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SAP Clean Core? Yes, Please! But What Does That Mean from a Technical Point of View?

Reading time: 11 minutes

market & innovations

erp & retailing

1. September 2026

Autor: Editorial Team

Everyone is talking about this term, which is flanked by techniques such as side-by-side extensibility, key user extensibility and embedded steampunk. In this context, however, one often only thinks of SAP Business AI Platform (SAP BAIP) and SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition. Are software solutions really to be developed “exclusively” on SAP BAIP in the future or are there also any other options? What does clean core mean from a technical point of view?

Machine Learning Meets Master Data Governance: How AI Can Improve the Quality of Master Data 

Reading time: 7 minutes

data & process management

market & innovations

2. July 2025

Autor: Sebastian Bauer

Poor data, poor AI: Without clean master data, the potential of AI applications remains unreached. Learn how machine learning helps to improve data quality in the long term, detect errors at an early stage and take data governance to a new level. 

TikTok Shop Germany: Is It Worth Getting Started?

Reading time: 6 minutes

market & innovations

e-commerce & marketplaces

13. March 2025

Autor: Lisa Barth

20.9 million users in Germany alone - TikTok is growing rapidly. Now, the social media platform dares to take the next step from a mere entertainment channel to a full-fledged e-commerce platform. What does this mean for companies and online trading? What benefits does TikTok Shop provide and what are the challenges?

From WOW to HOW: This Is How SAP AI Brings Real Added Value to Your Company 

Reading time: 8 minutes

data & process management

market & innovations

31. January 2025

Autor: Florian Mahlmeister

SAP integrates artificial intelligence and machine learning into proven solutions to turn your data into real competitive advantages. Processes are optimized, decisions accelerated and innovations promoted. However, which specific added values can you expect?

Artificial Intelligence in the Data Jungle: How Intelligent Technologies Revolutionize Master Data Management

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data & process management

market & innovations

18. January 2024

Autor: Martin Tempel

Data is the new gold of companies and the basis for functioning business processes and decisions. However, correct data maintenance may be very time-consuming. In this blog article, you will learn how work steps can be accelerated and automated using AI and what application options are already available today.

SAP S/4HANA Private or Public Cloud? – That Is the Question

Reading time: 8 minutes

market & innovations

erp & retailing

1. December 2023

Autor: Michael Krammer

As if the "rise" into SAP S/4HANA Cloud was not challenging enough, you additionally face the following decision: public or private edition? Both cloud environments provide diverse advantages you can benefit from as an enterprise. To simplify the choice for you, both editions are compared to each other in this blog article.

Use Cases Concerning AI in Warehouse Logistics – How Artificial Intelligence Increases Efficiency

Reading time: 7 minutes

market & innovations

29. June 2023

Autor: FIS students

Alexa, how do I optimize my logistics processes? In this way or other, presumably everybody has already used artificial intelligence. AI does not only provide support in private life. It also offers various application options in the field of warehouse logistics. This article describes these options and how they can be used.

SAP Signavio Process Manager – Process Simulation Using the Example of the Order-to-Cash Process

Reading time: 5 minutes

data & process management

market & innovations

3. February 2023

Autor: Martin Kreitlein

Companies have to react more and more quickly to new requirements concerning previous or new business fields and processes. SAP Signavio Process Manager is an intuitive tool for clear process modeling. It makes it easy to recognize cost drivers and inefficiencies and implement optimizations.

Software Subscription – A Promising Model

Reading time: 5 minutes

market & innovations

17. March 2022

Autor: Beatrix Niklaus

Subscription models have been available for a very long time. What started in bookshops and classical music of the 17th century, has become an integral part of everyday life. These models are standard IT practice. Read this article to find out the advantages and disadvantages of software subscription.

Electronic Invoice Dispatch from SAP – How Does This Work?

Reading time: 5 minutes

market & innovations

data & process management

8. September 2021

Autor: Vanessa Zorn

In an SAP S/4HANA system, large volumes of different documents are generated every day. Material documents that document material movements, quotations that are sent to prospective customers, orders that document sales successes and are processed by delivery documents, and, of course, invoices that are transmitted to customers.

More Than Just Look Good – Visualization Options with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Reading time: 7 minutes

market & innovations

30. June 2021

Autor: Pascal Krückel

SAP Analytics Cloud offers a comprehensive visualization tool consisting of charts, graphics and geographical maps as well as the implementation according to IBCS Notation. This article gives you a practice-related insight into the different display and formatting options of SAP Analytics Cloud.

Defining Targets in the Software Project – Success Through Planning

Reading time: 4 minutes

market & innovations

17. June 2021

Autor: Editorial Team

Employees are the core of every company and should therefore not be considered as replaceable assets or cost factors. Successful employers focus on people and their wishes, needs and experiences and therefore increase the loyalty of their employees. Human Experience Management revolutionizes personnel work.

The SAP Spartacus Commerce Cloud Front End

Reading time: 3 minutes

market & innovations

e-commerce & marketplaces

12. May 2021

Autor: Christopher Warnow

With "Spartacus", the SAP Commerce Cloud Front-End Framework, SAP has reached another milestone in the development of the shop system. The headless commerce storefront enables even greater customizability and extensibility.

SAP Material Master & Compliance – How Digital Workflows Help Comply with Legal Requirements

Reading time: 8 minutes

data & process management

market & innovations

17. February 2021

Autor: Adrian Neumeyer

The user departments must be involved in the process to make sure that material master data is always maintained in compliance with applicable regulations. The easiest way to do this is by means of a workflow. What such a workflow might look like can be learned from the article.

Cloud Computing vs. Edge Computing

Reading time: 7 minutes

market & innovations

2. July 2020

Autor: FIS trainees

For digitizing business processes, the appropriate IT infrastructure is required. In addition to classic on-premise installations, cloud or edge computing play a major role. What does this mean and what advantages and disadvantages do they offer?

Being Prepared for the Cloud – Developing Microservices with Kyma

Reading time: 5 minutes

market & innovations

12. April 2019

Autor: Christopher Warnow

At the latest when one enters "Microservice" as search term in Google Trends will it be evident how popular the current favorite topic of many developers has become. This programming approach splits monolithic software into bites. In this article, you will learn what role Kyma is playing and how it works technically.

Christopher Warnow

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