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Author's profile photo Lori Mitchell-Keller

My Three Days in Big D

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I always found those stories in the airline magazine, “three days in (pick your city)” a wonderful way to escape from the confines of the airplane and entertain a future vacation spot. So, I was thrilled to experience my own “Three Days in Dallas” at the SAP Retail Forum where 350 attendees were able to rise above the day-to-day operations of the business and focus on future possibilities in a dynamic venue with world-class keynote speakers. 

SAP NA Forum Food for Orphans.jpgCelebrating our customers’ success and hearing their voices echo over the three days validated for me why we do what we do at SAP and in Retail.  This forum was not only about past successes, but also challenged in looking to future possibilities and how SAP innovations  can help retailers achieve their business strategies.  I was honored to represent a passionate Global Retail team and in joining the extremely talented colleagues from SAP North America under the leadership of Michael Schulze who was a most gracious host! 

There are too many highlights to mention and not enough room to include.  But pressed to name a few, I have to include the great turnout at Monday’s Food for Orphan program, bagging 20,000 meals destined to those in need.  The twelve Retail Impact and Innovation Awards emphaSAP NA Forum Reception.jpgsize the importance we place on the success of our customers: we measure our success by their performance in reaching their business objectives.  Our partners and sponsors for the event are an amazing and dedicated group of retail and technology experts geared to delivering innovations to our customers around the world.  I was pleased with the response to new solution announcements made at the Forum: SAP Precision Retailing, and SAP Planning for Retail rapid deployment solution. Lastly, the opportunity to hear directly from so many customers and partners about their experience with our solutions and to be able to validate with them that our future solutions will continue to support their growth strategies.

All in all, it was a fabulous experience with customers, prospects, partners, analysts and press, and colleagues collaborating on the future and participating in an intense celebration of a win-win-win approach of doing business in the most dynamic industry in the world! 

I can’t wait to see how Michael and his team top this in 2013!

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      Former Member

      Great article yet again! We had a great time in Dallas. 

      Best,

      Anuja Gaikwad Team Groupsoft US

      Author's profile photo Lori Mitchell-Keller
      Lori Mitchell-Keller
      Blog Post Author

      Thanks for your sponsorship and support at the event.

      Author's profile photo Paula Rosenblum
      Paula Rosenblum

      Great event Ms. Mitchell-Keller.  Your team is to be commended.  Really well done.

      Author's profile photo Lori Mitchell-Keller
      Lori Mitchell-Keller
      Blog Post Author

      Paula - this was a true team effort all around and many behind the scenes.  Thanks for attending.  I'm really excited to have you as the latest SAP Mentor!  Enjoy Madrid!

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Glad to hear event went well.. Lori was there any new retail customer signings this quarter that you can announce along with the solutions that those customers purchased. I think SAP Retail has some great solutions and just trying to understand the momentum of these solutions. Did not see any announcements, but maybe this was done prior to the Retail Forum.

      C Winter

      Author's profile photo Lori Mitchell-Keller
      Lori Mitchell-Keller
      Blog Post Author

      Chase,

      Appreciate your interest and agree that we have some great solutions and I'll add that our customers are excited on how well we're aligned with their plans and in helping them achieve their goals. 

      You might find this URL helpful for SAP Retail news and customer testimonials:

      http://www.sap.com/industries/retail/index.epx

      Lori.