Please come pre­pared to unmute your lines and have a peer-to-peer discussion. 

How are you han­dling the impact on IT and sup­port­ing the busi­ness oper­a­tions with reduced staff, access, or hours in chal­leng­ing customer/​supplier and IT bud­get envi­ron­ment? How is your orga­ni­za­tion react­ing to the cri­sis? Join us to share your expe­ri­ence, hear how your peers are deal­ing with the chal­lenges, and gain tac­tics that might help you. 

 The for­mat for Thurs­day, June 4 at 11:30 a.m. CT will include: 

• Brief wel­come and kick­off from ASUG 

• Hot-top­ic dis­cus­sion led by ASUG mem­ber Hol­ly Bierer 

• Shar­ing of recent wins or suc­cess­es, along with resources utilized 

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:

• There are sim­i­lar­i­ties in how com­pa­nies are han­dling the impact on IT and sup­port­ing the busi­ness oper­a­tions, but some tac­tics depend on whether the com­pa­ny was deemed essen­tial or non-essential. 

• Essen­tial busi­ness­es like But­ler Sup­ply and Mrs. T’s Piero­gies have been fac­ing tech­nol­o­gy and parts sup­ply chain issues, with prod­ucts being unavail­able or quarantined. 

• Employ­ees are need­ing to learn how to work dif­fer­ent­ly and shift pri­or­i­ties quick­ly, although remote live S/4 imple­men­ta­tions are pos­si­ble with com­mu­ni­ca­tion. IT pro­fes­sion­als have shift­ed from imple­men­ta­tion to opti­miza­tion, from ongo­ing projects to busi­ness continuity. 

• Mov­ing for­ward, busi­ness­es will face chal­lenges in finan­cial and man­u­fac­tur­ing plan­ning, as busi­ness­es will need to deter­mine what demand is COVID-19 relat­ed. How do busi­ness­es keep momen­tum gained dur­ing the pandemic? 

Think Tank Links: 

ASUG For­ward June 22 – 25 https://​www​.asug​.com/​f​o​rward 

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