Terry Penner and Jürgen Butsmann discuss the AI priorities, practical applications, and key use cases for SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP

Speakers:                                                                                                  Jürgen Butsmann – Director Solutions Management SAP S/4HANA, SAP SE        
Terry Penner - Marketing and Solutions, SAP Business Technology Platform

Call to Action:

Learn more about SAP BTP for S/4HANA and RISE at https://bit.ly/3R2r0OV

Ep. 97: Let’s Talk Cloud ERP Sub-Series - Artificial Intelligence (AI) for SAP S4/HANA and SAP BTP

Learn about Carhartt and their journey to modernize their integration solutions. Hear how they leveraged the SAP Migration Factory program to assess their migration from SAP Process Orchestration/Integration to SAP Integration Suite, their migration off the SAP Business Technology Platform, Neo environment and plans for the future.

 Speakers:
Saravanan Subramanian – EAI Architect, Carhartt
Sri Pedamallu – SAP Global Center of Excellence Executive, Carhartt
Arti Gopalan – Director of Product Management, SAP Integration Suite
Ryan Champlin – Sr. Director Solution Management, SAP Integration Suite    

Additional Resources:
Modernize Your Integration Landscape Virtual Summit https://bit.ly/3S8UUmM
The Integration Scoop Podcast: https://integrationscoop.podbean.com/

About Carhartt:
Carhartt, founded in 1889 by Hamilton Carhartt, has a 135-year legacy of building rugged products to serve and protect hardworking individuals.
With 6,000 employees across the United States and Mexico, Carhartt operates in three business units: Wholesale, Direct-to-Consumer, and Corporate Gear.
Product lines include apparel for men, women, and kids, distributed through major partners like Sporting Goods, Tractor Supply, and Home Depot.
Digital Transformation Journey:
Carhartt's journey started with the integration of S4, followed by the transition to SAP Commerce Cloud and the introduction of the SAP Integration Suite.
Currently focusing on implementing best practices and establishing a Center of Excellence.
Challenges and Decision-Making:
Carhartt faced challenges in modernizing its integration layer after adopting S4 and SAP Commerce Cloud.
Choosing the SAP Integration Suite was based on its seamless fit into the SAP landscape, minimizing training concerns, and streamlining system synergy.
The API strategy is a key component, enabling integration between cloud and on-premises systems, SAP and non-SAP systems.
Working with SAP:
Carhartt's experience with SAP has been positive, especially during the migration of multiple interfaces.
The transition to the Integration Suite resulted in quicker development times and smooth collaboration with the SAP team.
The migration to Integration Suite was guided by SAP's Migration Factory, ensuring a structured and efficient process.
Future Steps:
Carhartt is gearing up to migrate PO interfaces into the cloud integration, with a focus on API management.
Plans include migrating around 200+ interfaces in batches and implementing advanced API management for their evolving needs.
Conclusion:
The next year for Carhartt involves establishing API management, building on the foundation laid during the PIPO migration.
SAP offers dedicated resources for migration scenarios, and if you're not using Integration Suite, access it through the Business Technology Platform free tier.
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Ep. 98: Accelerate Your Move to SAP Integration Suite with SAP & Carhartt

Organizations are on a quest to a modern technology stack. This includes integration, which is the glue that brings it all together. Yet, selling the value of integration can get technical too quickly and hard to articulate. Understanding the business and technical benefits of integration and how they translate into business value is key to building the case for investment in this technology and in a broader digital platform.

In this episode, Shari Lava, Research Director at IDC, discusses with Emily Mui, Sr. Director, Solution Marketing at SAP, the IT and business value of integration, and how you can tie it to business objectives and measure the business impact of integration.

Speakers: 
Shari Lava - Research Director, IDC
Emily Mui - Sr. Director, Product Marketing Lead For SAP Integration Suite

CTA's:
Modernize Your Integration Landscape Virtual Summit https://bit.ly/3S8UUmM
The Integration Scoop Podcast: https://integrationscoop.podbean.com/

Introduction:
Special edition presented by SAP and Let's Talk Data podcast.
Focus on game-changing technology and strategies for innovation through business application and process integration.

Guest Speaker: Sheri Lava from IDC:
Sheri leads marketing strategy for SAP's iPASS solution (SAP Integration Suite).
Sheri is the Research Director of Automation at IDC, covering AI, automation, API management, and integration markets.

Integration Market Overview:
Integration market reached $8.5 billion in 2022, expected to reach $18 billion by 2027.
Shift from on-premise to cloud-delivered solutions.
Importance of integration in becoming a digital business with connected, data-driven systems.

Why Integration Delivers Strategic Business Value:
Connectivity is the bedrock for building a strong foundation for digital businesses.
Importance of having data driving decisions for better customer solutions, service offerings, and decision-making.
Integration crucial for process automation and resilience.

Challenges and Growth:
Integration market growth driven by the need for data connectivity in digital businesses.
Transition from on-premise to cloud solutions.
Overcoming challenges in translating technical benefits into business value.

Business Challenges in Implementing Integration:
Change management for developers adapting to new ways of working.
Historical concerns about product suitability.
Importance of defining success uniformly across the organization.

Business Outcomes and Objectives:
Translation of technical benefits to business value.
Examples include lower operating costs leading to greater efficiency, improved customer satisfaction, and increased revenue.
Focus on efficiency, reducing integration sprawl, and achieving a 360-degree view of the customer.

Low-Code and Measurement of Success:
Evolution of low-code tools and their impact on traditional metrics.
Emphasis on business outcomes and value instead of lines of code written.
Generative AI enhancing low-code tools and improving efficiency.

Integration for Automation:
Integration as a key player in holistic automation strategies.
Addressing challenges of integrating processes with business partners.
Ensuring the integration stack is strong and ready for future automation initiatives.

Trends in Integration:
Significance of AI in integration solutions, enhancing capabilities like error detection and prediction.
Importance of a bi-directional relationship between AI and integration.
Caution against investing in AI without addressing integration challenges first.

Ep. 99: Bridging the Gap: Connecting Modern Integration to Business Value

Hear from Andy Hayler, Practice Lead – Data as an Asset at Bloor Research, and Markus Kuppe, VP & Chief Product Owner for SAP Master Data Governance, and Corrie Birkeness, Senior Director Master Data Product & Solution Marketing at SAP, as they discuss various master data management (MDM) market trends.  They will discuss what is happening relative to automation, AI as well as approaches to more flexible, modular MDM deployments and a business data fabric. They will discuss what the trends are and why they are important in upping your game in MDM to drive increased business value.

Speakers:
Andy Hayler, Practice Leader - Data as an Asset at Bloor Research
Markus Kuppe, VP & Chief Product Owner for SAP Master Data Governance
Corrie Birkeness, Senior Director Master Data Product & Solution Marketing at SAP

Additional Resources:
Learn more about SAP Master Data Governance and Bloor Research by visiting:
SAP MDG Product Page: https://bit.ly/3E2r8Xb

SAP MDG Community: https://community.sap.com/topics/master-data-governance
Bloor Research:  https://bit.ly/3RyhZNP

Bloor InBrief on SAP Master Data Governance: https://bit.ly/3Rx3iun

Bloor Article on SAP Master Data Governance:  https://bit.ly/3GS9kAT

Benefits of Federated Master Data Governance (SAP blog): 
https://bit.ly/47opgWB

Key Points:

Master Data Management Market Update:
Bloor Research published an MDM market update, emphasizing the merging of MDM and data management platforms with trends in data governance, quality, and integration.
The shift from on-premise to cloud or hybrid environments requires MDM platforms to be deployable in the cloud.

Automation and AI in MDM:
Automation in MDM brings efficiency and quality, leveraging technology and AI.
SAP MDG applies AI, machine learning, and rules-based approaches to enhance data quality, identify implicit data rules, and automate data population.

Federation of Master Data Governance:
Federated MDM model allows distributed management of data, aligning with organizational structures, and ensuring local understanding.
SAP MDG supports federation through multiple instances, enabling both local and global benefits in master data management.

Role of MDM in Data Fabric and Data Mesh:
MDM plays a crucial role in complementing concepts like data fabric and data mesh.
Data fabric focuses on connecting enterprise data without physically moving it, with MDM providing a foundation for high-quality trusted master data.
Data mesh, a domain-specific approach, aligns well with MDM, especially when dealing with key data domains.

Conclusion:
Intelligence, modularization, modernization, and data fabric are key trends in MDM.
Encourages listeners to access additional resources and share their insights on MDM trends in their organizations.

Ep 100: 2023 Trends In Master Data Management

While companies know that managing their data is essential, it can also be tough – and technology is not necessarily the hardest part, it is the people and the process. Join, Maria Villar, Head of North America Data Strategy and Transformation at SAP, and Vinny Maurici, Vice President of Data Engineering at Object Edge as they discuss current challenges companies experience when developing a data strategy and an approach to developing one that is outcome-driven.

Host: Corrie Birkeness
Speakers:
Maria Villar – Head of North America Data Strategy and Transformation
Vinny Maurici - Vice President of Data Engineering at Object Edge

Show Notes:

SAP Enterprise Data Strategy Master Class: https://bit.ly/4abjwB1
SAP Enterprise Data Strategy Workbook: https://bit.ly/4ausB8v
SAP solutions for Data & Analytics: https://bit.ly/3IDy9kS

Thriving With A Business Outcome - Driven Data Strategy

Hear from SAP Gold partner, AG Consultancy and Apps, on their continued delivery of successful customer engagements and technical and commercial expertise in the enterprise application development and automation space. Discover the community RPA bots created by AG and how Enterprise Automation from SAP can elevate your existing app and automation investments.

Speakers:

Nick Champion - Co-Founder & Director, AG Consultancy and Apps
Rahul Kumar - Technical Solution Lead, AG Consultancy and Apps
John Luu - Product Marketing Manager, SAP Build Process Automation

Additional Resources:
Learn more about Enterprise Automation: https://bit.ly/3TIG7Q0
Check out AG Consultancy and Apps’ SAP Build implementation and support services: https://bit.ly/3TooMKU
Browse the partner-built community bots: https://bit.ly/3PsQMvM

Topics Include:
Overview of Ace G Consultancy
Customer Trends and Challenges
The Role of SAP Build
Taking Automation to the Next Level
Third-Party Connectivity
Development of Automation Bots

The Future Of Enterprise Grade Application Development And Automation6vw4j

SAP experts discuss SAP S/4HANA extensions best practices and SAP Build Code.
Topics discussed:

Introduction to S/4HANA Extensions Best Practices

What is Clean Core
Extensibility Options and Best Practices for S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition customers
Advantages and disadvantages of on-stack vs using BTP tools
Extensibility changes for S/4HANA over the past few years. 
Best practices for UI-focused applications and mobile services with SAP S/4HANA

 SAP Build Code for SAP S/4HANA developers

What is AI bringing to the table for S/4HANA implementers and developers
Build Code scenarios for developers who are using Business Application Studio right now
Build Code roadmap plans to help developers work more easily with S/4HANA
How S/4HANA developers can improve governance
Pragmatic recommendations for the type of extensions developers should create

Speakers:
Vanessa Micelli-Schmidt, Chief Product Manager, SAP Build
Felix Wente, Chief Development Architect, SAP S/4HANA
Mark Wright, Director, Marketing and Solutions, SAP Build Code
Host: Terry Penner, Marketing and Solutions, SAP BTP

Call to Action:
Explore SAP Build Code at https://SAP.com/Build-Code
Learn more about SAP BTP for S/4HANA and RISE at https://sap.com/btp-for-s4hana

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