Q&A

Access answers to hundreds of questions posed by our SAPinsider Community during live events and conferences, virtual events and webinars, and during video interviews. These documented Q&A sessions can help you understand how to move forward on common business challenges alongside your peers.

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  1. Transforming Organizations Into Intelligent Enterprises

    Reading time: 3 mins

    "Intelligent Enterprise" is the buzzword today. But how can organizations transform into one? What are the drivers for it? How can organizations build innovation delivery platforms? In this interview, Craig Brown, Chief Transformation Architect at Xceleon talks about what an Intelligent Enterprise is and the enablers that allow organizations to become one. He highlights the…

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    Transformation, Imagination, and Innovation

    Reading time: 8 mins

    It’s not often that you hear a technology enthusiast advocating to slow down. However, this mandate comes straight from the source and one of the biggest technology fanatics in the world — SAP’s President of Cloud Brian Duffy. Slow down to speed back up again is what Duffy advertises. Duffy’s non-traditional path to his current…

  3. How Automation Is Driving Innovative Thinking

    Reading time: 6 mins

    Simply migrating to SAP S/4HANA and the cloud are no longer enough to transform the business. SAP customers and SAP partners providing migration services are beginning to view automation as a competitive advantage and a means to take full advantage of new functionality. How can SAP customers quickly gain value and develop innovation initiatives that…

  4. Microsoft’s Joao Couto Answers Questions About Expanded SAP-Microsoft Partnership, RISE with SAP, and Other Matters

    Reading time: 10 mins

    Familiar business models are no longer effective as the need to predict demand becomes more essential, the number of employees who need remote access to systems grows, and security requirements become more important than ever. Organizations need transparency so they know what is really going on in their businesses — and so they can accelerate…

  5. From Push to Pull: Deutsche Börse Group’s Approach to Digitization, Process Redesign, and Defining Sustainable User Journeys

    Reading time: 10 mins

    If you only try to force change from the top, you will not be able to build sustainable results. Many CIOs fall into a common trap when trying to drive their transformation projects – implementing too much too soon without getting enough support from their teams and line of business stakeholders. In this article, Lars…

  6. An Insider Look at Ingevity’s SAP S/4HANA Business Transformation

    Reading time: 8 mins

    Ingevity is a specialty chemical company based in Charleston, South Carolina that current runs a 20-year-old, heavily customized version of SAP ECC 6.0. But, now for much longer — like many companies, Ingevity is focused on building a digital platform that can support technologies like analytics, automation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to help the…

  7. SAP Answers Questions from the Community About Its New Offering: RISE with SAP

    Reading time: 5 mins

    RISE with SAP is an offer that brings together everything you need to holistically transform your business at your own speed, on your own terms, and with a fast time to value — regardless of your point of departure. In this article, hear directly from SAP’s EVP & Chief Performance Officer, Robin Manherz, who recently…

  8. Vendor Document Automation for Accounts Payable Processes

    Reading time: 5 mins

    Managing accounts payable and vendor invoice processing can be streamlined by applying automation. Reductions in human error, faster invoice processing times, and decreased labor costs are just some of the benefits that can be gained by using vendor document automation (VDA) software, which is offered as an add-on by many SAP certified suppliers. In this…

  9. Key Ways To Influence Development of SAP S/4HANA Cloud

    Reading time: 4 mins

    SAP has continually emphasized their desire to hear from customers and incorporate that feedback into software improvements. The company has historically received commentary through various avenues, including co-innovation projects, customer surveys, hands-on partnerships, and customer request processes. In their latest innovation that connects customers directly with SAP regarding suggested enhancements to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP…

  10. Q&A: Payroll and Its Impact on Cloud HR

    Reading time: 4 mins

    AJ Whalen, Senior Research Analyst, HR, SAPinsider spoke with Imran Sajid, Director HXM Solution Marketing, SAP during an SAPinsider webinar on Thursday, May 7, 2020 to review the findings of a recent SAPinsider benchmark study that looked at customer payroll strategies and practices – including the solution landscape and technologies they use – to understand…