the road to sap hana – a choice of paths to take

Masterclass 3The great transformationIt’s time to dramatically improve your effectiveness and efficiency.

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Introduction

The need for data to support growth and efficiency initiatives by Small and Midsize Enterprises (SME’s) is driving more effective use of technology

Survey conducted among SMEs by Economist Intelligence Unit in US, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Brazil, Russia, India, China & Mexico

What is the top business priority for your company over the next 12 months?

What factors currently present an obstacle to your company’s growth?


The role of IT

• Two basic functions

The system of record – transactional

The means of analysis – insight

• Different processing needs

• Replicate the data

• Problems


If your business runs on data …

• SAP HANA is the ultimate engine

Radically new architecture

Transform data processing

Unleash the power of your business

• Both functions in one place

• Simultaneous activity

• Power of the cloud


Why does it matter?

• Analysis without compromise

• Simulations

• Continuous improvement

SAP HANA doesn’t hold you back.


The disruption paradox

• SAP HANA transforms your technology ...

• ... it doesn’t disrupt it

• No more “parallelizing”

• Radical disruption to business processes

• It’s hard to escape the “cage”

• Change management is vital


Are you ready to embrace disruption?

Five types of technology buyers

Source: Geoffrey Moore, Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers (HarperBusiness, 2002)

Outpace your competitors• Use SAP HANA to redesign your core

business processes: • Act faster to pre-empt a competitive

response• Seize fleeting opportunities • Adjust your marketing for better results Outthink the herd and mitigate risk• Adopt SAP HANA to harness

apparently impossible problem: • enable collaborative forecasting and

replenishment• simulate change orders or introduce

new products Outperform with efficient operations• Use SAP HANA to operate more

efficiently in areas such as:− accounting− contact centres− procurement

Simon

"If you're an innovator"The whitepaper refers to 'techie' not 'innovator'. If we are going to include the graphic, I think we should be consistent in our terminology.

Simon

"You may want to ..."I don't understand why we are weakening this. It loses energy and sense.

Simon

Again, if we are going to include the graphic, I think we need to at least refer to the other two types of technology buyers. It doesn't make sense to just ignore them.


Climb the stairway to heaven

The Maturity Model Industry game changer• Fundamentally alters the balance

of power Competitive advantage• SAP HANA enables your competitive

edge Productivity winner• Mainstream adoption tactic • Run SAP HANA with your business

intelligence tool set Rifle-shot solution• Problems when adopting innovation • SAP HANA helps unravel impossible

problems

No-regrets moves • Low-risk, high-return and non-disruptive. • SAP HANA / SAP NetWeaver Business

Warehouse


What next?

• SAP HANA at the centre

• A game changer

• What’s right for you?

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