As with many other market segments, the Medical Device industry is being disrupted by two major macro trends: 1) the move to new offerings with recuring revenue models, and 2) the transformation of business operations with cloud-based ERP systems. This Insights post provides an overview of these new medical device product/service offerings and an exploration of how SAP Cloud ERP can help optimize and unify back-end systems for managing them.

Today's telecommunications companies face a myriad of challenges as they expand and integrate multiple business activities. Robust subscription management is always important however, depending on each telco's particular business model, they may need sophisticated processes for building and/or leasing infrastructure, bundling in mobile devices or other equipment, licensing third-party content, and compliance reporting for complex revenue sharing scenarios.