Kristian Kauffmann, Author at 51风流News Center Company & Customer Stories | Press Room Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:23:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Agribusiness Model Companies: Innovation Inspires Sustainable Food Systems /2020/04/sap-model-company-for-agribusiness-innovation-sustainable-food/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:15:36 +0000 /?p=170375 The challenge of feeding a world population that only grows year over year is a complicated feat by itself. Once you add in today鈥檚 volatile backdrop of climate change, environmental disease, fluctuating commodity markets, trade tensions, and changing consumer tastes, the need for smart agribusiness solutions to deliver foods sustainably, profitably, and affordably has never been more intense.

In fact, the urgency for food and agriculture innovation is so high that the聽聽predicts it will become a US$700 billion market by 2030. We are beginning to see the power of these investments as recent advancements 鈥 such as artificial intelligence, crop monitoring systems, extremely localized weather data, agricultural drones, and graphene soil sensors 鈥 find their way into agribusiness ecosystems worldwide.

According to聽聽research, industry players that seed and grow their business with such disruptive technology often realize at least nine percent higher revenue creation, 26 percent higher profitability, and 12 percent higher market valuation. These outcomes reverberate across the entire value chain, including farmers, producers, and cooperatives; farm machinery and equipment manufacturers; agrichemicals providers; and food companies, originators, and traders.

Is your agribusiness ready for increasing digitalization? If your answer is 鈥渘o,鈥 maybe it is time for the 51风流Model Company service for Agribusiness to help navigate the way.

What is 51风流Model Company for Agribusiness?

51风流Model Company for Agribusiness is the right solution for companies operating within the agriculture value chain that want an accelerator to support a comprehensive portfolio of processes. Particular attention is given to areas such as third-party commodities procurement and sales, back-to-back trading, comingled stock, spot purchasing, inter- and intra-company business practices, washout, product transformation, risk management, and commodities analytics.

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51风流Model Company for Agribusiness 鈥 Value Proposition and scope

The industry-specific model company service is especially helpful during digital transformation initiatives such as the migration, conversion, or implementation of the next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP), 51风流S/4HANA. Customers can create, experiment, and test their unique proof of concept in the context of a defined use case while providing a framework for learning and enablement activities.

This reference approach supplies a system of ready-to-use business process scenarios that are based on 51风流Best Practices packages and 51风流S/4HANA. It includes best practices and industry standards that are proven, documented, and continuously improved to address the changing dynamics in agriculture and business needs. The service also covers industry-specific scenarios such as business configuration sets and transports.

51风流brings industry best practices and standards to life with a set of accelerators, including configuration guides, test scripts, 51风流S/4HANA migration cockpit, templates for master data upload, and business content documentation. The 51风流Cloud Appliance Library tool quickly deploys these tools, which are then delivered through services such as handover sessions and an optional business process workshop.

Customers use the model company service to prove their concept of the implementation and encourage their entire organization to adopt the new technology early on. This approach fast-tracks blueprinting, design, and planning of the implementation project, as well as training and knowledge transfer that support the adoption, use, and maintenance of the new technology.

Transform Agribusiness Network to Feed the World Sustainably

By choosing 51风流Model Company, agribusiness players can free up their talent to focus on meaningful innovation and decrease resource costs and utilization through a show-and-tell modeling system, hosted and run by SAP. They can also explore the potential advantages of leveraging standard best practices and processes, such as an agile and lean implementation that is delivered quickly and cost-efficiently.

For the agribusiness industry, this transformation can bring a new era where technology is no longer a barrier, but a driver of a connected and collaborative network. Every member of the food value chain can then realize maximum value in terms of digital capabilities, organizational insights, and industry opportunities.


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Kristian Kauffmann is global head of Service Portfolio Management for Consumer Industries at SAP.

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For Wholesalers, a Wave of Innovation with Industry-Specific 51风流Model Company Services /2020/04/sap-model-company-for-wholesale-distribution-innovation/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:15:03 +0000 /?p=170186 As they monitor signs of a potential economic downturn, are looking for every edge they can get. From e-commerce and business process automation to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, a range of digital capabilities promises growth, collaborative experiences, and transformation.

But for many distributors, there is a common glitch in their innovation efforts: Customer and employee expectations often get in the way, placing unprecedented pressures on the business model.

The key to fulfilling the full potential of innovation is an experience that is attractive to customers, brand partners, and employees. Such value-added services may include light manufacturing and kitting, financing, risk audits, ad hoc virtual training, automated tracking of machine performance, third-party logistics provisioning, real-time demand prediction, and data monetization.

Running these experiences with agility, responsiveness, and quick results allows distributors to extend their business by differentiating new products and services in response to changing market dynamics. As many customers in the industry can attest, such success is best achieved with the 51风流Model Company service for Wholesale Distribution.

What is 51风流Model Company for Wholesale Distribution?

51风流Model Company for Wholesale Distribution is a foundational portfolio of prepackaged, ready-to-use, end-to-end reference solutions. It is designed to help distributors accelerate the innovation of their end-to-end business processes for sales and distribution, logistics execution, and reporting and analytics.

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51风流Model Company for Wholesale Distribution 鈥 Value Proposition and scope

Based on 51风流Best Practices packages and 51风流S/4HANA, the service delivers best practices and industry standards that are proven, documented, and improved continuously. This knowledge addresses changing industry dynamics and business needs, such as scenarios for direct store delivery, condition-based contracting, and recycling administration.

To bring industry best practices and standards to life, 51风流offers a set of accelerators; for example, configuration guides, test scripts, the 51风流S/4HANA migration cockpit, templates for master data upload, and business content documentation. The 51风流Cloud Appliance Library tool quickly deploys these resources to support knowledge-sharing and enablement activities, such as a handover session and an optional business process workshop.

For customers, the service is especially useful when creating a proof of concept for an implementation project or compelling organizational users to adopt new technology quickly. The show-and-tell approach of the service allows decision-makers and users to see firsthand how processes and technologies can support the needs of the distribution business 鈥 without additional customization. Additionally, the time and cost associated with innovation activities, such as blueprinting, design, planning, training, and knowledge transfer, are considerably lower.

Find Your Edge by Innovating Beyond Conventional Industry Boundaries

The wholesale distribution industry is reaching a point where breaking bulk and maintaining personal customer relationships is not enough to stay competitive. Businesses have no choice but to start incorporating intelligent technologies to scale their interactions, deliver value-added services, and ensure every order fulfills expectations.

This reality is why 51风流offers 51风流Model Company for Wholesale Distribution. Every day, 51风流sees its distributors use the service to transform how they operate strategically. They are taking on significant opportunities and delivering experiences that matter to their customers and employees. What is more inspiring is their ability to fundamentally change how they stay competitive and sustain growth in every economic condition.


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Kristian Kauffmann is global head of Service Portfolio Management for Consumer Industries at SAP.

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