Industry Insights

SAP serves more than two dozen industries with its portfolio of industry-specific solutions. It also serves industries with industry cloud, a portfolio of cloud solutions from SAP and SAP partners that integrate with SAP landscapes to address cross-industry needs out of the box. SAPinsider is committed to providing industry-specific knowledge to help address the challenges that are unique to each cohort. Industry Insights are written by SAPinsider’s skilled team of analysts, editors, and experts in the form of end-user stories, research derivatives, and articles to help explain trends, technological advancements, opportunities, and solve challenges specific to each industry that uses SAP technology.

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  1. How to efficiently leverage the SAP Model Company to achieve maximum business value in a SAP S/4HANA transformation

    Reading time: 8 mins

    Digital transformation is reinventing the global economy where businesses, individuals, and societies are becoming collaborative, responsive, and efficient. Intelligent, agile, and automated technology platforms drive this transformation and deliver fundamentally different business outcomes. The need for a rapid and agile transformation with optimized long term TCO while also managing continuous innovation is forcing business leaders…

  2. Clovity

    Fortifying Data Protection with NextLabs: Insights from Four Industry Leaders

    Reading time: 5 mins

    The increasing complexity of digital environments makes traditional manual detection and response methods both inefficient and costly. This calls for a shift to an automate & prevent strategy to improve security more effectively. NextLabs has proven its capability to protect highly sensitive data through effective deployments at major corporations such as Boeing, Deutsche Telekom, Fiserv,…

  3. 10 Challenges of APO Implementation in the Consumer Goods Industry

    Reading time: 26 mins

    This case study by Rajesh Ray shows the innovative solutions companies adopted to meet challenges when implementing SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization. Key Concept Disaggregation is a process by which values at a higher level of the product hierarchy are distributed to individual products. The consumer goods industry has many industry-specific characteristics that present planning…...…

  4. SAP Industry Cloud

    SAP Industry Cloud – Need of The Hour?

    Reading time: 4 mins

    SAP Industry Cloud is a portfolio of cloud-based solutions designed specifically for specific industries, by SAP and SAP partners, on the SAP BTP platform. That is the simple explanation but should help you see how it comes into play after the narrative described in the last paragraph. Companies in specific industries can save a lot…

  5. Entertainment Industry Pricing and Pricing Architecture in SAP CRM-IPM 7.0 with Enhancement Package 1

    Reading time: 20 mins

    Learn about commonly used entertainment industry pricing models, SAP CRM-IPM pricing architecture, and royalty scopes. See how they support pricing calculations and user data entry, and discover potential gaps that you might encounter in the media industry, especially with television companies. Key Concept The entertainment industry has unique needs involved in pricing licenses sale contracts…...…

  6. business transformation

    Redwood Software’s RunMyJobs Joins SAP’s Industry Cloud for Utilities 

    Reading time: 4 mins

    The utility industry continues to modernize, and with that evolution comes the challenge of processing an ever-increasing amount of data. The efficient management of cash is a particularly important task, yet achieving global visibility of it remains elusive for most utility companies. According to the SAPinsider Cash Management and Visibility report, few companies succeed in…

  7. Leveraging Technology to Address Automotive Industry Challenges

    Reading time: 5 mins

    By Kumar Singh, Research Director, Automation & Analytics, SAPinsider Automotive- An industry prone to challenges The automotive industry is one of the most prominent industries in the world of manufacturing. Cassia and Matteo quote in their bestselling book “The Economics of Cars”: “The history of the manufacturing industry and the history of the automotive industry…

  8. Duke University Men’s Basketball Enhances Digital Playbook

    Reading time: 6 mins

    SAP HANA powers statistical analysis for websites for the NBA and NHL — and now also runs a statistical algorithm that produces insights about Duke University’s men’s basketball team. The university developed #DukeMBBStats Insights on www.goduke.com to serve as the fans’ ultimate source for in-game comparisons and analysis to show how what they are watching…

  9. factory transformation

    Digital Transformation in Manufacturing with SAP’s Industry 4.0 solutions

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Manufacturers increasingly understand the benefits of an all-inclusive Industry 4.0 strategy employing AI, ML, IoT, and automation. To extract maximum value, it’s essential these technologies form a cohesive strategy addressing current manufacturing challenges such as supply chain disruptions, workforce deficits, and regulatory shifts that require agility, efficiency, and sustainability. A comprehensive Industry 4.0 approach prepares…

  10. Special Planning and Optimization Applications Available for Your Company

    Reading time: 10 mins

    Get an overview of industry-specific applications supported by regular SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization and SAP SCM. Key Concept SAP SCM includes specific functionalities that support special industry processes. Under the concept of industry-specific applications, you can find solutions supported by regular SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization applications, such as planning books in demand planning…...…