As the SAP com­mu­ni­ty advances tech­nol­o­gy mod­ern­iza­tion efforts to sup­port ambi­tious busi­ness trans­for­ma­tion ini­tia­tives in today’s uncer­tain eco­nom­ic envi­ron­ment, this year’s SAP Sap­phire and ASUG Annu­al Con­fer­ence in Orlan­do will offer a unique — and time­ly — oppor­tu­ni­ty to assess the roles SAP solu­tions can play in help­ing orga­ni­za­tions of all sizes and in all indus­tries to run better.

At the event, indus­try lead­ers, tech­ni­cal experts, and a glob­al­ly con­nect­ed net­work of peers will explore how mis­sion-crit­i­cal objec­tives are being met in today’s con­stant­ly evolv­ing busi­ness land­scape. Over the course of the week, main­stage events and break-out ses­sions will pro­vide ample oppor­tu­ni­ties to:

• Review options for more effec­tive­ly plan­ning, imple­ment­ing, and track­ing SAP oper­a­tions to reduce risk, improve effi­cien­cies and accel­er­ate time-to-value;
• Assess the eco­nom­ic impact asso­ci­at­ed with migrat­ing estab­lished SAP instances to new cloud-native plat­forms; and
• Explore the proven tech­nol­o­gy man­age­ment prin­ci­ples that enable orga­ni­za­tions to do more with less in a tech­no­log­i­cal­ly effec­tive and cost-effi­cient manner.

Over 70 ASUG ses­sions — includ­ing sem­i­nars and work­shops — have been sched­uled to address key ques­tions for the entire SAP com­mu­ni­ty, from enter­prise archi­tects and appli­ca­tion ana­lysts to sup­ply chain man­agers and busi­ness process reengi­neer­ing pro­fes­sion­als, while facil­i­tat­ing invalu­able net­work­ing opportunities.

ASUG­’s pre-con­fer­ence sem­i­nars on Mon­day, May 15, detailed here, will pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ties to inter­act with and learn from sub­ject mat­ter experts. Atten­dees will immerse them­selves in top­ics rang­ing from under­stand­ing the SAP Busi­ness Tech­nol­o­gy Plat­form and all its com­po­nents to build­ing resilient sup­ply chains and enhanc­ing your finance process­es with SAP S/4HANA. 

Below, more ways to con­nect with peers and indus­try experts at SAP Sap­phire and ASUG Annu­al Conference:

• Be inspired by the ASUG Women Con­nect pan­el, fea­tur­ing an accom­plished group of female lead­ers who are sup­port­ing diver­si­ty, equi­ty, and inclu­sion pro­grams with­in their orga­ni­za­tions. Pan­elists plan to dis­cuss how they are upskilling, build­ing an inclu­sive skills-based cul­ture, and cel­e­brat­ing diversity.

• Learn how orga­ni­za­tions are address­ing orga­ni­za­tion­al change man­age­ment (OCM) as part of SAP S/4HANA Cloud soft­ware migra­tions. Hear from the OCM lead at Moog about how the design­er and man­u­fac­tur­er of motion con­trols and sys­tems has devel­oped a team to man­age migra­tion and how this has helped boost benefits.

• Hear how Organ­ic Val­ley planned its migra­tion to SAP S/4HANA using RISE with SAP, and learn more about the best prac­tices employed by this inde­pen­dent farm­ing cooperative.

• Dive into sup­ply chain trans­for­ma­tion with John­son & John­son MedTech. The orga­ni­za­tion is using SAP Busi­ness Net­work to har­mo­nize sup­pli­er-fac­ing process­es and infor­ma­tion with ERP. 

• Become an expert in design­ing a three-year ERP busi­ness road map by lever­ag­ing the joint ref­er­ence archi­tec­ture devel­oped by SAP and Ama­zon Web Ser­vices (AWS).

• Join a Pow­er Peer Group con­ver­sa­tion focus­ing on chal­lenges faced in the pub­lic sec­tor with HCM, includ­ing top­ics like W‑2 process­es and solu­tions in SAP Fiori apps, automa­tion for onboard­ing employ­ees, SAP Suc­cess­Fac­tors and mov­ing HCM to the cloud.

• Hear how orga­ni­za­tions are trans­form­ing their busi­ness process­es and quick­ly adapt­ing to change by har­ness­ing the core pil­lars and best prac­tices of SAP Signavio. 

• Dis­cov­er why IT con­sult­ing com­pa­ny Capgem­i­ni SE uses the SAP Field­glass Con­tin­gent Work­force Man­age­ment appli­ca­tion to gain end-to-end con­trol over its exter­nal work­force world­wide, enabling improved effi­cien­cies, qual­i­ty data, and cost reduc­tions plus tax, legal, and statu­to­ry com­pli­ance. See how this also sup­ports strate­gies in the con­text of skill shortages.

• Dis­cuss best prac­tices with SAP exec­u­tives and learn how peo­ple are lever­ag­ing SAP S/4HANA and SAP Busi­ness Tech­nol­o­gy Plat­form togeth­er to keep their core clean. 

Reg­is­ter now for SAP Sap­phire and ASUG Annu­al Con­fer­ence and start build­ing your agenda.