Digital transformation is reshaping the business landscape. Cloud ERP solutions provide a pathway to enhanced efficiency, scalability, and innovation. By transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-based platforms, companies can streamline processes, improve data accessibility, and adapt quickly to market changes. This shift not only reduces IT overhead but also enables continuous improvement and agility in an ever-evolving business environment.

Simon is Managing Director of the Walldorf Consulting Group and heads the Cloud and Software-as-a-Service Practice. He advises SMEs and large enterprise customers on the strategy and operationalization of their SaaS cloud strategy around SAP S/4HANA Cloud and other solutions from the SAP portfolio. Walldorf Consulting is a global SAP consulting company based in Walldorf with offices in the USA, Singapore and Malaysia. Since 2020, the company has focused exclusively on the transformation of its customers into an SAP Cloud and Software-as-a-Service environment and today consists of more than 170 cloud experts worldwide.

In his 15-year consulting history, Simon has been a trusted advisor for the digitalization of his clients’ business functions and has extensive expertise in transforming business processes into a digital, cloud-based future. His expertise includes strategic transformation programs for major clients as well as numerous successful strategy projects and implementations for medium-sized companies in the automotive, services, hi-tech, medical technology and retail sectors.  

The heart and DNA of Walldorf Consulting is its own process methodology based on SAP Activate – the Walldorf Consulting Fit-2-Standard approach – which has been awarded the Grand Winner seal of the SAP Quality Award by SAP. Through the combination of didactic approaches and consistent alignment with the process standards of SaaS solutions, significantly higher standardization rates can be achieved and thus significant advantages in terms of project duration, risk management and total cost of ownership can be achieved, which get the most out of the cloud solutions in setup and operation. In the last 3 years, more than 30 customers have been successfully transformed into an SAP Cloud using this methodology.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-buchacher-lassnig-22919415b/

Richard Howells has been working in the Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing space for over 30 years. He is responsible for driving the thought leadership and awareness of SAP’s ERP, Finance, and Supply Chain solutions and is an active writer, podcaster, and thought leader on the topics of supply chain, Industry 4.0, digitization, and sustainability.

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Oyku Ilgar has been working in the digital supply chain area at SAP since 2017. As a marketer and blogger, she creates written and visual marketing content about ERP and Supply Chain solutions and focuses on the topics of business trends, IoT, Industry 4.0, and sustainability.

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