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In today’s fast-paced business environment, companies are grappling with increasing complexity and disruption driven by rapid advancements in information technology. The full digitalization of the value chain demands a series of paradigm shifts in how businesses approach their applications:
In today’s fast-paced business environment, companies are grappling with increasing complexity and disruption driven by rapid advancements in information technology. The full digitalization of the value chain demands a series of paradigm shifts in how businesses approach their applications:
- Transitioning from partial digital coverage to comprehensive digital twins of the value chain.
- Moving from on-premise to cloud-based applications.
- Shifting from monolithic, slow-changing applications to modular, rapidly evolving architectures.
- Upgrading from disk-based storage to in-memory computing.
- Evolving from siloed standard processes to end-to-end visibility and control to enhance resilience
A critical factor in this transformation is the industry-standard SAP S/4HANA and its related applications. The swift evolution of the SAP application portfolio towards cloud, in-memory computing, and a more modular environment—capable of leveraging innovations like AI—necessitates significant changes for SAP customers to leverage these capabilities.
Navigating this new landscape is complex and requires deep expertise in business processes, information technology, applications, underlying data, dependencies, interfaces, and implementation approaches. Effective management of this transformation is impossible without robust IT tool support. IT teams must enhance their enterprise architecture strategy to keep pace.
The variety of applications and functionalities to be mapped and managed is vast, with numerous dependencies due to the highly integrated nature of business processes. These transformation programs span multiple years, during which both business and technology continue to evolve.
Companies need a strong digital transformation partner to navigate this new environment. A partner who can significantly improve their IT strategy and enterprise architecture, and provide guidance on designing, implementing, and rolling out not only core ERP functionality but also advanced and innovative applications supporting areas like supply chain management.
With the acquisition of enterprise architecture and LeanIX specialist Konfident, Westernacher Consulting now offers comprehensive business transformation consulting services, combined with deep SAP expertise and global implementation capabilities. This merger empowers Westernacher to provide unparalleled support to customers, helping them navigate the complexities of digital transformation and achieve their business goals with confidence.
