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ERP needs to change - but getting there is another matter. ASUG CEO Geoff Scott shares seven keys to the future of ERP, gleaned from ASUG reports and events on S/4HANA and SAP ERP projects.
It s amazing how three little letters, configured in a certain order, can induce such a feeling of anxiety for businesses. These three letters can generate significant stress during software and system cutovers while also impacting day-to-day business productivity and operations. That trio of letters I m referring to is, of course, ERP.
As a former CIO who s had plenty of experience rolling out ERP software, I know all about complexity and customization, integration and upgrades, and downtime and development.
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SAP executives Klein, Sauerresig and Mueller (screenshot from the RISE Q&A)
For Rise with SAP, the company fielded its CEO, CTO, and executive board head of product engineering for a live media and analyst Q&A. How did they get on and what can we learn?
Before getting into the meat of what was and wasn t said, it would be remiss of me to avoid congratulating SAP for fielding questions from a relatively tough crowd and with no questions submitted in advance. In one sense that did not surprise me since I knew that most of the folk on the call had been pre-briefed. Even so, the question quality was up there with past sessions.