SAP CLOUD FOR UTILITIES attractive new offerings of any kind ,” he says . “ They are becoming themselves a service provider , leveraging our platform as backend . This White-Labeling of own IP shows the industry is going in new ways to open revenue streams , and Cloud for Utilities is designed to support those innovative business models .”
Munar says SAP is currently integrating all its relevant industry solutions in a hybrid deployment model with out-of-the box integration flows , which will be available in the first quarter of 2021 , ahead of a full cloud suite being completed next year .
SAP has since completed two successful test cycle rounds for its end-to-end integrated solution .
“ Two major and successful test cycles of the end-to-end processes have happened , the first one in June ( 2006 Release ) and the second one in November ( 2011 Release ). Tests were focused on the execution of the end-to-end scenario for selling and billing of commodity and non-commodity products and services .”
To date , it has involved 20 customers globally , from Germany , US and UK to Portugal , New Zealand , Hong Kong . “ We align with them our development strategy , functionalities being developed , and they tell us their current and future needs and requirements , and they test the solutions , this will help us to build a solution that is fully aligned with the market expectations ,” he added .
“ One key element is that this first release will enable existing customers to easily connect their back-end solutions with cloud components , helping them capitalize on their previous SAP Industry Solutions investments . That is a key achievement and supports the end-to-end process . We are working with our customers in different pilots and co-development of the solution .”
MEET THE TEAM
STEFAN ENGELHARDT
TITLE : GLOBAL VP GO- TO-MARKET STRATEGY INDUSTRY BUSINESS UNIT UTILITIES
Stefan joined SAP in 1997 and held since then various management positions within SAP ’ s Industry Business Unit Utilities . He became Vice President Utilities in 2007 and is today responsible for SAP ’ s global Go-to-Market strategy for the utilities industry . Stefan studied Geo- Sciences and holds a PhD degree for Natural Sciences from the University of Heidelberg . Before joining SAP , Stefan worked at Technische Werke Ludwigshafen AG as Head of Energy Consulting .
MATEU MUNAR
TITLE : SENIOR DIRECTOR , INDUSTRY BUSINESS UNIT UTILITIES
Mateu is currently working as Senior Director in the Industry Business Unit for Utilities , he ’ s responsible for the Go-to-Market of the SAP Cloud for Utilities Program . Mateu has over 20 years of experience in the Utilities Industry ; before joining the Industry Business Unit Utilities , he played several roles in the Industry , first as Consultant and Solution Architect implementing the SAP for Utilities Solutions and afterwards leading the Utilities Consulting Team in the EMEA region . He has a wide experience working with Utilities customers in the different market roles , different countries and through the full cycle of the SAP for Utilities Solution .
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