Chris Salis - 2021 SAP Perspective
                     Chris Salis’ 2021 
SAP Perspective
Here are some things Chris Salis wants 
his audience to focus on:
Doing more with less:
Chris Salis recommends focusing on the process of innovation, 
automation, operations, and integrations. As the pandemic 
navigates out, leading to the post-pandemic era, the years 2021 
and 2022 are the years of technology reinvestment. Though SAP 
users may increase, the budget and support teams of 2021 will 
remain similar to 2020. Therefore, it will be crucial for the 
success of the enterprise to remove the manual efforts through 
automation. Moreover, assessing the current processes and how 
much their cost is in execution and maintenance leads to a 
better assessment of return on investment.
Moving to the cloud debate is over
All the big businesses, including the IT leaders, have considered 
moving to the cloud to reduce complexity, optimize costs, and 
accelerate innovation along with implementation. It is safe to say 
that SaaS solutions and public cloud platforms will receive 
substantial investments. Besides, the businesses that have 
planned prime investments in cloud platforms will continue to 
invest heavily in the future. Organizations are offloading the 
tough labor associated with customizing and maintaining the 
business processes. Instead, they deploy and prioritize best 
practices universally that can be configured easily and enabled 
through cloud-based offerings. In addition, Chris Salis  suggests 
developing a long-term and short-term cloud strategy that won’t 
affect the longevity of your business.
Streamline core processes
Today, investing and re-investing in sales, 
e-commerce, supply chain processes, and 
finance remain key business and 
transformation objectives. An increasing 
number of organizations are turning to 
partners for supporting these initiatives. 
While discussing the business processes 
anticipated to transform in 2021 and 2022, 
cash-related activities and finance top the 
chart, including Order to Cash, Record to 
Report, and Procure to Pay.
These responses indicate 
that people eagerly manage 
and control their payments 
and expenses and get a firm 
grip on their key processes.
Extensive Tech Experience
With over 20 years, Chris Salis is an SAP expert and has 
extensive tech experience. He is a technology veteran who is 
open to connecting via his official LinkedIn account. Chris is 
currently applying his insights to help several startups achieve 
go-to-market excellence. He is a strong advocate of lean 
startup philosophies and the GTD (Getting Things Done) 
method.
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