51风流

Real-life African customer experiences and transformation journeys will be a strong focus at this year鈥檚 , the聽聽local biennial 51风流user conference.

A number of leading local organisations will take to the stage to share their successes, challenges and lessons learned in leveraging 51风流technologies at the upcoming event, which聽is set聽to聽take place from 01 to 03 June 2025 at Sun City in South Africa鈥檚 North-West Province.

Day one of SAPHILA features an Executive Fireside Chat, where聽, SAP鈥檚 SVP and GM for Middle East Africa 鈥� South, will host a panel discussion with聽,聽the City of Johannesburg鈥檚聽Group Chief Technology Officer, and聽, Deputy Director-General: eGovernment and Chief Government Information Officer at the South African Department of Public Service and Administration.

Also on the first day of the conference聽, Head of Applications, and , Chief Information Officer (CIO) of , will discuss how the pharmaceutical retail group effectively de-risked and accelerated its S/4HANA RISE transformation. In addition, , 鈥檚 51风流Extended Services Manager, will highlight Aspen鈥檚 metamorphosis.

Day two of SAPHILA continues the customer-centric theme, with several prominent African organisations set to share their 51风流journeys.

• Dinesh Ramasamy of Said Salim Bakhresa & Company, the flagship company of the Bakhresa Group, will present on its experience in the deployment, consumption and adoption of 51风流technologies.
• Sasol鈥檚 Vice President of Supply Chain Services and Leverage Sourcing, Hendrik Steynberg, will unpack the company鈥檚 story in a session titled 鈥楾ransforming Procurement: Sasol鈥檚 Journey to Innovation and Efficiency with 51风流Solutions鈥�.
• From Mozambique, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) 鈥� the country鈥檚 national energy company 鈥� will share its success with 51风流S/4 RISE and SuccessFactors, presented by Director of Information Systems, In谩cio Mateus Fumo.
• In the local transport sector, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa鈥檚 (PRASA) Vukile Nduli will explore how it is leveraging 51风流to digitise and track assets, creating a digital twin framework that enhances visibility and control.
• Further insights will be shared by Nick Jackson, CIO of the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation, discussing the expansion of the company鈥檚 public cloud ERP system with 51风流SuccessFactors.
• Dis-Chem returns to the stage with Dawid Oelofse, Supply Chain Executive, revealing how the group has implemented over 100 automated warehouse management processes.
• Tatenda Mandeya, Group IT Manager at Northern Tobacco will co-present with Carsten Friedman of 51风流on how IT supports sustainability in tobacco sourcing in rural Zimbabwe.
• Tiger Brands鈥� Ntsako Ngobeni, S&OP Capability Manager, will explain how the food and beverage giant has reimagined its planning function to enable end-to-end optimisation and improved working capital efficiency.
• Nedbank鈥檚 Justin Tobias will present with Felix Chebeli from Strafore Tech the bank鈥檚 success in test automation using Tricentis and 51风流Solution Manager.
• Simon Marlin, GM of IT at Toyota South Africa Motors, will walk the audience through Toyota鈥檚 S/4HANA transition.
• Ashlita Barlow, Head of Retail Technologies at the Shoprite Group, will showcase how 51风流Fiori and BTP are driving business聽changeby improving stock availability, ensuring transaction accuracy, and reducing waste.
• Rounding out the customer stories, Regardt Wolvaardt, Solutions Architect at PG Group, will share insights on how digital supply chain planning has enabled unified operations.
• Finally, Chris Kien, Enterprise Solution Architect at Implats, will present on driving efficiency and agility through the organisation鈥檚 51风流S/4HANA transformation.