70% of SAP programmes fail to deliver their expected outcomes, a high proportion are run by IT as IT upgrade programmes opposed to business transformation. SAP isn’t tech its a best of breed target operating model.

Keep and eye open for the new Dragon ERP AI pod-cast

Great question form the “Will AI Pose a Threat to the ERP Marketplace? #InsightJam Live Panel

Do you think that Microsoft Copilot and Dynamics Copilot will expand into other vendors' ERPs like SAP S/4HANA or will it stay within the Azure cloud platform?

SAP AI singularity marches on with SAP HANA Cloud Vector Engine

Yet again I'm in awe of SAP, when they say they are going to become the leaders in a new business enabling tech they mean it.

SAPs aim is to become (I think they are there already) the number one for enterprise application software and business AI

A really great demo of how to use SAP Joule - Must Watch — Dragon ERP

Today I read a post which said

"AI 🤖 is only as good as the data its based upon" ! (ffs deep sigh)

Which is essentially the old "dross in dross out statement", which has been the problem statement for most failed data strategies over the last three decades.

Leading to

Many organisations having a hotch potch of data and analytic solutions (data repositories) littering the enterprise architecture, all under utilised and failing to deliver the shinny over optimistic outcomes promised.

And that got me thinking 🤔

Why the SAP Clean Core message is proving problematic to land, for customers, it adds a further level of complexity (Adopting a new standard target operating model across the organisation is a major organisational change undertaking and will need significant business sponsorship and resource, leading to a reluctance to commit to SAP S/4HANA and RISE as for many this will be seen as an unnecessary and disruptive activity at a time when the global economy is rocking.

Here are our Business Innovation trends for 2024🎆

It's all about how AI 🤖 will improve

productivity ⌨️

and

working smarter 🧑‍💻

whilst sweating your current investment in tech / #SAP, we call this "Digital up-cycling" 🖌️

* Take a look at our alternate SAP ECC upcycling strategy

In the film Point Break, Keanu Revves and Patrick Swayze search to ride the mythical 50 year storm wave, with point break being the moment the wave hits land.

A consistent rule within the SAP universe is that every 4 to 5 years a customer will have to expend time and budget performing some type of SAP Upgrade. CIO’s will remember that when they moved to SAP ECC they were told they would never have to upgrade again !

The reality is that SAP tech is constantly evolving and you simply can’t second guess the next major jump in must have innovation driving business value, necessitating some form of major intervention over a four year term.

10th November 2023, Dublin, London. Paul Byrne co-founder of Dragon ERP confirmed that SAP partner status has been attained, a key step in Dragon ERP becoming the alternative to the large consulting SAP SIs.