You want to run a successful SAP S/4HANA business? This podcast Inside SAP S/4HANA leverages the unique knowledge and expertise of SAP S/4HANA product experts, partners & customers to address your needs by sharing product insights and project best practice. There is no customer success without product success and project success: we help you get to the next level and make your SAP S/4HANA projects a success. Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com
In this episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA, Yannick Peterschmitt hosts a discussion on the concept of Clean Core with Stefan Batzdorf, Chief Technology Officer for SAP S/4HANA, and Dirk Appelhoff, EMEA SAP Business Group Lead at Accenture. Together, they describe Clean Core as a methodology to maintain a modern, flexible, and cloud-compliant ERP system by keeping SAP S/4HANA up to date, minimizing customizations, and leveraging cloud-native integrations. They also share real customer cases, showcasing the benefits of the Clean Core strategy. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
1/29/2024 • 41 minutes, 11 seconds
Episode 99: How Inetum Leverages Localization as a Self-Service for Midsize Customers in Africa
In the second episode of the Localization as a Self-Service series, our host Katrin Deissner talks to Amine Drissi, pre-sales director at Inetum Business Solutions, for a hands-on experience. The company is one of the first SAP partners that created a customer-local version of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition with localization as a self-service for an African country. Together, they discuss the specifics of the African market, the SAP offerings, as well as benefits, challenges, and lessons learned from localization as a self-service. Did you miss the first episode of this series? Check it now on Episode 99. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
1/12/2024 • 23 minutes, 55 seconds
Episode 98: The Power of Localization as a Self-Service in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
We start here a new podcast series on Inside SAP S/4HANA with three episodes about Localization as a Self-Service, hosted by Katrin Deissner. In this first session, Katrin talks to Sadaf Shakil, chief product owner and head of SAP S/4HANA Localization from SAP Globalization Services. Together, they discuss the importance of Localization in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and how to handle the unique requirements using localization extensibility. The guest introduces the concept, explains the benefits and prerequisites of using localization as a self-service, and shares customer success stories. Stay tuned for the next two episodes! What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
12/12/2023 • 18 minutes, 31 seconds
Episode 97: Getting Started with Extensibility in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, with LeverX
In this episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA, Harish Mangtani invites Ilya Bibik from SAP and Vitali Harlukovich from SAP partner LeverX to discuss the extensibility model in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. The conversation focuses on the unique opportunities that the extensibility model offers to customers, as well as the challenges associated with it. The guests provide insights on the first steps customers can take to leverage the cloud extensibility model, using existing business Proof of Concepts for guidance and best practices for a successful extensibility project. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
11/29/2023 • 18 minutes, 38 seconds
Episode 96: Fourth Anniversary Special Episode - Diversity and Individual Journeys to a Product Management Organization
In celebration of its fourth anniversary, the Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast releases this special episode focused on diversity. The host, Fernanda Rodrigues, welcomes Yannick Peterschmitt, Shuge Guo, Syed Talal Hussain, and Sang Dao to discuss the impact of diversity on product management. As part of a highly diverse team at SAP, they share their individual journeys and challenges in light of this topic. Furthermore, they offer valuable insights for encouraging more diverse teams. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
11/15/2023 • 27 minutes, 11 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 95: The Power of Advanced Variant Configuration with SAP S/4HANA
Markus Oertelt hosts this episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA, which focuses on the power of Advanced Variant Configuration solution. Marin Ukalovic, chief product owner for Digital Configuration Lifecycle at SAP and co-author of "Advanced Variant Configuration with SAP S/4HANA" and more books, is the guest and describes the functionalities of the solution, best practices approach, possibilities in the light of user experience and the tasks involving artificial intelligence. He also shares a glimpse of what's on the roadmap for Advanced Variant Configuration.
11/3/2023 • 23 minutes, 40 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 94: Exploring Data-Driven ESG - Navigating Sustainability in the Corporate World
In the third episode of the Sustainability series on the Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast, Syed Talal Hussain interviews Benjamin Lösken and Daniel Merdan, who hold the positions of Director and Senior Manager at PwC. Together, they delve into the impact of ESG on data-driven decision-making, the current market challenges, and explore a client case that details the integration of ESG into SAP S/4HANA transformation projects. Additionally, they offer insights into solutions and next steps for customers seeking to implement an end-to-end Sustainability reporting solution. If you missed the first two talks of the Sustainability series, check them out now on episodes 80 and 89. Send us an email to insides4@sap.com and suggest topics for future discussions.
9/20/2023 • 20 minutes, 45 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 93: Syntax Accelerating High-Performance Batteries and Mobility Customers with Cloud ERP
The new episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA presents how SAP Partner Syntax accelerates companies around high-performance batteries and mobility business with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. Our host Markus Oertelt talks to Roman Freidel, Global COE Leader, Manufacturing Industry and Director of Presales at Syntax. Together, they explore the steps for a successful implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, technical challenges, and the customers' perspective on the SAP product. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
9/6/2023 • 26 minutes, 46 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 92: KWC's Digital Transformation into the Cloud
In this new episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA, our host Markus Oertelt talks to Menno Vlietstra, Head of Group IT at KWC Group AG, and Gert-Jan Den Boer, SAP Business Architect for KWC in Switzerland. Together, they share details on the SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition implementation at KWC, the business user experience with the SAP product, challenges, and recommendations for other companies. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
8/2/2023 • 28 minutes, 51 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Special 'Cloud ERP Close-Up': Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Companies - Interview with Axel Herrmann
In this special episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA, we present the 'Cloud ERP Close-Up' series with a special guest: Axel Herrmann, Product Management Lead for Product-Centric Cloud ERP at SAP. 'Cloud ERP Close-Up' is a series designed to share product highlights and project insights based on hands-on experience. In this talk, our guests discuss how product-centric companies can start their Cloud ERP transformation and change management. They also highlight SAP RISE and GROW with SAP from a Product Management perspective and strategies for the future. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
7/19/2023 • 25 minutes, 56 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 90: Holidu and all4cloud's Successful Journey to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition
The new episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA shares insights on the successful journey to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, of holidu, a classic vacation rental platform based in Germany, with support from the partner all4cloud. Our host, Yannick Peterschmitt, talks to Anna Westacott, the Team Lead Finance Operations at holidu, and Christoph Keppler, Head of Consulting S/4HANA Cloud at all4cloud, to have the customer and partner's perspective. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
6/28/2023 • 28 minutes, 46 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 89: Circular Economy, Impact of End Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Plastic Taxes, with Accenture
On the second episode of the Sustainability series on the podcast Inside SAP S/4HANA, Syed Talal Hussain highlights the Circular Economy, the Impact of End Producer Responsibility (EPR), and Plastic Taxes. Together with Emmeline Cardozo and Neena Brandt, from the partner Accenture, and Shahd Abdelrahman, from SAP, they discuss business challenges and opportunities. Did you miss the first episode about Sustainability? Check it now for Episode 80 - Impact of Sustainability on Digital Transformation with Deloitte. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
6/14/2023 • 22 minutes, 21 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 88: An SAP Champion Learning Journey to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition
Our host Yannick Peterschmitt talks to Marssel Vilaça, an SAP Champion from Brazil, and Luzian Kern, Vice President of SAP Product Learning ERP&Finance. In an open and honest talk, Marssel explains the SAP Champions concept and brings important feedback and lessons learned on his certification for SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Luzian shares valuable hints for professionals, including the new learning platform: learning.sap.com. Send an e-mail to insides4@sap.com to share your opinion about this episode and tell us what topic we should discuss next.
5/17/2023 • 21 minutes, 2 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 87: How Stadler Service AG manages its Service Operation Processes
The new episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA brings a broad perspective on Supply Chain and Service Management with customer's and partner's experiences. Our host Markus Oertelt, SAP, talks to Cordula Rüdiger, Team Lead for IT Interface Management at Stadler Service AG, and Beat Wyler, Consulting Manager Cloud at Innflow AG. Together, they explain how Stadler Service AG manages its service processes with state-of-the-art technology and how SAP partner Innflow AG supports this transformation. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
5/3/2023 • 14 minutes, 25 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 86: SAP Industry 4.0 Centers and Cloud ERP Live in Action
Imagine seeing how your company can run its operations live and visualizing the digital journey and deployment success. That's the idea of the SAP Industry 4.0 Centers, our topic of this new Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episode. Our host Markus Oertelt talks to Rakesh Gandhi, Vice President of Digital Supply Chain and Industry 4.0 Centers. Tune in to understand how SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition can be experienced in the SAP Industry 4.0 Centers. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
4/19/2023 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 85: Powering the World Through Intelligent Procurement
In this new Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episode, Katharina Klug, from SAP, invites Lukas Jenner, from the partner Walldorf Consulting AG, to discuss how intelligent Procurement can look like and how SAP S/4HANA comes into the broader picture. In addition, they bring examples of typical customer requests, the integration between SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba, and the methodology to start an integration project with a customer. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
4/5/2023 • 18 minutes, 45 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 84: How Roche Manages Real-Time Shipments and Temperature Control in Clinical Supply
In this new episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA, the host Markus Oertelt, Product Expert at SAP, talks to Giedre Bracaite, Product Manager for Clinical and API Supply Chain at Roche. They dive into how Roche monitors real-time shipments and temperature control in Clinical Supply and the usage of Cloud-based Supply Chain monitoring. They also discuss the lessons learned and the challenges faced by Roche during the implementation process. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
3/22/2023 • 13 minutes, 20 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 83: Your Data Outside of SAP S/4HANA, with s-peers AG
Katharina Klug, from Product Success e Cloud Co-Innovation at SAP, is joined by Simon Medley, from s-peers AG, an SAP gold partner with Cloud focus status, specializing in SAP Analytics transformations. In this new podcast episode, they discuss analytics inside and outside of SAP S/4HANA, the challenges customers face, the usage of tools like SAP Analytics Cloud and Data Warehouse Cloud, and the best practices for businesses before starting their projects. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
3/8/2023 • 14 minutes, 45 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 82: SAP Document and Reporting Compliance with PwC
In this second Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episode about SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, our host Katrin Deissner, Product Expert SAP S/4HANA of Product Success and Cloud Co-Innovation at SAP, talks to Marc Hoessels, Director and Global Tax ERP Leader at PwC. Together, they discuss the benefits and challenges PwC experienced with SAP Document and Reporting Compliance and how PwC assists its clients in tax. They also mention the current trends in tax compliance as well as the opportunities for companies. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
2/22/2023 • 25 minutes, 16 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 81: Automate Electronic Invoicing and Statutory Reporting with SAP Document and Reporting Compliance
More and more governments are pushing new and tighter tax regulations endorsing digitalization and data transparency. With SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, SAP provides the answer to governments’ quest for digitalization: It not only enables enterprises to electronically pursue statutory reporting but also to engage in the electronic business document exchange with authorities – all in line with local regulations. In this brand-new episode of Inside SAP S/4HANA, our host Katrin Deissner is joined by Olivia Vorstheim, Chief Product Owner for SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, and Erika Buson, Solution Owner for Global Tax Management at SAP. They discuss why tax compliance is becoming increasingly important, how SAP Document and Reporting Compliance can help enterprises to automate e-invoices and statutory reporting, and share some insights into the future roadmap. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
2/8/2023 • 20 minutes, 46 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 80: Impact of Sustainability on Digital Transformation, with Deloitte
With this new Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episode, we start a series on Digital Transformation with Sustainability to cover all facets of this complex topic and present a holistic picture from all angles. In the first episode, our host, Syed Talal Hussain, Product Manager of Sustainability at SAP Engineering, invites Gavin Campbell, Risk Advisory Partner at Deloitte, and Yannick Peterschmitt, Head of S/4HANA Enablement at SAP. Together, they get the expert opinion on Sustainability, the role, motivation, and customer adoption. They also highlight the Net Zero and Climate Change topics, the challenges for customers, and the opportunities for the future. Stay tuned for the next episodes! What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
1/26/2023 • 28 minutes, 6 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 79: The Power of SAP Quality Management
In this new Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episode, our host Markus Oertelt, Product Expert SAP S/4HANA of Product Success and Cloud Co-Innovation at SAP, talks to Aladdin Mandishah, Global Life Sciences Industry Solutions Manager at SAP, and Christian Heimlicher, from NOVO Business Consultants AG in Switzerland. Together, they discuss SAP Quality Management, customers' needs and challenges, innovations, and expectations about the future. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
12/14/2022 • 17 minutes, 4 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 78: Three-Year Anniversary Special Episode – Women in Tech
In this special episode to celebrate our third anniversary, our hosts Maria Silipo and Fernanda Rodrigues from SAP Engineering talk to Jessica Heath, Director of Platform GotoMarket at Red Hat, and Jennifer Röder, Chief of Staff to President and Chief Product Officer of SAP S/4HANA from SAP. They talk about their careers, the challenges of being women in the technology field, and give some tips to young women starting their journey in the tech world. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
11/23/2022 • 30 minutes
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 77: How SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition Helps Vorwerker Diakonie to Support People in Need
In this new Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episode, our host, Yannick Peterschmitt, talks to André Rieb, IT Project Manager from the german non-profit organization Vorwerker Diakonie. André shares the company's experience with the adoption of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, the start of their journey, the challenges, how to manage the end user adoption, and their overall experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
11/2/2022 • 19 minutes, 34 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 76: Manufacturing Performance with Cloud ERP at Smart Press Shop GmbH Pt. 2
In the second part of our Inside SAP S/4HANA episode about Manufacturing Performance with Cloud ERP, our host, Markus Oertelt, Outbound Product Manager for Maintenance Management, continues his talk with his guests from Smart Press Shop GmbH, Project Manager Dr. Timo Böhm and Managing Director Hendrik Rothe. This week, they go into details about their implementation journey, the challenges they've faced, the integration of SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, and the future of Smart Press Shop GmbH. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
10/19/2022 • 27 minutes, 38 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 75: Manufacturing Performance with Cloud ERP at Smart Press Shop GmbH Pt. 1
In the following two Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episodes, our host, Markus Oertelt, Outbound Product Manager for Maintenance Management at SAP SE, is joined by two guests from Smart Press Shop GmbH: Project Manager Dr. Timo Böhm and Managing Director Hendrik Rothe. In the first episode of this series, they talk about their project start with SAP S/4HANA Cloud and parts of their implementation journey. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
10/6/2022 • 26 minutes, 9 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 74: Registration of Indirect Taxation Abroad with SAP S/4HANA Cloud at TheValueChain
In this week's episode, our host Ulrich Hauke, Product Manager for SAP S/4HANA for Finance, is joined by Carlos Castanheira and Youssef Loutfi from our SAP Gold Partner TheValueChain and SAP colleague Calin Cernea from SAP Engineering. Together, they explore the Registration of Indirect Taxation Abroad – in short RITA – with SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Listen in on the solution and gain real project insights.
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9/21/2022 • 12 minutes, 35 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 73: Moving SAP S/4HANA to the Public Cloud with Red Hat and Microsoft Azure
In this new Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episode, our host, Yannick Peterschmitt, is joined by Prakash Pattaiyan, Principal Program Manager for SAP on Azure Engineering at Microsoft, and Ricardo Garcia Cavero, Principal Portfolio Architect at Red Hat. Together, they talk about moving SAP S/4HANA to the Public Cloud with Red Hat and Microsoft and list some of the reasons why SAP S/4HANA Cloud customers choose Azure to run their cloud ERP. Tune into this week's episode and listen to them explain how an automation strategy at scale will improve employee satisfaction, accelerate innovation, and reduce costs.
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9/7/2022 • 27 minutes, 43 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 72: Learn from Rizing How to Acclimate Your Company to the Cloud
In this week's episode, our host Yannick Peterschmitt, Head of SAP S/4HANA Product Success Enablement, is joined by Jodi Hayes-Roth, CEO of Human Capital Management at Rizing and her colleague, Len Harms, Chief Experience Officer at Rizing. Together, they talk about SuccessFactors, another SAP application recently implemented by Rizing, and give tips on how to acclimate your company to the cloud. Tune into this week's episode and listen to their discussion about the journey from a technical perspective, the key business processes for end users, the acceptance and integration of standard best practices, and more.
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7/27/2022 • 21 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 71: Asset Management in SAP S/4HANA
In this new Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episode, our hosts, Markus Oertelt and Gerhard Welker, both Outbound Product Managers for Maintenance Management, are joined by Boris Mohr, Chief Product Owner for Maintenance Management. In this week's discussion, our three SAP experts share their professional experience on how to smoothly run processes for Asset Management in SAP S/4HANA, explore new SAP Fiori apps and a process redesign called phase control, and highlight some key innovations and their benefits for our customers. With this, they lay the foundation for the second part of this series, where they will invite a customer to hear about their point of view. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Share your ideas through insides4@sap.com.
7/13/2022 • 34 minutes, 54 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA by Solution Management EP08: Intelligent Technologies - SAP Process Automation
Replacing human intervention on high-volume, repetitive, and time-consuming tasks by machines is no longer a rarity, because it is already an integral part of today's business world. Shifting the responsibility for completing activities from humans to machines to minimize manual effort and human error makes business processes more cost-efficient, error-proof, and consistent.
Tune in and listen to our host, Marvin Posch and SAP experts Oren Shatil and Jürgen Butsmann to learn more about next level process automation in SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
6/30/2022 • 15 minutes, 59 seconds
Episode 70: SaaS and Manufacturing – Myth or Reality?
There exists a common belief that handling manufacturing processes is too complex for a SaaS model and that manufacturing is simply not possible in the SaaS world. Our host Markus Oertelt has met up with Larissa Alessandra Krüsi, Head of Manufacturing at Scheer GmbH, to discuss why this myth doesn't hold true in the reality of the intelligent enterprise. Tune into this week's episode and listen to their discussion about why cloud ERP manufacturing is at the top of many companies' to-do list and get an insight of some concrete implementation examples at Scheer GmbH. What topics would you like us to cover next? Send us an email at insides4@sap.com
6/29/2022 • 27 minutes, 49 seconds
Episode 69: A New Perspective on SAP S/4HANA Cloud with Westernacher Consulting Pt. 1
In this week's episode, our host Yannick Peterschmitt is joined by former SAP colleague Alexander Greb, now Vice President of Digital Transformation Consulting at Westernacher Consulting and an experienced podcaster himself. Together, they explore Westernacher Consulting's SAP S/4HANA Cloud implementation and bring a new perspective to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud journey. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
6/15/2022 • 24 minutes, 54 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA by Solution Management EP07: Intelligent Technologies - Machine Learning and Situation Handling
Machine learning and Situation Handling can be the key to unlocking the value of data and enacting decisions that keep your company ahead of the competition.
Tune in and listen to our host Marvin Posch and SAP experts Jürgen Butsmann and Lucas Kiesow to learn more about Machine Learning and Situation Handling in the context of SAP S/4HANA Cloud and how they help companies to focus on their day-to-day business instead of manually monitoring other important matters.
5/30/2022 • 18 minutes, 50 seconds
Episode 68: Localization with SAP S/4HANA
With regulations emerging and evolving worldwide, localization is definitely a must-have for enterprises having to adhere to these mandates. Localization with SAP S/4HANA provides the regulatory relief that they need to succeed locally while competing globally. In this brand-new episode of our Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast, our host Katrin Deissner is joined by Sadaf Shakil, Chief Product Owner from SAP Globalization Services. In this episode, they will discuss why localization is becoming increasingly more important, talk about the different parts of localization with SAP S/4HANA, and explain how to handle unique localization requirements.
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5/25/2022 • 16 minutes, 4 seconds
Episode 67: Implementation of Central Procurement at OMV
In episode 43, we started introducing Central Procurement at SAP S/4HANA to get to know its concept and benefits. But how does an on-going implementation of it look like? In this week's episode, Katharina Klug and Peter Paschert welcome David Walsh from OMV, who talks about the vision, approach, and on-going projects to implement Central Procurement. Clear and unfiltered from customer to customers.
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5/11/2022 • 23 minutes, 48 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA by Solution Management EP06: SAP Central Invoice Management
It is hard to imagine our lives without invoices, as we encounter them almost every day in one way or another. While end consumers can often count the invoices on one hand, the situation is somewhat different for companies. For the latter, it is crucial to maintain an overview of the large number of invoices in order to prevent delays and errors in paying for goods and services.
Tune in and listen to our host Marvin Posch and SAP expert Heiko Zimmermann to learn more about SAP Central Invoice Management and how it provides visibility to supplier invoices from multiple connected systems to ensure a smooth day-to-day business.
4/28/2022 • 18 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 66: Partner and SAP View on Implementing SAP Central Business Configuration (feat. Phoenix Business Consulting)
In our all-new Inside SAP S/4HANA episode, host Jonas Seiler is joined by Joe Thompson, Director in Quality Assurance at Phoenix Business Consulting, and Umesh Hebbar, Product Expert SAP Product Success, Co-Innovation, and Content North America, to talk about SAP Central Business Configuration (CBC) implementation. From their professional experiences as SAP partners and product experts, they discuss how to best approach and prepare for the CBC implementation journey, elaborating on the biggest challenges they encountered on the way and how to overcome them.
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4/27/2022 • 18 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 65: 5 Steps to SAP Fiori: Learning Through Hands-On Activities (feat. Intel)
SAP Fiori is the foundation for innovation at SAP and has evolved alongside SAP S/4HANA. SAP S/4HANA Customer Care and RIG (Regional Implementation Group) developed the "5 Steps to SAP Fiori" bootcamp to help customers define their UX adoption strategy and gain hands-on skills in activities, technologies, and tools to adopt SAP Fiori UX. In this episode, host Ornulf Kittelsen is joined by Lavaughn Urbano, who is an Enterprise Application Development Engineer at Intel. Together, they explore Intel's reason to join the program, the most valuable lessons they have learned on the way, and what interested customers should know before joining the bootcamp.
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4/13/2022 • 19 minutes, 22 seconds
Episode 64: Successful cloud implementation with SAP partner Agilita AG
In this exciting new Inside SAP S/4HANA episode, we are very proud to welcome Sandra Völler, CEO of Agilita, as speaker to our podcast. With our host Yannick Peterschmidt, she talks about the company and its history with SAP, as well as Agilita’s mission to support customers with their implementation projects. As she elaborates on the challenges that come with implementing new ERP in a company, she showcases how Agilita helped its customer Optotune go live with SAP Cloud ERP in six months.
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3/30/2022 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA by Solution Management EP05: SAP's approach towards security and compliance in the cloud
Have you ever wondered how secure SAP S/4HANA Cloud is?
Tune in and listen to our host Marvin Posch and SAP expert Patrick Boch to learn more about security and compliance in the cloud, how SAP counteracts an ever-growing threat landscape and what features are in place to protect a comprehensive solution like SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
3/29/2022 • 31 minutes, 2 seconds
Episódio PT 12: CC/RIG - Benefícios do SAP S/4HANA - UX e Tecnologia
Neste capítulo da série ""Benefícios do SAP S/4HANA"" os especialistas Fernando Moreira e Thiago Zanguetin vão conversar sobre alguns dos benefícios que o SAP S/4HANA ofecere na área de Tecnologia e de Experiência do usuário (UX).
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3/29/2022 • 15 minutes, 3 seconds
Episódio PT 11: CC/RIG - Benefícios do SAP S/4HANA - Logística
Neste capítulo da série ""Benefícios do SAP S/4HANA"" os especialistas Diogo Iran e Kusiel Camargo vão conversar sobre alguns dos benefícios mais relevantes para a área de Logística do SAP S/4HANA.
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3/22/2022 • 16 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 63: SAP Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS)
In order to stay competitive as a producing company, it is paramount to have an efficient resource and production planning process. Introducing: SAP Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS). In our all-new Inside SAP S/4HANA episode our host Markus Oertelt is joined by Ulrich Mast, who is product expert on the topic, to talk in detail about SAP PP/DS and it's functions, deployment options and latest innovations as well as how SAP PP/DS compares to SAP Capacity Planning and Scheduling (CPS) and SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud.
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3/16/2022 • 17 minutes, 28 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episódio PT 10: CC/RIG - Benefícios do SAP S/4HANA - Finanças
Iniciamos aqui uma nova série de podcasts em português na qual os especialistas de produto SAP das áreas de Finanças, Logística e Tecnologia vão conversar sobre alguns benefícios que o SAP S/4HANA oferece nesta áreas.
Neste primerio capítulo os especialistas Gustavo Barreiros e Marcos Lontra vão conversar sobre alguns dos principais benefícios do SAP S/4HANA na área de finanças.
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3/15/2022 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
Episodio ES 12: CC/RIG - Beneficios de SAP S/4HANA - UX and Tecnología
En este capítulo de la serie ""Beneficios de SAP S/4HANA"" en español los especialistas Javier Baltazar y Esteban Stransky conversarán sobre algunos de los beneficios que ofrece SAP S/4HANA en el área técnica y de UX.
Si desean aplicarse al programa S/4HANA Customer Care envien un correo a S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
3/8/2022 • 17 minutes
Episode 62: Revisiting SAP S/4HANA Cloud implementation at Komax
In early 2021 we were joined in Episode 42 by Lena Michels, Digital Manager at Komax SLE. At the time Komax SLE was in the process of implementing SAP S/4HANA Cloud in their manufacturing plant in Grafenau, Germany. Just before Christmas in 2021 she joined the Inside SAP S/4HANA Podcast again to give an update and discuss on the current status of the implementation with Yannick Peterschmitt and Markus Oertelt from the SAP PSCC Enablement Team. Tune in to learn more about how Komax managed the transitions from the Discovery to the Explore and to the Test phase. Lena also shares insights on master data migration, "global settings" and configurations in SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send us an email to insides4@sap.com.
3/2/2022 • 18 minutes, 49 seconds
Episodio ES 11: CC/RIG - Beneficios de SAP S/4HANA - Logística
En este capítulo de la serie "Beneficios de SAP S/4HANA" en español los especialistas Marcela Giovanetti y Roberto Nanga conversarán sobre algunos de los beneficios mas resaltantes en el área de Logística.
Si desean aplicarse al programa S/4HANA Customer Care envien un correo a S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
3/1/2022 • 14 minutes, 19 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA by Solution Management EP04: Embedded Steampunk (feat. Beyond Technologies)
Ever heard of Embedded Steampunk?
Tune in and listen to our host Marvin Posch and SAP experts, Katharina Hellmich and Felix Wente, to learn more about Embedded Steampunk and how it helps companies to extend their SAP S/4HANA Cloud systems to meet their specific business needs. In addition, you have the opportunity, to listen to Leonardo de Araujo and Arafat Obaid from Beyond Technologies to get first-hand insights into a really interesting business case in which Embedded Steampunk played a crucial part.
2/28/2022 • 18 minutes, 34 seconds
Episodio ES 10: CC/RIG - Beneficios de SAP S/4HANA - Finanzas
Aquí empieza una nueva serie de podcasts donde Especialistas de SAP en las áreas de Finanzas, Logística, Tecnología conversarán sobre algunos beneficios que ofrece SAP S/4HANA en estas áeas
En este primer capitulo los especialistas Betty Guedez y Pablo Mejias conversarán sobre algunos de los principales beneficios que ofrece SAP S/4HANA en el área de Finanzas
Si desean aplicarse al programa S/4HANA Customer Care envien un correo a S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
2/22/2022 • 16 minutes, 36 seconds
Episode 61: Warehouse Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Our new Inside SAP S/4HANA episode focusses on Warehouse Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Our host Markus Oertelt and our guest speakers Jörg Michaelis (Vice President and former Chief Product Owner SAP Extended Warehouse Management) and Christian Ries (Product Specialist for SAP Extended Warehouse Management) explore how you can run your warehouse processes with it, what's the difference between WM on Cloud and on-premise, solutions for mobile devices, future plans for WM and more.
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2/17/2022 • 32 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 60: SAP S/4HANA Implementation Strategies and Challenges with Attune Consulting
You are invited to listen in on the conversation between SAP S/4HANA expert Umer Zeeshan (“Zee”) from SAP partner, Attune Consulting, Belinda DeJesus from SAP’s Adoption & Customer Engagement SAP Global Process Office, and our host Sheldon Edelstein, product expert from SAP S/4HANA Regional Implementation Group. The three experts discuss their implementation strategies and challenges. They provide practical recommendations discovered while recently collaborating on multiple SAP S/4HANA implementation projects. If you are considering implementation of SAP S/4HANA, this discussion will be a worthwhile investment of your time.
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2/2/2022 • 26 minutes, 23 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA by Solution Management EP03: How to become an Intelligent Enterprise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP Business Technology Platform
SAP Business Technology Platform is a business centric environment where customers can build and run applications, processes, and systems. It allows for more efficient innovations, the trial of new business models, and a faster time to launch.
Tune in and listen to our host Marvin Posch and SAP S/4HANA Cloud experts, Ruben Mellema and Jonathan Rhodes, to learn more about how to become an intelligent enterprise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP Business Technology Platform.
1/28/2022 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
Episode 59: Embedded Analytics in SAP S/4HANA Cloud powered by SAC (feat. Deloitte)
Happy New Year! We hope you had an amazing start into 2022 that you are excited for the episodes we have lined up. Picking up where we left off, we are diving deeper into the topic of SAP Analytics Cloud. Joining our host Jonas Seiler are again Deepa Menon (Senior Product Specialist - Analytics, Product Success Co-innovation & Content SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Malavikha A. (Product Manager for SAP Analytics Cloud) to talk with our new guest: Stefan Hartmann, who is a Director at SAP partner Deloitte, leading the SAP Analytics practice in Germany and acting as a Deloitte EMEA lead for SAP Analytics. From the standpoint of an SAP customer as well as partner, Stefan shares first hand experiences on how Deloitte values embedded Analytics in SAP S/4HANA Cloud as well as how SAP S/4HANA customers react to its functionalities. The panel also provides further information on the benefits of embedded SAC, the potential of enterprise SAC and more.
What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
1/19/2022 • 21 minutes, 51 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA by Solution Management EP02: SAP S/4HANA Cloud - The way to an Intelligent Enterprise
Around the world, companies in every industry are dealing with unprecedented levels of disruption.
Whether in sales, marketing, supply chain, finance, or human resources, companies must find solutions quickly to keep business running smoothly while supporting customers and employees.
In short, companies need to become an intelligent enterprise to deliver successful business outcomes in an accelerated, agile, and efficient way.
Tune in and listen to our host Marvin Posch and SAP S/4HANA Cloud experts, Ulrike Raidl and Jonathan Rhodes, to learn more about how SAP S/4HANA Cloud helps customers to transform business challenges into opportunities.
12/29/2021 • 23 minutes, 35 seconds
Episode 58: Embedded Analytics in SAP S/4HANA Cloud powered by SAC - Part 1
Be our guest and listen to Deepa Menon (Senior Product Specialist - Analytics, Product Success Co-innovation & Content SAP S/4HANA Cloud) and Malavikha A. (Product Manager for SAP Analytics Cloud), as they share their expertise about Embedded Analytics in SAP S/4 HANA Cloud powered by SAP Analytics Cloud in our new episode. With our host Jonas Seiler, they discuss what value addition users can experience in Embedded Analytics in S/4HANA Cloud from Embedded SAC, which tools end users have access to and what standard business content is available in SAC.
We hope you will have a peaceful Christmas and will see you again next year. Until then let us know what topics we should do episodes on in 2022 via insides4@sap.com
12/15/2021 • 14 minutes, 40 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA by Solution Management EP01: RISE with SAP – Business transformation as a service
In January SAP introduced a new „Business Transformation as a service“ offering named RISE with SAP. An offering that is designed to help companies become an intelligent enterprise.
Tune in to the first episode of our new Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast show and listen to our host Marvin Posch and RISE experts, Khaled Musilhy and David Yawalkar, to get a comprehensive overview and the latest details on RISE with SAP.
12/1/2021 • 25 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 57: Mondou's SAP S/4HANA Journey
In our new episode we will hear about the story of Mondou’s path to SAP S/4HANA. The project lead and SAP Practice Manager Lyne Hervieux at Mondou, part of the Legault Group, will tell you the secrets of their success with the collaboration of Jerry Mangan, the Program Manager for SAP’s Adoption and Customer Engagement. Tune in to learn more about their strategies, challenges, and some recommendations. Discover the journey of Mondou!
Learn more about the services of the SAP S/4HANA customer engagement group on the website www.influence.sap.com.
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11/24/2021 • 13 minutes, 36 seconds
Episode 56: Simplifying the Procurement Integration using SAP Ariba CIG
"As customers do their digital transformation, they want to bring all their applications together, so they can seamlessly talk to each other [...] and we have a solution for that." -Satheesh Gannamraju
In our all-new episode Satheesh Gannamraju (Solution Strategy and Management for Integration) and Kalyan Valluri (Product Manager for SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway) join our podcast to discuss how customerscan symplify Procurement Integration for the customer using SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway. Together with our host Harish Mangtani they explore CIG in detail: benefits, extensibility and customization options, how it can help SAP S/4HANA Integration and how to best get started.
Which topic would you like us to discuss next? Contact us at insides4@sap.com to share your project expertise!
11/10/2021 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Episode 55: Two Year Anniversary and Special Announcement
Happy birthday to us: The Inside SAP S/4HANA Podcast, from SAP S/4HANA engineering for SAP S/4HANA product experts, just turned 2 years old! We – Yannick Peterschmitt, Corina Kinzel and Jonas Seiler – want to thank all our listeners for your continuing support and feedback! To celebrate this, we take this episode to look back on the last 12 months of project and product expertise shared and talk about what has changed behind the scenes. So join us, as we talk about our personal SAP S/4HANA Cloud implementation project highlights, our plans for the future, followed up by a special announcement and a special guest. Thank you for all your support throughout this last year. If you have a product or project topic suggestion for us, tell us here insides4@sap.com.
10/27/2021 • 21 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 54: CBC Success Stories with delaware North America
SAP Central Business Configuration makes it possible to configure and implement end-to-end business processes from one central place, spanning multiple SAP Cloud solutions. Starting with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, it will be paramount to SAP’s success in the Cloud. In our all-new episode two well-known speakers join our podcast again to talk about CBC: Nigel Grillet from delaware North America and Gregor Loës, Global VP CBC Support & Customer Success at SAP. Together with host Jonas Seiler they discuss where it all started, where we are now and what learnings have been made since General Availability of CBC, sharing insights from both perspectives: the internal and Partner view.
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9/29/2021 • 28 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 53: Implementing DDMRP with SAP S/4HANA (feat. Capgemini)
“Demand Driven MRP is a holistic planning philosophy, which is intuitive, consistent and it tackles the issues most if not all supply chain planning organizations have today.” – Ferenc Gulyássy
After getting to know DDMRP with the Demand Driven Institute in Episode 47, this episode will focus on how DDMRP can be implemented with SAP S/4HANA. Our host Markus Oertelt is joined by two experts on the topic, Stefano Arlati (Capgemini) and Ferenc Gulyássy (SAP Business Processes Consultant), to talk about their professional experience in implementing DDMRP and share insights on best practices as well as how you can learn more about the subject.
9/15/2021 • 23 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 52: Customer Success with PwC US
After hosting PwC UK for Episodes 50 and 51, we at Inside SAP S/4HANA have the pleasure to be joined by PwC US for our new episode. Naren Jain, Director in PwC’s Consulting Solution Practice, and Dennis Leslie, Product Expert in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Product Management Team, join our host Yannick Peterschmitt to explore PwC’s role in helping SAP’s customers go live with SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
Both our guests share their experiences why customers decide for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, what kind of mindset helps to achieve product and project success as well as sharing recent customer success stories. Furthermore they go into the detail of how the role of the system integrator changed in the wake of implementing Cloud ERP solutions as well as how the COVID-19 pandemic had an effect on PwC’s deployment & delivery models. Naren summarizes it with Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft’s quote “Our industry does not respect tradition. What it respects is innovation.”
8/4/2021 • 28 minutes, 57 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episódio PT 09: CC / RIG - Nossa transição para o SAP S/4HANA - Itausa
Aquí se inicia a série de podcasts com entrevistas aos clientes que implementaram o SAP S/4HANA com o suporte do programa S/4HANA Customer Care e RIG que compartilharão suas experiências e lições aprendidas durante sua transição para o SAP S/4HANA.
Neste capítulo conversaremos com Daniel Riedo Cupola, gerente de tecnologia do Grupo ITAÚSA que nos comentará sobre seu projeto de nova implementação da versão SAP S/4HANA On-Premise 1909 com foco na otimização dos processos operacionais e redução de processos customizados. Discutiremos sua motivação, principais situações e pontos considerados para o sucesso do projeto e também os resultados obtidos.
Para maiores detalhes ou solicitação de registro ao programa SAP S/4HANA Customer Care solicitamos que enviem um e-mail para S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com.
7/29/2021 • 18 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 51: Exploring Cloud ERP with PwC UK – What is “Nimbux”?
It’s all about walking the talk!” Host Yannick Peterschmitt and PwC Senior Manager Sameer Aroskar are joined by Matilda Crack, Senior Assiociate at PwC UK, to take a closer look at “Nimbux”, a new and innovative approach of showcasing SAP S/4HANA to customers. After giving a glimpse in the last episode into what Nimbux is and why it was created, this episode’s focus lies on its actual value and benefit to the SAP S/4HANA implementation process. Both our guests also share insights on how Nimbux works as well as experiences how customers respond to PwC’s new approach.
7/28/2021 • 17 minutes, 19 seconds
Episódio PT 08: CC / RIG - Nossa transição para o SAP S/4HANA - CCPR
Neste capítulo conversaremos com Daniel Paiva, que é Coordenador de TI da CCPR, elevai compartilhar sua experiência no projeto de conversão para o SAP S/4HANA, a CCPR realizou um projeto de conversão completo em apenas 4 meses, nesta conversa conheceremos os principais fatores de sucesso e as lições aprendidas. Para maiores detalhes ou solicitação de registro ao programa S/4HANA Customer Care solicitamos que enviem um e-mail para S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com.
7/21/2021 • 15 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 50: Exploring Cloud ERP with PwC UK – Is the market ready for Cloud?
It’s official! We can proudly present the 50th episode of the Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast! Thanks to all our listeners who stick with us and have made this possible. Episode 50 is the first of two episodes, in which Sameer Aroskar, Senior Manager at PwC UK, joins our host Yannick Peterschmitt to share his insights on a range of questions, such as: How does the market react to Cloud ERP products? What are the main reasons for customers to go for Cloud? And why did PwC decide to move towards SAP S/4HANA Cloud? And last but not least: introducing Nimbux.
What is it and what the idea behind its creation? What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
For more information on PwC UK, visit https://www.pwc.co.uk/
7/9/2021 • 19 minutes, 53 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episodio ES 09: CC/RIG - Nuestra transición a SAP S/4HANA - Arauco
En este capítulo conversaremos con Leandro San Miguel, CIO de Arauco, y Flavio Fernández Dávila, Gerente del proyecto de implementación de SAP S/4HANA. Arauco hizo la transición a SAP S/4HANA on premise 1809 a 2 de sus sistemas SAP ERP, el primero mediante una "Conversión" y el segundo mediante la modalidad de "Transición Selectiva de Datos", en esta conversación entenderemos su motivación a tomar este camino y compartirán con nosotros sus lecciones aprendidas. Si desean aplicarse al programa S/4HANA Customer Care envien un correo a S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
7/8/2021 • 19 minutes, 6 seconds
Episodio ES 08: CC/RIG - Nuestra transición a SAP S/4HANA - VITHAS
Aquí empieza una serie de podcasts con entrevistas a clientes que implementaron SAP S/4HANA con el soporte de S/4HANA Customer Care y RIG. Ellos van a compartir sus experiencias y lecciones aprendidas durante su transición a SAP S/4HANA. En este capítulo conversaremos con María del Acebo Sánchez-Macián, Directora del Área de Aplicaciones de la compañía VITHAS SANIDAD SL . El proyecto de VITHAS consistió en una Nueva Implementación en SAP S/4HANA On- Premise 1909 el cual se ejecutó en tan solo 6 meses y contando con un equipo totalmente en remoto debido a la pandemia del COVID-19.
Si desean aplicarse al programa S/4HANA Customer Care envien un correo a S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
7/1/2021 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 49: Two-Tier ERP - Insights from SAP Customer and Partner Deloitte
After connecting the dots between Two-Tier ERP and Industry 4.0 in our last episode, Corina Kinzel and Raghavendra Mani will be co-hosting a very special guest in Episode 49: Constantin Hellweg (Director and Global SAP S/4 Cloud Lead at Deloitte). From his perspective as an SAP partner and customer, Constantin gives an overview on how the market is reacting to SAP Two-Tier ERP offerings and shares examples for recent success stories as well as explains the plan and approach to Two-Tier ERP with SAP S/4HANA adoption.
What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send us an email to insides4@sap.com.
For more information on Cloud at Deloitte:
https://www2.deloitte.com/de/de/pages/enterprise-performance/solutions/sap-cloud-transformation.html
https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/technology/solutions/deloitte-sap-cloud-based-applications.htm
6/23/2021 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
Episode 48: Two-Tier ERP - The Catalyst for Industry 4.0
Building on top of Episodes 10 and 11, Shiva Kumar H S (Global Lead of Two-Tier and Product Expert in Procurement) and Raghavendra Mani (Senior Product Specialist) join our host Corina Kinzel to dive further into the topic of Two-Tier ERP. In this first of two episodes on Two-Tier ERP our speakers talk about their recently released Whitepaper (Two-Tier ERPfor SAP S/4HANA Cloud - The Catalyst for Industry 4.0), to explain how Two-Tier ERP is linked to Industry 4.0, what benefits it can bring to the customers and why Two-Tier prospects should “start small, think big!”.
Which topic would you like us to discuss next? Contact us at insides4@sap.com to share your project expertise!
Whitepaper on Two-Tier ERP: https://www.sap.com/documents/2021/03/ce93e6c4-d37d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.html
Sven Denecken's Blog on Two-Tier for SAP S/4HANA Cloud: https://blogs.sap.com/2021/03/18/two-tier-erp-for-sap-s-4hana-cloud/
Two-Tier ERP Landing Page: https://www.sap.com/products/s4hana-erp/technical-information.html#two-tier-erp
Connect With Two-Tier Team : mailto:DL_5BD9DE577BCF842D1C000016@global.corp.sap
6/9/2021 • 21 minutes, 10 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 47: Introduction to DDMRP
With today's globalised economies and volatile markets, producing reliable signals for effective Supply Chain Planning Management based on market developments becomes increasingly challenging. Chad Smith, the partner and co-founder of the Demand Driven Institute, joins host Marcus Oertelt on the Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast to talk about a different and more flexible approach: DDMRP (Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning). What is DDMRP and what are its vision and benefits? What can customers expect of it and what can they do in order to get started? Tune in to this first of three planned episodes this year on this topic, to hear our speakers elaborating on these topics and more.
Which topic would you like us to discuss next? Contact us at insides4@sap.com to share your project expertise!
Learn more about the Demand Driven Institute and DDMRP: https://www.demanddriveninstitute.com/
https://www.demanddriveninstitute.com/ddmrp-compliant-software
5/26/2021 • 30 minutes, 36 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 46: SAP GUI to SAP Fiori
Corina Kinzel is joined by this episode's co-host Jocelyn Dart from SAP S/4HANA Regional Implementation Group (Asia-Pacific Japan) and guest speaker Matt Harding, independent SAP UX and development architect, currently working at Hydro Tasmania. Together they explore the implementation journeys of Hydro Tasmania and other customers to SAP S/4HANA, showing from experience how to successfully pace the change from SAP GUI to SAP Fiori by being pragmatic and focusing on business outcomes, and they suggest what customers should consider for their own journey.
What would you like us to discuss next? Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
See Jocelyn's blog on the topic: https://blogs.sap.com/2021/03/31/sap-fiori-for-sap-s-4hana-recommendations-for-transitioning-users-from-sap-gui-to-sap-fiori/
Learn more about Hydro Tasmania: https://www.hydro.com.au/
5/12/2021 • 25 minutes, 15 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 45: From Cloud Mindset to Cloud Readiness
When considering the implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, questions on how to best prepare often focus mainly on the technical dimension. But prevent false expectations can lead to unnecessary complications during the course of the project. In order to avoid that, having the right mindset for cloud is arguably just as important as the right toolset. Following up on Episode 05, Claus Treyer and Patrick Roedlmeier join our host Yannick Peterschmitt again to discuss: what is a „Cloud Mindset“, why it is important and what to do to achieve „Cloud Readiness“. Tune in for tipps and measures you can do to check if you are „ready for cloud“! What would you like us to discuss next? Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
Activate Task: https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/#/group//roadmap/IMPS4HANACLDENMGMT:901B0E6D3F501EE78D9FBF9475849897,001999B7BD851ED68D97F853D2C722CE/node/901B0E6D3F501ED998C0F716BAE48110/901B0E6D3F501ED998C081075E9FC016
Cloud Mindset Assessment (Excel): https://support.sap.com/content/dam/SAAP/SAP_Activate/S4H_665%20Cloud%20Mindset%20Assessment.xlsx
Cloud Mindset Assessment (Powerpoint): https://support.sap.com/content/dam/SAAP/SAP_Activate/S4H_666%20Cloud%20Mindset%20Assessment_External.pptx
4/30/2021 • 24 minutes, 23 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 44: Intelligent Processes at Nagarro ES
Intelligent Processes can help reduce redundant workload and improve efficiency – if they are used correctly. Two familiar voices are with us today, who featured in Ep. 06, in the early days of Inside SAP S/4HANA: Julia Rettig and Carl-Philipp Müller from SAP Partner Nagarro ES (former Allgeier ES). Together with our host Yannick Peterschmitt they discuss Intelligent Processes, how Nagarro ES is using in their work environment and why they are so important as well as how their story has an effect on the market and their customers. Tune in to learn more on how your company might benefit from Intelligent Processes and how to best start your own “intelligent” project. Which topic would you like us to discuss next? Contact us at insides4@sap.com to share your project expertise!
3/31/2021 • 24 minutes, 31 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 43: Central Procurement without Disruption
Managing disconnected procurement systems can be difficult enough in itself, but can be especially disrupting during a system transformation process. Introducing the topic of our all-new episode: Central Procurement and how it can help you prevent these disruptions. To dive into the topic, our host Katharina Doerr (Product Manager for SAP S/4HANA Procurement) is joined by two Central Procurement specialists: Harsh Satsangi (Presales Solution Architecture Group Lead) and Peter Paschert (Product Manager for Central Procurement). Tune in to learn more about Central Procurement, it’s capabilities and how to best implement it as well as how the future of Central Procurement could look like. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Reach out to us via insides4@sap.com.
3/17/2021 • 24 minutes, 41 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 42: Implementing SAP S/4HANA Cloud at Komax
We covered a number of S/4HANA Cloud implementations in this podcast before, but in this episode things will be a bit different. As opposed to discussing a Go-live in hindsight, we instead learn more about an implementation project that is happening now. For this our host Yannick Peterschmitt and co-host Markus Oertelt, Product Expert for Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management at SAP, are joined by Lena Michel, who is Digital Manager and Project Lead for Implementation for SAP S/4HANA Cloud at Komax SLE, to explore why Komax chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud for their facility in Grafenau. After a presentation of the company, Lena gives insight Komax’ perspective of the project: How did Komax prepare and what are their expectations and priorities? What is Komax’s overall experience with SAP’s services and support so far? Tune in for a firsthand customer and user perspective on implementing SAP S/4HANA Cloud. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Get in touch with us via insides4@sap.com.
3/3/2021 • 23 minutes, 13 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 41: Conversion to SAP S/4HANA - Technical
After covering Finance and Logistics, we bring our series "Conversion to S/4HANA" to a close by putting the focus in our 3rd episode on the technical activities for a successful system conversion. Joining our podcast for this topic is Gilbert Wong, Product Expert at SAP S/4HANA RIG, to talk with our host Yannick Peterschmitt about the key steps that are required in the Preparation, Realization and Post-Conversion Phase, including SAP Fiori activation and how to safely convert your valuable custom code from older SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA. Please find more information on "10 Steps to S/4HANA" with the following link: https://d.dam.sap.com/a/s5Gvt7Y/10Steps2S4%20for%20Customers%20V17.pdf.
What topic would you like us to discuss next? Get in touch with us via insides4@sap.com.
2/17/2021 • 19 minutes, 39 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 40: Conversion to SAP S/4HANA - Logistics
In the 2nd episode of our three part series "Conversion to S/4HANA" we are leaving behind Finance to focus on another crucial business area: Logistics. Chelliah Soundar, Product Expert at SAP S/4HANA RIG, joins our host Yannick Peterschmitt, to discuss key aspects of Logistics when preparing your SAP ERP system for conversion to S/4HANA. What is CVI (Customer-Vendor-Integration) and what makes it so important? Why is it better to complete the CVI process well before the actual System Conversion? And what tools does SAP provide to help you with this operation? Learn about this and more in our latest episode. Please find more information on "10 Steps to S/4HANA" with the following link: https://d.dam.sap.com/a/s5Gvt7Y/10Steps2S4%20for%20Customers%20V17.pdf What topic would you like us to discuss next? Tell us your ideas through insides4@sap.com.
2/3/2021 • 14 minutes, 32 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 39: Conversion to SAP S/4HANA - Finance
Happy New Year 2021 to all our listeners! Implementing new ERP is never an easy task, but with correct preparation, guidance and patience it doesn't need to be needlessly difficult either. A new year full of exciting SAP S/4HANA related content lies ahead of us and we start appropriately into 2021 with the first of three episodes in our miniseries "Conversion to SAP S/4HANA". For this Sheldon Edelstein, Senior Financial Professional with SAP S/4HANA RIG, joins our podcast again to talk with our host Yannick Peterschmitt about Best Practices on how migrate financial data from old ERP to SAP S/4HANA. What can you do to prepare and how can using the right SAP Tools save you a lot work? Tune in to find out! Please find more information on "10 Steps to S/4HANA" with the following link: https://d.dam.sap.com/a/s5Gvt7Y/10Steps2S4%20for%20Customers%20V17.pdf What topic would you like us to discuss next? Tell us your ideas through insides4@sap.com.
1/20/2021 • 15 minutes, 33 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 38: Executive Update
As this year is coming to an end, we are very happy that our host Yannick Peterschmitt is joined again by a very special guest for our last episode in 2020: Sven Denecken, COO of SAP S/4HANA and Head of Product Success. On our podcast he shares highlights of his COO agenda and key elements of the SAP S/4HANA leadership’s vision on how to further improve and innovate the organization. He goes into detail about main strategies for integration, intelligence and industry, for Intelligent ERP and more. Tune in and don’t miss out!
What topic would you like us to discuss next? Tell us your ideas through insides4@sap.com.
12/9/2020 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 37: Central Finance
In our all new episode about Central Finance our host Ulrich Hauke is joined by two pioneers in that field: Mike Vorias, Regional Director oCFO Solution for SAP APJ, and Carsten Hilker, Global Solution Owner for Central Finance.
Our panel will discuss questions, such as: What is SAP Central Finance? What its major capabilities and benefits especially in the times of COVID-19? And what are the prerequisites and change management requirements to a business when considering SAP Central Finance?
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11/18/2020 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 36: Celebrating one year of Inside SAP S/4HANA
It has been almost exactly one year since our first Inside S/4HANA spisode was published. This is why we want to use this episode to pause vor a moment, take a look back and give our audience an idea on what goes on behind the scenes. Join us, as our hosts Yannick Peterschmitt and Corina Kinzel discuss why this podcast was created, how it evolved over these past twelve months as well as share interesting insights about its performance and an outlook on future highlights. Make ure to check ou our Enablement Wheel for other great content by the PSCC Enablement Team: https://chart-bdmaicr0au.dispatcher.eu2.hana.ondemand.com/index.html?hc_reset Thank you for all your support and feedback thoughout this last year. If you have a topic suggestion for us, tell us what you would like us discuss next through insides4@sap.com.
11/4/2020 • 26 minutes, 56 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 35: Selective Data Transition
While system conversion and implementation are frequent topics on our podcast, we haven't talked much what happens to one of the most important assets of a business, when transitioning to S/4HANA: its Data. So in this all-new episode our guest Cevin Palmer, Product Manager and Enterprise Architect at DM< (Data Management & Landscape Transformation) joins our host Corina Kinzel to present "Selective Data Transition", an approach, which "allows a tailored scope between system conversion and new implementation with the flexibility to adapt data and processes in one step". He also goes into detail about his work at DM< and shares valuable lessons learned on how to transition your data as efficiently as possible. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Share your ideas through insides4@sap.com
10/21/2020 • 22 minutes, 27 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 34: Implementing ERP at Rizing
Number 34 is going to be a very special episode: we have the opportunity to speak to SAP partner and customer Rizing. We are very proud to welcome Len Harms, CXO of Rizing, as he talks with our host Yannick Peterschmitt about the company and its history with SAP, as well as his driving vision and method on how to be successfull as a service provider. He also goes into detail how Rizing successfully completed a technical go-live with S/4HANA Cloud during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. What went well? What could have gone better? What schould be avoided and where does SAP have room for improvement from his view as customer? Tune in and hear for yourselves!
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10/7/2020 • 30 minutes, 34 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episódio PT 07: RIG - O caminho para o SAP S/4HANA através da conversão: Deploy & Run
Neste capítulo sobre as etapas "Deploy & Run" os especialistas do RIG, Thiago Zanguetin e Vivian Mafra apresentarão as duas fases finais da metodologia SAP Activate, destacando as atividades do plano de corte "cutover", preparação para o go-live e governança pós go-live com o objetivo de estabelecer operações seguras e eficientes na nova solução.
Não deixem de buscar nossos blogs em www.blogs.sap.com com a tag "S/4HANA RIG" e explorar os cursos que criamos através do OpenSAP. E lembrem-se de nos enviar sua inscrição para o programa S/4HANA Customer Care quando seu projeto estiver próximo de iniciar! Para mais detalhes sobre o programa, envie um email para S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
10/2/2020 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 33: Intelligent Processes
Our loyal subscribers have already learnt a lot about iRPA from our previous episodes, but in this week’s episode, we are examining the topic in a much broader way – Listen to our host Corina Kinzel and Andreas Welsch from the SAP S/4HANA Product Management Organization discuss Intelligent Processes. What are Intelligent Processes? How can our customers benefit from them? And especially, how can they enable us to work more efficiently? These and more questions will be answered in this all-new episode.
Want to find out more about Artificial Intelligence? Go to roadmaps.sap.com
Learn more about capabilities on sap.com/s4hana
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9/23/2020 • 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episódio PT 06: RIG - O caminho para o SAP S/4HANA através da conversão: Realize
Neste capítulo sobre a etapa "Realize" os especialistas do RIG, Kusiel Camargo e Thiago Zanguetin, vão apresentar as melhores práticas e pontos fundamentais a serem considerados na execução do processo de conversão dos ambientes de Desenvolvimento e Qualidade, também vão comentar sobre as atividades de preparação do ambiente Produtivo, como a implementação do Cash Management ou correção do código Z.
Na SAP Community é possível encontrar blogs relevantes para apoiá-los nas tarefas de conversão. Acessando www.blogs.sap.com, usando o termo de pesquisa "S/4HANA RIG" adicionando o tópico desejado, por exemplo "CVI" ou "MRP".
9/22/2020 • 23 minutes, 38 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episódio PT 05: RIG - O caminho para o SAP S/4HANA através da conversão: Explore-Funcional
Neste capítulo sobre a etapa "Explore-Funcional" a entrevistada é a Vivian Mafra, especialista funcional do RIG, que apresentará as atividades funcionais relevantes para executar a conversão do ambiente SandBox. Também serão abordados temas como as novas funcionalidades pós-conversão para processos como gerenciamento de crédito ou gerenciamento de liquidação.
Encontra-se disponível para consulta na SAP Community, blogs relevantes sobre as atividades a serem consideradas no processo de conversão. Acessando www.blogs.sap.com, faça uma buscas pelos termos "S/4HANA RIG", "S/4HANA CVI" ou MRP e consulte por exemplo o blog : SAP S/4HANA 1909 Post conversion tips and suggestions
https://blogs.sap.com/2020/02/12/sap-s-4hana-1909-post-conversion-tips-and-suggestions/
9/15/2020 • 18 minutes, 46 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 32: Cloud Platform Integration Services Support in SAP S/4HANA
"An intelligent enterprise is an integrated enterprise". The focus is on building superior connected experience for your employees, customers and partners, achieve greater flexibility, and construct new innovations at scale. To elaborate on that and to share her views and experiences on integration scenarios for S/4HANA, Arti Gopalan, product manager in the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite team, joins our host Corina Kinzel in this week's episode.
What topic would you like us to discuss next? Tell us your ideas through insides4@sap.com.
Links for further reading:
Integration Strategy Whitepaper with roadmap from Christian Klein (CEO, SAP)
https://www.sap.com/cloud-integration
SAPinsider Article and Blog for PI/PO Customers on why Integration Suite is the way forward
https://www.sapinsideronline.com/articles/future-proof-your-integration-strategy-with-sap-cloud-platform-integration-suite
https://blogs.sap.com/2020/08/03/process-integration-pi-way-forward-and-recommended-actions/
Integration Assessment tool
https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2020-05-68434/en-us/index.html
Product Overview Video
https://www.sap.com/products/cloud-platform/capabilities/integration.html?video=c0cd9839-277d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff
Solution Brief
https://www.sap.com/products/cloud-platform/capabilities/integration.html?pdf-asset=60fd26c5-e37c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa&page=7
9/9/2020 • 26 minutes, 24 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episódio PT 04: RIG - O caminho para o SAP S/4HANA através da conversão: Explore-Técnico
Neste capítulo sobre a etapa "Explore-Técnico" a entrevista com o especialista do RIG, Thiago Zanguetin, abordará as atividades técnicas relevantes para a execução da conversão do ambiente SandBox, além de fatores decisivos a definir, como por exemplo os ajustes necessários para a parte de segurança.
Encontra-se disponível para consulta na SAP Community, blogs relevantes sobre as atividades a serem consideradas no processo de conversão. Acessando www.blogs.sap.com, faça uma busca pelo termo "S/4HANA RIG" e vejam por exemplo o blog: SAP S/4HANA 1909 Post conversion tips and suggestions https://blogs.sap.com/2020/02/12/sap-s-4hana-1909-post-conversion-tips-and-suggestions/
9/8/2020 • 14 minutes, 55 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episódio PT 03: RIG - O caminho para o SAP S/4HANA através da conversão: Prepare
Neste
capítulo sobre a etapa "Prepare" conversaremos com dois especialistas
do produto SAP S/4HANA e integrantes do RIG, Thiago Zanguetin e Vivian Mafra,
que vão compartilhar suas experiências na fase de preparação de
um projeto de conversão a SAP S/4HANA, abordando alguns exemplos
como a revisão do Readiness Check e o planejamento dos workshops funcionais.
Para mais informações, recomenda-se participar
dos cursos do openSAP:
Key Technical Topics in a System Conversion to
SAP S/4HANA
https://open.sap.com/courses/s4h14
Key Functional Topics in a System Conversion to
SAP S/4HANA
https://open.sap.com/courses/s4h15
e também explorem os blogs dos especialistas do
RIG, disponíveis em www.blogs.sap.com, pesquisando por "S/4HANA
RIG"
Ótimo momento do projeto para se inscrever no
programa S/4HANA Customer Care enviando um email para S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
9/1/2020 • 19 minutes, 32 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 31: S/4HANA Financial Planning
In Episode 31 our host Ulrich Hauke once more welcomes Sheldon Edelstein, Senior Financial Professional in the SAP Regional Implementation Group for SAP S/4HANA. This time they explore the three main options for business planning & consolidation in S/4HANA, while discussing SAP’s recommended strategic choices for specific planning use cases.
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8/26/2020 • 9 minutes, 31 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episódio PT 02: RIG - O caminho para o SAP S/4HANA através da conversão: Discover
Neste capítulo sobre a etapa "Discover" conversaremos com o especialista do produto SAP S/4HANA e integrante do RIG, Thiago Zanguetin, que compartilhará os principais pontos sobre como escolher a melhor estratégia para migrar para o SAP S/4HANA. Para mais detalhes podem explorar o blog: [RIG] SAP S/4HANA 1909 System Conversion Steps & Details – How to be prepared? https://blogs.sap.com/2020/05/27/sap-s-4hana-1909-system-conversion-steps-details-how-to-be-prepared/?update=publish Nesse momento é possível inscrever-se no programa S/4HANA Customer Care ou no Bootcamp 10 Steps to SAP S/4HANA enviando um email para S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
8/25/2020 • 16 minutes, 27 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episódio PT 01: RIG - O caminho para o SAP S/4HANA através da conversão: Introdução
Aqui inicia a série de podcasts com entrevistas a especialistas do Regional Implementation Group (RIG) que vão compartilhar suas experiências em projetos de Conversão a SAP S/4HANA com base na metodologia SAP Activate.
Neste primeiro capítulo, o entrevistado será Kusiel Camargo, líder regional de Plan2Product do RIG que abordará as iniciativas do programa tais como: S/4HANA Customer Care, 10 steps to S/4HANA e 5 steps to Fiori, além de outras atividades para difundir conhecimento, como a criação de blogs, KBAs e sessões de treinamento.
Para mais detalhes do programa enviar um email para S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
8/18/2020 • 16 minutes, 31 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 30: S/4HANA Credit Management
For Episode 30 our host Ulrich is joined by Sheldon Edelstein, Senior Financial Professional in the SAP Regional Implementation Group for SAP S/4HANA. Together they discuss the three different main options for credit management solution in S/4HANA, while also going into detail on the scopes each option is best suited for.
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8/12/2020 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
Episodio ES 07: RIG - El camino a SAP S/4HANA a través de la conversión: Deploy & Run
En el capítulo de Deploy & Run los expertos Pablo Mejias y Jorge Baltazar de RIG presentan las dos fases finales de la metodología SAP Activate, poniendo atención en las actividades del plan de corte "cutover", preparación para salida en vivo y el gobierno post salida en vivo, teniedo como objetivo establecer operaciones seguras y eficientes de la nueva solución.
No dejen de buscar nuestros blogs en www.blogs.sap.com con el tag "S/4HANA RIG" y de explorar los cursos que hemos creado a traves de OpenSAP. Y recuerden cuando esten por partir su proyecto no se olviden de aplicar al program S/4HANA Customer Care!
Para mayor detalle del programa pueden enviar un correo a S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
SAP S/4HANA 1909 Post conversion tips and suggestions: https://blogs.sap.com/2020/02/12/sap-s-4hana-1909-post-conversion-tips-and-suggestions/
8/11/2020 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
Episodio ES 06: RIG - El camino a SAP S/4HANA a través de la conversión: Realize
En el capítulo de Realize los expertos Jorge Baltazar y Marcela Giovanetti de RIG presentan las mejores practicas y puntos de atención en la ejecución de las actividades de conversión en los sistemas de Desarrollo, Calidad y preparación de Productivo, como por ejemplo la implementación de Cash Management o la remediación del código Z.
En la comunidad de SAP puede encontrar blogs relevantes para apoyarlos en las tareas de la conversión. Para esto, deben acceder a www.blogs.sap.com realizando la búsqueda por "S/4HANA RIG" más el tema que estén buscando, por ejemplo "CVI" o "MRP".
8/4/2020 • 24 minutes, 27 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 29: Partner Edition with Delaware - Go Live, and Then What? The support team view.
In this last episode of our miniseries "Go Live and Then What?" our host Yannick Peterschmitt is joined once more by SAP Partner Nigel Grillet, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Lead at Delaware Consulting, as they talk about how successful product implementation is followed by customer success as well. Episode 3/3 focusses on the support team. How do you best help the customer cope with innovation? What kind of help does SAP provide? And why is regression testing so important? Tune in to hear Nigel and Yannick explore these and more questions in our latest episode.
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7/29/2020 • 10 minutes, 44 seconds
Episodio ES 05: RIG - El camino a SAP S/4HANA a través de la conversión: Explore-Funcional
En el capítulo de Explore-Funcional la entrevista con la experta Betty Guedes de RIG aborda las actividades funcionales relevantes para ejecución de la conversión del ambiente SandBox. Además de la configuración de las nuevas funcionalidades post conversión para procesos como gestión de créditos o settlement management.
En la comunidad están blogs muy relevantes para apoyarlos en las tareas de la conversión.
En www.blogs.sap.com realicen la búsqueda por "S/4HANA RIG","S/4HANA CVI", "MRP", por ejemplo SAP S/4HANA 1909 Post conversion tips and suggestions https://blogs.sap.com/2020/05/27/sap-s-4hana-1909-system-conversion-steps-details-how-to-be-prepared/?update=publish
7/28/2020 • 17 minutes, 25 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 28: Partner Edition with Delaware - Go Live, and Then What? The System View
In this second of three episodes in our miniseries "Go Live and Then What?" our host Yannick Peterschmitt is joined yet again by SAP Partner Nigel Grillet, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Lead at Delaware Consulting, as they talk about how successful product implementation is followed by customer success as well.
Episode 2/3 explores challenges which the system may pose, the importance of upgrade cycles and what to pay attention to in order to have a smooth transition from the implementation to the Explore and Realize phases.
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7/22/2020 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episodio ES 04: RIG - El camino a SAP S/4HANA a través de la conversión: Explore-Técnico
En el capítulo de Explore-Técnico, la entrevista con la experta de Producto Raquel Martinez de RIG aborda las actividades técnicas relevantes para la ejecución de la conversión del ambiente SandBox. Además la toma de ciertas decisiones relevantes, como por ejemplo los ajustes de seguridad requeridos.
En la comunidad están blogs muy relevantes para apoyarlos en las tareas de la conversión.
En www.blogs.sap.com realicen la búsqueda por "S/4HANA RIG", por ejemplo: SAP S/4HANA 1909 Post conversion tips and suggestions https://blogs.sap.com/2020/05/27/sap-s-4hana-1909-system-conversion-steps-details-how-to-be-prepared/?update=publish
7/21/2020 • 16 minutes, 54 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 27: Partner Edition with Delaware - Go Live, and Then What? The User View
"Go Live may be the end of a project but for many endusers this is only the beginning of the journey."
This is the first of three episodes of our miniseries "Go Live and Then What?" our host Yannick Peterschmitt is joined by SAP Partner Nigel Grillet, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Lead at Delaware Consulting, as they talk about how successful product implementation is followed by customer success as well.
In Episode 1/3 Nigel gives insight into an enduser's perspective and elaborates on how to efficiently transition to SAP S/4HANA.
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7/15/2020 • 15 minutes, 26 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episodio ES 03: RIG - El camino a SAP S/4HANA a través de la conversión: Prepare
En el capítulo de Prepare dos expertos del RIG, Raquel Martinez, por el lado técnico y Betty Guedes, por el lado funcional, comparten su experiencia en la fase de preparación del proyecto para la conversión a SAP S/4HANA, algunos ejemplos de los temas a tratar son la revision del readiness check y la planeacion de los workshops funcionales.
Para obtener más información se recomienda participar de los cursos de openSAP:
Key Technical Topics in a System Conversion to SAP S/4HANA
https://open.sap.com/courses/s4h14
Key Functional Topics in a System Conversion to SAP S/4HANA
https://open.sap.com/courses/s4h15
y también consulten los blogs de los expertos de RIG, que están disponibles en www.blogs.sap.com realizando la búsqueda por "S/4HANA RIG"
En su proyecto, este es un buen momento para postular al programa S/4HANA Customer Care enviando un correo a S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
7/14/2020 • 20 minutes, 34 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 26: Partner Edition with ConvergentIS: The Importance of Prototyping
In this new Episode our host Yannick Peterschmitt welcomes SAP partner and customer Shaun Syvertsen, CEO of ConvergentIS in Calgary, CA - one of the first companies to implement SAP S/4HANA. As he elaborates on the challenges that come with implementing new ERP in a company, he talks about his long-time business relationship with SAP and customer expectations as well as the great potential of prototyping and the Cloud.
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7/8/2020 • 31 minutes, 57 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episodio ES 02: RIG - El camino a SAP S/4HANA a través de la conversión: Discover
En el capitulo de Discovery la experta de Producto SAP S/4HANA Raquel Martinez de RIG presentará los puntos claves para decidir si la conversión de sistema es la mejor decisión en cómo moverse a SAP S/4HANA.
Para más detalle pueden revisar el blog: [RIG] SAP S/4HANA 1909 System Conversion Steps & Details – How to be prepared? https://blogs.sap.com/2020/05/27/sap-s-4hana-1909-system-conversion-steps-details-how-to-be-prepared/?update=publish
En esta etapa pueden aplicar al programa S/4HANA Customer Care o el Bootcamp 10 Steps to SAP S/4HANA enviando un correo a S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com.
7/7/2020 • 12 minutes, 34 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episodio ES 01: RIG - El camino a SAP S/4HANA a través de la conversión: Introducción
Aquí empieza una serie de podcasts con entrevistas a expertos del Grupo Regional de Implementación (RIG) que van a compartir su experiencia en proyectos de Conversión a SAP S/4HANA basado en la metodología SAP Activate. En este capítulo la entrevista será al responsable del programa para Américas, José Marques Mares, que presentará a su equipo (RIG) y también las iniciativas que entregan: S/4HANA Customer Care, 10 steps to S/4HANA y 5 steps to Fiori). Además de otras actividades para compartir el conocimiento, como creación de blogs, KBA's y sesiones de entrenamiento. Para mayor detalle del programa puede enviar un correo a S4H_Customer_Care@sap.com
6/30/2020 • 13 minutes, 51 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 25: Implementing Additional Companies in Already Existing Organizations
What are the key factors that make an SAP S/4HANA project successful? This is the motto under which we have established our podcast series in late 2019. And with growing digitalization, it is now more relevant than ever.
This week, our host Yannick Peterschmitt has had the opportunity to examine this question with Esther Vrieze, Regional Lead for SAP America’s Cloud Customer Care based in SAP Canada.
In this episode, she shares her valuable expertise on how to implement additional companies in already live organizations and interesting use cases.
To learn more about this topic, contact esther.vrieze@sap.com
What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
6/24/2020 • 25 minutes, 44 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 24: Lessons Learned from SAP S/4HANA System Conversions
In this all-new episode, Thiago Zanguetin, Product Expert for SAP S/4HANA from the Regional Implementation Group in SAP Brazil, talks about another highly relevant topic for our customers: System
Conversion. Together with this week’s host, Corina Kinzel, our expert elaborates how an early system conversion improves project readiness and thus, ensures a shorter project timeline.
To learn more about this topic, contact Thiago directly at thiago.zanguetin@sap.com.
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6/10/2020 • 15 minutes, 34 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 23: How You Can Use Custom Apps to Extend Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud Business
This week, Yannick Peterschmitt has had the pleasure to interview Sampath Ramanujam from the SAP PSCC Team in North America. Sampath is a Senior Product Specialist based in Atlanta, USA, and shares his expertise on Custom Apps as a crucial application to provide extensibility to the customer.
If you want to learn more about this topic, you can find a variety of APIs for every business process in the API Business Hub: api.sap.com
Learn more about the extensibility options on help.sap.com
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5/25/2020 • 25 minutes, 2 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 22: SAP S/4HANA During COVID-19-Era
In episode 22, host Yannick Peterschmitt welcomes a well-known speaker on our podcast, Sven Denecken, Senior Vice President of SAP S/4HANA Product Success, Co-Innovation & Content, to discuss a highly topical subject: the COVID-19 pandemic and the role SAP S/4HANA plays in this new era of social distancing.
In addition to Sven's well-written blog post about this matter, we have come together in an all-new episode to showcase the value our services bring to our customers now more than ever.
Read Sven's blog here: https://blogs.sap.com/2020/04/30/sap-s-4hana-during-the-covid-19-era-may-2020/
Which topic would you like us to discuss next? Contact us at insides4@sap.com to share your project expertise!
5/12/2020 • 17 minutes, 1 second
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 21: Localization - How to Run Successful Implementation Projects
In this episode we have not only one, but two experts in the field of Localization: Rodrigo Alves (Product Expert) and Leonardo Nunes (Customer Success Manager), who give us an insight on how to run successful implementation projects. Being based in Brazil, the two add a most welcome South American point of view.
For more information, go to www.blogs.sap.com and search for "Localization".
If you want to learn more about Localization projects, check out the following links:
SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Brazil: https://rapid.sap.com/bp/
SAP Localization Hub, Tax Service: https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/SLH_tax_service/Cloud/en-US
SAP Document Compliance, Outbound Invoicing Option for Brazil: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0864cb07010642b3bde45a20de4975bc/1908.500/en-US/85615e5a01b24a3599a61c1d0cb54ee0.html
ACR – Advanced Compliance Reporting for Brazil: https://help.sap.com/viewer/0864cb07010642b3bde45a20de4975bc/1908.500/en-US/138c133486ce4b30b0666af95ff72676.html
What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
4/29/2020 • 26 minutes, 12 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 20: Staying Close to Standard
We are already on Episode 20 of our successful podcast series! In this episode, Yannick Peterschmitt had the chance to revisit a topic covered in previous episodes and talk to Christoph Wunsch, Product Manager for S/4HANA Cloud, about the importance of Staying Close to Standard. As he elaborates on his implementation best practices, he gives an insight on how a project should be planned to ensure the best possible outcome and what is, in his opinion, the key to success.
For more information, contact christoph.wunsch@sap.com.
What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
4/14/2020 • 24 minutes, 42 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 19: iRPA Implementation: How to accelerate processes in Procurement & Supply Chain
Following the experiences on successful iRPA implementation, Yongkang Ng from the SAP S/4HANA Frontrunner Team shares insights into some of the bots that are most used by our SAP S/4HANA customers. Yongkang talks about bots in the area of Procurement & Manufacturing & Supply Chain and explains the benefits they have brought to the users. If you want to learn more, drop an email to frontrunner@sap.com to engage with Yongkang and his team. For more information go to http://blogs.sap.com and search for RPA, or visit sap.com/irpa. You can also make use of the three openSAP courses which can be found on open.sap.com. Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
3/31/2020 • 15 minutes, 30 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 18: iRPA Implementation: How to run successful projects
After setting the basics on iRPA in episodes 8 and 9, we have invited Maryvonne Kreim from the SAP S/4HANA Frontrunner Team to share her experience on how to run successful iRPA projects with customers. Maryvonne shares some tips and tricks and explains why it is crucial for customers to build up technical skills within their companies in order to successfully adopt new technologies like iRPA. If you want to learn more, drop an email to frontrunner@sap.com to engage with Maryvonne and her team. Learn more about SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation with SAP S/4HANA at https://www.sap.com/products/robotic-process-automation. Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
3/17/2020 • 24 minutes, 14 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 17: SAP Fiori Adoption Strategies - SAP Fiori Usage Before Moving to SAP S/4HANA
We are very grateful to our expert Jocelyn Dart for giving us the opportunity to interview her once more for the last episode of our SAP Fiori Adoption Strategies series. In this episode, her and Yannick talk about the pros and cons of using SAP Fiori before moving to SAP S/4HANA.For additional information, browse the SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA Wiki: https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/Fiori/SAP+Fiori+for+S4HANA. Check out the following links to learn more:SAP Community Calls 2019 – 19th December “Practical Strategies for SAP Fiori adoption in SAP S/4HANA”: https://community.sap.com/resources/community-calls/calls-list-2019Mastering SAP Technologies 17-18 March 2020 “SAP Fiori Adoption Strategies for SAP S/4HANA – What Works and Why”https://www.masteringsapconference.com/msap/aus/ Engage in openSAP courses to get full insights on this interesting topic:Key Technical Topics in a System Conversion to SAP S/4HANAhttps://open.sap.com/courses/s4h14Key Functional Topics in a System Conversion to SAP S/4HANAhttps://open.sap.com/courses/s4h15 What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
3/3/2020 • 15 minutes, 38 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 16: SAP Fiori Adoption Strategies - What Makes for Success or Failure?
Jocelyn and Yannick have come together again to discuss what makes for success or failure of the SAP Fiori Adoption. Tune in to learn some important tips on how to overcome misconceptions and make your adoption process a success.For more details, contact jocelyn.dart@sap.com What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
2/25/2020 • 21 minutes, 12 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 15: SAP Fiori Adoption Strategies - What are our SAP S/4HANA Customers doing?
This first episode of a three-part series around SAP Fiori Adoption Strategies starts with the question what our SAP S/4HANA customers are doing. Platinum Consultant Jocelyn Dart has joined us in this all new episode to introduce the topic and talk about the way customers are scoping SAP Fiori in order to suit to their business priorities. For more details, contact jocelyn.dart@sap.com What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
2/18/2020 • 23 minutes, 37 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 14: Importance of Testing in SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Nidhi Choudhary, Product Manager for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, talks about the importance of testing in SAP S/4HANA Cloud and the usage of the test automation tool during the regression test. For more details contact nidhi.choudhary@sap.com. Learn more about the test automation tool by accessing the roadmap viewer and SAP Note.
2/3/2020 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 13: User Experience in SAP S/4HANA
Jorge Baltazar, SAP S/4HANA RIG Product Expert, shares his views on the meaning of UX for SAP S/4HANA and insights on what customers need to know when embarking to their transformation journey with SAP Fiori. Follow up: SAP Fiori for S/4HANA Wiki: https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/Fiori/SAP+Fiori+for+S4HANAjorge.baltazar@sap.com
1/28/2020 • 15 minutes, 10 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 12: Lessons Learned from Reporting & Analytics
Pierre Cassano, Analytics Architect, shares his lessons learned from SAP S/4HANA Reporting & Analytics customers, gives insights into future strategy and why that’s an important first step on your SAP S/4HANA journey. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com
12/18/2019 • 16 minutes, 38 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 11: Hybrid ERP - continued!
As promised in our previous episode, Srivatsan Santhanam has joined us once more to talk about Hybrid Cloud ERP and the customers who have already implemented it. Don’t miss this interesting topic! What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
12/16/2019 • 16 minutes, 23 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 10: What is hybrid
Srivatsan Santhanam, Director of S/4HANA Product Management in India, talks about the value of Hybrid Cloud ERP and how it is used to build multiple ERP landscapes in his interview with Yannick Peterschmitt. Learn more about the possible deployments in Hybrid 2-Tier in this new episode. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.
12/12/2019 • 16 minutes, 48 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 09: Pre-built iRPA Bots for SAP S/4HANA
Yan Liang, Director of Product Management for SAP S/4HANA, specializing in intelligent automation, talks about pre-built iRPA bots, where to find them and how to run them in order tun run a successful business. Drop an email to frontrunner@sap.com to engage with Yan Liang and her team. Learn more about SAP Best Practices for SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation integration with SAP S/4HANA at https://rapid.sap.com/bp/#/browse/categories/sap_s%254hana/areas/cloud/packageversions/IRPA_S4HANA Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com
12/5/2019 • 13 minutes, 5 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 08: Intelligent Robotic Process Automation with SAP S/4HANA
What is Intelligent Robotic Process Automation (short iRPA) in an SAP S/4HANA context and why do businesses need it in their digital transformation journeys? Bert Laws, Product Manager for SAP S/4HANA, explains the value of iRPA and how customers can deploy it. Drop an email to bert.laws@sap.com to engage with Bert Laws, or drop an email to frontrunner@sap.com to engage with him and his team. Learn more about SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation with SAP S/4HANA at https://www.sap.com/products/robotic-process-automation. Go to https://blogs.sap.com and search for RPA. Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
12/5/2019 • 17 minutes, 56 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 07: The Art of Cloud Deployment: Fit-to-Standard with SAP Activate
In this last episode of the series “The Art of Cloud Deployment” Jan Musil, Chief Product Owner of SAP Activate and Sven Denecken, head of SAP S/4HANA Product Success and Customer Co-Innovation talk about the need of the Fit-to-Standard process, what it takes to bring your projects to the next level and what’s in for customers, partners, and project teams deploying SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Corina Kinzel (Product Manager for SAP S/4HANA) interviews Jan Musil (Chief Product Owner of SAP Activate) and Bob Byrne (Senior Product Manager for SAP S/4HANA) to understand the need and benefits of SAP Activate, the principles for implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, and the engagement possibilities that you can have which help you to make your projects a success. Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com. Request to Join the SAP Activate Jam Community at https://bit.ly/SAPActivate Learn about how to run Fit-to-standard in your S/4HANA Cloud project at https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/#/group/BE47098A-617A-43EF-A27E-DFD801D70483/roadmap/IMPS4HANACLDENMGMT/node/901B0E6D3F501ED79EF3EB519C38820F Learn and understand the SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud - https://rapid.sap.com/bp/BP_CLD_ENTPR
11/27/2019 • 19 minutes, 56 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 06: The Art of Cloud Deployment: Customer and Partner Point of View
Why do organizations choose SAP S/4HANA Cloud for their core processes and what is the real value related to this? What are the experiences with quarterly service releases for a running business? Julia Rettig and Carl-Philipp Mueller from the customer and partner Allgeier Enterprise Services will discuss these questions with Ulrich Hauke from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Product Management. Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
11/25/2019 • 16 minutes, 20 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 05: The Art of Cloud Deployment: Consulting Point of View
Patrick Roedlmeier and Claus Treyer from the SAP Digital Business Services will share with Yannick Peterschmitt information from the project: what is the DBS engagement model, what is different from an on-premise implementation, how to overcome typical challenges, and much more. Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
11/19/2019 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 04: The Art of Cloud Deployment: Implementation Point of View
In this episode, Yannick Peterschmitt meets Gregor Loës, the global head of SAP S/4HANA Cloud onboarding and customer care. Gregor has been leading this group since the first SAP S/4HANA Cloud update was shipped. He will share insights on the projects, the implementation method, his key learnings and his team’s contribution to continuous product innovation. Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
11/12/2019 • 21 minutes, 53 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 03: The Art of Cloud Deployment: SAP Activate
In this first episode of the series “The Art of Cloud Deployment”, Corina Kinzel (Product Manager for SAP S/4HANA) interviews Jan Musil (Chief Product Owner of SAP Activate) and Bob Byrne (Senior Product Manager for SAP S/4HANA) to understand the need and benefits of SAP Activate, the principles for implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, and the engagement possibilities that you can have which help you to make your projects a success. Request to Join the SAP Activate Jam Community at https://bit.ly/SAPActivate Review of SAP Roadmap Viewer at: https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/ Review of SAP Best Practices Explorer at https://rapid.sap.com/bp/ And our SAP S/4HANA Cloud Customer Community for deeper insights specific to SAP S/4HANA Cloud ERP at https://s4hanacloud.community.sap/home Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
11/5/2019 • 39 minutes, 28 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 02: The Impact of Business Transformation on Core ERP Processes
In an interview with Yannick Peterschmitt, (Senior Director, SAP S/4HANA Product Success & Customer Co-Innovation) and Bert Schulze (VP SAP S/4HANA Product Success & Customer Co-Innovation) you can find out how business transformation influences core ERP processes: from mass customization, to SAP S/4HANA product scope, to extensibility options, and much more. Understand the impact of product updates and learn how you can best prepare yourself and your business. Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
10/29/2019 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Episode 01: Introduction
Hear from Yannick Peterschmitt, (Senior Director, SAP S/4HANA Product Success & Customer Co-Innovation) and Sven Denecken (SVP SAP S/4HANA Product Success & Customer Co-Innovation) how the new Podcast “Inside SAP S/4HANA” creates direct value for your SAP S/4HANA projects. Listen in if you want to find out how the new podcast leverages the unique knowledge and expertise of SAP S/4HANA product experts, partners & customer – ultimately helping you to get to the next level.
Send your ideas about the topics which you’d like to hear discussed via insides4@sap.com.
10/25/2019 • 11 minutes, 39 seconds
Inside SAP S/4HANA Trailer
You want to run a successful SAP S/4HANA business? This podcast Inside SAP S/4HANA leverages the unique knowledge and expertise of SAP S/4HANA product experts, partners & customers to address your needs by sharing product insights and project best practice. There is no customer success without product success and project success: we help you get to the next level and make your SAP S/4HANA projects a success.