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What building a house has to do with the switch from SAP ERP to S/4 Hana.
Author - Peter M. Färbinger, Editor-in-Chief
Peter M. Färbinger is Editor-in-Chief and Publisher at E-3 Magazine, B4Bmedia.net AG, Munich, Germany. He can be reached at pmf@b4bmedia.net
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