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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SAP and Apple Partnership will Transform Warehouse Mobility
As customer demand and expectations become complex, associated warehouse operations also become complex. Advances in computing and technology, specifically on the edge, allow organizations to leverage smart devices and mobile solutions in a tactical way to address warehousing operations challenges. Miniaturization, increased performance & energy efficiency, and lower production costs of smart devices, have all…
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Cloud Adoption and Transformation for SAP
A recent article published at SAP News highlighted How the Cloud Changes the Business Transformation Mindset. The point of the article was that true business transformation in the cloud requires a comprehensive approach that brings together strategy, organization, process, and technology. The reason behind this comprehensive approach is that organizations are struggling to bridge the...…
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From FP&A to xP&A
Organizations today face a complex array of challenges, and the traditional financial planning and analysis (FP&A) process struggle to keep pace. Business leaders now recognize the need for advanced planning and analytics to drive organizational insights, as respondents from our SAP S/4HANA Finance and Central Finance State of the Market benchmark report cited the demand...…
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The Challenge of Patching
One of the biggest challenges that organizations face today with keeping their SAP systems secure is patching systems. In our recent research on Cybersecurity Threats to SAP Systems, respondents reported that keeping up with patches and updates was the second most important challenge they faced behind detecting potential threats, but for respondents in North America...…
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Supply Chain Planning Integration Imperative
Supply chain planning solutions have existed for decades now. However, as technology and business requirements evolve, so do these solutions. New technologies and capabilities emerge that integrate with existing supply chain planning solutions and contribute to the evolution of planning solutions. A good example is the cloud. SAPinsider recently published a research report, Supply Chain…
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Automation in Master Data Governance
Automation in Master Data Governance is a critical foundation to ensure data integrity and to maintain a single source of truth for the organization. Organizational frustration can creep in with poor quality master data management, yet only 36% of respondents have MDM governance and policies in a SAPInsider research on Data Management and Data Warehousing…
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Transforming Procurement Through Process Automation
Process automation has evolved into a strategic solution and is being leveraged across functions to generate efficiencies and build unique capabilities. Supply chain processes present ample opportunities to leverage this strategic tool and procurement-related processes are among the top ones in terms of focus area. Readers of this article will learn: • What are some…
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How Organizations Transform
Transformation is an important topic for organizations today. Much of that transformation is focused on infrastructure, but a growing number of organizations are planning their transformation around updating and redesigning business processes. But what level of importance do organizations place on this transformation? And what types of transformation do they have plans for? Read this…
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Achieving the “Clean Core” Utopia
SAP teams have been chasing the “clean core” utopia for decades. Yet, they have not only missed reaching it, but often have also made the scenario worse. SAP customers have often invested heavily in customization, and this has resulted in massive custom code, often with clunky interfaces and limited documentation. Yet, there is significant risk...…
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Conversational AI for Inventory Planning
Conversational AI is a powerful tool already being leveraged in many functions and augmented analytics tools. There is an opportunity to further explore this technology in the area of supply chain planning. This article explores how conversational AI can be leveraged for inventory planning and management. With application examples, it touches upon the two key…
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