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  • Evaluating The Quality of Gartner's Advice on S/4HANA Licensing

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    Executive Summary

    Gartner provides specific advice on how to manage S/4HANA licenses and related topics best.
    We evaluate this advice for accuracy.

    Introduction
    Gartner states the following about S/4HANA software licenses in their article, How to License SAP S/4HANA Software, and their article, Minimizing S/4HANA Migration Costs by Leveraging conversion.
    Gartner Begins by Providing the Shelfware Figures for S/4HANA?
    Gartner states the following.
    As of 3Q18, SAP announced that 9,500 ECC customers have licensed S/4HANA, which represents approximately 27% of the current ECC user base.
    What is the relevance of stating this number …

  • Is S/4HANA Cloud The World's First Hands Free ERP?

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    Executive Summary

    We have been saying for some time that SAP makes ridiculous claims for S/4HANA.
    With its claim to offer the first “hands free ERP,” how accurate is this claim?

    Video Introduction: Is S/4HANA Cloud The World’s First Hands Free ERP?
    https://youtu.be/yBV8j4i2Ixo
    Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)
    SAP has a long tradition of making its software sound much easier to implement and use than it actually is. A perfect example of this is the Run Simple program that we covered in the article What is the Real Story with SAP …

  • How to Interpret itelligence's Massive Lies on S/4HANA

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    Executive Summary

    itelligence has a large amount of false information on its website around their S/4HANA experienced.
    We cover itelligence’s blatant deception in this article.

    Video Introduction: How to Interpret itelligence’s Massive Lies on S/4HANA
    https://youtu.be/Xv53VRzKtJM
    Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)

    The lies in SAP consulting firm websites never cease to amaze us. intelligence is one of these SAP consulting firms that has zero concern for whether anything it publishes is true. intelligence writes articles for people that can be tricked and essentially just repeats whatever information is provided to …

  • The Hidden S/4HANA Failure at LeasePlan

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    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 SAP).
    Our References for This Article
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    Notice of Lack of Financial Bias: We have no financial ties to SAP or any other entity …

  • The Hidden S/4HANA Failure at Nanshan Life Insurance

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    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 is not hiring qualified implementation consultants to lead the project, or the enterprise users themselves have problems.
    Our References for This Article
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    Notice of …

  • The Hidden S/4HANA S Oliver and KPS Failure

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    … any lie for personal benefit. Furthermore, SAP pays off all IT analysts — who have the same concern for accuracy as SAP. Not one of these entities will disclose their pro-SAP financial bias to their readers. 

    In this article, we include a failed implementation that has yet to be published.
    Failure at S Oliver
    S Oliver is a clothing retailer that sells in multiple European countries. This is a screenshot from their website.

    KPS Strikes Again?
    KPS Consulting, which was part of the ridiculous Lidl failure, which we covered in the article KPS Continues to Promote HANA for Retail for

  • The Hidden S/4HANA Home24 and KPS Failure

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    Executive Summary

    Home24 failed in its implementation of S/4HANA, a fact that has been kept secret.
    We cover this failed S/4HANA case study.

    Introduction
    We have been warning people about S/4HANA’s implementation problems for several years now. We covered this in the article Why Did SAP Fake S/4HANA Maturity So Aggressively? and explaining how both SAP and consulting firms have significantly misrepresented S/4HANA’s maturity. We covered this in the article Analysis of Mark Chalfen’s Article on S/4HANA Maturity

  • Why Pressure SAP to Port S/4HANA to AnyDB?

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    Executive Summary

    Oracle presents an excellent case for not following SAP on implementing S/4HANA.
    We explain the logic for pressuring SAP on creating S/4AnyDB.

    Video Introduction: Why Pressure SAP to Port S/4HANA to AnyDB?
    https://youtu.be/3d6KuEMNFlw
    Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)
    SAP aggressively pushed for companies to implement S/4HANA. However, S/4HANA has a massive liability in its data model, which requires extensive code remediation. All of this comes with HANA, but with very little in the way of other benefits — and enormous long-term maintenance costs as well as database …

  • Why Josh Greenbaum Continually Carries Water for SAP

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    Executive Summary

    SAP has a series of analysts that will reliably support their interests.
    One of these analysts is Josh Greenbaum.

    Introduction
    SAP has numerous analysts who are in some way financially connected to them, and that will say anything for them. These are the same analysts quoted in TechTarget when they want to run an article paid for by SAP. A few of these include the following:
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  • Why it is Time to Move on From SAP's UI Promises

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    Executive Summary

    For several decades SAP has been promising a new UI.
    Fiori’s recent decline shows how it is time for SAP customers to move on from this expectation.

    Introduction
    We have sounded the alarm on Fiori for several years; a sampling of this coverage can be found in the article What is Actually in the Fiori Box? And in the article, Why is the Fiori Interface so Slow.
    Our References for This Article
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    Notice of Lack of Financial Bias: We …