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“You’re Doing it Wrong!”

September 22nd, 2023

1 min read

By Admin

Derek Oats, smartShift Chief Executive Officer

A new approach to Digital Transformation

“You’re doing it wrong!” – this is what our customers often say to other SAP customers who are planning their moves to S/4HANA. “Look, if you’re not using automation to handle your custom code, you’re doing it wrong!”

We all know that ABAP developers are difficult to find, especially in today’s labor market. More importantly, leveraging their talents is quite expensive, time consuming and while they are very good, they are never perfect nor do they guarantee their work.

Enter smartShift with its patented, AI-Powered custom code solutions for SAP transformations, and you’ve got a game-changer on your hands. Imagine transforming your entire code base (not just your priority fixes, but your entire code base) in a matter of weeks backed by a 100% quality guarantee. Who else can do that?

The answer: No one! We have 11 patents on our technology and more than a decade of experience doing SAP transformations. In fact, we’ve done more than 3,300. All things considered, if your SAP transformation plans don’t include smartShift, there’s a good chance you’re doing it wrong.

Derek Oats, smartShift Chief Executive Officer:

"There are so many economies of scale that can be taken advantage of by inserting automation in places where it is a fit. And one in particular is from a custom code and automation perspective. And that is where smartShift can really help guide you through that process, specifically take that custom code workstream completely off the table, leverage the software automation so that you are not stuck…"

Arndt Hoffmann, smartShift Chief Customer Officer:

"I often review transformation, roadmaps and plans […] They are not comprehensive. A lot of stuff is left out. They don’t talk about dual maintenance. They don’t talk about security. They don’t talk about a comprehensive solution which covers all aspects of the problem. I think the outcome is not always in the best interest of a risk free and successful project."

Resources for Your Transformation Projects

In the above videos, Derek and Arndt refer to two 3rd party studies, one from Forrester and the other from the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group. Arndt also mentions our Free Health Check or Free Rapid Code Analysis. You can download the studies, request a Rapid Code Analysis or contact us directly.