Insights on Digital Transformation and SAP S/4HANA

Digitalization started in the late nineties when the first physical products such as music and photos were converted to a digital format. The evolution of these industries depended heavily on developments such as the high-speed internet and mobile technologies. Today, digitalization affects every person and every business – the “hockey stick” of digitalization is here. Enterprises that previously took a more traditional approach to their strategy are now employing chief digital officers to redefine their business models for the digital world. “Analogue” business models find themselves under massive pressure to change.

Our answer for our customers to the digital change is SAP S/4HANA. As the digital core, it enables the modular integration of digital practices that are evolving around the core, while rethinking back- and mid-office processes to cope with the new reality. As with all digitalization approaches, the quality of the proven business semantic is retained, maximum automation and scalability is achieved, the consumption model is massively simplified, and completely new areas and sources of value are generated.

At SAPPHIRE NOW this year it was all about SAP S/4HANA - whether on the show floor, in keynotes or 1:1 meetings with customers and analysts. In my strategic talk, I highlighted that with digitalization the number of transactions will rise enormously and at the same time the value of these transactions is decreasing. As one of the consequences of digital transformation this challenges existing IT landscapes. In my session I summarized how companies or organizations can master these challenges. Enjoy watching.