Business as Unusual with SAP: How Leaders Navigate Industry Megatrends

In global business, change is always afoot. Are you only focused on today’s processes, or are you looking ahead at tomorrow’s best practices? Choose to do business as unusual!

In this new book, executives Thomas Saueressig and Peter Maier explore the intersections of global business and dynamic market conditions.

Hear compelling customer stories from executives and thought leaders at the forefront of their industries, and learn how their organizations move past trendy buzzwords to perceive the true shifts and adapt their business models for tomorrow’s market. Dive into transformation megatrends with far-reaching impacts: circular economy, everything as a service, integrated mobility, changing customer pathways, and more. Pick up key insights from solution experts about how SAP’s portfolio delivers a flexible IT landscape and ongoing partner collaboration for this digital age.

If you’re ready for business transformation, start your journey here!

• Transform your business model to advance your organization
• Explore SAP’s innovation around supply networks, integrated mobility, everything as a service, and more
• Hear from customers across industries: from consumer goods and manufacturing to retail, high-tech, and beyond

In this book, you'll learn about:

Cross-Industry Megatrends

Stop thinking in LOBs or industry verticals, and see the big picture: megatrends that cross organizational boundaries and impact companies operating in different spaces. What is the service economy, and how does it influence sales? Why should supply chains become “resilient” instead of “lean”—and is yours? Brush up on the big ideas that will influence your business strategy and transform your value chains.

Customer Insights

Curious how other business leaders across industries are answering these questions? Learn from conversations with leading experts at big-name SAP customers who share their insights and his notes in this approachable, straightforward guide.

Portfolio Perspectives

Start getting practical. See how software solutions like SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform help customers stay ahead with future-proofed IT investments.

Highlights include:

• Everything-as-a-service
• Integrated mobility
• New customer pathways
• Lifelong health
• Future of capital and risk
• Sustainable energy
• Circular economy
• Resilient supply networks
• Customer case studies

About the Author

Thomas Saueressig is a member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. He leads the board area SAP Product Engineering and has global responsibility for all business software applications. This includes all functional areas, from product strategy and management to product development and innovation to cloud operations and support. Before this role, Thomas was chief information officer (CIO) and global head of IT services at SAP. He started his career at SAP in consulting for CRM implementations.Thomas has a degree in business information technology from the University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim (Germany) and a joint executive MBA from ESSEC Business School (France) and Mannheim Business School (Germany).

Peter Maier is president of industries and customer advisory at SAP. In his role, Peter is responsible for making SAP and partner products relevant for SAP customers in their various industries. The customer advisory group showcases SAP solutions and consults SAP customers on achieving the business value generated by the SAP portfolio.

Peter is passionately driving innovation that makes his customers more successful, and he frequently shares his strategy and insights with SAP customers, partners, press, and analysts. He is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches and to moderate panel discussions. In strategy meetings, he advises leading customers on becoming intelligent and sustainable enterprises in the experience economy.

Peter joined SAP in 1991 as a consultant for the chemicals industry, and has held numerous roles in SAP’s industry organization. He is a valued expert on trends, challenges, and best practices in the process industries and beyond, and he has earned the trust of strategic customers as an executive sponsor.