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Five actions for a sustainable supply chain

Climate change, circular economy, ESG and sustainability have become business priorities and our global supply chains sit right in the middle of these challenges—as a major contributor to the problems, and a great area of focus to take action.

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The midmarket moment has arrived

If you’re reading ERP Today, you know that ERP was critical yesterday and it will remain so tomorrow.

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SAP sells 423m shares of Qualtrics in $12.5bn acquisition

SAP has agreed to sell all of its 423 million shares of Qualtrics International Inc as part of the acquisition of Qualtrics by funds affiliated with Silver Lake as well as Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments).

Modernize Your ERP: Harnessing the Power of the 80:20 Rule

A rule of thumb often used in ERP programs is that approximately 80 percent of business capabilities and processes are non-differentiating

SAP’s Datasphere brings new order to chaos in the world of data

SAP has announced the launch of Datasphere, the next generation of its data management portfolio, and an evolutionary step forward from SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, helping customers utilize the power of data in the modern world.

SAP and Microsoft join fight for digital future with Nottingham University

SAP has announced the launch of a NextGen Lab at the University of Nottingham to help students receive the necessary skills for the future.

Securing SAP systems: Four key risks and how to solve them

Highlighting the security dangers of SAP, and how to approach them.

SAPInsider ready to roll in to Las Vegas for 2023 symposium

SAPInsider, the largest SAP membership group, will host its annual symposium in Las Vegas from March 20th, featuring over 300 educational sessions and prominent speakers from companies like Google and PepsiCo, with more than 2500 attendees already confirmed.

Punit Renjen to replace Hasso Plattner as SAP chairman

Punit Renjen, the former global CEO at Deloitte, is set to replace Hasso Plattner as the new SAP chairman. Prof. Dr. Hasso Plattner, who co-founded SAP in 1972 with Dietmar Hopp, Claus Wellenreuther, Klaus Tschira, and Hans-Werner Hector, is the only remaining founder still involved in an operational role at the German software company and will retire from his position at the end of his current term. His departure heralds another new era for SAP which will be confirmed at the company’s AGM in May this year.

Sapphire builds largest partner citizen consultant developer community with SAP

Sapphire has today announced its intention to create the largest citizen consultant development community in the SAP Channel with SAP Build.

SAP’s cloud chief quits

Brian Duffy, president of Cloud at SAP, has announced he will be handing back the reins after 13 months in the role. This follows 3000 job cuts and a proposed sale of SAP's stake in Qualtrics. Despite extraordinary cloud growth in recent quarters, the world's biggest enterprise technology vendor is not immune to the pressures of a toughening economy.

The UK government wants to reload the Matrix. But is there a glitch?

According to the architects of the government’s shared services cluster strategy, the civil service has a lack of interoperability, a problem for which, they think they have a solution. The project’s name: the Matrix Programme.

Ecobat rises with SAP S/4HANA and YASH Technologies

YASH Technologies implement SAP S/4HANA for global battery recycling leader Ecobat and drive future readiness at scale.

BMW Group drives new growth with RISE with SAP

BMW Group have expanded its strategic partnership with SAP to accelerate its digital transformation.

EY & SAP partner to drive smart chemical digitization

EY has introduced its Intelligent Chemicals Solution (ICS), leveraging SAP S/4HANA Cloud to enhance digital transformation in chemical companies by optimizing processes across production, finance, and safety management, while enabling rapid configuration and tailored program design.

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Lockheed Martin reaches for the moon with SAP

Lockheed Martin Corporation and SAP have expanded their strategic partnership to transform the mission-critical business systems that power Lockheed Martin’s OneLM Transformation Program (1LMX).

The complex SAP security challenges you need to know

The article emphasizes the complexities and security challenges of managing SAP systems due to extensive customization and the need for continuous monitoring and patching, particularly as organizations increasingly migrate to cloud environments, necessitating a robust and collaborative security strategy to protect against cyber threats.

SAP drives continued cloud momentum with Q4 results

SAP has announced its Q4 and FY 2022 results, with figures suggesting continued results are coming from the cloud after Q4 S/4HANA cloud revenue grew 101 percent.

Sugar cane firm Florida Crystals sweetens SAP estate with AWS Cloud

Florida Crystals Corporation (FCC), a vertically integrated cane sugar company based in West Palm Beach, Florida, has entered into a collaboration with Lemongrass, the SAP on cloud company, to move its SAP estate to AWS.

Why can’t SAP keep a UK MD for longer than two years?

SAP has announced that yet another UK MD is moving on. Michiel Verhoeven will step down as managing director of SAP UK and Ireland at the end of Q1 2023. The announcement comes 2 years and 7 months after his appointment. The latest departure marks the twelfth UK&I managing director to leave SAP in 16 years.

ERP Today Live! S/4HANA with Jan Gilg

This session with Jan Gilg, president of S/4HANA, is focussed on SAP’s flagship ERP Product and looks at the adoption curve for S/4, how the product has developed and can be augmented by BTP through RISE with SAP.

ERP Today Live! 2022 in Review with Jan Gilg

In this episode Jan Gilg, president and chief product officer for S4/HANA at SAP, tells us that momentum for the cloud is accelerating and more customers are getting ready to join SAP on their cloud journey. Gilg highlights supply chain challenges as the dominant topic for 2022 and says that moving to the cloud provides the data and visibility customers need to navigate the challenges ahead.

Piecemeal ERP: why Travis Perkins is tech stacking brick by brick

Are pickings getting a whole lot slimmer for the big ERP software vendors? It seems the days of having a one-catch-all software vendor have passed. ERP today hears about Travis Perkins' implementation journey.

ERP Today Live! 2022 in Review with SAP

This session is part of our “2022 in review” series where we talk to leaders from across the industry to look back on the key themes from the last year and consider what enterprises should focus on in 2023. In this episode we are joined by Simo Said, Global Head of Product Marketing for ERP & Finance at SAP, as we review a turbulent year and consider the tough decisions that lie ahead for enterprise leaders in 2023.

How AI is turning issues into opportunities

AI transformation varies by region. Can enterprise keep up with the changing tech? SAP's Ulf Brackmann discusses.

Composable by nature

Today the buzzword du jour is ‘composable, ’composable business, composable thinking, composable architecture and even composable ERP.

New PwC and SAP strategy supports ESG enterprise targets

PwC and SAP have announced a new co-innovation strategy to make sustainability an integral part of standard business operations and address key environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) business-wide challenges.

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Kingfisher goes multi-cloud with Google Cloud partnership

Kingfisher, a global home improvement company, has announced a new, five-year partnership with Google Cloud, to grow its digital capabilities.

SAP user stats show dissatisfaction as S/4HANA deadline looms

This year’s UKISUG Connect event at the ICC in Birmingham continued to bring a mixed bag of news for SAP.

Are you ready to weather the economic storm with agile working capital management?

With soaring inflation and interest rate rises, SAP's Thomas Mehlkopf says its time to revisit liquidity forecasting and working capital management.