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  • How to Understand Why There are So Many SAP Fiori Books?

    Executive Summary

    SAP Press functions to overpublish books in the SAP space, even for products with little following.
    This is illustrated very well in the books for Fiori.

    Introduction
    SAP Press has published 16 books at the time of this article’s publication on the topic of S/4HANA. However, there is an interesting backstory to these books and how SAP Press operates. In this article, we will cover both of these topics.
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  • How to Understand Why There are So Many SAP S/4HANA Books?

    Executive Summary

    SAP Press is a publisher that poses as independent of SAP when it is just another controlled and censored marketing outlet for SAP.
    SAP Press has published a large number of S/4HANA books even though the application is immature.
    The SAP Press books are written by consultants that give a deliberately misleading impression of how ready S/4HANA is to implement.

    Introduction
    SAP Press has published 16 books at the time of this article’s publication on the topic of S/4HANA. However, there is an interesting backstory to these books and how SAP Press operates.
    Our …

  • The Real Reason for Under Armour SAP's S/4HANA Problems

    Executive Summary

    Under Armour communicated the problems it has had with S/4HANA. However, the explanation by Under Armour in their earnings call was a “whitewash.”
    Bill McDermott, SAP’s CEO, somehow sits on the board of directors of Under Armour.
    How SAP consultants surface to defend waste at Under Armour.

    Introduction: The Problems with the Under Armour S/4HANA Implementation
    Under Armour recently went public with problems in its implementation of S/4HANA.
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  • Airbus DS Optronics S/4HANA Case Study

    Executive Summary

    This is the research case study of Airbus DP Optronics.
    We evaluate this case study for accuracy.

    Introduction
    Airbus DS Optronics is a supplier to defense contractors.
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    This is published by a research entity, not some lowbrow entity that is part of the SAP ecosystem. 
    Second, no one paid for this article to be …

  • Snow Peak S/4HANA Case Study

    Executive Summary

    This is the Snow Peak S/4HANA, which is part of our research study.
    We evaluate the accuracy of this case study.

    Introduction
    Snow Peak is a Japanese company that sells outdoor gear. The implementation was not only for S/4HANA (for which they claimed Enterprise Management or the overall suite) and for SAP Hybris and SAP Business Objects. Making product suggestions was the main focus of the project.
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  • Rating ASUG's Inability to Challenge SAP's Predictions

    Executive Summary

    ASUG is the world’s largest SAP user group.
    We review the accuracy of ASUG’s presentation of SAP predictions.

    Introduction
    In this article, we will cover yet another inaccuracy presented by SAP and repeated by ASUG. This has to do with estimating the number of live customers for S/4HANA by a specific date.
    The following is from the ASUG S/4HANA Adoption Survey of 2016.
    ASUG on the Obstacles to S/4HANA Adoption
    “When it comes to the top obstacle to S/4HANA adoption, our survey drew no one clear answer. Of the 550 respondents to …

  • How to Understand the Deloitte S/4HANA Case Study

    Executive Summary

    Deloitte released bizarre information regarding what appears to be a faux S/4HANA implementation.
    Why S/4HANA is a strange choice for Deloitte’s business requirements.
    Is Deloitte gearing up for even more than 33,000 customizations as with ECC?

    Introduction
    Deloitte offered the following information on its S/4HANA implementation.
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    This is published …

  • Sabre S/4HANA Case Study

    Executive Summary

    This is the Sabre S/4HANA, which is part of our research study.
    We evaluate the accuracy of this case study.

    Introduction
    Sabre is a travel information system. Sabre is one of the few implementations of S/4HANA in what SAP calls “cloud,” but more accurately described as hosted, aka the private cloud.
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    This …

  • Sovanta S/4HANA Case Study

    Executive Summary

    This is the Sovanta S/4HANA, which is part of our research study.
    We evaluate the accuracy of this case study.

    Introduction
    Another IT service provider. Sovanta is a small SAP consulting company based in Germany. They show technology consulting for SAP Fiori and SAP HANA (among other things), which are related technologies for S/4HANA.
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    Sovanta claims to have implemented S/4HANA Finance. But beyond that, there is almost no information about …

  • UNIORG S/4HANA Case Study

    Executive Summary

    This is the UNIORG S/4HANA, which is part of our research study.
    We evaluate the accuracy of this case study.

    Introduction
    UNIORG is an IT services company based in Germany. UNIORG primarily implemented the Business One ERP application (not to be confused with “Business All in One,” which is also the name of S/4HANA). UNIORG has roughly 170 employees. As with several other public case studies, UNIORG is too small and lacks the resources to even think about implementing S/4HANA.
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