Enhancement Package Innovations
Gabe Rodriguez - Halliburton
Stefan Kneis – SAP
Marco Valencia - SAP
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Agenda
To maintain or to innovate? Or why not both?
Implementing Support Packages? – What new improvements can I get?
SAP ERP Innovation Options – Enhancement Packages? HANA? Cloud?– Explore your options
using SAP Tools?
Scope your effort and implement Innovations using SAP Tools?
Support for innovation deployment
ASUG SAP Adoption Influence Council
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What is your strategy? Maintain and Innovate? What about Cloud?
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Agenda
To maintain or to innovate? Or why not both?
Implementing Support Packages? – What new improvements can I get?
SAP ERP Innovation Options – Enhancement Packages? HANA? Cloud?– Explore your options
using SAP Tools?
Scope your effort and implement Innovations using SAP Tools?
Support for innovation deployment
ASUG SAP Adoption Influence Council
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How often do you maintain your system?
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Agenda
To maintain or to innovate? Or why not both?
Implementing Support Packages? – What new improvements can I get?
SAP ERP Innovation Options – Enhancement Packages? HANA? Cloud?– Explore your options
using SAP Tools?
Scope your effort and implement Innovations using SAP Tools?
Support for innovation deployment
ASUG SAP Adoption Influence Council
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What is your Innovation Strategy to address business needs?
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New business functions only?
What about the power of in-memory technology?
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Every innovation cycle includes maintainability!
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Explore innovations tailored to your productive environment
https://apps.support.sap.com/innovation-discovery
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Do you have a cloud innovation strategy?
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Explore cloud innovations tailored to your productive environment
https://apps.support.sap.com/innovation-discovery
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Agenda
To maintain or to innovate? Or why not both?
Implementing Support Packages? – What new improvements can I get?
SAP ERP Innovation Options – Enhancement Packages? HANA? Cloud?– Explore your options
using SAP Tools?
Scope your effort and implement Innovations using SAP Tools?
Support for innovation deployment
ASUG SAP Adoption Influence Council
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Scope and effort estimation made easy!
More info on Solution Manager New
Scope and Effort Analyzer
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Installation innovation made easy!
More info on Software Update Manager
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Agenda
To maintain or to innovate? Or why not both?
Implementing Support Packages? – What new improvements can I get?
SAP ERP Innovation Options – Enhancement Packages? HANA? Cloud?– Explore your options
using SAP Tools?
Scope your effort and implement Innovations using SAP Tools?
Support for innovation deployment
ASUG SAP Adoption Influence Council
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One Support for any SAP Innovation Deployment!
More info on SAP ONE Support
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Agenda
To maintain or to innovate? Or why not both?
Implementing Support Packages? – What new improvements can I get?
SAP ERP Innovation Options – Enhancement Packages? HANA? Cloud?– Explore your options
using SAP Tools?
Scope your effort and implement Innovations using SAP Tools?
Support for innovation deployment
ASUG SAP Adoption Influence Council
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ASUG SAP Adoption Influence Council…
Overview: The focus will be on how to increase awareness, adoption and implementation of SAP enhancements
that are delivered as part of enhancement packs and support packs. Software that customers have already paid
for and is delivered as part of their maintenance agreement.
Objectives:
How to educate SAP customers on what is being delivered
How to help customers build a business case for these upgrades – show the value
How to reduce the cost of these upgrades
Technical basis resources
Functional resources – regression testing
Development resources – reapplying customizations, modifications and oss notes
Business impact – reduce downtime
Participation:
Complete the participation survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Adoption_IC
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ASUG SAP Adoption Influence Council
Influence Council Timeline:
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Kickoff Meeting: September 9th, 11am US Central Time – 1 hr.
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Recurring Influence Council Meetings planned for 2nd Tuesday every month @ 11am US Central Time – 1 hr.
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Thank you
Marco Valencia
SAP Maintenance Go-To-Market
SAP America, Inc.
marco.valencia@sap.com
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