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Innovating with S/4HANA

Wednesday 13th September 2023 - 9:30am - 3:30pm

Boots, Nottingham

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THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN PERSON AT WALLGREEN BOOTS ALLIANCE SUPPORT OFFICE IN NOTTINGHAM

Calling all businesses currently using S/4HANA or those on the journey to it! You won't want to miss our upcoming event centered around innovating with S/4HANA.

At the event, you will be hearing from our partner, SAP professionals and also customers sharing their experiences and stories. If you already completed the S/4HANA upgrade, these sessions will provide insights into what BTP can bring to the game and how the users can benefit from it. For those who haven't crossed the finishing line yet, you will be able to get some pointers on what you should consider before embarking on the S/4HANA journey and ensure a 'clean core' before the upgrade.

While you're on the S/4 journey, have you ever wondered how BTP can benefit your S/4HANA transformation? Dean Farrow from SAP will be delivering a session on BTP overview, ''How SAP BTP can help Before and After a S/4HANA implementation''. Listen to how customers have used the SAP Business Technology Platform to help them before the S/4HANA upgrade and also how customers have transformed and innovated using the SAP Business Technology Platform after the S/4HANA upgrade.

Ed East from SAP will present Automate with Greater Speed, Simplicity, and Confidence. Learn how SAP Build Process Automation can help your company adapt, improve, and innovate its business processes. SAP Build focuses on Low code No code portfolio which helps non-technical users complete standard development tasks faster, allowing your company become more agile.

Graham Wiffen and Stephen Clark from Walgreens Boots Alliance will be talking about their experiences of implementing and running SAP S/4HANA at Walgreens, the largest retail S/4HANA system in the world and also their experiences of mobilising the programme to migrate Boots to SAP S/4HANA (Business Case, Migration Approach & Delivery Strategy)

Devin Gharibian from Redwood Software will be joined in this session by Des Irwin to discuss how Heineken UK leveraged Redwood RunMyJobs to seamlessly automate their most critical daily business processes across the full stack of ERP and all adjacent applications, ensuring that the innovation that S/4HANA brings is actually operationalised.

Join this session to discover how to Innovate with full-stack automation and S/4HANA. Many organisations are modernising from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA in order to innovate and optimise their business models. As part of this innovation journey, they are replacing their previous on-premise application landscapes with more modern, best of breed solutions that comprise a combination of on-premise, private cloud, and SaaS. In this hybrid cloud, landscape integrated IT and business operations is a big challenge again, and process orchestration is becoming more relevant than ever before.

Whether you're already using S/4HANA or just beginning your journey, there's something for everyone at this event.

As this is a Partner sponsored event, there may be some restriction on which members can attend. This means that even if your initial booking is accepted, we may contact you to cancel your booking.



Event Speakers

Des Irwin

Hosting Services Manager

Heineken

Des has been with Heineken for over 25+ years and worked with SAP from SAP R2 days way back at the start. He engaged in various implementations and upgrades from v6.0 to their current RunMyJobs platform which manages all the Heineken UK batch processes across ERP, APO, BW and now their data platform

Devin Gharibian

SVP Business Development & Strategy

Redwood Software

Calling on 15+ years of experience in SAP, having worked as a technology consultant, project manager and process advisor, Devin brings a wealth of process improvement and automation experience to Redwood that he brings to bear daily on both internal and external audiences.

Graham Wiffen

Director SAP Centre of Expertise

Walgreens Boots Alliance

An innovative leader who has consistently and reliably delivered strategic and cutting-edge SAP technological change and exceptional service delivery. Proven success in leadership, operation management and organisational development always with a keen understanding of the business context.

Stephen Clark

VP Centres of Expertise

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Steve is based in Nottingham and is CIMA, PMP and Prince2 qualified and has also run SAP Practices and implemented Centres of Expertise during his career.

Adele Riggott

SAP Technology Manager

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Adele has been working at Boots for 10 years, and brings over 20 years experience in SAP. In her current role she leads the SAP technical teams at Boots and is currently working on an S4 upgrade and migration to RISE.

Ed East

Solution Advisor for SAP Business Technology Platform

SAP

Edward has been working at SAP for over 5 years, in which he was taken on roles within the cloud & development space. After completing the SAP Presales Academy programme, Edward moved into a solution advisory role for SAP Business Technology Platform.

Dean Farrow

Lead Solution Advisor for SAP Analytics and Intelligent Technologies

SAP

Dean has been enthusiastically working in presales and advising solutions for customers for over 25 years, mainly specialising in the area of business intelligence and analytics.

Emma Chambers

S/4HANA SIG Co-Chair

UKISUG

Emma is the UKISUG co-chair of the SAP S/4 HANA SIG and Women in SAP Community SIG. She also sits on the Board of Directors for UKISUG.

Sue Parsons

IT Senior Manager | S/4HANA SIG Co-Chair

Harrods | UKISUG

Sue is an experienced SAP professional with over 27 years of experience in both Manufacturing and Retail sectors. She began her career as an SAP End User and progressed into technical and project management roles, including upgrading SAP versions. Now, she is the SAP Application Manager at Harrods.

Event Location

D80 Conference Centre
Boots
1 Thane Road West
Nottingham
NG7 2TG

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Event Sponsors

09:30 - 10:00

Registration and Coffee Networking

10:00 - 10:10

Welcome and Introduction

Sue Parsons

IT Senior Manager | S/4HANA SIG Co-Chair - Harrods | UKISUG

10:10 - 10:15

UKISUG Update

10:15 - 11:00

Innovate with full-stack automation and S/4HANA

Devin Gharibian

SVP Business Development & Strategy - Redwood Software

Des Irwin

Hosting Services Manager - Heineken

Join this session of the UKI user group to hear from Des Irwin how Heineken UK leveraged Redwood RunMyJobs to seamlessly automate their most critical daily business processes across the full stack of ERP and all adjacent applications, ensuring that the innovation that S4HANA brings is actually operationalized.

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:15

How SAP BTP can help Before and After an S/4HANA implementation

Dean Farrow

Lead Solution Advisor for SAP Analytics and Intelligent Technologies - SAP

Listen to how customers have used the SAP Business Technology Platform to help them before the S/4HANA upgrade and also how customers have transformed and innovated using the SAP Business Technology Platform after the S/4HANA upgrade.

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch

13:15 - 14:00

Business Case, Migration Approach & Delivery Strategy of Boots

Stephen Clark

VP Centres of Expertise - Walgreens Boots Alliance

Graham Wiffen

Director SAP Centre of Expertise - Walgreens Boots Alliance

14:00 - 14:45

Automate with Greater Speed, Simplicity, and Confidence

Ed East

Solution Advisor for SAP Business Technology Platform - SAP

Learn how SAP Build Process Automation can help your company adapt, improve, and innovate its business processes. SAP Build focuses on Low code No code portfolio which helps non-technical users complete standard development tasks faster, allowing your company become more agile.

14:45 - 15:30

Panel Discussion

Dean Farrow

Lead Solution Advisor for SAP Analytics and Intelligent Technologies - SAP

Devin Gharibian

SVP Business Development & Strategy - Redwood Software

Des Irwin

Hosting Services Manager - Heineken

Adele Riggott

SAP Technology Manager - Walgreens Boots Alliance

15:30

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