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Fast Track Subscription Billing & Revenue Reporting in SAP Cloud Public Edition

Wed, Aug 21, 2024 @ 09:35 AM / by David Fellers posted in Revenue Recognition, CEO perspective, Thought Leadership, subscribtion model

The proliferation of subscription-based, recurring revenue offerings in the Digital Solutions Economy (DSE) presents both opportunities and challenges. In the customer driven DSE model, companies need to adapt their processes to meet a dynamically changing range of customer needs, while also assuring robust backend processing with integrated revenue compliance.

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Mid-Year Update on ESG Regulatory, Accounting and Sustainability Issues

Thu, Aug 15, 2024 @ 06:17 AM / by David Fellers posted in CEO perspective, Thought Leadership, carbon accounting, ESG

As part of our ongoing coverage of environmental, social and governance (ESG) trends, this Insights post provides a mid-year update of trends in the ESG accounting space and a look at how SAP solutions for ESG management are continuing to evolve. 

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Top Five Questions Clients Are Asking About RevRec and Quote-to-Cash

Fri, Jul 26, 2024 @ 06:36 AM / by David Fellers posted in CEO perspective, Thought Leadership, Automated Revenue Management, Order to cash, Sales Order Management, quote to cash, Recurring Revenue

In addition to highlighting trends such as the Digital Solutions Economy (DSE), industry-focused solutions, and SAP initiatives like artificial intelligence and S/4HANA cloud, this Insights Series will also periodically provide answers to the top questions that we hear from our clients and partners.

In this episode, we dive into five issues that are at the heart of optimizing Quote-to-Cash to Compliance with SAP Revenue Recognition and subscription management applications, including complex bundling scenarios.

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SAP Migration Tools Help Reduce Digital Debt During Your Cloud Transition Process

Tue, Jul 16, 2024 @ 05:13 PM / by David Fellers posted in S/4 HANA Cloud, CEO perspective, Thought Leadership, digital debt, RISE with SAP, SAP GROW, clean core

With each quarterly earnings announcement showing dramatic increases in cloud ERP revenue, SAP’s strategic shift to S/4HANA cloud services is clearly now in full swing. In Q1 2024, revenue from the Cloud ERP Suite was up 32% and reached $3.48 billion US, marking nine straight quarters of 30%-plus growth. 

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Unifying Operational Accounting and Compliance Accounting in the Office of the CFO

Tue, Jun 25, 2024 @ 09:56 AM / by David Fellers posted in Leasing Solution, CEO perspective, Thought Leadership, Compliance, Treasury Management, Automated Revenue Management, Order to cash, cost accounting

The role of enterprise level CFOs has changed radically over the past decade with both a widening scope of influence and greater responsibilities for helping guide corporate transformation programs and technology choices. Instead of the historic backward-looking role focused primarily on gathering and reporting data, the Office of the CFO is now much more involved in proactively analyzing trends and formulating forward-looking strategies to drive future company results. 

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SAP Gen AI Capabilities Shift into High Gear with New Announcements at SAPPHIRE

Thu, Jun 13, 2024 @ 10:17 AM / by David Fellers posted in S4HANA, CEO perspective, Thought Leadership, AI, Artificial Intelligence

With Sapphire now behind us, it is a great time for this Insights series to provide a quick overview of all the AI-related  new initiatives from SAP and strategic partners that were announced and/or spotlighted during the event.

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Keys to Revenue Accounting and Compliance for Professional Services Companies

Thu, May 23, 2024 @ 01:28 PM / by David Fellers posted in S/4 HANA Cloud, CEO perspective, DSE, RISE with SAP, DSE-industry

Previous episodes in this Insights Series have explored the challenges created by new Digital Solutions Economy paradigms for billing, fulfillment, invoicing, revenue accounting, and compliance across a wide range of industries. In this new Insights post, we take a look at the management, revenue accounting, and compliance issues for Professional Services companies.

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How SAP's Sustainability Solutions Align with the Changing ESG Landscape

Tue, Apr 16, 2024 @ 05:59 AM / by David Fellers posted in Professional Services, CEO perspective, Thought Leadership, carbon accounting, ESG, High Tech, Semi Conductor, Software, Media, Life Science, Health, PharmaCeutical, Sustainability

With the 54th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, 2024, now is a good opportunity to review the progress of corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives with an eye toward the future and a review of available tools for monitoring, managing and reporting ESG information. 

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New SAP AI Initiatives Will Enhance Order-to-Cash to Compliance Processes

Mon, Apr 15, 2024 @ 01:14 PM / by David Fellers posted in Professional Services, CEO perspective, Thought Leadership, AI, Digital Solutions Economy, Order to cash, quote to cash, Semi Conductor, Software, Media, Life Science, Health, PharmaCeutical, BRIM

Previously in this series, we have explored the big picture regarding How Generative AI is Impacting the Digital Solutions Economy. In this new post, we get more granular to provide an update on how AI and Gen AI can enhance productivity, insights, and results in finance applications such as order-to-cash to compliance (OTC2), along with a look at how new SAP AI initiatives are key to this transformation.

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