Marketplaces reloaded — A mix of channels is required A few years ago, topics such as verticalisation or direct sales, which retailers and manufacturers used, are increasingly causing the question of how to deal with the trend of »platform economics« and which strategy is the right one to be answered.
Digital platforms — Integration is everything [Part 5] The success of a digital platform is mostly dependent on how well it plays with other systems. But how can a platform develop solutions independently? In the fourth part of our »Digital Platforms« series, we explained to you what systems SAP C/4HANA consists of. At the end of the series, we’ll show you how individual … Continue reading "Digital platforms — Integration is everything [Part 5]"
Digital Platforms – What can SAP C/4HANA do? [Part 4] Source: Pexels Behind every professional swimmer there is a team of experts who contribute to the athlete’s success in the sport. There’s a manager, trainer, physiotherapist, and training partner. Digital platforms also consist of different experts alias systems that cover the most diverse disciplines in e-commerce. These include marketing, sales, and services. In the third … Continue reading "Digital Platforms – What can SAP C/4HANA do? [Part 4]"
Digital platforms — In the fast lane with SAP HANA [Part 3] As in swimming, there are also a number of internationally successful competitors in the cloud industry. SAP is one of the newcomers here. But what makes the cloud platform from SAP so special? To what extent does SAP differ, especially through »HANA«, from the other cloud providers? After all, SAP HANA is the basis of … Continue reading "Digital platforms — In the fast lane with SAP HANA [Part 3]"
One data system to Hospital 2.0 German hospitals aren’t exactly known for being digital pioneers: Lots of paper with handwritten notes, x-ray prints, and hardly usable digital health insurance cards. A long way from what Hollywood shows medical facilities to be like. In these shows and movies, doctors are far from reality. Using tablets at a patient’s bedside to show the … Continue reading "One data system to Hospital 2.0"
Age doesn’t protect against new work — Demographic change 4.0 Experience, wisdom, leadership – all these qualities are spoken to people who are older than you, right? From small business to schooling to the completion of vocational training or studies, it is primarily older people who educate, advise, train, and lead. This socio-cultural character ensures that one expects a senior person to be someone older … Continue reading "Age doesn’t protect against new work — Demographic change 4.0"
Digital Platforms – Building Digital Business Models Step by Step [Part 2] In the first part of the new »Digital Platforms« series, we explained how marketing, sales, and services are changing through innovations and which challenges arise through disruptive business models. In the second part, we’ll first answer the following questions: What are digital platforms and how do they work? What are the requirements for the introduction … Continue reading "Digital Platforms – Building Digital Business Models Step by Step [Part 2]"
Digital platforms – Challenges through new and disruptive business models [part 1] At the end of September 2018, Microsoft, Adobe and SAP announced at Ignite Conference in Orlando that they would like to work closely together in the future. The aim of digital companies is to facilitate the exchange of customer data between different applications with the Open Data Initiative. The initiative is not limited to the solutions … Continue reading "Digital platforms – Challenges through new and disruptive business models [part 1]"
Introducing a PIM: Challenges for businesses Due to ever-advancing digitisation and constantly changing customer requirements, companies are always facing new challenges. When looking for solutions, we’ve shown in previous posts what opportunities and benefits come with a PIM system. Today, however, we’d like to show why a PIM system can help retailers and manufacturers meet their current challenges and emphasise the … Continue reading "Introducing a PIM: Challenges for businesses"
Going green – Facebook and other tech companies invest in renewable energy A data scandal here, sinking user numbers there. It looks like Facebook is continuing down the path of bad press for the long-haul. But Facebook has something good to announce, which should at least make environmentalists happy, among all their critics.
