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What is SAP Digital Transformation?
Digital transformation may have reached buzzword stats years ago, but it is still relevant to many organizations looking to modernize their processes and systems to keep pace with trends in their industries. Digital transformation isn’t limited to a single technology or vendor, but SAP Digital Transformation is common, given SAP’s core enterprise technology market share.
What is SAP Digital Transformation?
Digital transformation may have reached buzzword stats years ago, but it is still relevant to many organizations looking to modernize their processes and systems to keep pace with trends in their industries. Digital transformation isn’t limited to a single technology or vendor, but SAP Digital Transformation is common, given SAP’s core enterprise technology market share.
Companies undergo digital transformation with SAP and other technologies by taking processes that may have been manually tracked through physical paper or spreadsheets and using digital technologies to make organizational data more accessible, more accurate, and more analyzable.
All areas of the business have potential for digital transformation with SAP technologies, such as SAP S/4HANA for ERP, SAP Ariba for procurement, SAP Fieldglass for contingent labor management, SAP Concur for travel and expense management, and SAP SuccessFactors for human experience and human capital management.
Other vendors providing important technologies that enable digital transformation include Microsoft, which offers cloud-based tools for everyday business needs like Office 365, as well as Azure, a platform and cloud infrastructure for hosting important enterprise applications. Additionally, many SAP partners work with companies to help them undergo digital transformation from the process and technology implementation perspective, including Accenture and PwC.
Key Considerations for SAPinsiders:
- Clearly define the primary reasons for digital transformation. Identify the key reasons for change and promote them as a focal point for your staff in your implementation journey. “Organizations that take the time to identify the big three to five reasons why they are moving to SAP S/4HANA and hold those up as their North Star for change have excellent outcomes,” said Mary Sibley, head of the North American Center of Excellence for SAP S/4HANA at SAP at a recent virtual SAPinsider event.
- Build a culture for adoption. Automation is central to digital transformations — such as automation in finance, for example — and requires buy-in from department professionals to maximize value. Leadership-led change management providing governance and robust training helps build innovative cultures, enhancing the organization’s digital transformation strategy.
- Break down large digital transformation initiatives into digestible components. This was a key learning for the Eczacıbaşı Group in its SAP Digital Transformation with SAP S/4HANA. When hundreds of stakeholders have a say in determining project goals, implementation teams will benefit from knowing the precise steps to take, which tools to use, proper timing, and expectations. Providing this guidance to technical teams helps ensure successful project outcomes.
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SAPPHIRE NOW in 2018 CoverageJun 1, 2018 — Make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player enabled in your browser to watch the video stream. SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference begins on Tuesday, June 5 and runs until Thursday, June 7. If you can’t attend the event in Orlando, catch all the executive keynotes and selected sessions here […]
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What Do C-Level Executives Think About Digital Transformation?May 16, 2018 —
Digital transformation affects businesses and professionals of all types, displacing business functions, products, and initiatives that worked well in the past. So what are C-level executives doing to tackle their organizations’ transformation efforts and prepare themselves to compete in the future? SAPinsider’s research arm, Wellesley Information Services - Executive Research Group, conducted research with 250 C-level executives in finance and IT to find out how their organizations were handling the disruption and opportunity that comes with digital transformation. Discover some early findings and find out more information about the upcoming research report and events.
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SAP and the New Era of the Intelligent EnterpriseMay 4, 2018 —
Newly appointed President of SAP North America DJ Paoni – who is tasked with overseeing all strategy, day-to-day operations, and overall customer success across the US and Canada – shares with SAPinsider readers how SAP is reinventing its own people and product strategies with a more purpose-driven culture and customer-first mindset. He provides insight into what drives conversations with SAP customers, how today’s technology helps them harness new opportunities, and how SAP’s future strategy will leverage the SAP S/4HANA foundation to enter into the new era of intelligent enterprise.
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Digital Transformation for the Office of the CFOMay 2, 2018 —
Finance organizations feel the effects of digital transformation as much as any other aspect of business. Manual back-office functions of the past have been increasingly automated and replaced, requiring the office of the CFO to learn new skills and provide new value to their companies. In this Q&A, learn from Todd McElhatton, CFO of SAP North America, about his first-hand accounts of digital transformation in the office of the CFO.
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A Guide to the Modern Digital TransformationMar 29, 2018 — Many SAP customers are at somewhat of an infrastructure crossroads. While they have substantial investments in highly customized on-premise legacy systems, they realize the future will more than likely entail a migration to the cloud and SAP S/4HANA to more readily connect to new data sources and emerging technologies. In short, digital transformation has serious […]
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Digital Transformation Insights with Hitachi VantaraMar 29, 2018 — Just a few years ago, the term digital transformation was little more than a concept — a nebulous ideal that had little basis in reality for the day-to-day business. We’d heard of digital disruptors, and were aware of a few famous examples of new business models that were transforming entire industries. For the most part, […]
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Data Centricity and a Modern Digital TransformationMar 28, 2018 —
Paul Lewis, Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Vantara, defines the modern digital transformation in a Q&A with SAPinsider. Lewis discusses the relevance of data-centric data strategies, the impact a data-centric approach has on IT and the business, and touches on data center modernization trends.
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SAP’s North American CFO on the Impact of Digital Transformation on Finance OrganizationsMar 23, 2018 — Digital transformation is affecting all aspects of enterprises large and small—and perhaps no organization is affected as much as finance. Long stuck doing rote manual processes, finance departments can now use technology to transform their contributions to key business initiatives. This is true even at major technology providers, as SAP North America CFO Todd McElhatton […]
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Keynote Address: The Realities of a Digital EnterpriseFeb 25, 2018 — In a rapidly changing global environment, survival of the fittest is determined by speed to market and the ability to tap into vast stores of data — both on premise and in the cloud — for real-time insight. There is a massive shift in how goods and services are delivered thanks to global, enterprise digitization. […]
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An Inside Look at SAP in Silicon ValleyAug 16, 2017 —
In a world of constant transformation and reinvention, SAP continues to be a market leader in digital technologies. This holds true in Silicon Valley, where the west coast offices of SAP North America face unique challenges and opportunities from operating in the cradle of innovation. To stay one step ahead of the competition, SAP is focusing on promoting transformational opportunities for its customers.
This is the environment that John McGee, Managing Director, West Region, SAP North America, found when he joined the team in November 2016. SAPinsider recently sat down with him to discuss everything from his experiences with customers to the culture within SAP that powers its success.
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