Market Insights

The number of solutions available from SAP and their broader partner ecosystem is more than most SAPinsiders have the time to learn about or understand, let alone implement. To help provide the information you need on why the topics that these solutions address are important, SAPinsider’s skilled team of analysts and editors interview organizations to learn more about the solutions they offer and the business challenges they address. These articles explain current trends around these topics, how vendors are addressing them, and what you can do to prepare your own organization.

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  1. Digitize & Transform Procure-to-Pay with SAP Ariba Solutions

    Published: 01/August/2017

    Reading time: 10 mins

    Lack of visibility into payment status and related supplier inquiries. Manual, check-based invoice processing. Incomplete supplier information. Sound familiar? SAP Ariba solutions can help you overcome these challenges by digitizing and streamlining all your procure-to-pay (P2P) activities. Sean Thomson, SAP, and John Hays, B4 Consulting, joined SAPinsider for a live chat on SAP Ariba. Read…

  2. Digital Supply Chain

    Building a Digital Framework for the Supply Chain

    Published: 18/January/2023

    Reading time: 8 mins

    Companies need to align their strategic and operations plans and find ways to maximize their working capital investments to ensure that they get the products they want when they want them. They also need to orchestrate the transition from planning to execution, remove fixed lead times, and balance agility and efficiency. With fast and responsive…

  3. Harness IoT and Big Data to Break Down Silos in Manufacturing

    Published: 16/August/2017

    Reading time: 13 mins

    In a digital supply chain, design, manufacturing, asset management, and finished products all come together in an uninterrupted, real-time loop to meet customer expectations for immediacy and customization. To achieve this, formerly siloed domains and processes must come closer together and become agile enough to meet individual demands. Learn how product design, manufacturing, and asset…

  4. Provide Actionable Insights With Your Next Dashboard

    Published: 12/December/2022

    Reading time: 6 mins

    Dashboards are often created with a boilerplate approach. They sometimes have the most typical metrics listed out, but forget one crucial aspect - what action do we need to take next? The most critical aspect starts with understanding the requirements and making sure that you are visualizing the right KPIs—not just metrics. In this article…

  5. SAP AI – “Built for Business”

    Published: 23/June/2023

    Reading time: 7 mins

    In the ever-evolving world of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is taking center stage. The potential of generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) are fueling corporate dialogues and making headlines. However, as exciting as these cutting-edge technologies may be, translating these groundbreaking technologies into tangible business benefits poses a considerable challenge for organizations which are…

  6. cloud

    SAP Unveils Business Data Cloud: A Unified, AI-Powered Future for Enterprise Data

    Published: 14/February/2025

    Reading time: 4 mins

    SAP’s research reveals that 40% of organisations struggle with data quality and governance, prompting the launch of SAP Business Data Cloud, a robust, fully managed SaaS solution designed to unify SAP data and integrate third-party systems, enhancing decision-making through reliable, context-rich insights and advanced AI capabilities.

  7. 8 Lessons Learned from an SAP CRM 2005 Data Migration Project

    Published: 15/August/2007

    Reading time: 15 mins

    Find out how to improve data load performance when you use the Business Application Programming Interface approach to migrate business partner data and its marketing attributes, roles, contact information, and external IDs from a legacy application into SAP CRM 2005. Learn the key items to watch out for during this cut-over activity and how to...…

  8. Increase the Effectiveness of Your Marketing Campaigns with Deduplication

    Published: 09/June/2009

    Reading time: 12 mins

    SAP CRM Marketing allows you to build target groups so that you can send campaigns to large distribution lists. A deduplication method ensures that each business partner is contacted just once for any given campaign. Key Concept SAP CRM Marketing allows you to build target groups based on contacts’ marketing attributes or other criteria, such...…

  9. Mid-market digital transformation

    Resource Gaps Challenge Mid-Market Digital Transformations

    Published: 17/June/2022

    Reading time: 2 mins

    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…

  10. Dell and the Agile Data Mart

    Published: 15/December/2016

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Businesses of all sizes are feeling pressure from the ever-increasing data volumes they’re expected to handle. The growth in data often leads to “analysis paralysis” – the inability for organizations to determine just what data to trust or how to act on it. This was a prominent challenge at Dell, where reporting teams spent an…