30th September | 10:00am

When growth demands change:
Building the operational foundation for what's next

A KaarTech Digital Summit brought to you by GDS.

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Growth driven by acquisitions, expansion, or investor pressure can quickly expose deep operational and financial fragmentation, leaving organisations at a point where a new ERP system becomes less a choice than a necessity. What follows is a shift in focus from technology to business readiness: how to modernise the operating model in a controlled way that reduces complexity, strengthens visibility, and enables sustainable growth without increasing cost or risk.

 

Most organisations don't suddenly decide they need a new ERP platform. Instead, they reach a point where growth becomes harder than expected. That moment often arrives following an acquisition, expansion into new markets, increased investor expectations, or when an ageing ERP platform approaches end of life. As organisations scale, financial reporting takes longer, different parts of the business begin operating in different ways, and leadership teams spend more time reconciling information than acting on it. Operational costs increase as new systems, processes, and manual workarounds are introduced to support continued growth. What once felt like a scalable business model becomes increasingly difficult to control. This is no longer simply a technology discussion, it is a business growth challenge. How can organisations prepare their operating model to support the next stage of growth without increasing cost, complexity, or risk?

Leading organisations are approaching modernisation as a business transformation rather than a technology replacement. They are focusing on building a compelling commercial case, strengthening financial visibility, simplifying operations, and creating a scalable digital foundation that supports future growth while minimising disruption. The emphasis is on practical, commercially viable approaches that improve organisational agility and deliver measurable business value over time.

 

Join KaarTech, SAP, AWS, and senior business, finance, and transformation leaders as we explore how organisations are preparing for growth through practical, commercially viable approaches to modernisation. Together, we'll discuss the business decisions, organisational readiness, and transformation strategies helping organisations simplify operations, strengthen financial control, and build a platform for sustainable growth.

Discussion topics

When growth exposes operational strain: 
Understanding how acquisitions, market expansion, and increased investor expectations reveal underlying limitations in systems, processes, and operating models.

Breaking down operational and financial fragmentation: 
Addressing delays in reporting, inconsistent ways of working across the business, and the increasing effort required to reconcile information for decision-making.

Preparing the organisation for scalable transformation: 
Exploring how organisations build readiness for change, align leadership around transformation priorities, reduce complexity and disruption, and create an operating model that supports sustainable growth.

Speakers

Innovation Evangelist for SAP Business AI Platform, Speaker, Moderator, Interviewer, SAP

Timo Elliott

Chief Technology Officer (Europe) Inspiring Technology Strategy, AI, SAP and Enterprise Transformation, Kaar Tech

Rory Clarke

Vice President and Head of UK & I Business Unit,
Kaar Tech

Colin Hennis

EMEA Principal SAP Innovation Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS

Pavol Masarovic

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