Connecting SAP Fusion

Empowering Users. Enhancing Performance. Elevating Innovation.

12 March 2025: Optional Workshop Day

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Connecting SAP Supply Chain & Procurement

Connecting SAP Enterprise Asset Management

Delegates

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Speakers

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Case Studies

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Internationals

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Motivation to attend

Welcome to Connecting SAP Fusion, the premier event designed exclusively for SAP business users and technical support teams eager to elevate their expertise and transform their workflows. Whether you are a seasoned professional or just beginning your SAP journey, this conference offers a wealth of opportunities to enhance your skills, network with industry peers, and gain insights from SAP experts.

At Connecting SAP Fusion, five dynamic communities will converge under one roof—HR & Payroll, Financials, Technologies, Supply Chain & Procurement, and Enterprise Asset Management. Each community will enjoy a customised conference experience, designed to address their specific needs and challenges. Additionally, attendees will benefit from cross-pollination opportunities, fostering collaboration and synergy between different business functions where it makes sense. This holistic approach ensures a comprehensive and enriching experience for all participants, promoting innovation and best practices across various business functions and industries.

Why attend

Connecting SAP Fusion features two days of cutting-edge content, tangible take-aways, and meaningful connections, no matter where you are on your SAP journey! Look forward to learning how to get more out of your SAP investment, and to prepare adequately for what is to come from SAP.

2025 Partners

Diamond Partner

Espresso Partner

Networking Drinks Partner

Community Snapshot

Connecting SAP Fusion is tailored for SAP HR & Payroll, Financials, Technologies, Enterprise Asset Management and Supply Chain & Procurement business users and technical support teams, offering access to speakers and solution providers who address the community’s current challenges, concerns, and areas of interest. The conference delivers a customised experience to meet specific needs and challenges of the SAP communities, while also providing opportunities for cross-pollination to foster collaboration and synergy between different business functions where applicable.

2025 Speakers

Estelle Seymour

Project Manager Asset Management

Netcare Limited

Abstract

Unlocking Digital Capabilities: The Leap from Paper to Mobile Work Management

In healthcare, optimising asset management is crucial for operational efficiency and patient care. This session will delve into a project at Netcare that implemented a mobile work management application at two pilot facilities to enhance preventive maintenance processes. As part of this innovative approach, we introduced the concept of "Verify as You Maintain."

Attendees will learn how technicians can validate master data directly while performing maintenance checks, ensuring that information syncs with SAP. This real-time verification will help in the ongoing battle to address the common pitfalls of inaccurate, outdated data that can hinder effective asset management.

We will discuss the challenges associated with traditional maintenance practices, including reliance on manual feedback. With the new mobile application, maintenance tasks are streamlined, allowing for immediate updates and better communication among technicians.

Join us to discover how this project not only improves maintenance efficiency and accuracy but also paves the way for more agile decision-making and reporting. Participants will leave with insights on integrating mobile solutions and real-time data verification into their asset management strategies.

Key Learnings

Learning 1: Understand the key benefits of implementing a mobile work management application in asset management processes.

Learning 2: Explore the "Verify as You Maintain" concept and its importance in ensuring data accuracy and efficiency during maintenance activities.

Learning 3: Gain insight into overcoming traditional maintenance challenges, including strategies for effective collaboration with technology partners to enhance operational workflows.

Chris Wilpert

SAP SuccessFactors Lead Consultant & People Analytics CoE

ORBIS People GmbH (GER)

Abstract

People Analytics in SAP SuccessFactors – Everything you Need to Know!

Join this dynamic workshop designed to transform your approach to data-driven decision-making in HR. Delve into the three pillars of People Analytics—Reporting, Analytics, and Planning—and uncover how these elements work together to deliver actionable insights. Gain a clear understanding of the tools available for each area and navigate the complexities of evolving technologies.

Engage in a hands-on session dedicated to mastering Story Reporting in SuccessFactors, where you'll build your own report step-by-step. Wrap up with an interactive discussion to exchange experiences and align tools and strategies with real-world business needs. This is your opportunity to gain practical skills, network with peers, and elevate your expertise in People Analytics.

Key Takeaways:

• Confidently explain the value of People Analytics in SuccessFactors to stakeholders.

• Address challenges linked to tools and technologies with informed solutions.

• Build your own Story Report in SuccessFactors with ease.

• Collaborate with peers to align tools with specific business requirements.

Story Reporting - Visualise your Data in SuccessFactors

This presentation dives into the power of Story Reporting in SAP SuccessFactors, a dynamic tool designed to help organisations transform raw data into actionable insights. Attendees will learn what Story Reporting is and explore its capabilities in bringing data to life through compelling visualisations. A live demonstration will showcase standard report examples, illustrating how this feature can simplify complex data sets for better decision-making. The session will also highlight the strategic importance of visualising HR data, emphasising how it enhances understanding, drives performance, and supports informed leadership decisions. Whether you're a seasoned user or new to SAP SuccessFactors, this session will equip you with practical knowledge to maximise the value of your data.

Prince Hlatshwayo

Executive Head of Cloud Solutions

Vodacom Business

Abstract

Vodacom’s Market Impact: Enabling Businesses with SaaS, Cloud, Cybersecurity, and SAP Solutions for Over a Decade

Vodacom Business has been delivering innovative SaaS, Cloud Hosting, Cybersecurity, and SAP solutions to enterprises across industries. In this session, we will showcase how Vodacom has enabled businesses to achieve digital transformation through scalable, secure, and future-proof enterprise solutions.

Key takeaways:

Vodacom Powers Digital Transformation – For over a decade, Vodacom Business has been a trusted partner, delivering SaaS, Cloud, Cybersecurity, and SAP solutions that drive enterprise efficiency and innovation.
Future-Ready Enterprise Solutions – With multi-cloud capabilities, managed services, and robust cybersecurity, Vodacom empowers businesses to scale securely, optimize operations, and thrive in an evolving digital landscape.
Proven Execution on Large-Scale Projects – The SAP RISE migration as a testament to Vodacom’s expertise in executing complex, mission-critical projects ahead of schedule and within budget, ensuring seamless business continuity.

Tamara Rasivhetshele

Executive Head of SAP Solutions

Vodacom Business

Abstract

Vodacom’s Market Impact: Enabling Businesses with SaaS, Cloud, Cybersecurity, and SAP Solutions for Over a Decade

Key takeaways:

Vodacom Powers Digital Transformation – For over a decade, Vodacom Business has been a trusted partner, delivering SaaS, Cloud, Cybersecurity, and SAP solutions that drive enterprise efficiency and innovation.
Future-Ready Enterprise Solutions – With multi-cloud capabilities, managed services, and robust cybersecurity, Vodacom empowers businesses to scale securely, optimize operations, and thrive in an evolving digital landscape.
Proven Execution on Large-Scale Projects – The SAP RISE migration as a testament to Vodacom’s expertise in executing complex, mission-critical projects ahead of schedule and within budget, ensuring seamless business continuity.

Isolde Smit

Solution Engineer

Cisco

Abstract

Bridging the Gap: Correlating Technical Alerts with Business Impacts

Focusing on the need for a methodology that connects raw technical data to business outcomes, this essay would propose frameworks and tools for achieving meaningful insights. It would discuss the importance of translating technical issues (like iDocs getting stuck) into understandable business consequences, allowing for better decision-making by business stakeholders.

Key Learnings

IT Managers
SAP BASIS Management
SAP Basis
SAP Business

Dimitri Denissiouk

Director

IBA Group South Africa

Abstract

Intelligent ERP: Integrating Generative AI with On-Premise SAP

Unlock the power of Generative AI in enterprise resource planning (ERP) with this insightful session on integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into on-premise SAP environments. Attendees will gain a understanding of LLMs and their potential applications in ERP.

We’ll start with an introduction to Generative AI and LLMs, covering key concepts such as tokenization and vector embeddings, and addressing critical limitations like statelessness, pre-training constraints, and token windows. Then, we’ll explore strategies for training and integrating AI with ERP systems, ensuring seamless interaction between AI-driven insights and business processes.

The session will dive into two solution architectures, using TensorFlow, and leveraging LLMs – a comparison of different approaches, discussing practical use cases and challenges.

Attendees will learn how AI-powered ERP can enhance decision-making, automation, and efficiency in SAP environments. By the end, you’ll walk away with a clear understanding of the pros and cons of AI-driven ERP solutions, implementation strategies, and actionable takeaways for your organization.

Don't miss this opportunity to explore the next evolution of Intelligent ERP - where AI meets enterprise efficiency!

Key Learnings;

Learning 1: Deeper understanding how LLMs work (tokenization, vector embeddings, limitations of LLM)

Learning 2: Augmented Retrieval Generation concept

Learning 3: How to build and integrate AI solution to on-premise S/4HANA

Chris Freddy

Solution Architect

Independent

Abstract

Enhancing Human Capital with AI

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into Human Capital can enhance efficiency, improve decision-making, elevate employee experience, and provide valuable insights into workforce dynamics.

This presentation provides feedback on a Proof of Concept project that was undertaken in 2024 Q3 and the objective was to understand the various activities required for training an AI application on policy documents, refining cognitive search results using employee organizational data, and establishing and managing the Generative AI guardrails for the Human Capital domain.

As the organization is a financial services giant in Africa with a diverse technology and application landscape supporting multiple vendor solutions including SAP, the objective was to identify an AI application that is LLM-agnostic, allowing it to be configured to adopt the most suitable LLM for each AI use case. Another key requirement for the AI application is integration with key systems like SAP SuccessFactors. Due to the lack of in-house AI development capabilities, the decision was to implement an "off-the-shelf" generative AI and LLM application called Eerly Brain, developed by Accely, an SAP Partner.

Although there are many documented potential use cases the POC was based on the following three:

1. Conducting cognitive searches on a sample of selected company policy and FAQ documents while testing AI capabilities for indexing these documents at a specific folder location. This was to test setting the boundaries for the AI Agent.

2. Filtering cognitive search results based on the employee’s organizational data through the AI application’s integration with SAP SuccessFactors.

3. Exploring generative AI by setting guardrails specifically tailored for Human Capital, ensuring the AI application provides responses only for the human resources domain. For example, it will provide a response for “Suggest a job specification for a data analyst working in human capital” and not “How do I prune roses.”

Tangible Learnings

1. Implementing AI is a complex process. The AI application must be trained on the company's structure, culture, acronyms, etc which involves setting appropriate guardrails.

2. Policy and FAQ documents need to be structured and, in some cases, rewritten to improve the accuracy of AI responses.

3. Maintaining a copy of LLMs on the organization's cloud instance, regularly refreshing them, and setting guardrails can ensure that Generative AI applications are tailored to the organization and industry. This approach helps eliminate misuse and manage AI token usage costs.

Vanisha Balgobind

Director, Talent and Org/Human Potential

Accenture Africa

Abstract

Building a Skills-Driven Organisation through Digital Transformation

CXOs cite skilling and developing the workforce as the No. 1 challenge hindering organisational growth in the next 12 months. Progressive organisations are investing in workforce architectures and infrastructure foundations. Right now, only 34% of workers feel very confident that their skills will remain relevant and valuable in the next 3-5 years.

Bringing a skills-driven organisation to life requires a shift in mindset—rethinking talent strategies, breaking old habits, and establishing new cultural norms.

Accenture is uniquely positioned to support organisations by combining deep technical expertise with strategic business consulting.

This session will explore how businesses can leverage SuccessFactors to transition to a Skills-Driven Organisation (SDO).

Key topics include:

What are the benefits of an SDO?
How does SuccessFactors enable an SDO?
Talent Intelligence Hub
Opportunity Marketplace
Career Explorer
What is the roadmap to implementing an SDO?

This is an exciting and rapidly evolving space as more organisations shift toward skills-based strategies. There is significant potential, with multiple entry points depending on your priorities, existing technology stack, and cultural readiness. Where will you begin your journey to becoming a skills-driven organisation?

Mphakiseng Masuabi

Solution Advisor: Cloud Security and Compliance (EMEA)

SAP Africa (Pty) Ltd

Abstract

Cybersecurity and Compliance in the SAP Cloud

How SAP secures your systems and data so that you can focus on using technology to improve your organisation.

Brian Esterhuysen

Leadership, SAP HCM Practice Lead

Accenture Africa

Abstract

Building a Skills-Driven Organisation through Digital Transformation

Bringing a skills-driven organisation to life requires a shift in mindset—rethinking talent strategies, breaking old habits, and establishing new cultural norms.

Accenture is uniquely positioned to support organisations by combining deep technical expertise with strategic business consulting.

This session will explore how businesses can leverage SuccessFactors to transition to a Skills-Driven Organisation (SDO).

Key topics include:

What are the benefits of an SDO?
How does SuccessFactors enable an SDO?
Talent Intelligence Hub
Opportunity Marketplace
Career Explorer
What is the roadmap to implementing an SDO?

2025 Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committees are made up of experienced leaders in the SAP space. Their advice and suggestions will help to shape the Connecting SAP Fusion Agendas for the conference. We are thrilled to be collaborating with these individuals to further develop the vision and purpose of Connecting SAP Fusion.

Nakedi Memela

Seriti Power (Pty) Limited

Engineering Manager

Kamisha Persad

Eskom Holdings SOC Limited

Manager: SAP Human Capital Management (ESKOM: SAP COE)

Gabriel Hapulile

Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Limited

Ass. Engineer | Asset Care: AMD

Jonas Mahlangu

Transnet Freight Rail

SAP PM Specialist

Nazir Moosa

Sappi Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd

Manager: Planning and Development

Estelle Seymour

Netcare Limited

Project Manager – Asset Management

Xoliswa Gumede

Oceana Group Limited

Group Procurement Specialist

Dawid Oelofse

Dis-Chem Pharmacies (Pty) Ltd

Supply Chain Executive

Maria Panduleni Junias

Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Limited

Warehouse Supervisor

Sanele Kunene

RES Corporation

Stores Manager

Gert van Wyk

RCL Foods Sugar & Milling (Pty) Ltd

Manager Inventory & Projects

Alcino Faria

Shoprite Holdings Limited

SAP Technical Manager

Amanda Strydom

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited

Group Head: Digital Technology Service Build & Implementation

Bushy Thebehali

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited

Application Services Manager

Nqobile Ntiwane

RES Corporation

IT Applications Manager

Nthabiseng Thupana

South African National Blood Services

ERP Senior Manager

Makgotso Leseane

Eskom Holdings SOC Limited

SAP Technical Team Manager

Glendah Mboweni

Financial Institution

Engineering Lead for SAP Basis & Authorizations

Stephan Burger

Senwes Limited

Head: IT Application Services

Chris Freddy

Independent

SAP Solution Architect and Data Engineer

Gillian Mead

Cashbuild Limited

GM Finance

Sarah Hesse

ABSA Bank South Africa

Head of Accounting Control

Frances Gates

Pick n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd

Head: Finance Business Solutions Optimisation

Ian Modubule

Debswana Diamond Company

CFO (A)

Aylene Summers

The Spar Group Limited

Finance Systems Support Manager

Kagiso Hlabahlaba

Sasol

Global Product Manager – Payroll and Time

Carol Mahlaba

Road Accident Fund

Manager: Human Resource Information Systems.

Shamilla Essop

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited

Group Head: HC Shared Services

Rykie van der Merwe

AECI Group

Group Human Capital Systems and Process Lead

Mandla Masuku

RES Corporation

REM & HC System Manager

Alison Visagie

South African National Blood Services

Senior Manager: HCM Operations

Rangarira Hwindingwi

Zimbabwe Revenue Authority

SAP Support Analyst HCM/Payroll.

Hugo Coetzee

Kamoa Copper SA

Managerial Lead (Head): Technical Training & HRIS

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