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With the global economy dumping down the same rate that corona infections rise, it is not very easy to get a clear picture of the situation, neither for us individuals, nor for enterprises who are struggling to cope with the challenges and build resilience. When taking a look into media, you will find many opinions about the situation ranging from we are all doomed to “we are getting out of this with a black eye”. It is a good idea to take a look into the reality of SAP customers how they are doing at this moment right now.

And since it is a very good idea at the moment to listens to experts, I am blessed to be able to talk to Mr. Geoff Scott, Chief Executive Officer of Americas SAP Users Group. He is conducting an inquiry each week asking the six-digit number of NA SAP Users about their situation and how they approach their journey through this crisis.

So let’s do a Pulse Check with Geoff Scott on this episode of the SAP Experts Podcast.

 

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is causing widespread concern and economic hardship for consumers, businesses and communities across the globe. PE enterprises are facing a situation in which they have multiple underlying companies with hundreds or thousands of employees looking for guidance and direction during this crisis.

I sat together (virtually) with Sean Epstein, Senior Vice President Private Equity, SAP to discuss the actual situation for Private Equity firms, crisis response strategies and how SAP can help these companies to tackle the challenges provided like potential global recession, severe liquidity impact, supply chain disruptions and effects on workforce and customers.   Because this is whats going to happen here, on this episode of the SAP Experts Podcast.

 

Guest: Sean Epstein – Senior Vice President Private Equity, SAP

Host: Alexander Greb – Customer Advisory Lead S/4HANA, SAP

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Five years after the initial release of S/4HANA it is interesting to see that still some are unsure about the Dos and Don’ts when approaching S/4HANA and this is not only about adopters, but I talk about partners, and ourselves at SAP and I am straight looking at Sales, Presales and Value Engineers.

That’s why I sat together with Mr. William “Bill” Bowers, Global Vice President of the Solution Management S/4HANA at SAP to discuss not only the Top3 common mistakes made while approaching S/4HANA, but also the Best Practices for a pragmatic approach, that helps you and your customers, to find a common understanding and your individual case for your Intelligent ERP initiative. Sound like a school lession? No, believe me, discussions with Bill are always very entertaining and fun. And this episode is no difference.

Because this is whats going to happen here, on this episode of the SAP Experts Podcast.

 

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Not only in a working relations, Leadership is a topic which affects anybody be if you are in the position to lead others, or others lead you. Even though we are talking mostly about enterprise applications in this podcast … and this industry, it is undisputed that the way key functions do their job probably affects enterprise success even more than bits and bytes.

Leadership might be a hot discussed topic, leadership gurus like Simon Sinek might be omnipresent and whenever you see some shared wisdoms from them you can be sure it got at least one hundred likes on social media, but still in many cases on the one hand not the best leaders but the best experts are promoted into leadership positions and do more harm than good, and on this other side those who have gotten into these position often think about “what have I done to myself” obviously being completely unprepared for “leadership”.

So lots of topics to discuss, since I have the pleasure to host Swen Heidenreich, who is Managing Director of Heidenreich Consulting, specializing in executive coaching.

Because this is whats going to happen here, on this episode of the SAP Experts Podcast.

 

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Having the right mindset and principles at the beginning of a digital transformation initiative is vital to its success. Five years after the first release it has become obvious, that there are certain patterns of common principles that will determine the ease, speed and success of your Digital Core initiative. Or in other words: There are Best Practices that all those who implement SAP S/4HANA fast and with great success have in common:

They Prioritize Core over Edge

They separate Differentiating and Commodity Processes

They Concentrate on Tangible Innovation

They Focus on Capabilities like Insight to Action

They have the right Mindset (Forward looking, treat it as a business topic, keep it simple)

So if you are a Adopter, SAP Partner, SAP consultant, Account Executive or Preseller you better listen to the TOP5 Best Practices of Best in Class S/4HANA Adopters. Cause that’s what I am going talk about on this anniversary episode of the SAP Experts Podcast!

 

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