Executive Summary The media is not telling the real story of racial discrimination by police officers in fatal shootings. This media is very clearly missing the real story with police shootings and violent crime statistics. Introduction The familiar story is that blacks are racially profiled when shot by police officers in the US. This hypothesis…
Executive Summary Sometimes we receive the question of how to reduce the investment into SAP. This article explains how to do this. Introduction We recently received the following question. Curious to review any research or opinion pieces Brightwork has available on SAP Certified development partners and how one could improve an existing ERP platform instead…
Executive Summary Do you need to improve your sales enablement versus SAP and Oracle? We have the perfect solution, which is customized for each vendor. Introduction You know how it works competing against SAP and Oracle. They make highly exaggerated claims and compete through the roadmap — promising prospects to have equivalence with any application…
Executive Summary SAP has created a sales program that will cause several customers to convert their on-premises SAP environments to the cloud — on paper. Video Introduction: A Brightwork Warning on SAP’s Cloud Extension Program Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has introduced a program for migrating SAP customers to the cloud…but…
Executive Summary Foresight is the recommended forecasting journal of Brightwork Research & Analysis. Foresight has the following topics in its Fall 2019 issue. Description Fall 2019 Special Feature Autonomous or “Lights Out” Supply-Chain Planning: What Niels van Hove requires new Technology Analogous to the emergence of autonomous vehicles is the momentum toward autonomous supply-chain planning,…
Executive Summary LeasePlan announced their ERP failure; however, the statement was, in part, a cover-up. We explain what actually failed at LeasePlan. Introduction LeasePlan’s leadership decided to create a cover story for their € 100 million write-offs related to S/4HANA and other (unstated and indeterminate SAP products purchased as part of their 2017 purchase from…
Executive Summary The South African energy utility, Eskom, has been in long term decline. As it has been mismanaged, it has been systematically pilfered by several entities ranging from Deloitte, McKinsey, the Guptas, and SAP, among others. Introduction Eskom’s decline began around the change in government to the ANC. Eskom has been living off its…
Executive Summary SAP is continually fighting against the perception that its applications are challenging to integrate. We explain why this is. Shaun Snapp and Denis Myagkov co-authored this article. Video Introduction: How Non Programming Integration Solutions Undermine SAP Projects Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP’s current integration products use non-programming approaches that…
Executive Summary SAP provided biased and self-serving advice when it recommended that customers use its inefficient coding language. We evaluate why SAP customers accepted this advice. Introduction In this article, we will review a mostly unpublished area in the history of SAP. And the fact that it is unpublished brings up interesting questions about who…
Executive Summary Nanshan Life Insurance made significant investments in building customizations around S/4HANA. This investment was a major failure for Nanshan, a story that is uncovered in the non-Taiwanese Media. Introduction IT industry’s standard excuse for failed ERP projects always has been something akin to the following: The software is not the problem. The mistake…