SAPinsider 2022 Research Agenda

The booming and competitive landscape that technology leaders and practitioners find themselves in is evolving at pace. The headwinds of rising inflation, supply chain issues, and recessionary indicators are being felt around the globe. Businesses are responding by embracing technology that will help them innovate, achieve more with less, and empower their people to work…

The volatile business landscape that Finance practitioners have become accustomed to, remains. The head wind of rising inflation, supply chain issues and recessionary indicators are being felt around the globe. Finance departments need to respond to business needs and are being asked to do more with less. They must become more agile, innovative and look…

The HR landscape is challenging and evolving at pace. HR leaders need to grasp the new wants and needs of a post-pandemic workforce. The rules of employee engagement have changed, and the supply and demand scale has tipped. Organisations are responding by embracing technology that will help them innovate, achieve more with less, and empower…

Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams and organizations face a wide range of challenges and obstacles in 2023. These include a constantly shifting landscape of regulations, emerging technologies, and an ever-growing list of cybersecurity threats. Contending with these challenges is a top priority for organizations of all sizes.

Finance transformation is imperative in the modern digital economy as organizations strive for greater resilience and performance. SAP S/4HANA for Finance with full deployment is designed to offer business leaders real-time insights into financials and operations while reducing complexity across their financial system landscape. To maximize ROI in SAP S/4HANA for Finance, continued awareness of…

Supply chain challenges and associated risks are growing exponentially. These challenges surface in many forms, like unprecedented fluctuations in demand and supply, sudden disruptions impacting sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution, a proliferation of product offerings, and geopolitical and regulatory changes. These challenges have only intensified during the pandemic. As businesses evolve their supply chains to address…

Survey respondents operating in EMEA facing challenges with manual work and manual processes across AP invoice management are prioritizing a move to SAP S/4HANA as an opportunity to transform AP functions at their organizations. This represents the leading driver for EMEA respondents regarding their approach to automating AP invoice management. 

In the full benchmark report, most SAP organizations identified insufficient automation leading to manual work and manual processes as the primary factor affecting their strategic approaches to automating AP processes. Similarly, this strategic priority aligned with nearly a third (32%) of survey respondents from North American-based organizations as the top driver of AP process automation,…

Compliance with global accounting standards becomes increasingly difficult as SAP organizations expand operations into new regions. An accurate and efficient financial close process is essential to provide executives with key and timely insights regarding an organization’s financial health. This industry derivative examines the differences in the financial close transformation priorities and strategies between respondent organizations…

As organizations update their systems and infrastructure to build a platform for future innovation, many are looking at the cloud to help them achieve these goals. Their goals behind these plans, as we saw in research on How Business Leaders are Scaling Platforms and Innovation, are an ability to support new business models, improved analytics,…