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VP of IT at 3M

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What's the maximum amount of time in a day you're willing to commit to a virtual conference, webinar, etc.?

People & Leadership Culture & Values

Zero, I haven't found these formats helpful

30 mins

1 hr

2-3 hrs

4-6 hrs

More, I'll stay online and listen in all-day if it's worth it

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Who is your favorite CEO, Founder, leader - in enterprise IT?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture

Thomas Kurian (Google Cloud)

Satya Nadella (Microsoft)

Larry Ellison (Oracle)

Christian Klein (SAP)

Bill McDermott (ServiceNow)

Marc Benioff (Salesforce)

Arvind Krishna (IBM)

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SAP continues to drive 'Clean the Core' or more recently 'Cleaner Core'. Besides removal of unnecessary or unused WRICEF code (a waste of time effort in my eyes), looking for any real clean you have done and found beneficial. One thought we have had is to move off some of the SAP capability and move to SaaS solutions integrated via an orchestration layer. Thus reducing our SAP footprint and moving us towards a viable S/4 upgrade. Any thoughts on this 'cleaning' approach?

Applications & Platforms Strategy & Architecture

John AndrewsVP of IT at 3M in Healthcare and Biotech3 months ago

Thanks. Likewise I would like to know how we can DIY clean core rather than engage PS

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Not a poll but looking to get thoughts. We are about 70% deployed on SAP ECC. We know we need to get to S/4 in next 5-6 years. Do we:
1 - Stop deployments, upgrade the deployed to S/4, then finish deployments.
2 - Finish deployments and then upgrade all to S/4 (or could stay on ECC forever!).
3 - Stop deploying on ECC, finish deployments on S/4, then convert ECC over to S/4.
Option 1 & 2 would likely be Brown or Blue upgrade, but possible in option 2 to kick off Greenfield (redeploy) after finish of ECC deployments. Option 3 would likely by Green.
70% deployed is large parts of business, 30% remaining is mostly the cats and dogs.
Remaining 30% would likely take 2-3 years.
Option 3 puts us into new interface situation where we would have 3 ERPs for some time, Legacy, ECC and S/4, with the integration work throw away as end state is only S/4.
Legacy is old and lacks capability, but not on fire. Resources are retiring.
Current ECC is heavily customized with lots of capabilities build into the core.
We are a large multi-national business with significant manufacturing.

Application Architecture IT Strategy & Roadmap

John AndrewsVP of IT at 3M in Healthcare and Biotecha year ago

The answer is that it depends. Gartner has a very nice write up on this subject. Look for research with ID G00795147.

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Is there a way to prevent erosion of trust during a period of org-mandated layoffs and restructuring? How have you rebuilt trust within your department after restructuring?

People & Leadership Relationship Management

John AndrewsVP of IT at 3M in Healthcare and Biotech2 months ago

We went through layoffs very frequently as my past employer. Sometimes two or three times in a year. I only recall a few years where there were none out of the decades I was there. A key thing is do not lie. I was always ...read more

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How closely do you monitor the number of purchased applications in use in your organization? If there are too many, how do you determine which apps to keep and which ones to cut?

Enterprise Applications IT Strategy & Roadmap

John AndrewsVP of IT at 3M in Healthcare and Biotech3 months ago

We have an Enterprise Architecture practice to maintain the application portfolio both external/commercially purchased and homegrown. Modernization initiatives ongoing keep assessing what applications to keep and what to ...read more

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