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  1. The 2026 SAPinsider Awards recognized a wide range of organizations, from Nestlé's large-scale cloud migration to Fit Foods' AI-powered accounts payable transformation, showing that SAP success is measured in outcomes and mentorship, not just technical scale.

  2. SAP's new Business AI Platform and Autonomous Suite, introduced at Sapphire 2026, signal that clean core discipline and governed data are now prerequisites for AI adoption across the SAP ecosystem.

  3. Real-world transformation stories from Clorox, Ferromex, and Moen demonstrate that SAP modernization succeeds when treated as an ongoing business capability rather than a one-time technical migration.

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Digital Edition · Aug. 2026

The SAPinsider 2026 Awards
The human impact behind the technology, plus five-year reinvention at Clorox, how Ferromex cut SAP Cloud ERP costs, and SAP’s Manufacturing Agent Roadmap.
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The SAPinsider Awards
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This issue centers on the 2026 SAPinsider Awards, honoring the practitioners and teams turning SAP transformation into real business outcomes. Martin Menard, CIO of Pacific Coast Companies, took home the inaugural Member of the Year award, while Nestlé and Microsoft were recognized for two of the largest SAP data migrations on record. Smaller organizations earned their own spotlight too: Fit Foods for AI-powered accounts payable automation, and the Eugene Water & Electric Board for modernizing three decades of legacy billing systems. Alongside the Awards, this issue covers keynote takeaways from SAPinsider Las Vegas and SAP Sapphire 2026, where SAP introduced its Business AI Platform and Autonomous Suite as the foundation for AI-driven ERP.

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Beyond the Awards, the issue follows three real-world transformations in progress: Clorox’s five-year, $580 million SAP S/4HANA reinvention, Ferromex’s work cutting SAP Cloud ERP costs by 24% through license cleanup, and Moen’s supply chain turnaround on a 20-year-old SAP ECC system. Interviews round out the issue, including Martin Menard on reframing board conversations, SAP’s Sean Kask on the Autonomous Enterprise vision, and Matthias Hollanders on SAP’s manufacturing agent roadmap — alongside expert coverage of SAP security patch trends, global e-invoicing mandates, and the shift toward AP automation as a strategic lever.

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