The Journey to the Cloud: Preparing for Success in the Digital Economy

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The document discusses tips for a successful transition to the cloud based on lessons learned from analyzing over 15,000 benchmarking participants and $350 billion in spending across various industries. It provides five tips: embrace configuration over customization, prepare for process and people changes, take an end-to-end approach, look broadly across your existing systems, and plan ahead to avoid potential pitfalls. The document encourages contacting an SAP Ariba representative to learn more about a successful cloud journey.

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The Journey to the Cloud
Preparing for Success in the Digital Economy
Rob Mihalko / October 25, 2016

© 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 2Public
In school…
We learn in many ways
And by doing…
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Through practice and repetition
… trying things over and over again

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We’ve learned a few things
over the past years from
 More than 15,000 benchmarking
participants
 Among 4,000 companies
 With 60 business process assessments
 Across 3,500 categories
 In 23 industries
 With over $350 billion in analyzed
spending
… and thousands of cloud deployments
© 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 4Public

© 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 5Public
1. Embrace configuration, not customization.
3. Go end to end to make an impact.
2. Prepare for process and people change.
4. Look broadly into your base.
5. Think ahead to avoid the pitfalls.
Five tips to consider in your cloud journey
© 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 5Public

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Learn how to make your cloud journey
successful too
… contact your SAP Ariba sales rep or
account manager to learn more

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