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 Streamlines Cloud ERP Adoption at TechEd
SAP’s goal is for all of their customers to eventually move to cloud ERP, ideally within a RISE with SAP construct. However, the move to SAP S/4HANA is not necessarily straightforward, even for customers planning a system conversion that leverages SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition. In an effort to streamline the move to cloud ERP,…
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Generative AI Roundtable at the SAP BTP Executive Summit
Generative AI has been at the forefront of conversation for most of 2023. This is as true at SAP as it is elsewhere. SAP recently announced the generative AI assistant Joule, which will be embedded in several SAP solutions. SAP also partnered with Google Cloud to bring AI to SAP Datasphere. Given the importance of…
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Clean Core Roundtable at the SAP BTP Executive Summit
SAP has extensively used the “clean core” concept over the last few years. However, because SAP has not always explain it clearly, the concept remains somewhat misunderstood by its customers. To understand and learn more about what “clean core” really means, SAPinsider attended a customer roundtable on achieving a clean core in relation to SAP…
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Customers Use SAP BTP to Build for the Future
The SAP BTP Executive Summit exclusively showcased SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) capabilities for customers still on their journeys to the cloud. Sponsored by partners like Applexus, BlueBoot, Crave Infotech, and Sierra Digital, which specialize in SAP BTP, the event was an opportunity for customers to connect, and hear about the value and benefits other…
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Managing SAP S/4HANA Adoption Costs Amid Potential 2024 Economic Uncertainty
Findings from SAPinsider finance research conducted over the last 6-9 months indicate that budget constraints are the primary barrier stalling finance transformation initiatives for SAP customer organizations. These challenges are likely to grow in the coming year, as the International Monetary Fund had a less-than-optimistic forecast regarding the global economic situation for 2024. To address…
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Navigating Manual Journal Entry Challenges in SAP for a Streamlined Financial Close
In SAP, every transaction is a journal entry. The system doesn't differentiate between manual and automatic entries, making it hard to analyze them in the general ledger. Even though SAP ERP can create many journal entries automatically, manual corrections and inputs are still essential. Manual entries are often made for unique or irregular transactions that…
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SAP’s AI Copilot Joule: Implications for Finance
Joule by SAP represents a transformative step in enhancing AI and human collaboration within the finance sector. With its extensive integration into SAP’s suite of applications and addressing the challenges and needs highlighted by SAPinsider benchmark research, Joule is positioned to significantly impact finance teams using SAP systems. It aims to increase productivity by providing…
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Lessons from Birmingham City Council Failed Payments/ERP Implementation: A Closer Look at Vendor Selection
Modernizing financial systems, particularly within SAP ecosystems, is not a trivial undertaking. A deep dive into the Birmingham City Council case highlights significant departures from software procurement best practices and a stark underestimation of the project's requisites by the supplier. A strategic approach to vendor selection is required to mitigate risks. By focusing on crucial…
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SAP Details First Cloud-Only Innovations
Despite fielding many questions over the last few months about whether they are abandoning customers running on-premise solutions, and with CEO Christian Klein recently being compelled to make a statement at a customer event about how “no customer would be left behind,” SAP doubled down on their cloud ERP messaging during the “Rise into the…
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SAP Partners with Google Cloud to Bring AI to Datasphere
SAP announced that it is partnering with Google Cloud to enhance its generative AI offerings, focusing initially on the automotive sector to advance sustainability performance. Leveraging the strength of SAP Datasphere and Google Cloud Vertex AI, the collaboration aims to facilitate the development and training of generative AI models using data from Catena-X, an open…
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