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Explore critical topics shaping today’s SAP landscape—from digital transformation and cloud migration to cybersecurity and business intelligence. Each topic is curated to provide in-depth insights, best practices, and the latest trends that help SAP professionals lead with confidence.

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Topics

Explore critical topics shaping today’s SAP landscape—from digital transformation and cloud migration to cybersecurity and business intelligence. Each topic is curated to provide in-depth insights, best practices, and the latest trends that help SAP professionals lead with confidence.

Regions

Discover how SAP strategies and implementations vary across global markets. Our regional content brings localized insights, regulations, and case studies to help you navigate the unique demands of your geography.

Hot Topics

Dive into the most talked-about themes shaping the SAP ecosystem right now. From cross-industry innovations to region-spanning initiatives, explore curated collections that spotlight what’s trending and driving transformation across the SAP community.

Building and Construction

SAP Building Products help businesses to reimagine business models, processes, and products by driving digitalization.

Providing greater flexibility for today, while paving the way for business model innovation in the future. It helps companies gain competitive insights into operations to help increase efficiency, and drive data driven decisions.

Building construction is the furnishing of labor, equipment, material, or supplies in the design, building or construction of projects. Global changes are impacting building materials companies and the population is growing resulting in increased demand. Customer expectations have risen, they want to be in the loop with real-time tracking and expect to get notification updates. Companies are pressed to reimagine their processes, accelerating a digital transformation. Industry 4.0 technology is a gamechanger to impact productivity, help to turn challenges into opportunities, connect with customers, and integrate partners.

SAP offers advanced customer service capabilities to enable a self-service environment. This allows companies to engage customers with building product innovations.

SAP Building Products include:

SAP Building Products help businesses to reimagine business models, processes, and products by driving digitalization.

Providing greater flexibility for today, while paving the way for business model innovation in the future. It helps companies gain competitive insights into operations to help increase efficiency, and drive data driven decisions.

Building construction is the furnishing of labor, equipment, material, or supplies in the design, building or construction of projects. Global changes are impacting building materials companies and the population is growing resulting in increased demand. Customer expectations have risen, they want to be in the loop with real-time tracking and expect to get notification updates. Companies are pressed to reimagine their processes, accelerating a digital transformation. Industry 4.0 technology is a gamechanger to impact productivity, help to turn challenges into opportunities, connect with customers, and integrate partners.

SAP offers advanced customer service capabilities to enable a self-service environment. This allows companies to engage customers with building product innovations.

SAP Building Products include:

  1. Intelligent products and projects. Includes portfolio and product management, product development and configuration, and commercial project management and collaboration.
  2. Customer relationship and experience. Omnichannel commerce, omnichannel customer experience, retail store management, trade promotion management, configure price and quote to cash, sales force automation, sales force automation, sales performance management, customer experience management, business marketing and optimized marketing.
  3. Manufacturing and asset operations excellence. Industrial insights, manufacturing networks, manufacturing operations and execution, environment health and safely, asset performance management, asset operations and maintenance, and asset collaboration.
  4. Digital logistics. Yard and warehouse management, transportation management, track trace and logistics networks, order promising.
  5. Business planning. Demand management and insights, sales inventory and operations planning, and response and supply planning.

SAP software solutions for building products include:

  • SAP S/4HANA. For operational excellence across financial, sales, procurement, and manufacturing with a personalized user experience.
  • SAP Customer Experience. Ability to engage and connect with your customers anywhere on any device with a state-of-the-art customer experience.

Key considerations for SAPinsiders:

  • The Intelligent Enterprise for Building Products Companies. Read the white paper from SAP, to learn how they are helping companies create great customer experiences through tailor-made solutions.
  • Case study: How Hunter Douglas Got Illumination from SAP S/4HANA Consolidation. Review the case study on how Hunter Douglas went through a series of acquisitions and faced challenges stemming from a decentralized model. They consolidated into one SAP S/4HANA solution and incorporated a digital transformation for optimal operational efficiency.
  • Video: Learn how SAP S/4HANA Enables the Eczacibasi Group to Digitally Connect All of its Business. Eczacibasi Group, Europe’s leading bathroom and tile manufacturer went through a digital transformation with SAP S/4HANA. Listen to this video to learn how they broke down the project into digestible components.

Beyond SAP Business WarehouseSAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) has served organizations for decades as a reliable foundation for data warehousing and business intelligence. It has enabled tailored reporting, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), and financial consolidation through add-ons such as BPC and BCS. This paper explains why organizations should define a next-generation data & AI platform now, outlines strategic options for organizations using SAP BW, and concludes how to choose the best strategy.
SAP Partners – Enabling Business Transformation and InnovationIn today’s rapidly evolving digital economy, businesses face mounting pressure to innovate, streamline operations, and remain competitive. SAP Partners are pivotal in helping organizations meet these challenges head-on by providing tailored solutions that drive digital transformation and unlock new potential. CIO Insights explores explore how SAP Partners are helping businesses leverage the full power of SAP’s enterprise solutions, including S/4HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, and SAP’s intelligent suite of applications.
René Linsner: Leading Horváth’s Global SAP VisionThe digital age presents businesses with a complex web of challenges and opportunities. Navigating this maze requires not just technological prowess, but a deep understanding of business processes, industry dynamics, and strategic vision. This feature story explores Horváth USA CEO, René Linsner’s leadership, Horváth & Partners’ key achievements, and the firm’s strategic approach to driving digital success with a particular focus on SAP solutions.
CIO Study: How to Build Crisis-Resilient IT in Volatile TimesIT today is far more than just a cost-effective service provider – it is evolving into a strategic enabler of value creation, transformation and efficiency. IT organizations face intense innovation pressure and rising expectations. At the same time, they must manage tight budgets, explore new sourcing approaches, and develop more flexible governance models.
Navigating the Uncertainty of U.S. TariffsThis paper explores the broader implications of tariff exposure on business models, from corporate governance and transfer pricing to tax planning and commercial strategies. By analyzing recent and historical tariff regimes, it provides actionable insights, highlights key organizational risks, and proposes strategic levers to enhance resilience.
Horváth CxO Priorities StudyThe 6th annual CxO Priorities Study, was conducted via interviews with over 1,000 top executives worldwide from 33 countries and 15 industries. The analysis reveals their strategic priorities and how organizations are adapting investment decisions in response to increasing complexity. While global relocation trends remain nuanced, there is a clear shift in workforce and capital allocation within Europe and other key markets. Innovation, R&D and resilience are high on the agenda. In contrast, sustainability has taken a back seat in the face of more immediate business challenges.
SAP AI agents and UiPath
Bekaert Layers Custom AI on SAP SuccessFactors to Boosts HR Data QualityBekaert, a Belgian steel wire producer, has enhanced its HR operations by implementing a custom AI Assistant in collaboration with Flexso and SAP, which streamlines employee data management and promotes a more intuitive HR experience.
Blue Diamond
Why Construction’s Specialist vs. SAP Cloud Platform Dilemma Demands a New AnswerIn the modern construction industry, project profitability relies heavily on data speed, necessitating the adoption of agile, integrated ERP systems like InetumS4 Construction to overcome the limitations of outdated legacy tools and ensure real-time visibility, rapid deployment, and future-proofing.
How Grainger Saved Costs While Fast-Tracking SAP S/4HANA AdoptionGrainger faced mounting data challenges while preparing for an SAP S/4HANA migration, with rapid database growth and complex legacy structures. Through expert-led data archiving and optimization, they achieved a 66% volume reduction, saving over $1.5 million in annual costs and accelerating their migration timeline. The project highlights how clean core strategies and efficient data management can dramatically improve performance, lower costs, and streamline the path to S/4HANA adoption.
The Role of Accruals Automation in Streamlining Financial WorkflowsAutomating the accrual process transforms financial closing by enhancing accuracy, compliance, and transparency while reducing manual effort. Tools like accrual automation engines and integrations with ERP systems streamline approvals, enforce regulatory standards, and provide audit-ready reporting. By leveraging automation, organizations can improve financial reporting, mitigate compliance risks, and increase productivity across finance teams.

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