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Automation is the answer to the skill and resource shortage in S/4HANA transformation market
At smartShift, the solutions are powered by our proprietary Intelligent Automation Platform™ and support scenarios like HANA & S/4HANA transformations…
Keep the Core Clean: Intelligente Automatisierung
Warum Automatisierung nicht nur die richtige Antwort auf den Fachkräftemangel im Rahmen von S/4HANA-Transformationen ist, sondern gleichzeitig auch Projektkosten, technische Altlasten und die Risiken der Transformation deutlich reduziert.
S/4HANA Skill and Resource Shortage – Do More with Less Through Automation!
At smartShift, the solutions are powered by our proprietary Intelligent Automation Platform™ and support scenarios like HANA & S/4HANA transformations, SAP system consolidations & carve-outs, and modernization & security initiatives for SAP…
There’s more than Greenfield and Brownfield – Application Modernization for your SAP System!
When it comes to custom processes or custom code, the focus needs to be on maintaining and modernizing strategic custom applications while getting rid of unused or redundant legacy code. Ideally, even going one step ahead to “SAP Clean Core” – a standard SAP S/4HANA system, running strategic custom extensions decoupled on Business Technology Platform (BTP) or even entirely outside of SAP. With this architecture, SAP customers will be able to consume innovations from SAP more frequently and release new business functionality faster.
3 Ways Automation and Modernization Can Help Your SAP S/4HANA Journey
3 Ways Automation and Modernization Can Help Your SAP S/4HANA Journey. Get to SAP S/4HANA with MVP, and then innovate with the continuous modernization approach with smartShift
RISE for SAP with smartShift Intelligent Automation Platform™
We are excited to drive the adoption of S/4HANA and Cloud along with RISE for SAP and our partners. “RISE with SAP'' is a subscription offering that bundles software licenses, Infrastructure-as-a-Service from your hyperscaler of choice, Cloud Managed Services, and...
Custom Code Analysis for S/4 Insight and Business Transformation
Like people, most organizations have a natural aversion to change. As such, change management for S/4 programs is critical but can be met with resistance, especially in defining standardization targets. Failure to get buy-in across the organization on standardization...
Do More With Less During COVID – Automated Code Remediation for SAP
By Derek Oats, EVP & GM Business Development In the COVID-19 world, there has arguably never been more pressure on business and IT leaders to “do more with less.” These leaders are routinely challenged with prioritizing strategic initiatives with shrinking budgets...
Important Reasons for Transforming a Monolith to Microservices
By Stefan Hetges, Founder and Chairman Are you already using a microservices architecture (MSA)? You probably are, but you don't even know it! For example, a Google search generates an average of about 70 microservices when you click the "Google Search" or "I'm...
Why Companies Need to Have a Cloud Roadmap
By Sean P Sheeran, VP, Solutions Engineering As more customers shop online, they don't want to waste time waiting for a slow mobile device or website to load. If your website isn’t immediately responsive, potential customers will quickly pivot to find service...
Case Studies
smartShift Supported Evonik to Modernize and Migrate Years of Custom Development to SAP S/4HANA
Download the free case study to learn how smartShift’s Intelligent Automation Platform provided successful SAP S/4HANA migration for Evonik without disrupting business operations – and build a stable system fit for the future
JBS USA Executed a Successful SAP S/4HANA Conversion with smartShift Intelligent Automation™
Download the free case study to learn how smartShift’s Intelligent Automation Platform provided successful SAP S/4HANA Conversion for JBS USA and maintained complete Business Velocity – eliminating 30000 Hours of Manual Work.
Nilfisk Cleans Up its SAP Landscape with smartShift Intelligent Automation™
Download the free case study to learn how smartShift’s Intelligent Automation Platform provided Nilfisk with end-to-end automation for their SAP HANA transformation with reduced TCO and also accelerated cloud adoption.
Arla Foods Executed a Successful SAP S/4HANA Proof of Concept with smartShift
Download the free case study to learn how smartShift’s Intelligent Automation Platform provided Arla Foods with end-to-end automation for their SAP S/4HANA transformation in record time and also provided a proof-of-concept for a broader cloud migration roadmap.
Implementing a Logistics Application for a Global Premium Automobile and Motorcycle Manufacturer
Replacing a Monolithic Application with Microservices Implementing a Logistics Application for a Global Premium Automobile and Motorcycle Manufacturer smartShift and the BMW Group successfully designed & implemented FAVOR Cockpit, a microservice based...
Gebr. Heinemann selects smartShift to establish HANA-readiness for their custom applications
Gebr. Heinemann, a major distributor, and retailer for the international travel retail market, started their journey towards SAP HANA / SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (SAP HEC) at the beginning of 2020. They selected smartShift to efficiently, quickly, and reliably...
BMW Group
Enterprise-level access to smartShift’s Intelligent Automation In 2017, BMW and smartShift Technologies have entered into a multi-year collaboration in which BMW uses smartShift’s Automation platform to automate the digital transformation and management of BMW Group´s...
Water Utility Company
smartShift was selected by a private water utility company to plan and execute an SAP HANA and cloud migration and upgrade project. The water utility company provides a broad range of operations, maintenance, and management services, including water production,...
Clarus Commerce
Clarus Commerce is a leading white label, customer royalty program solutions provider, with three decades of experience designing end-to-end royalty programs, and a customer base that includes Amazon, Mastercard, Visa, Condé Nast, and many others. In 2017, Clarus...
Nilfisk SAP HANA Migration
Headquartered in Brøndby, Denmark, Nilfisk is a supplier of professional cleaning equipment in the industrial, commercial, and consumer markets. As a longtime SAP customer, Nilfisk was ready to migrate to SAP Suite on HANA and SAP Business Warehouse on HANA. In order...
eBooks
The Power of Automation to Accelerate and Simplify SAP Modernization
One of the biggest challenges on the journey to S/4HANA is to reconcile years of technical debt accrued through custom development. Custom code modernization is an enormous venture to undertake unless it is automated. Read this eBook to learn about smartShift’s vision and approach to SAP transformations and discover the ins and outs of our Intelligent Automation Platform.
Press Releases
smartShift to Present at Upcoming SAP Sapphire & ASUG Accelerate Orlando 2022
Learn how Jabil remediated 5 million lines of custom code in 5 weeks and reduced dual maintenance costs by 20% utilizing smartShift Intelligent Automation™ Platform..
smartShift’s Strong Growth in 2021 Leads to Expansion in the Leadership Team
smartShift, the world’s leading provider of Intelligent Automation for SAP transformations, today announced a new addition to its executive team as well as two promotions. smartShift had a strong 2021, delivering double-digit year-over-year growth and adding new solutions to its Intelligent Automation Platform™.
smartShift achieves the SAP on Microsoft Azure Advanced Specialization
BOSTON, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- smartShift a leading provider of automated transformations and management of legacy enterprise systems in the cloud today announced it has achieved SAP on Microsoft Azure Advanced Specialization. The advanced specialization is...
smartShift Partners with Syniti and Natuvion to Accelerate RISE with SAP for SAP S/4HANA® Adoption
Bundled implementation solution addresses the primary challenges of moving to SAP S/4HANA, including poor data quality, high cost of implementation, concerns with losing prior ECC customizations, and business disruption. BOSTON – June 7, 2021 – Syniti, a global...
smartShift Appoints Derek Oats as CEO and Kendall Walker as CFO to Accelerate Growth
smartShift, known for its intelligent automation platform™ for SAP and Cloud digital transformations, announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has appointed Derek Oats as Chief Executive Officer and Kendall Walker as Chief Financial Officer. "At...
smartShift Achieves the Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform Competency
BOSTON, Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- smartShift a leading provider of automated transformations and management of legacy enterprise systems in the cloud, today announced it has attained Microsoft Gold Platform Competency for Partners. The Cloud Platform Competency is...
Basis Technologies and smartShift Technologies announce partnership to accelerate SAP® S/4HANA migrations
London, UK; Boston, MA - Basis Technologies, creators of the most complete DevOps and test automation platform engineered specifically for SAP systems, and smartShift Technologies, pioneers of automated SAP system transformation, today announced a partnership...
DXC Technology and smartShift Announce Agreement to Accelerate and De-risk Customers’ Path to S/4HANA
DXC Technology and smartShift Announce Agreement to Accelerate and De-risk Customers’ Path to S/4HANA
Two years later: Leveraging Intelligent Automation™ to modernize and manage SAP systems across the landscape
Press Release: BMW chooses smartShift to leverage SAP presence
AMAG and smartShift Technologies partner on SAP S/4HANA consolidation
AMAG and smartShift Technologies partner on SAP S/4HANA
Webinars
JBS USA’s Strategic Approach to a Multi-Year SAP S/4HANA Conversion and Rollout
View the webcast to learn how partnering with the business process consultancies Enowa and smartShift, the leading providers of Intelligent Automation™ for SAP transformations, helped JBS USA carve out existing processes to assist in the move to SAP S/4HANA.
SAP S/4HANA: Business Benefits of Addressing Custom Code and Data Migration
In this exclusive conversation, Leonard and Arndt will delve into the different paths for S/4HANA, the business challenges each represent, customer situations seen when addressing data and custom code, and present the assessments Syniti and smartShift undertake when looking at a new project.
Customer Council – smartShift and Syniti combined solution
Learn how smartShift’s Intelligent Automation Platform end-to-end automation for SAP S/4HANA transformations
Fireside Chat: smartShift and Syniti CEOs Spark a Conversation
Data and Custom Code in SAP S/4HANA Migrations: Why CEO’s Combine the Conversation. In a recent fireside chat, Syniti CEO, Kevin Campbell, conducted a deep dive into data and custom code with Derek Oats, CEO of smartShift, the world’s leading provider of Intelligent Automation for SAP transformations.
Arla Foods Executed a Successful SAP S/4HANA Proof of Concept
Learn how smartShift’s Intelligent Automation Platform provided Arla Foods with end-to-end automation for their SAP S/4HANA transformation in record time and also provided a proof-of-concept for a broader cloud migration roadmap.
CEO to CEO Podcast: Derek Oats
This week Kevin is joined by Derek Oats, CEO of smartShift, an organization that provides a smarter way to transform legacy SAP systems. Syniti recently announced a strategic partnership with smartShift and Natuvion to complement the RISE with SAP offering by helping businesses accelerate and simplify their move to SAP S/4HANA® Cloud
Kickstart Explosive Growth with a CLEAN CORE Approach to SAP
Learn the explosive growth with CLEAN CORE Approach to SAP. Understand the pathways available and multiple case studies implemented with a much cleaner SAP Core and well-structured customizations.
NexGen ERP – Evonik’s successful path to SAP S/4HANA
Evonik was one of the first specialty chemicals companies to migrate its central ERP system to SAP S/4HANA. More than 60,000 in-house developments in the system were quickly and cost-effectively adapted to S/4HANA and modernized for the future. Get detailed insight into Evonik’s transformation success, understand why they chose smartShift’s Intelligent Automation Platform and how the company will benefit from a now clean system in future enhancements.
Automation for your Accelerated SAP Modernization to S/4HANA and beyond!
Learn how BMW saved thousands of days of manual labor for the migration and modernization of multiple SAP systems to S/4HANA and beyond. Understand how the central production template was designed and implemented with a much cleaner SAP Core and well structured customizations.
Accelerate your move to S/4HANA with automation
We have partnered with Basis Technologies to provide the webinar about accelerating your move to S/4HANA with automation. Register today: https://www.basistechnologies.com/webinars/accelerate-and-de-risk-your-move-to-s4hana-with-automation/ Date: 23rd March 2021...
Whitepapers
Safeguard Business Transformation in the cloud with SAP S/4HANA
Download the free whitepaper to learn how based on our rich and diverse experience in S/4-le business transformation programmes, PwC and smartShift have developed a rigorous method to enable the transition to new architecture through a combination of intelligent design and smart tooling. This paper describes key aspects of our approach accelerating the transition and safeguarding the val that these programmes bring over an extended period.
[GUIDE]: Creating an Oracle RDS Read Replica
Creating and Oracle RDS Read Replica AWS recently announce the support of Read Replica for Oracle RDS starting with versions 12.1.0.2.v10 and higher 12.1 versions, for all 12.2 versions, and for all 18 versions. AWS RDS uses Oracle Data Guard to replicate the database...
[GUIDE]: Setting up an AWS VPC Client VPN
AWS Client VPN is a AWS client-based VPN service that enables we to securely access our resources in AWS and our on-premises network. With Client VPN, we can access our resources from any location using an OpenVPN-based VPN client. Below are the step to implement AWS...
Setup Kubernetes Cluster with Zero Cost
This document provides some basic understanding…
[GUIDE]: Encrypting existing MySQL RDS with reduced downtime
AWS RDS instances and snapshots at rest can be encrypted by enabling the encryption option in AWS. Data that is encrypted at rest includes the underlying storage for DB instances, its automated backups, Read Replicas, and snapshots. Amazon RDS encrypted DB instances...
Of application understanding and machine learning or where I am coming from
For the past 25 years, I have been working in the area of automation. But this is not where I started my career. During my master’s program at USC, I was first introduced to artificial intelligence, a field which immediately fascinated me. At that time, jobs related...
8 things about S/4HANA Conversions
Although S/4HANA is formally not a successor…
Automation is making boring IT jobs exciting
The fear of automation has been around ever since machines started to replace manual work on a mass scale.
Automated Transformation: Shift Gears
When your ERP software supplier provides an upgrade or enhancement, or the business demands new functionality only available in a new release, how do you organize the migration of your many customizations? Most companies start a manual migration process with a time...
Boost from In Memory Revolution
SAP HANA is an in-memory product, designed to…
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