ERP systems have revolutionized the internal structure of not only large organizations, but also SMEs (small & medium enterprises). The demand for ERP continues to grow because of the cost advantages the software offers. For example, the systems provide data security, enable easier compliance, offer scalability, and improve workflows (among other things)—all on one centralized system.1 While an ERP application such as SAP’s ECC and the newer S/4HANA offers many advantages, it also presents [...]

Even in systems outside of SAP, automation techniques – often involving AI – play a large role in landscape simplification now and in the future. They allow for speedy processing that also ensures accuracy, all while freeing up the team to focus on more thought-centric tasks. To ensure continued agility, businesses need to keep up-to-date with the current strategies to automating the SAP landscape simplification process. At the same time, they need to keep in tune with their own business needs [...]

In the past few years, cyber-attacks have increased, exploiting vulnerabilities that the shutdown around COVID-19 caused. For example, Check Point reported that from 2020 to 2021, cyber-attacks across all industries increased by 50%.1 More specifically, they found that organizations suffered about 900 attacks on average per week in Q4. Looking particularly at ERP platforms, software vendor attacks increased by 146% and averaged at about 536 attacks per week. Unfortunately, SAP is not immune to [...]

  Today’s enterprises face a dynamic landscape. As data continues to increase, so does the complexity of the SAP landscape. To ensure a smooth simplification, an agile business needs to formulate streamlined data management strategies before it even begins the landscape simplification process. After all, a business that properly manages its data will find that many of the steps also promote landscape simplification. The SAP Data Management and Landscape Transformation (DMLT) platform provi [...]

As a rapidly updating and emerging technology, cloud migration strongly impacts SAP landscape simplification. Cloud migration has become a trend in the SAP space for a reason. As more businesses migrate to the cloud, they consolidate their systems and reduce the number of customizations, simplifying their SAP system. As a result, they have a more streamlined and efficient system that is easier to manage and maintain. Additionally, cloud migration can reduce business costs, as it eliminates the [...]