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  1. Revolutionizing and Modernizing your Financial Processes with SAP S/4HANA Finance

    Published: 03/February/2020

    Reading time: 2 mins

    A former accountant himself, Paul Ovigele, SAP Consultant and Founder and CEO of ERPfixers, understands this group’s mindset. “You can’t just hand an accountant a shiny new thing like SAP S/4HANA Finance and expect them to get excited. They want to get to the bottom of exactly what the benefits are and whether the benefits…

  2. Redesigning Roles and Analyzing Custom Transactions to Prepare for SAP S/4HANA Migration

    Published: 03/February/2020

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Naturally, companies that have been in business for decades have decades worth of user roles amassed in their systems landscape. When preparing for the upgrade to SAP S/4HANA, not every company will need to remediate all of their security roles, however this is the approach that one long-time SAP customer decided to take as part…

  3. How a Hybrid Model for Talent Management Has Led to Improved Business Processes and Results at a Large Canadian Bank

    Published: 03/February/2020

    Reading time: 5 mins

    By AJ Whalen, Senior Research Analyst, SAPinsider In a 2019 SAPinsider survey of SAP and SAP SuccessFactors customers, 39% of respondents classified their human capital management (HCM) solution landscape as a hybrid of both on-premise and cloud solutions. When asked to describe their projected HCM solution landscape one year from now, the trend toward hybrid…

  4. DSAG Reports That Momentum Has Shifted to SAP S/4HANA

    Published: 30/January/2020

    Reading time: 5 mins

    By Robert Holland, VP Research and Publishing, SAPinsider On January 23 the German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG) released their 2020 Investment Report which was based on interviews with representatives from 288 different companies. The highlight of the report was that, for the first time in four years, planned investments in SAP S/4HANA exceeded planned investments…

  5. SAP Doubles Down on the Cloud and Customer Focus in FY2019 Results Release

    Published: 30/January/2020

    Reading time: 5 mins

    By Robert Holland, VP Research and Publishing, SAPinsider On January 28 SAP conducted their Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2019 Results Release, and announced that they had met all of their 2019 revenue and profitability targets – albeit with their cloud numbers only passing the post because of a single very large Q4 transaction. Source: https://news.sap.com/2020/01/sap-announces-preliminary-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2019-results/ In…

  6. SAP Focuses on Customers and SAP S/4HANA at FKOM 2020

    Published: 27/January/2020

    Reading time: 3 mins

    By Robert Holland, VP Research and Publishing, SAPinsider At SAP’s annual Field Kick Off Meeting (FKOM) in the U.S., Spain, and China last week, the key message for their global sales force and partners who were attending was “Forward Together.” As at previous FKOM events, this was an opportunity for SAP to not only inspire…

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    Case Study: Preparing your ECC for SAP S/4HANA

    Published: 24/January/2020

    Reading time: 2 mins

    For customers who are planning for the migration to SAP S/4HANA, ensuring that you are prepared can be just as significant a task as doing the migration. What is needed to ensure success is an understanding of the tools that are available to help with that preparation, and good advice from someone who has already…

  8. What to Expect From Our SAPinsider 2020 Event: Insights From Rizal Ahmed, President and Head of Research, SAP S/4HANA and Cloud at SAPinsider

    Published: 24/January/2020

    Reading time: 2 mins

    On March 17-19 in Vegas this year at SAPinsider’s 2020 conference the word that will be buzzing around every room in the Bellagio is SAP S/4HANA, and for good reason. From our research we know that moving to SAP’s latest upgrade is the most consuming, important decision and project that SAP customers are facing, and…

  9. A Look at Current SAP Marketplace Trends

    Published: 16/January/2020

    Reading time: 3 mins

    SAPinsider recently sat down with an expert in the SAPinsider community, Rohana Gunawardena, Director – SAP Practice, Exium Inc., to discuss some of the trends he’s seeing in the marketplace. A Major Priority for Finance Company CFOs A big priority for SAP customers in the finance industry right now, says Rohana, is making the monthly…

  10. Six Reasons Why You Should Attend the SAPinsider 2020 Conference in Las Vegas

    Published: 12/January/2020

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Members of the SAP community are looking forward to a transformative 2020 which promises to be both an exhilerating and challenging time. As you weigh your business’ move to SAP S/4HANA, the Cloud, and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, SAPinsider is here for you as a trusted resource. If you don’t have…