The Heterogenous,

Composable, Autonomous
Enterprise
The new normal

Global Chief Architect Cloud ERP

Damien Johnson

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Technology and business operations continually change and it will again...

1990 2000 2010 2020

(1975) (1985) (1995) (2005) (2015)

Mainframe Client Server Internet Era Cloud Era Hybrid Era

Consistent Data Decision Making Agility Efficiency Autonomous

Specialist Business Manager Employees Everyone Everything

Standalone Networked Portals On-Demand Anywhere

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Some Mega Trends affecting customer outcomes

Everything as a Service Circular Economy

Sustainable Energy New Customer Pathways

Future of Capital and Risk Generative AI

Integrated Mobility Resilient Supply Networks

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 “The pace of change has
never been this fast, yet it
will never by this slow again.”

Justine Trudeau

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 We explore
Transformative
emerging innovation
technologies
beyond
and concepts
existing
such
products
as …

Blockchain and Web 3.0 Quantum Computing

New Cloud Architectures Extended Reality

Next-gen AI Data Privacy

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Let's rethink the way how processes are implemented

From Application-Centric Integration… …to Process-Centric Composition

SOLUTION 1 SOLUTION 2 SOLUTION 3

Third-Party
Solution

Third-Party Third-Party
Solution Solution

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HETEROGENOUS

AUTONOMOUS

COMPOSABLE 8
 Transformation Themes Across Industries

Aerospace and

Education and

entertainment

transportation
Life sciences

Public sector
Defense and

Mill products

Professional
Oil and gas
Automotive

and mining

Sports and
Healthcare

Travel and

Wholesale
Chemicals

Consumer

Insurance
High tech
research
products

services
Banking
defense

security

EC & O

Utilities
IM & C

Media

Retail

Telco
Trusted Products

Education and Work

Circular Economy

Future Cities

Sustainable Energy

Integrated Mobility

Global Supply Chains

Future Finance

Lifelong Health

Trust, Safety and Security & Interoperability

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Heterogenous , Autonomous & Composable

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CloudERP – Refactored platform centric development and
delivery models
Many & Monolithic Modular & Agile Today‘s Accelerators
Digital Move to Cloud
Periphery Scale technologies, innovation
Cloudscale cycles & reach
platform functions
Common Business Semantics
Create visibility and standardization
Standardized LOB consumption
SAP & non-SAP Cloud Functions
satellite systems Fit to Standard vs. Fit to Gap
Business Process & Clean Core driven
Monolithic
Simplified Hybrid
principles
 Far from standard
CloudERP Core
 Inflexible Common Platform as a Service
 High-maintenance
Integration, Extension & Innovation
Industry Cloud

Enterprise Automation & AI

Business Semantics Intelligent automation and execution
Driven -
Data/Integration/Extension/AI Unified Data Strategy
Abstraction Layer Harmonized data transparency

Changing Paradigms - Flexible Rigidity

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Ever Changing Enterprise Constraints

Hyper-automation

Quantum Geo-political
Distributed Computing uncertainty
computing
Cobots – generative AI
Composable
business Ecological
pressure
Splinternet
Purpose-driven
Metaversal Global Wealth
consumers
technologies Disorder
Sustainability Aging Talent scarcity
population

Lifelong Portfolio careers

Innovation learning
ecosystems
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Challenges Opportunities

Growing customer expectations Growing market share

Disruptive competitors Efficiency

Expansion in new geographies

Supply chain disruption I want to run my Adapting new business models

business efficiently
and stay
Climate change competitive while Sustainability
managing revenue,
Growth Experience
costs, and risks.
Geopolitical landscape Breakthrough innovations

Talent shortages Sudden spike in demand

Inflation Geopolitical landscape

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LLMs.......so yesterday
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LLMs.......so yesterday
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Transformation with Cloud ERP at center

Platform for Innovation Intelligent

Business Model Innovation
• Autonomous
• Subscription Economy
• Insight to Action
• Outcome Based Services
• Intelligent Planning
• Sustainability
• …

• People Collaboration
CLOUD ERP MS Teams / Office integration
• Company Collaboration
Composable Data sharing, visibility, connectivity

Business Process
as a Service
Networked

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In the new world, it is not the
big fish which eats the small
fish, it’s the fast which eats
the slow.
Klaus Schwab

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