Martin Barkman

I’m thrilled to share that Gartner has named SAP a Leader in its inaugural 2024 Magic Quadrant for Recurring Billing Applications. We believe this recognition underscores our commitment to providing an agile cloud solution for recurring revenue management that meets the needs of fast-growing companies with SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP Subscription Billing. Gartner evaluated 17 vendors and named SAP a Leader. Read the full report here.

4 shares Not only is my golf game terrible, it also hasn’t improved in 20 years. I’ve learned to accept it. Still, improving shouldn’t be so hard. It seems like no amount of new equipment or practice makes a difference. Perhaps what I need is a change of perspective. A friend advised me to accept the inherent variability that comes with the game.

By Martin Barkman, SAP For years, cost has been the most important factor across global supply chains. The result of this tunnel vision approach means moving manufacturing operations to low-cost regions of the world. But then a disruption like the pandemic comes along – and suddenly cost isn’t the main issue. Over the past 18 months the world has experienced plant shutdowns, boarder closures, canal and bridge blockages, cargo ship chaos, labor shortages, and supply and demand imbalances.