse of this important field!

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The #SAPCommunity Voice newsletter has a new home online. This edition highlights popular posts on hot topics such as SAP Build and SAP BTP, plus introduces new helpful videos, groups, pages, policies, and events. https://lnkd.in/eViZXxvS #SAP #community #newsletter

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