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The retail sector continues to find itself in a challenging market situation. Despite a slight increase in sales, as the industry association BEVH recently announced, sales are below the previous year's level.
At the behest of the DSAG (German-speaking SAP User Group), SAP has postponed the end of maintenance for the ME and MII solutions from 2027 to 2030. Companies now have time to switch to SAP DM, but should nevertheless consider migrating at an early stage.
Optimal SAP processes depend on cost-efficient and secure system operation. SAP Basis teams are responsible for this. Automation software is the benefit provider.
Outdated systems are still slowing down business-critical communication processes in companies today. In purchasing, for example, unstructured, partly analog data often comes together that has to be processed manually.
Every target group, every value community, every community has specific language patterns and vocabulary. What applies to the SAP community naturally also exists in executive communication at C-level for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, etc.
Businesses need a functioning IT landscape. To ensure this, regular system environments testing is required, but despite automation, this is often still a time-consuming task.
An open secret to which many management teams have so far paid little attention: the lack of control of interfaces in IT system landscapes. It was hardly surprising that interface management was neglected when SAP landscapes were still self-contained IT systems. However, this situation has changed fundamentally.
Defensive IT security with monitoring of the entire risk situation often fails due to a lack of expertise in taking a holistic approach. In the face of rapidly increasing complexity, a flood of buzzwords and supposedly universal solutions, this often turns into flying blind, with companies neglecting the most basic security measures.
SAP CEO Christian Klein has done a great thing: the pre-programmed crash has been prevented. But where do we go from here? No one at SAP knows.
The data center industry will see an increase in market value and a simultaneous review of the rationality of continuing to operate older data centers without certification due to overall trends.
Many companies handle their business processes with SAP software. An automation platform including Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and AI, which eliminates manual work steps, can leverage optimization potential.
The SAP deadline of 2027 applies to most applications and existing customers. They are actively driving the necessary migrations. However, innovation is often neglected during the transformation. But this does not have to be the case.

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

More information will follow shortly.

Event date

Wednesday, May 21, and
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Early Bird Ticket

Available until Friday, January 24, 2025
EUR 390 excl. VAT

Regular ticket

EUR 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, March 5, and
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Early Bird Ticket

Available until December 20, 2024

EUR 390 excl. VAT
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2025, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.