Joule for developers leverages a purpose-built large language model (LLM) trained on millions of lines of 麻豆原创 code. It can deliver contextual, ABAP-specific results that support tasks ranging from intelligent code suggestions to automated unit test creation. As customers continue their 麻豆原创 S/4HANA transformations, these AI features can also support optimized code migration through smart analysis, explanations, and actionable suggestions. The result: AI becomes a collaborative partner that helps developers tackle complex challenges with confidence and efficiency.

outlines how AI is transforming modern development. One key finding: 80% of developers reported increased productivity when using AI coding assistants, with an average productivity gain of 35%. The top-used features include unit test generation, code generation, and autocompletion鈥攃lear signs that AI is now a central pillar of the development experience.

To succeed in this evolving landscape, developers must cultivate new skills. These include writing precise natural language prompts, verifying AI-generated code, integrating proprietary data for improved AI context, and using AI to enhance requirements documentation. These capabilities ensure AI remains an intelligent collaborator that upholds enterprise-grade standards.

麻豆原创 Build solutions and ABAP Cloud can further empower developers by enabling automation, improved security, and scalable collaboration鈥攁ll while supporting a clean core strategy. These tools reflect 麻豆原创鈥檚 commitment to intelligent extensibility that balances innovation with system integrity.

AI is no longer just a futuristic concept鈥攊t鈥檚 a vital asset shaping every phase of the software development life cycle. Developers are evolving from code writers to orchestrators of intelligent systems that learn, adapt, and co-create. Joule for developers and ABAP AI capabilities illustrate how 麻豆原创 is leading this evolution by providing tools that are aligned with enterprise development needs and future-ready innovation.

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Sonja Lienard is senior vice president at 麻豆原创 and head of BTP ABAP.

With more than 17,000 customers now leveraging 麻豆原创 Build solutions globally, momentum continues to surge, enabling developers to build, automate, and innovate with greater speed and ease. Today, we鈥檙e taking a huge step forward to bolster developer productivity within 麻豆原创 Build solutions!

We鈥檙e thrilled to announce new Joule-powered AI capabilities for 麻豆原创 Build Process Automation and 麻豆原创 Build Apps. These enhancements complement the previously announced AI capabilities in and 鈥攅mpowering developers of all skill levels to build more efficiently by leveraging comprehensive, AI-infused developer tools to deliver precise, contextualized outcomes powered by purpose-built, 麻豆原创-centric AI models. This can free up time for developers to be more productive, creative, and proficient in accelerating ABAP, Java, JavaScript, and visual tool-based application development and automation of 麻豆原创 processes.

Let鈥檚 look at how Joule can unlock new levels of productivity:

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鈥淭he latest AI features across 麻豆原创 Build solutions provide developers with a powerful tool kit to build and extend business applications across both 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 systems.鈥�

Holger Mueller, Principal Analyst & VP at Constellation Research, Inc.

Comprehensive developer assistance for all 麻豆原创 development needs

Joule can understand 麻豆原创 development framework intricacies, anticipate developers鈥� needs, offer intelligent suggestions, and automate repetitive, mundane tasks like documentation and sample data generation. It can enable developers across low-code, pro-code, and automation projects to be more productive, creative, and proficient in accelerating apps or extensions for business applications like 麻豆原创 S/4HANA.

Key capabilities include:

• Application creation: Generate code, UI, data models, and sample data across 麻豆原创 programming models for Java, JavaScript, and ABAP, using Joule
• Code optimization: Refactor code, create unit tests, and generate code explanations, summarizations, and more with natural language queries and intuitive actions with Joule
• Process and workflow automation: Generate automation workflows and business rules using natural language queries

鈥淚n utilizing generative AI, 麻豆原创 Build Code offers our joint clients easier integration capabilities and a streamlined developer experience for cloud application development, boosting overall productivity and driving tangible value.鈥�

Chip Kleinheksel, Global 麻豆原创 Chief Technology Officer and Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Contextual and precise results with purpose-built LLMs

Joule uses purpose-built large language models (LLMs) specifically tailored for 麻豆原创 workloads, such as our ABAP LLM, which can power code predictions and explanations. Developers can derive precise, contextualized results鈥攍ike code snippets or explanations鈥攆aster and more efficiently. Joule can also provide developers with real-time, context-aware support for code completion and optimization, as well as automation pipeline creation that understands the customers鈥� application environment, development project artifacts, and 麻豆原创-specific syntax.

Key capabilities include:

• Predictive code completion based on context, comments, and project heuristics
• Code explanations of core data services (CDS) view entities, classes, interfaces, and functional modules
• AI-powered assistance for documentation, best practices, and new concepts
• Workflow development and decision assistance based on processes, API specifications, and connected systems

Integrated AI tooling for seamless development

Developers can now enjoy a fully AI-infused development environment. Joule’s capabilities are integrated within 麻豆原创 Build development tools, including ABAP, to help ensure a smooth, cohesive AI-enhanced experience. This AI integration helps eliminate the headache of switching between development and AI tools and can generate actionable insights and outputs within a single place so developers can focus on what they do best鈥攂uilding innovative solutions.

Key capabilities include:

• Joule support for 麻豆原创 Fiori apps, 麻豆原创UI5 guided development, and more in 麻豆原创 Build solutions
• Joule integrated inside 麻豆原创 Business Application Studio and ABAP development tools for Eclipse for all Java, JavaScript, and ABAP-related development tasks
• Joule integrated into 麻豆原创 Build Process Automation project canvas for generation and summarization of processes, decisions, forms, and more, right in place using natural language

Road map and future enhancements

Our commitment to AI-driven innovation for developers is unwavering. Over the last year, we鈥檝e unveiled groundbreaking capabilities across our portfolio: Joule in , , , , AI agents embedded deep within 麻豆原创 Business Suite processes, and more. 

Looking ahead, we have a complete road map of cutting-edge features, including optimizing business logic, automating documentation, and enhancing data protection and AI compliance. To enable an agentic journey, developers will be able to develop custom AI agents tailored to their specific needs. Additionally, as customers continue to adopt 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, we plan to simplify the migration journey with enhancements that can meticulously analyze legacy code, provide clear code explanations, and suggest code optimizations. This will help ensure customers have a smooth, intelligent transition to the cloud alongside 麻豆原创鈥檚 clean core guidelines.

These new features will help empower developers to build more innovative, efficient, and secure workflows and applications. Stay tuned for more AI-driven innovations!

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Michael Ameling is general manager and chief product officer for 麻豆原创 BTP and a member of the 麻豆原创 SE Extended Board.

麻豆原创 has been working on AI for more than eight years now. Regardless, the past year was special as it has shown a huge leap forward in AI evolution toward generative AI. Today, more than 24,000 of our 麻豆原创 customers are using 麻豆原创 Business AI solutions in over 130 use cases. And we are aiming to provide even more businesses the opportunity to benefit from our unique data, industry, and process know-how as we work to become THE leading business AI company.

At the heart of that vision is 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP), THE platform of choice and key enabler for infusing 麻豆原创 and partner applications with business AI.

My keynote guest speaker Michael Nilles, chief digital and information officer (CDIO) of Henkel, said it well: 鈥淕enerative AI disrupts economy and society like the internet, but at lightspeed. Look at the last 10 months only — I have never discovered an exponential technology like that. 麻豆原创 BTP is our choice at Henkel for three years already; it鈥檚 our innovation platform. Together with 麻豆原创, we innovate at large scale, now also in the generative AI space.鈥�

To this end, we have been driving significant progress in the past months, from 麻豆原创 Business AI capabilities across our portfolio to the launch of our generative AI co-pilot Joule. The are another testament to the innovation 麻豆原创 provides.

Build In, Not Bolt On

We believe that business AI capabilities need to be directly embedded into applications and extensions. Designed with security, governance, and trust in mind, the is our new one-stop shop for developers to do exactly that. It provides ready-to-use AI services, AI runtimes, lifecycle management, as well as tooling for generative AI capabilities and business-data connectivity.

As part of the AI Foundation, our generative AI hub provides instant access to the most powerful large language models (LLM), such as Azure OpenAI Service and Falcon-40b. On the other side, it offers grounding capabilities based on enterprise data to ensure context, for example, by leveraging our new 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud vector engine that combines LLMs with relevant organizational data.

All Developers Will Be AI Developers

Today鈥檚 dynamic technology and business landscape means every developer needs to become an AI developer. For coders using Java and Javascript, our new solution increases developer productivity by offering a simplified experience with a unified lobby as an entry point, and generative AI capabilities. 麻豆原创 Build Code also takes care of identity management, audit logging, secure access, and more.

Does this sound too good to be true? Check out to see for yourself how 麻豆原创 Build Code helped to create a full-blown application in just five minutes on stage!

R鈥淎I鈥漵e the Ecosystem

More and more businesses are seeking to benefit from AI. No single company can unlock generative AI鈥檚 potential alone. A vibrant ecosystem of partners is required in order to meet growing customer expectations.

麻豆原创 is partnering with many key players that offer solutions connected to 麻豆原创 BTP. Today, partners support 90% of 麻豆原创-based implementations and offer 2,000 solutions on our store — more than 400 of these include AI capabilities. Moreover, our partner solutions also enable developers to create AI-based apps on 麻豆原创 BTP. One example is our partnership with DataRobot, announced earlier this year. We now brought its AI models to 麻豆原创 AI Core as well as its predictive and generative AI capabilities to 麻豆原创 Build.

Apart from the partner context, we also invest in AI research. The recently announced membership at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI is an important step to reinforce our commitment to build ethical and trustworthy AI.

Going Forward, Looking Beyond

The future holds a lot. On our way to become THE leading business AI company we will continue to integrate AI into businesses鈥� everyday processes.

For 2024 and beyond, we are exploring multiple use cases, such as AI-supported business simulations, AI-generated business correspondence replies and follow-up actions, composable business processes, or automated generation of code. We will also support fine-tuned LLMs to make them more suitable for business AI.

This 麻豆原创 TechEd has only been a first milestone — there’s a lot more to come! Don鈥檛 miss out on your journey to 麻豆原创 BTP, THE choice for anything technology-related in an 麻豆原创 context.

Juergen Mueller is CTO and a member of the Executive Board of 麻豆原创 SE.

麻豆原创 is on a mission to boost developer productivity. Last year at 麻豆原创 TechEd we released , a unified low-code environment that enables people with any skill level to create web and mobile apps, automate processes, and design business sites through intuitive drag-and-drop simplicity.

Today, we are taking a giant step forward to empower developers. We are excited to announce , an application development solution that draws on the power of 麻豆原创鈥檚 new generative AI copilot Joule by embedding AI-based code generation to create data models, app logic, and test scripts.

A true game-changer for all 麻豆原创 developers, 麻豆原创 Build Code offers a turn-key environment for coding, testing, integrating, and managing Java and JavaScipt application life cycles by bringing together key design and runtime services and tools in a single offering.

麻豆原创 Build Code includes pre-built integrations, APIs, and connectors to 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 systems, guided templates, and built-in 麻豆原创 developer best practices to accelerate development. 麻豆原创 Build Code enables fusion development, so developers can innovate faster by collaborating with other developers and business experts.

Let鈥檚 look at what developers can accomplish with 麻豆原创 Build Code.

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麻豆原创 Build Code will enable rapid development and has all the features we require to build a full stack solution powered with generative AI, including pre-configured runtime and design time capabilities, enabling shorter lead time to market.

Nilesh Mhatre, CIO Americas, IMEA and Global Technology Center, Henkel

Supercharge Development with Generative AI

Envision this: Developers rapidly build business applications using AI-based code generation from natural language descriptions. 麻豆原创 Build Code empowers 麻豆原创 developers to streamline Java and JavaScript development with built-in 麻豆原创 guidance and best practices.

• Use code generation with Joule to generate application logic, data models and sample data conforming to app extensions, and test scripts
• Leverage guided experiences to quickly build 麻豆原创 applications and extensions
• Simplify onboarding with automated environment setup and one-click provisioning and streamline application lifecycle management for developers

Tailored for 麻豆原创 Development

With 麻豆原创 Build Code, 麻豆原创 developers become productive by seamlessly connecting heterogeneous landscapes of applications, data, and processes across all 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 assets.

• Extend 麻豆原创 S/4HANA as well as other 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 systems easily, leveraging integrations, APIs, events, and business services via the service center
• Safeguard assets with proven security from 麻豆原创 BTP for authentication, authorization, and data protection
• Access prebuilt templates to build and personalize full stack, UI, and mobile extensions

Enhanced Fusion Development

Collaboration is key for development projects and 麻豆原创 Build Code stands out for its fusion development capabilities, enabling developers and business experts to work together. 麻豆原创 Build Code also has built-in governance that unites stakeholders to drive better business outcomes securely.

• Enable fusion team development to solve problems faster by sharing all or specific application components, such as user experience (UX), business logic, and processes
• Facilitate developer choice for application and extension development, with flexibility to use 麻豆原创 Build for low-code, 麻豆原创 Build Code for Java/JavaScript, and ABAP environment
• Ensure unified governance and simplified application lifecycle management centrally in a secure manner

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Developers everywhere must become more productive and collaborate effectively to achieve meaningful business outcomes. With generative AI-based application development, 麻豆原创 Build Code simplifies the developer experience and provides the capabilities and power to drive the next wave of developer ingenuity.

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JG Chirapurath is chief marketing and solutions officer for 麻豆原创 BTP and Artificial Intelligence at 麻豆原创.

This offer will support consultants, administrators, and developers with a focus on 麻豆原创 Cloud Platform.

Supporting Learning Journeys

The 48-hour event will be hosted on December 8-9, but the 麻豆原创 Learning Hub, event edition, for 麻豆原创 TechEd will last long beyond the event to support participants鈥� learning journeys, starting on Dec 1 until March 31, 2021. For the first time at an 麻豆原创 TechEd event, end-to-end Learning Journeys 鈥� with all included training content and courses to prepare for an 麻豆原创 Global Certification exam 鈥� will be offered to attendees for free.

Once registered, participants will receive access to , including:

• The 麻豆原创 TechEd Learning Room, allowing learners to delve into session topics, exchange with 麻豆原创 experts, and network with other attendees
• Four听Learning Journeys with full learning content to help upskill end-to-end for an 麻豆原创 Global Certification
• Complementary 麻豆原创 TechEd Learning Journeys with learning content tailored to 麻豆原创 TechEd tracks
• Live sessions per 麻豆原创 TechEd track, hosted by 麻豆原创 experts

Enabling Certification

What鈥檚 more, this year鈥檚 麻豆原创 Learning Hub, event edition, can help 麻豆原创 TechEd attendees build or deepen their knowledge with four Learning Journeys that all lead toward 麻豆原创 Global Certification. Registrants can gain 麻豆原创 software expertise with quality digital, collaborative, and expert-led training for these key areas of the 麻豆原创 portfolio:

• 麻豆原创 Cloud Platform Integration
• 麻豆原创 Cloud Platform Enterprise Extensions
• ABAP programming for 麻豆原创 HANA
• 麻豆原创 UI5 and 麻豆原创 Fiori applications

With this edition, registrants can also stay current and prepare for certification with content in multiple formats and languages 鈥� unlocking the full power of 麻豆原创 solutions and faster innovation with developer training built by 麻豆原创 for its solutions.

The event edition of 麻豆原创 Learning Hub for 麻豆原创 TechEd also offers a discounted certification path. Two 麻豆原创 Global Certification attempts will be offered to registrants at a substantially lower price. Along with expert content, 麻豆原创 values opportunities for achieving certification. In fact, a recent outlined the benefits of obtaining an IT certification, such as growth in career opportunities 鈥� like a 28% increase in responsibilities and 55% increase in ability to transfer IT knowledge at work 鈥� and a potential 35% increase in salary.

During the months of December and January, registrants can participate in short live sessions through the 麻豆原创 TechEd Learning Rooms in the 麻豆原创 Learning Hub, event edition, to fast-track the path to certification.

Through these opportunities, 麻豆原创 TechEd provides learners all they need to become acknowledged 麻豆原创 developers and ultimately expand their knowledge and skill sets to support and impact the intelligent enterprise ecosystem.

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For those interested in building 麻豆原创 solution skills and getting access to all 麻豆原创 training materials, 麻豆原创 is offering 10% off on a 12-month 24/7 subscription to 麻豆原创 Learning Hub.

Sabine Benz is the vice president and head of Outbound Go-to-Market for 麻豆原创 Knowledge and Education.

鈥淭his is the same 麻豆原创 TechEd you鈥檝e come to know and love 鈥� over 500 sessions of valuable interactions with experts and collaboration with the 麻豆原创 Community 鈥� but this year it鈥檚 free and open,鈥� said Craig Cmehil, vice president and head of Communities and Influencers at 麻豆原创. 鈥淏ring your friends, your colleagues, and your network. Learn at your own pace and on your own terms. Watch sessions live or on-demand, and dive deep into the topics that are important to you. The choice is entirely yours.鈥�

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Here is a snapshot of the two-day agenda that features an unparalleled line-up of live streamed and on-demand sessions.

Executive 麻豆原创 Keynote

Hear directly from Juergen Mueller, 麻豆原创 chief technology officer (CTO) and member of the Executive Board of 麻豆原创 SE, who will recap an extraordinary year and its effects on technology鈥檚 role in the business world. In his keynote entitled 鈥淗ow 麻豆原创鈥檚 Business Technology Platform Empowers Developers,鈥� Mueller will share the latest news on 麻豆原创 technology, showcasing guest speakers with real-world stories. Watch as he opens the development toolbox of the and explains how everyone 鈥� from citizen developers to cloud-native developers 鈥� can use these tools for their career growth and organizational success.

Channel 1: Two Days of Non-Stop Inspiration

Channel 1 is the always-on gateway to 麻豆原创 TechEd, featuring live and unscripted conversations with 麻豆原创 experts, customers, and partners across a 48-hour rolling agenda. Completely ungated, Channel 1 is the ideal starting point to take advantage of insights from the 麻豆原创 developer community and quickly discover which deep dive Track Topic sessions to explore further. Be sure to catch the special developer keynote, where three developers at a fictional company, each with their own unique skill set and experience, come together to code, configure, and deploy an extension to . Look for surprise guests and fun activities as experts share how they are already expanding their opportunities for growth. Log in at any time to ask real-time questions and interact with the 麻豆原创 developer community like never before.

Sign Up to Expand Your Community

When you are ready, take a deep dive into the topics you are most interested in. Join lectures and workshops to see the latest product road maps and participate in live, hands-on demos. Hot topics include robots, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, analytics, and more. You will be able to get answers to your questions in real time by chatting online with experts and sharing your ideas. Available to registered participants, the eight tracks consist of hundreds of sessions that reflect 麻豆原创鈥檚 intelligent enterprise vision:

• Integrated Intelligent Suite
• Digital Transformation with Intelligent ERP
• Customer Experience
• Analytics
• Intelligent Technologies
• Database and Data Management
• Application Development and Integration
• Partner Community

Whether you are curious about the latest technologies or committed to pursuing your next career move, 麻豆原创 TechEd will help you learn and explore for your greatest advantage 鈥� especially in these fast-changing times.

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鈥淭he pandemic has demonstrated that companies may have to find different suppliers, delivery channels, or new ways of meeting customer needs on extremely short notice,鈥� said Gunther Rothermel, president of 麻豆原创 Cloud Platform. 鈥淭he debate is no longer about whether or not your company should go digital, but how to make it happen by organizational area and technology solution.鈥�

As for what companies should demand from their cloud platform providers, three things top the list: extensibility, integration, and intelligence.

Ecosystems Extend Business Value

Digital鈥檚 pivot from important strategy to survival must-have puts ecosystems in the spotlight. Companies need a much stronger cloud-based platform that connects their entire supply chain, including partners and suppliers. They also need developers, whose ranks are swelling with so-called citizen designers capable of quickly churning out an explosion of apps.

By 2021, predicted that 30 percent of manufacturers will have digital application teams using low-code technology to create business-relevant applications 鈥� no coding skills required. researchers predicted the number of part-time developers, including business analysts, data analysts, and data scientists worldwide, will double from 6.8 million in 2019 to 13.6 million by the middle of this decade. This growing population is integral to helping companies meet new business pressures.

鈥淭he cloud-based platform is where companies deliver the customer-specific value from software developers who can add specific functionalities quickly, delivering new services at the edge for flexible business agility,鈥� Rothermel said. 鈥淲hile most companies have heterogeneous IT landscapes, the ones that are most flexible and competitive have integrated business processes on top of a stable, cloud-based foundation. This is what鈥檚 behind 麻豆原创鈥檚 intelligent enterprise strategy.鈥�

Real-Time Intelligence Saves Lives

Events like the COVID-19 pandemic have only reinforced the importance of across cloud-based systems. Most people already understood how tools like conversational artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and robotic process automation (RPA) dramatically sped up tedious, repetitive tasks by analyzing vast amounts of data. During the pandemic, some of the results have been lifesaving.

Early on, software developers built an emergency repatriation platform using 麻豆原创 Cloud Platform, which helped the German government bring home approximately 240,000 stranded citizens. Other developers have responded with cloud-based apps to help communities quickly find intensive care hospital beds and bring to more than 54 million children following school closures.

Some experts believe it has never been more important for companies to understand what their customers and employees are going through as they navigate radically changed life and work experiences. are using cloud platforms to improve the fan experience, something that is even more critical as the industry slowly reopens, virtually or not.

An designed an app on 麻豆原创 Cloud Platform that boosted customer satisfaction levels with staff to 87 percent while simplifying the employee experience with a mobile app that streamlined daily tasks including human resources (HR), finance, and procurement.

Modern Cloud is Real Time and Actionable

Examples of intelligent, cloud-based innovations to address pandemic-related challenges are legion and only expected to continue. However, this is not last-century automation. Modern cloud-based business platforms help companies combine and analyze information inside and outside corporate walls for real-time actions and insights.

鈥淐ompanies need to make sure their infrastructure partners can meet in-country regulations such as data protection and privacy,鈥� Rothermel explained. 鈥淔or example, in Poland any transport of oil and gas has to be registered with the government to protect against fraud and corruption. That鈥檚 why customers are using 麻豆原创 Cloud Platform to extend their standard 麻豆原创 Transport Management application to meet specific national regulatory requirements like these.鈥�

Cloud Redefines Business Resilience

Despite widespread world economy disruptions, recent surveys revealed 鈥渘oticeable resilience鈥� in the cloud business model, with 62 percent of respondents from organizations in Western Europe planning to keep or increase software-as-a-service (SaaS) spending this year. These stats are part of a much larger trend toward digital transformation aimed at shoring up business resilience.

鈥淥ur customers are adapting to the new normal, whether it鈥檚 having a greater appreciation for cloud鈥檚 flexible usage-based payment options or taking advantage of our remote coaches who help them work through missions online through the ,鈥� Rothermel said. 鈥淲hen a company鈥檚 cloud-based platform provides control over end-to-end business processes, organizations can react to changes faster and deliver more value to their customers.鈥�

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In this interview at the event, Raphael Maultzsch, principal IT architect at 麻豆原创, took me through four primary steps designed to give IT and business teams a window into the future for practical planning.

鈥淭he two biggest questions customers have about moving to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA are 鈥楬ow can we find out which business processes we have to change and what happens to our custom code?鈥欌�� said Maultzsch. 鈥淲e鈥檝e designed the four-step journey to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA to answer those questions, helping customers map the best route to achieve their individual business demands.鈥�

Step 1: Know What to Expect

According to Maultzsch, companies can start with the tool, essentially a preparation step for what is to come.

鈥淲hether you have already decided to move ahead with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA or have just begun exploring your path to the intelligent enterprise, 麻豆原创 Readiness Check helps you see what lies ahead after project kick-off and factor that information into your decision-making,鈥� explained Maultzsch. 鈥淭he idea is to help people understand what they need to prepare beforehand so they can better budget time and resources for the project.鈥�

For example, during our interview, we watched as the full-color, interactive dashboard identified which business processes, functions, user interfaces, and data management practices a company would need to evolve to take full advantage of 麻豆原创 S/4HANA innovations. The in-depth analysis covered business functions, transactions, and even compatibility with add-ons across enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, such as finance or supply chain, as well as industry-specific processes. It identified which custom code companies would need to adapt. The tool鈥檚 comprehensive report also provided people with an in-depth understanding of software prerequisites and infrastructure requirements.

Step 2: Debunk Custom Code Fears with Reality

Once the project begins, the second step was running the ABAP test cockpit to find out which reports depend on custom code that would be affected in moving to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA.

Surprisingly, while many people equate custom code with greater project effort, just the opposite is often true.

鈥淧eople tend to make custom code their first priority because they have the most fears about what happens to it when they move to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA,鈥� said Maultzsch. 鈥淗owever, we鈥檝e found that companies aren鈥檛 using approximately 50 percent or more of their legacy custom code. What鈥檚 more, adapting custom coding takes far less effort than most companies expect.鈥�

Step 3: Maintain Data Consistency

Quality data is paramount to any system transformation. In fact, researchers predicted that 鈥�2020 will be a wake-up year for many organizations, as the total cost of getting data wrong will become apparent.鈥� Maultzsch agreed that bringing together accurate, consistent, and relevant data from anywhere in a company is critical to bringing advanced technologies like artificial intelligence ( into business. He then showed me the third step in moving to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, which involved scanning the system to 鈥渕ake sure data is consistent for proper conversion.鈥�

Step 4: Keep Downtime to a Minimum

Companies have several options to minimize downtime during the switchover to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, notably the Software Update Manager tool. Maultzsch suggested the near-Zero Downtime technology for companies with tight downtime requirements. It is designed to manage large data transfers in relatively short timeframes, typically accomplished over the weekend, even for huge database sizes.

Of course, there are more than these four overview steps involved in moving to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA. Maultzsch encouraged both business leaders and IT professionals 鈥� including consultants and architects 鈥� to think of these four steps as a foundational project guide.

鈥淢aybe your CIO has said we鈥檙e moving to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, or you鈥檝e heard about the importance of 麻豆原创 S/4HANA in becoming an intelligent enterprise in the experience economy, but you don鈥檛 know where to begin,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hese are the four steps to help structure your project and start planning for your next business innovation.鈥�

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