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Empowering FP&A Teams: Building a Culture of Analytics for Adapting to the ‘New Normal’
For organizations, the definition of ‘normal’ is constantly changing. Access to data is no longer enough for organizations. Organizations need to convert data into insights to create enough knowledge to make better, faster, and smarter decisions. However, traditional data analytics methodology, forecasting, and scenario planning are rendered useless by the pace of change that the…
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Motivating Your Customers To Pay On Time
It’s one thing to get customers to sign off on invoices, but an entirely new challenge can arise when it is time for them to make payment. Some customers might be holding off on payment so that they can keep liquid capital in their hands as long as possible . . . but others might…
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Can I enable my legacy SAP (R/3, ECC, ERP, SRM, CRM, SCM etc.) system with S/4HANA like User experience?
Enable my legacy SAPR3 system with S/4HANA like user experience – You have undoubtedly heard of Greenfield, Brownfield, Bluefield approaches when moving to S/4HANA. Are only these three approaches existing in the market? What happens to the historical data? Carrying all 10-15 years (in some customers 20+ years) of data to S/4 HANA will defeat…
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Mastering SAP 2022 – A Partner’s Perspective
From a partner’s perspective, Chris Rae has plenty of experience attending SAP-related conferences around the world.
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Managing FX Risk with SAP Treasury Management
When companies expand their business models to new countries, they are often exposed not only to the normal risks that come with any international expansion but also a risk caused by changes in currency exchange rates. This type of financial challenge can have major impacts on profitability which means it’s important for treasurers to understand…
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Resource Gaps Challenge Mid-Market Digital Transformations
No matter the industry, data is playing an increasingly important role in how businesses operate. Companies are collecting more data than ever before and finding new ways to use it to drive value creation, efficiency, and differentiation. Yet, many companies are still struggling to keep up with the pace of change. As a result, they…
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Leverage SAP Ariba for Effective Supplier Management
The role of procurement has changed dramatically in recent years, and supply chain leaders must now strategically leverage this function, and more specifically the procure-to-pay (P2P) function within the procurement process, to effectively manage supplier relationships. In the past, procurement was primarily focused on invoices and payments. Today it is about digitizing workflows and integrating…
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Growing Need for Financial Master Data Management Automation
Finance and accounting (F&A) teams must efficiently access accurate and reliable information in today’s fast-paced environment. This way, F&A teams can generate the organizational visibility to make timely decisions on various fronts, from revenue growth or cost-cutting initiatives to strategic planning for new business models or corporate transactions. Finance master data is the foundation for…
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Preview of Upcoming Cash Management and Cash Visibility Research
In the upcoming Cash Management and Cash Visibility benchmark report due for publication on June 30, 2022, we’ll explore the cash management function, automation priorities to support cash visibility, and the collective insight of our SAPinsider community. We’ll look at strategy and innovation trends of SAPinsider organizations, as it relates to their needs for cash…
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Core Accounting is a Growing Priority for SAPinsiders
In our SAP S/4HANA Finance and Central Finance: State of the Market 2022 benchmark report, we saw the share of SAPinsider organizations planning to invest resources into core accounting processes increase to 28% (from 18% in 2021). These organizations view this finance and accounting strategy as an opportunity to address growing organizational complexity, the top…
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