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Bridging the Gap: Connecting Modern Integration to Business Value

Organizations are on a quest to a modern technology stack. This includes integration, which is the glue that brings it all together. Yet, selling the value of integration can get technical too quickly and hard to articulate. Understanding the business and technical benefits of integration and how they translate into business value is key to building the case for investment in this technology and in a broader digital platform.In this episode, Shari Lava, Research Director at IDC, discusses with Emily Mui, Sr. Director, Solution Marketing at SAP, the IT and business value of integration, and how you can tie it to business objectives and measure the business impact of integration.
Speakers: 
Shari Lava - Research Director, IDC
Emily Mui - Sr. Director, Product Marketing Lead For SAP Integration Suite
CTA's:
Modernize Your Integration Landscape Virtual Summit https://bit.ly/3S8UUmM
The Integration Scoop Podcast
Introduction:
Special edition presented by SAP and Let's Talk Data podcast.
Focus on game-changing technology and strategies for innovation through business application and process integration.
Guest Speaker: Sheri Lava from IDC:
Sheri leads marketing strategy for SAP's iPASS solution (SAP Integration Suite).
Sheri is the Research Director of Automation at IDC, covering AI, automation, API management, and integration markets.
Integration Market Overview:
Integration market reached $8.5 billion in 2022, expected to reach $18 billion by 2027.
Shift from on-premise to cloud-delivered solutions.
Importance of integration in becoming a digital business with connected, data-driven systems.
Why Integration Delivers Strategic Business Value:
Connectivity is the bedrock for building a strong foundation for digital businesses.
Importance of having data driving decisions for better customer solutions, service offerings, and decision-making.
Integration crucial for process automation and resilience.
Challenges and Growth:
Integration market growth driven by the need for data connectivity in digital businesses.
Transition from on-premise to cloud solutions.
Overcoming challenges in translating technical benefits into business value.
Business Challenges in Implementing Integration:
Change management for developers adapting to new ways of working.
Historical concerns about product suitability.
Importance of defining success uniformly across the organization.
Business Outcomes and Objectives:
Translation of technical benefits to business value.
Examples include lower operating costs leading to greater efficiency, improved customer satisfaction, and increased revenue.
Focus on efficiency, reducing integration sprawl, and achieving a 360-degree view of the customer.
Low-Code and Measurement of Success:
Evolution of low-code tools and their impact on traditional metrics.
Emphasis on business outcomes and value instead of lines of code written.
Generative AI enhancing low-code tools and improving efficiency.
Integration for Automation:
Integration as a key player in holistic automation strategies.
Addressing challenges of integrating processes with business partners.
Ensuring the integration stack is strong and ready for future automation initiatives.
Trends in Integration:
Significance of AI in integration solutions, enhancing capabilities like error detection and prediction.
Importance of a bi-directional relationship between AI and integration.
Caution against investing in AI without addressing integration challenges first.

Accelerate Your Move to SAP Integration Suite with SAP & Carhartt

Learn about Carhartt and their journey to modernize their integration solutions. Hear how they leveraged the SAP Migration Factory program to assess their migration from SAP Process Orchestration/Integration to SAP Integration Suite, their migration off the SAP Business Technology Platform, Neo environment and plans for the future.
 Speakers:
Saravanan Subramanian – EAI Architect, Carhartt
Sri Pedamallu – SAP Global Center of Excellence Executive, Carhartt
Arti Gopalan – Director of Product Management, SAP Integration Suite
Ryan Champlin – Sr. Director Solution Management, SAP Integration Suite    
Additional Resources:
Modernize Your Integration Landscape Virtual Summit https://bit.ly/3S8UUmM
The Integration Scoop Podcast
About Carhartt:
Carhartt, founded in 1889 by Hamilton Carhartt, has a 135-year legacy of building rugged products to serve and protect hardworking individuals.
With 6,000 employees across the United States and Mexico, Carhartt operates in three business units: Wholesale, Direct-to-Consumer, and Corporate Gear.
Product lines include apparel for men, women, and kids, distributed through major partners like Sporting Goods, Tractor Supply, and Home Depot.
Digital Transformation Journey:
Carhartt's journey started with the integration of S4, followed by the transition to SAP Commerce Cloud and the introduction of the SAP Integration Suite.
Currently focusing on implementing best practices and establishing a Center of Excellence.
Challenges and Decision-Making:
Carhartt faced challenges in modernizing its integration layer after adopting S4 and SAP Commerce Cloud.
Choosing the SAP Integration Suite was based on its seamless fit into the SAP landscape, minimizing training concerns, and streamlining system synergy.
The API strategy is a key component, enabling integration between cloud and on-premises systems, SAP and non-SAP systems.
Working with SAP:
Carhartt's experience with SAP has been positive, especially during the migration of multiple interfaces.
The transition to the Integration Suite resulted in quicker development times and smooth collaboration with the SAP team.
The migration to Integration Suite was guided by SAP's Migration Factory, ensuring a structured and efficient process.
Future Steps:
Carhartt is gearing up to migrate PO interfaces into the cloud integration, with a focus on API management.
Plans include migrating around 200+ interfaces in batches and implementing advanced API management for their evolving needs.
Conclusion:
The next year for Carhartt involves establishing API management, building on the foundation laid during the PIPO migration.
SAP offers dedicated resources for migration scenarios, and if you're not using Integration Suite, access it through the Business Technology Platform free tier.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) for SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP | Let's Talk Cloud ERP Sub-Series

Terry Penner and Jürgen Butsmann discuss the AI priorities, practical applications, and key use cases for SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP
Speakers:                                                                                                                     
Jürgen Butsmann – Director Solutions Management SAP S/4HANA, SAP SE.       
Terry Penner - Marketing and Solutions, SAP Business Technology Platform
Call to Action:
Learn more about SAP BTP for S/4HANA and RISE at SAP BTP for S/4HANA

Let’s Talk Cloud ERP Sub-Series - Lundin Mining Corporation

Join me as I host Sancho Neves-Graca, a Solution Architect at Lundin Mining Corporation.  Our discussion will center around the company's mandate to focus on intelligent and sustainable mining operations. A key transformation goal was to optimize operational performance from mine to port through technology and innovation, while emphasizing value creation and cross-functional collaboration.  The move to RISE with SAP was driven by the need to consolidate business processes globally, including finance, asset management, supply chain, and human resources.  Here how Lundin Mining also integrated SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Business Technology Platform to expand the power of reach of their Cloud ERP solution.
Speakers:
Sancho Neves-Graca, Solution Architect, Lundin Mining Corporation
Jennifer Frank McGrory, SAP S/4HANA Go-to-Market Lead in North America 
Additional Resources:
Value Exploration Workshop - a hands-on gamified SAP S/4HANA Cloud simulation experience. Catch the last workshop for 2022: https://bit.ly/3hqyLA3 
5 Minutes with....Glen Moffatt on The Renaissance of ERP: https://bit.ly/3Eeefvr
SAP has a Cloud solution for every organization, learn more: https://bit.ly/3NOkoln
If you are you curious to learn how SAP S/4HANA Cloud can help your organization run better and smarter along with hearing from other organizations that have already done so, click https://bit.ly/3xRyVpe

Bad Data Costs the U.S. $3 Trillion Per Year

Join Dr. Thomas C. Redman, aka “the Data Doc,” President of Data Quality Solutions, and Kim  Huth-Ziegler and Autumn Moss from the Global Product and Solution marketing team as they discuss an article written by Tom Redman titled “Bad Data Costs the U.S. $3 Trillion Per Year.” 
In the original article, published in September of 2016, consideration is given to the astronomical cost of bad data in the U.S. Companies are spending more than ever to correct mistakes in data, but have also absorbed the cost of “checking the data and correcting the data” as just another work task in daily work activities. Reducing the costs of bad data is no secret: you have to shine a light on it and reduce it as much as possible, as quickly as possible. 
Join Dr. Thomas C. Redman, aka “the Data Doc” President of Data Quality Solutions, and Kim Huth-Ziegler and Autumn Moss from the Global Product and Solution
marketing team as they discuss an article written by Tom Redman titled “Bad Data is Sapping Your Teams Productivity”
 
The original article, published in Nov 2022 , explores how data quality hasn’t kept up with the current pace of business. Data quality is costing businesses not only time and money but is also contributing to the growing problem of distrust in business operations leading to increased customer frustration. Many managers in today’s business are seeking to obtain all of the data, when in reality they are given a set of incomplete or bad data leaving them to manage “by the seat of their pants.” In this podcast, we will explore the root of the problem and ways to overcome it, which may not be as hard as it seems.
 
Speakers:                                                                                                                    Thomas C. Redman, Ph.D., the Data Doc, President Data Quality Solutions. Kim Huth- Ziegler Solutions & Product Marketing Senior Specialist – BTP SAP         
Autumn Moss Data Management | Business Technology Platform (BTP) Global Solution Marketing Manager, SAP
CTA's:
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and originally published at Harvard Business Review on 
HBR Can Your Data Be Trusted 
March 2022 
What Boards and Senior Executives Need To Know, and Do, About Data 
*Aberdeen Report June 2022 
A ROADMAP TO MODERNIZATION WITH A DATA-FIRST MINDSET 
*SAP.com – Data Management 
Data Management Solutions from SAP 
Data Management Solutions from SAP 
https://letstalkdatapodcast.podbean.com/
The Friday Afternoon Measurement - YouTube 

Modernize Your Integration Landscape

Learn how SAP Integration Suite enables more efficient & scalable business processes while safeguarding your existing skills and investments. Yesterday's integration solutions aren't built for today's challenges. In this episode, we'll explore:
How modern integration technologies like SAP Integration Suite can help you deliver innovative business solutions more efficiently
What migration best practices & assessment, migration, & test tools are available to accelerate migration to SAP Integration Suite
Which services are available from SAP to help you asset a migration, setup Integration Suite, and migrate your workloads to SAP Integration Suite
Speakers:
Ryan Champlin – Sr. Director Solution Management, SAP Integration Suite
Arti Gopalan – Director of Product Management, SAP Integration Suite
CTA’s:
Modernize Your Integration Landscape Virtual Summit https://bit.ly/3S8UUmM

Data Governance with Master Data Mgmt and a Business Data Fabric

Hear how SAP data and analytics solutions help you on your journey to achieving intelligent, integrated, end-to-to end business processes and delivering meaningful data to every data consumer in your organization. During this session, we'll discuss SAP’s strategy and data management portfolio in support of master data management and the creation of a business data fabric to broaden data access and trust across enterprises, without compromising data integrity and compliance.  Join a discussion with Markus Kuppe, VP & Chief Product Owner for SAP Master Data Governance and Kevin Poskitt, Senior Director of Cross Product Management for SAP HANA Database and Analytics.
Speakers:
Markus Kuppe, VP & Chief Product Owner for SAP Master Data GovernanceKevin Poskitt, Senior Director, Cross Product Management, SAP HANA Database and Analytics
CTA’s:
Learn how you can get started on a data and analytics strategy, visit the SAP Business Technology Platform website www.sap.com/btp as well as:
SAP Master Data Governance at www.sap.com/mdg
SAP Datasphere at www.sap.com/datasphere

Creating a Unified Data Experience: Prebuilt Business Content from delaware

Prebuilt content is the perfect jumpstart for customers; it’s a proven solution that has already helped many businesses. Outstanding projects can often last a couple of years, creating an unnecessary gap between idea and execution. delaware created prebuilt business content for SAP Datasphere that provides users with more control of their data and brings business and IT together in a platform to address today’s ever-changing business needs. 
Speakers:
Simon Vandelanotte: GTM Lead for SAP Data &AI, delaware  
Savannah Voll: Product Marketing Manager, SAP Datasphere  
CTA’s:
Learn more about SAP Datasphere business content packages: https://community.sap.com/topics/datasphere/business-content 
Explore the business content packages: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_ANALYTICS_CLOUD/42093f14b43c485fbe3adbbe81eff6c8/216e343fd6534d57a715bcae02bf958c.html 
Import business content: Importing SAP and Partner Business Content from the Content Network | SAP Help Portal
Check out the other podcast in this miniseries on SAP BTP prebuilt business content: 
 SAP Build prebuilt automation content with Wipro 
SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere with Aumento 

From Data to Insights to Results: Prebuilt content from Aumento Technologies

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are facing unprecedented challenges in managing their finances effectively. Whether it's optimizing budgets, forecasting cash flows, or analyzing complex financial data, change in working capital requirement the demand for accurate and timely insights has never been greater. To address these challenges, learn how Aumento Technologies has leveraged SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere in ‘FINVERSE’, a pre-built solution that businesses can implement to reduce development time, data logic errors, and saves valuable time, allowing finance teams to focus on strategic initiatives.  
Speakers:
Kavan Shah – CEO & CTO, Aumento Technologies 
Megan Hoy – Solution Manager, SAP Analytics Cloud 
CTA’s:
Learn more about Aumento Technologies: https://www.aumentotec.com/ 
Visit the SAP Community for more details on SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere business content: 
  SAP Analytics Cloud Business Content 
 SAP Datasphere Business Content 

Let’s Talk Cloud ERP Sub-Series - Rizing

Join me today as I speak with Len Harms, CXO at Rizing.  Much like its name, Len will share the firm’s trajectory into expanding geographies and capabilities. Discover how their growth has translated into business transformation supported by RISE with SAP S/4HANA, public cloud edition.  Gain insight into how Rizing enables their business and clients to optimize and standardize processes across the globe to achieve a truly intelligent enterprise.
Speakers:
Len Harms – CXO, Rizing
Jennifer Frank McGrory, SAP S/4HANA Go-to-Market Lead in North America 
Additional Resources:
Value Exploration Workshop - a hands-on gamified SAP S/4HANA Cloud simulation experience. Catch the last workshop for 2022: https://bit.ly/3hqyLA3                            5 Minutes with....Glen Moffatt on The Renaissance of ERP: https://bit.ly/3Eeefvr          SAP has a Cloud solution for every organization, learn more: https://bit.ly/3NOkoln
If you are you curious to learn how SAP S/4HANA Cloud can help your organization run better and smarter along with hearing from other organizations that have already done so, click here.