Sapphire 2022 Reactions From Bowdorks
James and Paul gathered a congress of super-nerds from the Bowdark staff to think back on the recent SAP Sapphire 2022 event in Orlando, FL. We combed through the Sapphire News Guide and used my on-site experience to dig deep.
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Podcast Episode! Sapphire Orlando Reactions From Bowdorks
Money Quotes
Is this just another fragmentation of apps out there? [re: iOS app announcements]
If you look at what’s happening in the world…supply chain issues…they’re more relevant than they have been in a long time.
It’s striking a balance between the technical upgrade and unlocking the new features and showing business value to your end users. [re: finding out about SOAR]
James Wood
It’s amazing to me in 2022, we’re still having conversations about on-boarding suppliers and figure out how to trade ASNs. It feels very antiquated.
The elephant in the room: it’s incredibly complicated. The number of new technologies in play for an S/4HANA implementation. This was never going to be smooth.
Paul Modderman
For good or for ill — I don’t know — the act of doing things sustainably is entirely in the hands of customers and clients taking the actions. [re: SAP forays into sustainability]
I was hooked — that was telling me what actually happens with SAP solutions! I could literally imagine buying the pizza in the store with the app. [re: Casey’s pizza story]