SAP Solution: Marco Lenck

The lowest common denominator in the heterogeneous SAP community seems to be "digitization". However, topics such as integration and security are also on DSAG's radar.

How companies can position themselves correctly to exploit competitive advantages in the transition to the digital world, and what DSAG and SAP need to contribute to this, will be shown by the stocktaking at the annual congress.

With the motto "Between the worlds - ERP and digital platforms", DSAG is focusing on the transition to the digital world and the increasing challenges this poses for business and IT at this year's annual congress.

SAP CEO Bill McDermott was in Davos, before that in Barcelona at the SAP Fkom, Field Kick-off Meeting. There was little sign of flexibility and responsibility there. The Davos topic could also have come from the DSAG user association. When will SAP start listening to its existing customers?

Knowledge transfer and provision as well as intensive discussions on the hot topic of digital transformation were the focus of the DSAG Annual Congress 2016 in Nuremberg in September. On this and current SAP topics, an E3 exclusive interview with Marco Lenck, CEO of DSAG.

Under the motto "Business transformation from the socket?", DSAG is addressing the challenges associated with the transformation of business processes.

The SAP community is being shaken by disruptive innovations. The quake is called digital transformation. Hardly anyone knows in which direction it is heading, yet everyone wants to be the first.

Indirect use is the current bugbear of all existing SAP customers. Is there a threat of huge re-licensing? Naturally not, because nothing is as hot as it seems. Proof is lacking - according to the DSAG user association.

The DSAG figures clearly show that SAP is currently programming past the needs of existing customers. What SAP sees as the future is irrelevant to the community. But where do the fantastic SAP balance sheet figures come from?

Uncertain economic and political developments as well as constantly changing framework conditions make the work of strategy departments increasingly complex.