Jan 24, 2025
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Financial Management
Adapt, Innovate, Thrive: SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2502 is a Business Game-ChangerThe SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2502 update equips businesses with advanced AI capabilities, enhanced financial management tools, and industry-specific innovations to improve operational efficiency, drive growth, and meet sustainability demands in a competitive landscape.
Application Strategy and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud Research WebinarOn Demand With digital transformation initiatives maturing and the market presenting an increasing range of new software solutions, IT departments are developing sophisticated application strategies and roadmaps to deliver quality applications rapidly without blowing up budgets. For SAP customers, the critical challenge is how they can monetize their past SAP investments while rapidly deploying applications that […]
Mar 10, 2022
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Automation in Finance Research WebinarOn Demand Organizations are investing in financial process automation with the goal of driving efficiency across end-to-end business processes to enable real-time insight. The growing availability of automation solutions from SAP and third-party vendors, provides a catalyst for SAPinsider organizations to align best practices with intelligent automation technologies, such as robotic process automation (RPA), artificial […]
Feb 8, 2022
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Analytics in the Cloud Research WebinarOn Demand As organizations digitalize at a rapid pace, the amount of data that their processes are generating is exponential. Rapid expansion of edge analytics and collection of unstructured data is also proliferating. As organizations move to cloud-based data platforms and warehouses, they are also looking at cloud-based analytics applications. Analytics in the cloud offers […]
Jan 18, 2022
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RISE with SAP Research WebinarOn Demand SAP announced their RISE with SAP solution in January 2021, transforming their cloud-based approach and offerings. Since January, SAP has extended the offering to include HXM and procurement features, as well as announcing industry specific versions. But while many customers expressed an initial interest in learning more about the solution, it is unclear […]
Jan 17, 2022
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Cloud-based Indirect Tax Saves Ingram Micro Time and MoneyAs international trade grows, so too does the weight of indirect taxation on the business landscape. There is also a growing urgency for tax departments to enhance business value through digital transformation. Changes in indirect tax can come frequently, according to Calvin Lai, Senior Manager at Ingram Micro Tax. This means that ensuring indirect tax processes are up to date, accurate, and reliable is vital for businesses looking to compete in an increasingly digital and global economy.
Ingram Micro, a global leader in technology and supply chain services, heard the call to action. Together with SAP partner Vertex Inc. Ingram Micro is transforming its legacy application for global sales and VAT determination by leveraging the cloud and SAP technology, and integrating best practices to ensure accuracy of sales and purchasing tax data. The company is experiencing new revenue streams, improved indirect tax determination accuracy, reduced dependence on IT support, increased tax department efficiency, and improved audit performance.
Read this member insight and learn:
- How Lai unified all tax data elements into a single, centralized calculation platform, saving time and creating opportunities for revenue expansion;
- Lai’s unique perspective on defining master data for tax and how he claimed ownership of it, starting with the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code;
- About the advanced solutions that reduced new tax category launches from one to two weeks down to one to two hours; and
- How the company has improved efficiencies by moving indirect tax to the cloud and implementing SAP S/4HANA.
Nov 8, 2021
•8 minute read
Penn State University Re-Imagines Business Processes and Financial System with SAP S/4HANARelying on decades-old technology can cost institutions time, money, and valuable manpower. The importance of a digital transformation strategy is expected to accelerate as universities look to adapt to the ongoing pandemic. In this case study, Penn State University serves as an example of how important digital transformation projects can be to an institution of higher learning. Before modernizing their IT infrastructure with an SAP S/4HANA implementation, the university set clear objectives: build a new financial system capable of not only supporting operations, but also providing employees the tools needed to learn the new system and to empower them to make speedy and accurately informed decisions to help the institution keep running in unpredictable situations.
Read this case study and learn:
- How SAP S/4HANA empowers Penn State’s digital transformation across its multi-campus financial operations with the trusted security and reduced IT maintenance in the cloud;
- The role embedded analytics plays in helping the university make data-driven decisions (in minutes instead of days); and
- How Penn State is charting their path to financial sustainability and responsiveness to meet the demands of its most critical stakeholders: students, parents, and employees.
Aug 25, 2020
•5 minute read
Answers to Burning Questions on SAP S/4HANA Finance, Central Finance, Universal Journal, and MoreRead this recap of a live interactive Q&A from the SAPinsider 2020 conference where SAP finance expert Paul Ovigele, President and Founder of ERPfixers, shares his insights on what finance departments need to know about the new capabilities delivered with SAP S/4HANA.
Aug 19, 2020
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Timken’s Accounting Automation Enables a Virtual Close and Streamlined AuditsFor companies with growth strategies that rely heavily on acquisitions, there are multiple complexities involved with integrating the systems, data, processes, and people. In addition, the challenge of maintaining a remote workforce due to recent global events comes with its own set of complications. However, somehow through all this complexity, products are still being made, orders are still being processed, and the financial books are still closing. In this current climate, which requires successfully completing closes and audits with a distributed workforce, all companies (especially those with strong acquisition strategies) need to look closely at innovating their accounting processes. With BlackLine, one SAP customer – The Timken Company – has achieved just that, and more. Read this article to learn how this business integrated SAP ERP with financial automation software in the cloud to achieve:
- Streamlined processes to enable smooth integration when new acquisitions came on board
- More efficient audits due to self-service capabilities and savings due to fewer travel expenses for auditors
- Successful virtual close and improved visibility into account reconciliation across all business units
Aug 14, 2020
•8 minute read
6 Reasons Why People HAVEN’T Automated Their CAPEX Process in SAPCapital Expenditure processes should be automated, delivering business benefits like data integrity, audit compliance and efficiency. Find other insightful content from IQX Business Solutions on their Vendor Showcase.
Jul 17, 2020
•1 minute read
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