SAP Runs SAP: SAPPHIRE NOW 2013

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With SAPPHIRE NOW 2013 kicking off in Orlando next week, SAP Global IT’s SAP Runs SAP team is excited to be back again bringing IT’s latest innovations.

As a quick refresher, here is an overview of the program and what our team does. SAP Runs SAP is an SAP Global IT program that enables SAP to be an early adopter and first reference customer of SAP applications, solutions and products in each of the five market categories. Our collaboration with SAP Development means we can provide early feedback from a customer perspective.  With SAP acting as an early adopter within the product lifecycle, we help to improve the product functionality and quality for our customers. And as a trusted advisor and enabler for our customers, SAP Runs SAP is helping SAP customers run better.  (Quicklink: /go/sap-runs-sap)

SAP Runs SAP takes its place at SAPPHIRE with an expert table. You can consult our in-house experts to learn more about the scoping, design, implementation and execution across a huge range of SAP’s innovations. Our team will showcase awesome demos; participate in customer meetings, partner sessions, and powerful micro-forums – while also making ourselves available to talk to you at our expert table. Here are some of our topics:

The complete SAP product offering is underscored by breakthrough technology. We have put SAP’s innovative new products into use and learned not only that innovation has business value, but that technology acts as a multiplier across every dimension of our business. Talk to our experts and find out more about how we have implemented the new HANA apps, Fraud Management, Receivables Manager, Cash Forecasting, GR / IR, Portal Search, Design Studio on HANA, BW on HANA and Analytical ERP on HANA. Our Global IT recently completed the world’s largest CRM on HANA implementation, which is now live for 14,000 users. Visit us to find out more about our non-disruptive implementation and how CRM on HANA is changing the way SAP sales teams work.

With 60,000 mobile devices in use and an early and aggressive adoption of a clear mobile strategy, Global IT has transformed the SAP workforce with mobile apps. Visit our experts to hear more about our strategy and its roll-out, which has recently included Mobile documents (Q3), CATSXT V2, BI Mobile Apps Connect through SUP, WP8: easy connect, ilunch, Opportunity browser V2, Receivables Manager, GRC access approval, and Travel receipt capture.

With SAP’s goal to help customers run faster, smarter and simpler, our analytics solutions mean that customers can make on-the-fly decisions using tools such as Visual Intelligence, HAVANA (Sales pipeline), Mobile Dashboards, SAP BI Mobile (WIN8), BO Explorer on iPad on HANA, Sustainability dashboard and the Board Transparency App. Talk to our experts to discover how our analytics tools can change your business velocity and accuracy.

SAP solutions and technology strategy not only optimize business, but will fuel business growth and drive individual empowerment. See how we have revolutionized next generation customer experience with applications such as SAP Screen Personas for Accrual cockpit and SAP’s Financial Planning solution.

The cloud engages people – customers, partners and employees – and we use a variety of Cloud scenarios to do just that. From our Cloud Integration Scenarios, to Travel OnDemand, Ariba Sourcing, Supplier registration, qualification, and classification and the Ariba Catalog, we are actively showcasing a variety of cloud models.

If you are attending SAPPHIRE NOW, stop by our space on the showroom floor. If you cannot attend, follow us on social media (#SAPrunsSAP) so as not to miss out on any SAP Runs SAP: SAPPHIRE NOW 2013 excitement!

For a full schedule of activities, see below or search under SAPRunSAP in the SAPPHIRE NOW Agenda Builder to register for a session.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Analytics Campus Session 54371 Build Visual and Analytical Content with Design Studio Tools Speaker(s): David Poisson 03:30 p.m. - 03:50 p.m. Location: Analytics Demo Theater BA519 Design highly visual, analytical content with an on-demand solution and developer tools. Get a sneak preview of SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio, which offers native connections to SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse and SAP HANA, plus built-in support for iPad. Check out this alternative to the Web application designer tool in SAP Business Explorer. Add to your agenda now Cloud Campus Session 35498 See How SAP Runs SAP Software: HR Business Excellence in the Cloud Executive Panel Speaker(s): Axel Buelow, Dr. Jan Grasshoff, David Ludlow, Brigette McInnis-Day 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Location: Business Networks and Cloud Theater Transforming HR for maximum business impact requires strategy, execution, and technology. Join the discussion of best practices for developing global strategies and using cloud solutions for talent management and employee collaboration. Explore reasons to integrate cloud solutions with core on-premise HR software, and hear our plans for the future. Add to your agenda
Wednesday,  May 15, 2013 Database & Technology Campus Session 64983 Learn from Experience: How SAP Runs SAP to Supercharge CRM Speaker(s): Axel Buelow 03:00 p.m. - 03:20 p.m. Location: Database and Technology Theater Learn about SAP’s commitment to internal innovation and working experience with transactional and analytical needs of CRM users. See how this led to a fast implementation of SAP CRM powered by SAP HANA across all users and regions. Recount the best practices employed, lessons learned, and business value gained. Add to your agenda now Analytics Campus Session 54371 Build Visual and Analytical Content with Design Studio Tools Speaker(s): David Poisson 05:30 p.m. - 05:50 p.m. Location: Analytics Demo Theater BA519 Design highly visual, analytical content with an on-demand solution and developer tools. Get a sneak review of SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio, which offers native connections to SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse and SAP HANA, plus built-in support for iPad. Check out this alternative to the Web application designer tool in SAP Business Explorer. Add to your agenda now Mobile Campus Session 46287 How SAP Runs SAP Mobile Solutions Speaker(s): Mike Golz 01:00 p.m. - 01:20 p.m. Location: Mobile and Analytics Theater Get a firsthand account of how SAP is empowering employees worldwide with mobile solutions. With more than 45,000 mobile devices in use, an early and aggressive adoption of a clear mobile strategy has transformed the SAP workforce with mobile apps, supporting growth and revenue through increased collaboration. Add to your agenda now Industries and Lines of Business   Campus Session 14839 Panel Discussion: Enable the Real-Time Enterprise for Discrete Manufacturers Speaker(s): Axel Buelow, James Cocca, Thomas Rodden, Falko Lameter 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Location: Industries and Lines of Business Theater Learn the importance of real-time information in enabling a demand-driven supply chain, improved customer responsiveness, and reduced IT complexity. Find out how SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA can help. Add to your agenda now
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Database & Technology Campus Session 67088 Microforum: Learn How SAP Runs SAP CRM Powered by SAP HANA for Instant Business Insight Speaker(s): Mike Golz 02:00 p.m. - 02:45 p.m. Database and Technology Microforum DT628 This discussion examines how SAP’s own innovation-focused global IT organization is delivering business value. Get details on all phases of its 10-week initiative to implement SAP CRM powered by SAP HANA for internal customers, from initial setup through final rollout. Add to your agenda now Mobile Campus Session 46291 Microforum: Get the IT Perspective on a BYOD Strategy Speaker(s):  Oguzhan Genis 01:00 p.m. - 01:45 p.m. Location: Mobile Microforum MO429 This discussion highlights the true value of a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy: enabling a broader group of employees to become more productive. Share firsthand experiences and tap into the knowledge of your peers and SAP Global IT as you consider your own BYOD strategy. Add to your agenda now Business Network Campus Session 27249 Discover How SAP Runs Ariba Solutions Speaker(s): Mike Golz, Martin Reichmann 01:30 p.m. - 01:50 p.m. Location: Business Networks and Cloud Theater Learn about how SAP uses the cloud to deliver business value. The global procurement organization at SAP combines sourcing and procurement activities to streamline performance. It works to provide best-in-class procurement processes to SAP’s internal stakeholders and more. Hear how the group integrated process support with our own cloud offerings. Add to your agenda now
ASUG Education session Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Session Code: 0405 SAP Runs SAP – Mobile BI Speaker(s): Srikanth Rao 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: S210D: S. Concourse, L2 Content Area: Business Intelligence (BI) SAP Global IT is not only an enabler for the business but also our own reference customer. Join us to learn how SAP Global IT has successfully used Mobile BI to deliver analytics solution to internal Lines of Business. We will share some examples of solutions that we have delivered and how we can answer mobile analytics needs using the right technology. In addition you will learn about current capabilities of Mobile Analytics solution from SAP and its roadmap for 2013. Add to your agenda now Session Code:  3614 SAP Runs SAP - How SAP IT Combines the Latest Analytics, Mobility and In-Memory Technology to Deliver Additional Business Value Speaker(s): Matthias Wild 04:15 p.m. - 05:15 p.m. Location: S220F: S. Concourse, L2 Content Area: Business Intelligence (BI) Analytics, in-memory, and mobile are inextricably linked. SAP employees experience this every day. Learn how we are implementing the latest version of SAP BusinessObjects, BI 4.1, and how this platform has been integrated into our system landscape where the SAP internal Business Warehouse is running on an SAP HANA scale-out infrastructure. The CRM has run on HANA scale-up since Q1 2013. More than 25,000 smartphones and tablets are distributed within SAP for enterprise use, consisting in a very mature deployment of iPad tablets, a growing implementation of Android, and a very new Windows 8 device launch. Learn from SAP Global IT how analytics reporting and dashboarding performs on different   tablet sizes and form factors. See live demonstrations for real SAP Runs SAP solutions: Sales Analytics powered by SAP HANA, Energy Management, and Sustainability dashboard and examples from Finance. Discuss the advantage of device agnostic HTML5 output from SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio, the usage of design-time on Windows 8 tablets and what will change with the availability of large touchscreens for presentations. Add to your agenda now

For real-time updates follow our team #SAPRunsSAP on Twitter:

Axel Buelow - @axelbuelow	Mike Golz - @MikeGolz	Ozzy Genis - @ozzygenis
Martin Heisig @MTHei	Christine   Schoeneweis - @CSchoeneweis	Heike Mohr - @HeikeMohr
Dirk Pluschke - @dirkpluschke	Matthias Wild - @MatthiasWild	Lauren Pluschke - @LMcPlu
Nathan Oyler - @NathanOyler	Rahel  Herczeg - @Rahel_Herczeg	Manik Saha - @ManikSaha
Matthias Wild - @MatthiasWild	Marissa Wheaton - @marissawheaton
David Poisson - @dpoisson	Martin Reichmann - @ReichmannMartin
Eileen Butler - @EButler17	Margaret Laffan - @margaretlaffan
Christian Solda - @chrsolda	Charlotte Otter - @SAPwordsharp

If you are attending, be sure to stop by the SAP Runs SAP Exhibit Area at this year’s SAPPHIRENOW. We look forward to seeing you there!