Analyst Insights
Analyst Insights are written by SAPinsider’s research team. Based on information gleaned from surveys of the SAPinsider Community, conversations with experts, SAP employees, vendors, and SAPinsiders, Analyst Insights provide a thoughtful analysis of critical topics, technologies, and challenges that SAP customers face today.
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Preparation Strategies for SAP S/4HANA: An Executive Perspective
Recent research highlights that SAP S/4HANA is a critical investment for organizations, requiring extensive planning and management to navigate its unique complexities and drive significant transformation.
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2025 Plans for SAP Business AI
2024 was the year of AI capabilities for SAP. SAP’s business AI-related capabilities accelerated rapidly in the last quarter of 2024 as SAP rolled out final iterations to features announced earlier in the year and also introduced new, expanded functionalities. While much of SAP’s business AI announcements were centered on generative AI copilot Joule—now integrated…
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The State of Automation in the Financial Close Process
A preliminary SAPinsider study highlights the urgent need for companies to automate financial close processes due to inefficiencies caused by disparate systems, with over half of financial teams planning further automation, while the current average closing time remains at eight days.
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Leveraging SAP Datasphere using Intelligent Lookup and SAP AI Fuzzy Search to deliver fast business solutions
Expertise from Arellius Enterprises sheds light into the integration of AI within SAP tools, highlighting the importance of choosing the right AI technology for specific problems, while also addressing generative AI's capabilities, the significance of fuzzy search in data management, and the user-friendly features of SAP Datasphere, emphasizing the necessity for human oversight in AI…
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The Case for Tax Technology Transformation: Insights from SAPinsider’s 2024 Study
As organizations encounter heightened regulatory complexity and technological advancements, a significant shift towards investing in tax technology is underway, with 63% of companies planning to increase their budgets, driven by the need for efficiency, compliance, and adaptability.
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Leadership Lessons for 2025
In 2024, technology leaders emphasized the need for business process automation, data-driven organizational change, and the exploration of AI as key priorities, while facing challenges such as resistance to change and the necessity for improved data governance, setting a transformative course for 2025.
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Can Your AI Assistant Help You Close Your Books Faster? Trintech Says Yes
As Artificial Intelligence permeates more and more aspects of both life and business, you are seeing the increasing introduction of AI assistants and interfaces being rolled out by SAP and other software partners. In the finance world, more and more customers are looking to practical applications of AI to automate mundane tasks, reconcile data and…
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Lessons Learned from a Real-World SAP S/4HANA and RISE with SAP Project
SAP S/4HANA migration is a top priority for customers, with nearly half of leaders yet to complete their transition, prompting insights from a SAPinsider webinar featuring Panasonic and GyanSys on effective strategies like thorough analysis and a brownfield approach to enhance business processes and efficiency.
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Trends, Real-World Examples, and Benchmarks to Transform Accounts Payable
Recent SAPinsider research highlights that tech and business leaders are prioritizing the automation and redesign of accounts payable processes, with organizations overcoming challenges to implement AI technologies that enhance efficiency and reduce processing times, as illustrated by success stories from companies like Radiant Logistics and Lionsgate Entertainment.
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SAP Partners with Onapsis to Provide Security Incident Response
SAP customers have a responsibility when it comes to threat detection and incident response for their systems, whether their applications are running on-premise or in the cloud. These responsibilities are clearer in an on-premise environment where the customer manages secure configuration and operations including the servers on which the solution runs, databases that are in…
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