Events

Small and Medium Enterprises Think Tank: Challenges Faced by Small and Midsize Companies Running SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA

Dec 3, 2020 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
Online
Included with membership

Think Tanks con­nect you with peers nav­i­gat­ing the same chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties as you. ASUG will facil­i­tate an inter­ac­tive peer-to-peer exchange where solu­tions are shared for top­ics spe­cif­ic to your role and interest.

It’s a sur­pris­ing secret that a large per­centage of SAP’s SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA cus­tomers are small and mid­size com­pa­nies. While many small and mid­size com­pa­nies also need a future-proof solu­tion that han­dles sophis­ti­cat­ed busi­ness require­ments, not all have the IT bud­get and staff of large enterprises. 

Join us to share your chal­lenges and learn what your peers are plan­ning on tack­ling now and in 2021. From the busi­ness case for tran­si­tion­ing to SAP S/4HANA, to get­ting more out of your SAP ERP solu­tion, to how to get bet­ter training/​tools/​support, hear how mid­size com­pa­nies are mak­ing the most of their SAP solutions.

Join us on Thurs­day, Dec. 3 at 12:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. CT.

  • Wel­come and kick-off by ASUG
  • Rapid case study led by ASUG mem­ber Tim Coyle from Mrs. T’s Pier­o­gis and Mar­i­an Har­ris from SAP
  • The dis­cus­sion will focus on:
    • Brain­storm and get feed­back from oth­er mid­mar­ket-focused com­pa­nies on chal­lenges that you’re facing.
    • Help shape which top­ics we recruit experts to help us tack­le in 2021.

Gain vis­i­bil­i­ty into the chal­lenges and suc­cess­es oth­er SAP cus­tomers are expe­ri­enc­ing, and acquire new ideas for real-world solutions. 

If you are expe­ri­enc­ing chal­lenges and would like to lead your own case study, fill out the sur­vey here. 

Think Tank Insights: 

Poll results: Please select your top 3 top­ics for 2021 (mul­ti­ple choice) 

 Mid­mar­ket Friend­ly Tools: What are your favorite mid-mar­ket friend­ly tools (SAP or not) to help use and man­age your land­scape (for tasks like test­ing, data man­age­ment, U improve­ment, inte­gra­tion, and more) 40% 

 Busi­ness Case for S/4HANA: What are the most impor­tant dri­vers or ben­e­fits in your busi­ness case for mak­ing the shift to S/4HANA 60% 

 Train­ing on SAP/​skills/​products/​processes: How are you get­ting new employees/​existing staff trained/​refreshed on SAP skills? Where are you get­ting your train­ing con­tent and how are you tai­lor­ing it for your com­pa­ny? How are you rolling out train­ing as well? 60% 

 SAP Fiori Migra­tion: What is your strat­e­gy to migrate SAP users from SAP HUI to Fiori? Will you make lim­it­ed access to the SAP GUI part of your plan, or will you pull the plug on SAP GUI? 40% 

 SAP Ana­lyt­ics Cloud real­i­ty check: Who has expe­ri­ence with SAP Ana­lyt­ics Cloud and has it met your expec­ta­tions for ana­lyt­ics and report­ing? 60% 

  • One of the main challenges/​hot top­ics is get­ting ready and prepar­ing to make the busi­ness case to leadership. 
  • Many mid-sized cus­tomers have not made the jump to S/4 yet in some of the part­ners’ expe­ri­ence. They seem to be delay­ing a lit­tle bit and have the per­spec­tive that it will be more afford­able to wait. Larg­er cus­tomers, how­ev­er, are on the jour­ney to S/4, or already there, and are see­ing the val­ue from that. 
  • SAP Ana­lyt­ics Cloud is a refresh­ing change as well from solu­tions in the past. 

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