2025 WEBINAR Series: Session Three
October 21, 2025 12PM EST | 5PM BST | 6PM CET
Unlocking SAP S/4HANA’s AI Potential: Data Quality as Your Hidden Advantage
In this executive-level session, Andreas Welsch, CEO & Chief AI Strategist and author of the AI Leadership Handbook, joins TJC Group to discuss how businesses can unlock the full potential of AI within their SAP landscapes. While SAP has made it easier than ever to start AI projects, sustainable value depends on one often-overlooked asset: historic data. This conversation explores why high-quality data is essential for reliable predictions, how organizations can turn dormant data into a competitive advantage, and what steps leaders should take to prepare for AI-driven transformation.
Data is the foundation of every AI initiative, yet many organizations underestimate its importance.
With SAP making AI capabilities increasingly accessible in SAP S/4HANA, companies are eager to launch AI projects to optimize processes and gain new insights. However, the true differentiator between hype and measurable outcomes lies in the quality and completeness of the data fueling these solutions. Without sufficient historic data, predictive models struggle to provide actionable guidance, and investments fall short of expectations.
This session, led by AI strategy expert and former SAP AI executive Andreas Welsch and TJC Group leaders, explores how businesses can unlock the hidden treasure of their SAP data. Attendees will learn why data accessibility and governance are crucial, how archived information can become a source of AI advantage, and what leaders can do today to prepare their landscapes for future-ready AI solutions. The discussion will cover strategies for integrating legacy data, avoiding common pitfalls in early AI adoption, and ensuring that projects deliver tangible, reliable results instead of experimental outcomes.
What will we discuss?
- Identify the critical role of historic data in building reliable AI models and making accurate predictions in SAP environments.
- Analyze the challenges organizations face when data is siloed, inaccessible, or treated as an afterthought during AI initiatives.
- Evaluate strategies for unlocking and preparing archived SAP data to fuel high-quality AI outcomes.
- Apply practical approaches for data governance, accessibility, and integration to maximize AI’s predictive power.
Andreas Welsch
Andreas Welsch is an internationally recognized AI leader, advisor, and speaker known for helping the world’s leading enterprises turn technology hype into business outcomes. He is the Founder & Chief AI Strategist at Intelligence Briefing, the best-selling author of the AI Leadership Handbook, and the creator of several popular LinkedIn Learning courses on AI agents for business leaders.
Over the last two decades, including in global AI leadership roles at SAP, he has advised Fortune 500 leaders on realizing business value from AI, accelerated the integration of AI across enterprise applications, and positioned SAP as the leader for Business AI. Before that, Andreas led global IT process automation projects.
Outside of work, he contributes to academia as an Adjunct Professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of AI, Robotics, and Workplace Automation.
Intelligence Briefing
Intelligence Briefing equips business leaders with the insights needed to turn AI potential into measurable results. It focuses on three core pillars: Strategic Clarity to align AI initiatives with business priorities, High-Value Opportunities to pinpoint the use cases with the greatest impact on performance metrics, and Capability Uplift to equip teams with the skills required for adoption and sustainable ROI. This structured approach empowers organizations to make informed investment decisions, prioritize efforts effectively, and build the internal strength needed to capture long-term value from AI.
Learn from IT experts
Join our panelists for a discussion about system decommissioning
and ask any questions during Q&A.
Andreas Welsch
Founder & Chief AI Strategist
Intelligence Briefing
Jochen Hager
co-CEO and Manager Client Services
TJC Americas
Resources at your fingertips
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Legacy System Decommissioning for a
Leading Manufacturer
Two years after successfully implementing SAP S/4HANA, the manufacturer recognised the need to decommission its legacy SAP ERP system, aiming to streamline its complex SAP landscape. A key challenge was the need to preserve critical legacy data, including data from divested companies still under audit and HR data for retired pensioners, for long-term access.
Driving GenAI Innovation in S/4HANA Transformation
with Decommissioning
Ever wondered how to modernise systems without sacrificing years of valuable legacy data? Can organisations really upgrade and adapt modern solutions without the fear of losing historical data? Well, this is often the most asked question, or rather a challenge, during the S/4HANA migration. However, what if there is a way to ensure that important legacy data remains unchanged?
Video: Enterprise Legacy System Application (ELSA)
ELSA is a system decommission cloud application to store and access legacy data at any time, from any source, through one single platform. Built on SAP BTP, ELSA allows users to visualise all systems that have been decommissioned (SAP and non-SAP) through the application legacy systems directory.
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