SAP Road map webcast
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Challenges to transform portfolio
Margins are shrinking
Regulated and deregulated market
More competition
California - community choice option
Change in business models, net new technology to mass market
Operate at a lower cost, operate new devices, lower budget
Integrate business network
See benefits of cloud solution - faster to implement, operate, and use
Larger data volumes to be managed
Pure cloud world not feasible for some on premise solutions
Integration becomes more important in a changing world
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Customer satisfaction lags
Customer expectation is changing
Customers expect new generation technology
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Left, the transactional world
New - extension of business processes, not just ERP but to customer experience, full supply chain
Data platform - SAP HANA to manage various different types of data in real time, on premise or in cloud
In middle, intelligent technologies into the suite - Leonardo, ML, AI, IoT, Analytics to "go to the next level"
Collect data about equipment to optimize replacement schedule
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Top left, co-pilot
Right - blockchain
Right bottom - predictive maintenance
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History of S/4HANA
Golden arrow - business suite, until 2025 - SAP has not decided after 2025
SAP for Utilities available on S/4HANA platform
Over weekend - S/4HANA customer live in major region - NA, Europe, Australia "ready for primetime"
New online tool
https://roadmaps.sap.com/index.html#/
released at SAPPHIRENOW
Allow insights as to what SAP is planning
Value Map for Utilities:
https://solutionportfolio.net.sap/industry/UTILITY
SAP Help for Utilities:
SAP Help Portal
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Chatbot integration
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New Fiori Screen for billing agent
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Cloud for customer, call center
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Multi-tenant cloud solution for utilities
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Deployment options
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Model company (with SAP Services)
Kick start project
See how it works
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Sample below is from a city:
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Execution time on work orders in the field.
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Road map highlighting utilities solutions - cloud and on-premise
What do you think of the road map for utilities?