United VARs Blog

B4B Solutions launches new SharePoint Integration add-on for SAP Sales and Service Cloud

The United VARs member for the German-speaking area, B4B Solutions, has launched their SharePoint Integration add-on on the United VARs premium solutions catalogue. The add-on enables centralised and structured data management within SAP Sales and Service Cloud. We interviewed David Molter, SAP CX Product Manager at B4B Solutions, to find out more.

9 Questions to Ask SAP S/4HANA Implementation Partners in 2021

The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to set goals and plan improvements. For many businesses across the world, the best way to improve in 2021 is to replace legacy systems with modern technologies, such as SAP S/4HANA. This Intelligent ERP platform automates business processes, enables innovation and the creation of better customer and employee experiences.

Launching one of the largest ever SAP SuccessFactors Global Transformation in a Covid year

United VARs member for the UK & Ireland, Edenhouse Solutions, has been working with Dentons, a global law firm, for the past 18 months to transform their talent program. It is one of the largest ever SAP SuccessFactors implementations, bringing together 77 countries and 189 locations under a common global template.

Streamline Your Financial Consolidation Process Using Group Reporting in SAP S/4HANA

The accounting and consolidation close process is important and complex Financial process for any organization. Organizations that run with SAP S/4HANA, uses Group Reporting functionality to streamline Consolidation process.

Making Royalty Management Easier for Life Sciences Companies

Life sciences is a fast-paced industry, focused on continuous innovation. Biotech firms, medical equipment and pharmaceutical companies routinely rely on funding to develop their treatments, drugs and devices. If the product is successful, then the investors are entitled to royalty payments from the revenue.

How digital transformation projects are enabling finance leaders to thrive in difficult times

Amidst the current restrictions and uncertainties, it may be tempting to just focus on how to keep the most urgent, business-critical processes running efficiently. But many midsize businesses are investing in digital transformation projects; for example, upgrading to Intelligent ERP platforms which centralize information in the cloud, and enable people to work from home with the right level of authorizations and access control.

A Brief Look at the Intelligent Enterprise

Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, recently stated, “Together, as Intelligent Enterprises, we can turn the world’s biggest challenges into our greatest opportunities. The recent pandemic is a crisis that will drastically impact societies and business for months and probably years. Digital transformation is no longer an option, but a must.”

4 Ways to Increase your Supply Chain Resilience

The current pandemic has brought supply chain to the top of concerns for most midsize businesses. We have seen demand volatility spikes; and increase in demand for medical equipment and vital necessities plus a huge drop in demand for luxury items such as new cars.

How to be more effective with remote working

Over the past few months while many businesses have struggled to deliver, In Cloud Solutions saw those with strong systems already in place maintain a high level of service.

This was the comment from one of our customers, Lloyd’s Register; "Taking a moment to reflect on how 'lucky' we were at Lloyd's Register for having implemented an end-to-end cloud-based ERP before the global pandemic hit. It ultimately meant we could keep all our lights on during global lockdowns and continue to support our customers who themselves perform such essential functions for the world at the moment."

Establishing Future - Proof Digital Platforms

Seven of the ten most valuable companies globally are now based on a platform business model: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba, and they have used the model to grow exponentially, taking significant market share from established firms. With customers spending the majority of their time on digital platforms – e.g. social, messaging –do you believe they are becoming the preferred and dominant business model offering for consumers?

How Mobile Projects Can Attract New Millennial Talent

Millions of people everyday use iPads and mobile phones to shop, book holidays, order takeaway food, taxis and more. People in their twenties have never known any other way of doing things. For them, using mobile devices is as natural and normal as breathing. So how can mobile projects attract new millenial talent? It seems like United VARs member from Denmark 2BM has the right answer!

How COVID-19 is accelerating the move to SAP S/4HANA

United VARs members are reporting a recent increase in enquiries from SAP ECC6 customers wanting to bring forward their migration to SAP S/4HANA. This Intelligent ERP enables enterprises to unlock the insights in their data and know what changes to make for increased business value and productivity. According to SAP, S/4HANA customers typically experience a 10%–40% boost in productivity.

Disruptive Technologies: Let's get Phygital

The word disruption may have a negative connotation, however digital disruption is a positive movement for the technology world and can improve and transform a business model giving professionals the opportunity to re-engineer their organisation in a much more efficient and agile manner.

At the heart of all digital disruption is data, which fuels operational and digital transformation and we look at how some United VARs members collect data, platforms used to manage data and how data is made available.

COVID-19: How United VARs Members are Responding

COVID-19 has affected businesses throughout the world and while work didn’t stop, many workplaces did - with employees having to adapt to new ways and methods of working. We were interested to know how United VARs members have been responding to these challenges to support customers, colleagues and communities. It is apparent technology is playing an important role in building the world’s business confidence back up again and we would like to share a snapshot of some examples of what members are doing and saying during the pandemic.

Seidor and United VARs prove to be a winning combination in China, Africa…and beyond!

The global service network United VARs is experienced in executing SAP projects anywhere. UVARs members use the same quality standard in all countries, therefore reducing the risks that most CEOs and CIOs assume are unavoidable.

At SEIDOR, we have used the UVARS network with great success in SAP deployments – most recently in Central Africa and China. Our UVARs colleagues in Lagos, Nigeria and Beijing, China helped us to manage local specifics in a natural and easy way, which greatly helped our clients’ success.

Author: Alberto de Dios, Director Large Enterprise at Seidor