SAP S/4HANA Product Chief Jan Gilg

As President of SAP S/4HANA, Jan Gilg oversees development of
SAP's flagship ERP product, digital supply chain, and industry
solutions. In this conversation, Jan discusses how the shift to a
digital economy is driving unprecedented changes in how
businesses operate, and the new types of software solutions
businesses require to thrive in such an environment. In the midst
of all that upheaval, SAP itself has changed in significant ways,
and Gilg shares his perspectives on the benefits those changes
are driving for customers.


 


The Big Themes:



Across all 25 industries: Now moving into the
cloud we are really following the old modularization
strategy on the one hand side – and blurring much, much more.


Much better visibility: I probably want to
have more visibility into multiple tiers of my supply chain.



 


The Big Quotes:


“This will be a steering dimension for every company in every
industry.”


 


“And we capture the data from the sensors and feed it again into
the context of the vehicles.”


 


“The shift to Office 365 was massive from our perspective.”


 


This episode is brought to by BMC Software.


 


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