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Green IT = Sustainable Businesses

Sustainability should be the new headline for everything humans do. Sustainability means fulfilling current generations’ needs without compromising the needs of future generations. However, this is difficult to achieve. Sustainability issues have already started to affect our lives and our economies. This article explains how sustainability issues are affecting business operations and how IT can…
How to Use SAP Global Batch Traceability to Meet Your Genealogy Reporting Requirements

Tracking materials across the supply chain is becoming an important requirement in many industries to enable efficient recall in case of a problem, to prevent counterfeiting of materials, and to meet compliance and regulatory standards. This has become critical for industries such as pharmaceutical, tobacco, food, chemical, and automotive. SAP Global Batch Traceability (SAP GBT)…...…
Design for a Circular Business

Organizations are increasingly facing the burden of solving or at least reducing the climate crisis. Businesses must consider new ways to reduce their carbon emissions and produce less waste. One of the leading solutions is to implement a circular economy. This involves reshaping the flow of materials around the world, creating items that can be…
SAP and the Circular Economy

Most organizations today are somewhere along the journey toward becoming a digital business, with meeting high expectations for the customer experience a central driver. One of the keys to creating an exceptional experience is the ability to access data in back-end systems in real time, which means that robust integration is critical. This article introduces…
Live from SAPinsider Studio: Customer Messaging for the Digital Enterprise

Seth Ulinski, Senior Analyst, Technology Business Research, joins SAPinsider Studio at the SAPinsider SCM-CRM 2016 event to discuss customer-centricity, the evolving demands of customers, and re-thinking business strategy to put the customer first. This is a transcript of the discussion: Natalie Miller, SAPinsider: This is Natalie Miller of SAPinsider and we’re here at the SCM…...…
Gain Control of Your IT Environment: Q&A on Navigating the Controlling Options of Your SAP System

There are more than a dozen controlling options available in the SAP system. Determining how to best interpret those options depending on how your organization stores data and handles reporting and training requirements can be a challenge. Financials 2016 speaker Rohana Gunawardena recently took readers’ questions on how to choose the most optimal solution to…...…
Aspen Moves to SAP S/4HANA While Protecting Data

South Africa-based Aspen Pharmacare responded to recent global challenges by upgrading its IT infrastructure to improve productivity and regulatory compliance. The drug firm had multiple ERP systems worldwide, both SAP and non-SAP, which created inefficiencies and compliance risks. The company decided to move to SAP S/4HANA and deploy it on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud to…
Empathy Leading SAP’s Effort to Help Companies Run Live

ORLANDO, Florida — Empathy was the main theme emanating from SAP CEO Bill McDermott’s keynote presentation before an announced record-setting crowd of 30,000 attendees at Tuesday’s opening day of SAPPHIRE NOW 2016. The overriding goal for SAP, McDermott said, is to demonstrate an unmatched level of passion, energy, and empathy for the customer. That alone,…
Enabling SAP S/4HANA Central Finance and Group Reporting

Perrigo is a global, leading provider of over-the-counter (OTC) self-care products across various OTC categories. Headquartered in Ireland, Perrigo’s international presence has grown dramatically over the years, accelerated particularly in the last decade or so by acquisitions that enhanced its product portfolio and geographic reach. Layering in additional tools and technologies from each new acquisition…
Delivery Hero’s Internal Audit Function Delivers an Amazing Stakeholder Experience

If your organization is dispersed throughout the globe, you may face similar auditing challenges as Delivery Hero, a €2.8 billion firm that operates local online food ordering and delivery services in more than 50 countries. Delivery Hero decided to overhaul its internal audit (IA) function to align it with strategic objectives better to meet global…