Most organizations today recognize the importance of reporting, analysis and interpretation of business data in generating better business outcomes for a sustained competitive advantage. SAP’s on-prem Data Warehousing product SAP BW helps integrate, transform, and synthesize relevant business data from disparate sources of data including external data sources.

With new trends and concepts emerging all the time, the fashion industry has a history of pushing boundaries. In the coming years, the fashion sector will see massive amounts of innovation with customer expectations shifting around interaction, shopping experience, and multiple touchpoints; introducing a new degree of complexity.

Today, more so than ever before, companies are expecting digital transformation initiatives to deliver better shareholder value through operational efficiencies and providing a superior experience to their customers, partners and employees.

During my career advising finance organizations on their transformation programs, the CFO’s role has evolved. Traditionally the job was to protect the assets of the company and meet statutory reporting and compliance requirements.