Scaling your business globally sounds exciting—until you spend more time on scaling your ERP than scaling your business because it can’t handle the complex tax, intercompany and regulatory requirements of multiple countries. 

When transitioning to SAP Cloud ERP from SAP ECC, third-party legacy systems, or other ERP platforms, data management becomes one of the most critical —and often underestimated — success factors. The process touches everything from data quality and governance to migration sequencing and compliance.

Fortunately, there are a range of tools available from SAP that address data readiness assessment, cleansing, management, and governance that you and your consulting partner can use to organize and streamline the data transition to SAP Cloud ERP. This Insights post provides an overview of the key data challenges, along with a look at SAP data migration tools and how to leverage them for assuring success both in the near term and over the long run.

Let’s be real: Selling today isn’t simple. Subscriptions, pay-per-use, outcome-based contracts—flexible is the new normal.

The transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) is being felt across most industries, changing the way businesses run their operations, interface with customers, manage revenue, and much more. In sectors such as telecom, media, automotive, utilities, professional services, life sciences, medical devices, and software/SaaS, AI is becoming a game-changer for streamlining workflows, enhancing customer experiences, and optimizing financial and supply chain management. 

The utilities industry is seeing a notable trend toward adopting cloud-based ERP solutions and advanced subscription management software to address changing business models, customer preferences, energy sharing practices, and complex compliance issues.

The media industry is at a crossroads, with streaming services, evolving licensing models, and increasing M&A activity transforming the way content is created, distributed, and consumed. Revenue recognition challenges are rising as companies adopt more complex business models, while the rise of cloud ERP solutions is enabling companies to streamline their operations, ensure compliance, and adapt to new revenue streams. The convergence of these trends is driving the industry toward greater integration, flexibility, and data-driven decision-making, thereby reshaping the landscape for media companies and content consumers alike.

The automotive sector is increasingly embracing subscription-based features and software add-ons as part of their vehicle offerings. The automotive subscription model is a natural extension of the broader trends in the industry. From the early days of personal car ownership that was the norm for over 100 years, to the rise of leasing and shared mobility rideshare services, today’s expansion of subscription services are part of a larger movement towards flexibility, connected services, and digital transformation in the automotive industry.

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