Executive Summary S/4HANA is an implementation that makes money for SAP and consulting partners but has a very low likelihood of success. S/4HANA implementation has turned into quicksand, and the consulting partners know this. Introduction to S/4HANA Risks Our observation from many implementation data points of S/4HANA as outlined in our S/4HANA implementation study is that…
Executive Summary The total cost of ownership, or TCO, for software is critical to estimating the ROI of a technology purchase. The problem is often who performs these TCO calculations. Introduction When it comes to enterprise software selection, calculating the total cost of ownership, or TCO, is critical for evaluating different products and estimating the…
Executive Summary Bluefin Solutions published a bizarre article on C/4HANA that focused more on methodology than on what C/4HANA is. The proposal by Bluefin Solutions is that C/4HANA will speed implementations. Video Introduction: How Accurate Was Bluefin Solutions on C/4HANA? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Bluefin Solutions has been the source…
Executive Summary People facing foreclosure are often overwhelmed with the information they are provided. This article will help clarify one’s options and what to do next. Introduction This article will include some of the best quotations that we could find about dealing with foreclosure. Secondly, we provide both the backdrop for foreclosure as it is…
Executive Summary SAP has made many large claims regarding IBP and the newest trendy items. These include machine learning, demand sensing, and Big Data, among many others. Learn how many of the areas that SAP has proposed about IBP are likely to be successfully used by SAP customers. IBP does not have anything on Zoolander….
Executive Summary SAP continually overstates the number of S/4HANA customers that are live. SAP has misled customers how much cost and time S/4HANA is for ECC customers minimizing the problems with S/4HANA. Video Introduction: How SAP Sucker Punched Customers with S/4HANA Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP’s S/4HANA is a curious product….
Executive Summary SAP has been forced to move HANA into the background of its marketing focus for various reasons. Trends shifted away from proprietary databases towards open source databases. Marketing claims about HANA being groundbreaking turned out to be false. HANA had no offerings that gave it an advantage over competing solutions, and it proved…
Executive Summary Most claims about how Fiori will improve the user experience of S/4 HANA are based on marketing material from SAP. Our testing shows that SAPGUI is still better than switching to Fiori. Introduction: The Reality of Fiori SAP has made grand claims around Fiori, which have gone unchallenged in the marketplace. You will…
Executive Summary SAP consulting is in need of independent and unbiased input. A steady stream of SAP failures is evidence of this. This is what our SAP consulting is all about. Introduction We have focused our supply planning and SAP consulting around the following high opportunity areas. Supply Planning Demand Planning Consulting Subareas Within these areas, we…
Executive Summary Evans Strategic Communications is a PR firm that helps companies get their marketing message out under what looks like articles. We analyze this paid placement in Forbes. Video Introduction: How Accurate was Forbes and Bob Evans on AWS, IBM, Microsoft and Google in the Cloud? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)…