In the previous five parts of this series, we examined the technological basis, the strategic flywheel, and the procedural architecture of modern life sciences IT. But technology does not exist in a vacuum. While we discuss S/4HANA migrations and clean core strategies, signs of a tectonic shift are gathering on the horizon.
Anyone currently looking into e-invoicing in Europe usually looks first to France, Poland, or Germany. In these countries, government mandates are forcing companies to switch to digital. But while the market waits for the next big “must,” a model has established itself almost unnoticed in the Netherlands that is just as interesting for SAP customers: a successful system that focuses on standardization rather than coercion.
Migrating to SAP S/4HANA using the brownfield approach (“system conversion”) presents companies with one of the most complex challenges in their ERP history: the mandatory transformation of their historical master data. At the heart of this transformation is customer vendor integration (CVI). This blog post offers a detailed analysis of the CVI process.
Transformation in the life sciences industry follows different rules than in non-regulated industries. This is precisely where the concept of an integrated SAP toolchain takes on strategic importance.
This article focuses on the implementation of SAP Business Suite. In the life sciences industry in particular, process architecture determines whether regulatory requirements, quality assurance, and innovation can be reconciled.