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Christopher Toman
The Internal Control Execution Gap: Why Documentation Alone Is Not Enough
Learn how internal controls automation replaces manual reports and fragmented evidence with structured reviews and audit-ready execution.
Internal Controls Automation
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Francisco Hansen
SAP Licensing in 2026: Why Governance Matters More Than Ever
I recently spoke at an ASUGMEX InfoDay in Mexico City, together with SAP, about how to govern SAP licensing in 2026.
SAP Lizenzierung
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Francisco Hansen
SAP’s New API Policy and the Future of Enterprise AI Integration
In April 2026, SAP introduced a revised API Policy (v4/2026) that changes how SAP systems can be accessed by AI systems.
SAP Audit
Jens Kettler
DIY Check for Duplicate Business Partner
Clean master data is the bedrock of every SAP powered process. When the same customer, supplier or product is stored two (or two hundred) times under slig
SAP Compliance
SAP Security
Tomislav Limbevski
Jens Kettler
DIY Sanctions List Screening in SAP
Sanctions screening is a straightforward but important process for any company operating internationally.
SAP Compliance
SAP Security
Tomislav Limbevski
Identifying Discrepancies between Payment Runs and Vendor Master Data in SAP
In SAP Payment Runs and Vendor Master Data are two critical components that ensure vendors are paid accurately.
SAP Compliance
SAP Security
Tomislav Limbevski
Order-to-Cash Processes: Ensuring Compliance and Preventing Fraud with Order-to-Cash and Revenue Assurance
Order-to-Cash (O2C) process is a critical part, involving the management of customer orders, invoicing and payments.
SAP Compliance
SAP Security
Tomislav Limbevski
Procurement and Vendor Management: Ensuring Compliance and Preventing Fraud with Vendor Management and Procurement Processes
Ensuring Compliance and Preventing Fraud with Vendor Management and Procurement Processes
SAP Compliance
SAP Security
Tomislav Limbevski
Asset Accounting Controls in remQ, and One Do-It-Yourself Control
Asset accounting is a crucial component of financial management that involves tracking the company’s fixed assets.
SAP Compliance
SAP Security
Jens Kettler
Streamlining Internal Controls with remQ: An Introduction to a Blog Post Series
Internal controls are essential for compliance, reducing errors, and preventing fraud in a dynamic business environment.
SAP S/4HANA
SAP Compliance
Tomislav Limbevski
DIY Analysis of Single Action Violations in Your SAP System
In today's complex business environment, organizations rely on ERP systems like SAP for critical operations.
SAP Authorization
SAP Compliance
Tomislav Limbevski
Important Updates for remQ: New Features & Transition to S/4HANA
Starting September 16, 2024, with the release of remQ 10.0, remQ will focus exclusively on development for SAP S/4HANA.
SAP S/4HANA
Jens Kettler
DIY Analysis of SoD (Segregation of Duties) Violations in Your SAP System
This guide will walk you through the process of creating an SAP QuickViewer Report to identify SoD conflicts.
SAP Authorization
SAP Compliance
Francisco Hansen
Significant decisions regarding your SAP infrastructure lie ahead
As SAP customers face migration from SAP ECC to S/4HANA platforms, defining an effective infrastructure strategy is crucial.
RISEwithSAP
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP S/4HANA
Jens Kettler
Elevating Your Business with SimpleMDG - The Future of Master Data Governance
MDG is essential but often challenging. If these issues resonate with you, it could be time to rethink your approach.
SAP Compliance
SAP Security
Jens Kettler
Duplicate Payments: Understand and prevent them!
Duplicate payments are a costly issue for many, leading to financial losses. Here's a overview of the problem and solutions.
SAP Compliance
SAP Security
Peter Rattey
RISE with SAP: Das verlockende Angebot der SAP für die Cloud
RISE with SAP is central to SAP S/4HANA transformation due to discounts, offering companies substantial savings potential.
RISEwithSAP
SAP Lizenzierung
Jens Kettler
Access Violation Management in SAP ERP: Mitigating Risks
Access Violation Management (AVM) is a critical component of maintaining the integrity and security of an SAP ERP system.
SAP Compliance
SAP Security
Peter Rattey
RISE with SAP: Kann man ohne Sorgen in die Cloud?
Die Frage die man sich stellen muss ist: Was ist die Motivation für Unternehmen, mit dem Gedanken zu spielen, das ERP in die Cloud zu transformieren?
RISEwithSAP
SAP Lizenzierung
Miss Q
Miss Q’s conclusion of "S/4HANA: Your path to the optimal licensing landscape" VOQUZ Labs’ interactive webinar
Discover Miss Q's conclusion on SAP license optimizations for S/4HANA migration in VOQUZ Labs' webinar.
SAP S/4HANA
Paul Dixon
Why Business Partner Screening Is Non-Negotiable (Plus How To Automate It in SAP)
This article explores how guanxi traditions adapt to a world where connections are just a click away.
SAP Security
Peter Rattey
S/4HANA: Der Weg zu einer optimierten Lizenzlandschaft
Mainstream support ends in 2027, originally 2025. Companies must prepare for the move to S/4HANA to avoid legacy issues.
SAP Compliance
SAP S/4HANA
Paul Dixon
Fraud Epidemic: Auditors Gear Up for Heightened Fraud Detection Responsibility
Rampant fraud cases are sending shudders down the spines of regulators worldwide, with experts describing it as an epidemic.
SAP Compliance
Jens Kettler
SAP Authorizations and Access Violation
Central to the functionality and security of SAP systems are its authorization and role management features.
SAP Compliance
Peter Rattey
Bodyguards für den Weg in die Cloud!
Companies have been talking about the cloud for years. More companies want to use this alternative or consider transferring.
SAP Compliance
SAP S/4HANA
Peter Rattey
The STAR analysis can help, but - if used incorrectly - it can also burn money
I warn our customers not to use any analysis without due care. STAR can be of great benefit, but it can also cost a lot of money.
SAP Compliance
Jens Kettler
Securing SAP Systems: A Comprehensive Approach
We delve into the importance of security measures, drawing on insights from IBM, bitkom and the ACFE Report to the Nations.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
Crucial Ways Regulatory Trends Are Impacting Internal Controls: Everything You Need To Know
Regulatory compliance tasks are taking up more bandwidth. What regulatory trends are shaping this change?
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
The Crucial Role of Internal Controls Automation: Complying With These 4 Types of Regulation
We delve into the future of automated internal controls and tangibly demonstrate their direct role in legal compliance.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
3 Bizarre Fraud Cases Explained (and What Internal Controls Pros Can Learn)
This article reveals three outlandish fraud and scam cases involving nefarious actors targeting businesses and organizations.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
How Internal Controls Automation Is a Game Changer for ESG Management
In this article, we share insights into how the future of internal controls - automation - will assist ESG management.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
The Changing Face of Internal Controls: 5 Trends To Watch in 2024
With 2024 fast approaching, let's delve into the five trends for 2024 that your internal controls team needs to know about.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
The Hidden Cost of Invoice Errors: How To Zap the Problem in SAP
Companies worldwide throw millions of dollars down the drain yearly due to damaging invoicing and billing blunders.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
Battling Business Email Compromise (BEC) Scams: How To Prevent Them Within SAP
We reveal more about BEC scams, how they work with a real example, and what your company can do within SAP to avoid it.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
The Growing Threat of Invoice Fraud: Here’s How To Prevent It Within SAP
We discuss how the invoice fraud problem manifests within your SAP ERP & S/4HANA environment and reveal ways to thwart it.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
Is Ghost Employee Fraud Draining Money From Your Business? How To Detect and Prevent It in SAP
In this guide, we'll reveal how to detect and prevent ghost employee fraud within your SAP ERP and S/4HANA systems.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
Simplified Sanctions Screening Within SAP: Explained With Tangible Use Cases
This VOQUZ Labs article puts in plain language how integrating sanctions screening within SAP works - by providing tangible use cases.
SAP Compliance
Peter Rattey
Die Kostenexplosion bei SAP ist besorgniserregend!
The cost explosion in SAP is worrying! Let us summarize the developments of the last few weeks in a nutshell.
SAP S/4HANA
RISEwithSAP
Paul Dixon
Integrating Sanctions Screening in SAP: Here Are Immediate Benefits You Should Know
This guide reveals why smart, forward-thinking organizations are integrating sanctions screening into their SAP ERM and S/4HANA systems globally.
SAP Compliance
SAP S/4HANA
Paul Dixon
4 High-Profile Cases of INSIDER FRAUD Revealed (And How To Prevent It)
Cases of nefarious employees swindling their employers in intricate fraud schemes are increasingly common in news sites worldwide.
SAP Compliance
Peter Rattey
SAP: Die anrechenbare Wartungsbasis sinkt rapide!
SAP has just announced that only 80% of the old maintenance base can be returned during contract conversion to S/4HANA transformation.
SAP S/4HANA
RISEwithSAP
Paul Dixon
How Controls Automation in SAP Strengthens Regulatory Compliance: Everything You Need To Know
Internal controls automation not only decreases regulatory compliance spending - it also delivers additional benefits to compliance.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
Combating INTERNAL FRAUD Within SAP: 3 Schemes Bad Actors Use (And How To Foil Their Plans)
Top priority for internal controls: Enable 2023 processes to detect, prevent, and mitigate employee fraud.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
Controls Automation Software for SAP: 3 MUST-HAVE Features to BOOST Internal Controls
We will reveal the tangible features of internal controls automation software within the SAP environment that all smart organizations should embrace.
SAP Compliance
Peter Rattey
Increase efficiency with SAP
Regardless of the size or industry of a company using SAP, they are facing the enormous technological transition to S/4HANA.
SAP S/4HANA
SAP Lizenzierung
RISEwithSAP
Peter Rattey
Goodbye product conversion...
Quietly & unnoticed, product SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management for ERP customers (#7018538) is disappearing from the price list of Q2/2023.
SAP S/4HANA
SAP Lizenzierung
RISEwithSAP
Paul Dixon
Automating Internal Controls Is a CFO's New Best Friend: 4 Ways It SAVES MONEY Revealed
This VOQUZ Labs guide reveals four ways automating internal controls can quickly boost your company's bottom line.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
Stay AHEAD of the CURVE: Unlocking the Power of REAL-TIME MONITORING and Auditing
This VOQUZ Labs guide reveals everything you need to know about real-time monitoring and auditing, plus all the benefits.
SAP Compliance
Michael Rasmussen
Navigating Complexity & Chaos: Approaching Regulatory Requirements with Control Automation
Control Automation: Keeping business strategy, performance, uncertainty, complexity, and change in sync is a huge challenge for all!
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
Navigating the UK's Looming 'Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence' (Plus 3 Crucial Tips)
The Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence (due tobe enacted in 2024) is essentially an amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022.
SAP Compliance
Paul Dixon
Automatisierung interner Kontrollen 101: Was es ist und wie es funktioniert!
Companies lose 5% of revenues to accountancy errors & fraud. The reality is that organizations must look internally to find ways to reduce that.
SAP Compliance
Jens Kettler
Schluss mit Fehlern und Betrug! Höchste Zeit, unnötige Verluste sofort zu stoppen!
Real-time Fraud and Error Prevention: remQ stops suspicious business transactions activities before the impact the revenue.
SAP Compliance
Peter Rattey
"RISE with SAP" - a revolutionary licensing model?
This article takes a closer look at SAP's new product, RISE with SAP, which was introduced at the beginning of 2021. We take a look at the features.
RISEwithSAP
Francisco Hansen
Why SAP Digital Access is still not a viable pricing model
This article delves into the question of why SAP Digital Access pricing model is still not a viable pricing model. Read on to discover the details.
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Digital Access
Peter Rattey
Noch 6 Monate bis zum Ende von DAAP - Ignorieren wird teuer!
6 Monate bis zum Ende des SAP DAAP (Digital Access Adoption Program) - Ignorieren wird teuer!
SAP Digital Access
SAP Lizenzierung
Francisco Hansen
RISE mit SAP – Freund oder Feind?
At the beginning of 2021, SAP praised a new product named “RISE with SAP”, said to support clients getting closer to having an intelligent enterprise.
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Audit
Peter Rattey
Vorsicht vor Doppellizenzierung
This article sheds light on the often unnoticed, but not so rare issue of multiple licensing in SAP User Licences.
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Audit
Peter Rattey
Digital Access und wie man ein unfriendly Audit durch SAP vermeidet
Zwischen 50 und 70% der Unternehmen haben sich noch nicht mit dem Thema SAP Digital Access/SAP Indirect Access beschäftigt. Erfahren Sie mehr darüber...
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Digital Access
SAP Audit
Jan Cook
Jede Cloud-Verhandlung hat auch eine positive Seite
Achte genau auf die SAP-Lizenzpreisverhandlung und die Nutzungsprognose, um die bestmöglichen kommerziellen Lösungen zu erhalten. Wie das geht? Lesen Sie den Artikel ...
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Advisory
Jan Cook
SAP Digital Access im Jahr 2021 - Jetzt ist Zeit zu handeln!
SAP Digital Access is a term coined by SAP as part of their approach to modernizing Indirect Access. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
SAP Advisory
Jan Cook
Jährliche Kosten für SAP Support und Maintenance reduzieren - Yes You Can!
Viele SAP-Kunden müssen für SAP-Support und -Wartung zu viel bezahlen, weil sie überlizenziert sind. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie dies vermeiden können...
SAP Lizenzierung
Peter Rattey
Die leidige Geschichte mit der SAP NetWeaver Foundation for Third Party License
Es gibt zwei Möglichkeiten der Lizenzierung, die erste ist die Abrechnung nach Benutzer und die zweite ist die einfache Lizenzierung nach Cores, die auf die SAP-Datenbanken zugreifen.
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Digital Access
SAP Advisory
Peter Rattey
SAP Passport which should count indirectly created documents, is also a never ending story…
Passport is the SAP program for counting indirectly created documents. Well, that should be a reality someday. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
SAP Lizenzierung
Peter Rattey
Digital Access, a never ending story…
Even at the risk of getting bored about SAP Digital Access at some point, there is always something new that is important to know about it. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
Jan Cook
How to Prepare for an Annual SAP License Audit
Explaining a full Annual SAP License Audit process from start to finish and highlighting the steps that SAP customers can take to prepare properly.
SAP Audit
SAP Advisory
Jan Cook
10 Things You Need to Know about SAP License Audits
SAP customers are required to participate in annual license audits. This is normally performed by running standard SAP audit tools. Read more...
SAP Audit
SAP Advisory
Francisco Hansen
Why SAP Digital Access is not a viable pricing model yet
SAP has been charging some clients for indirect use for more than five years, but the rules were officially published first later. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
SAP Lizenzierung
Francisco Hansen
Wählen Sie Ihre Datenbank für SAP
Wenn Sie eine nicht SAP-Datenbank verwenden wollen oder müssen, wie die von Microsoft, IBM oder Oracle, denken Sie zweimal nach, bevor Sie sie von SAP kaufen ...
SAP Advisory
SAP Lizenzierung
Jan Cook
SAP License Audits häufen sich zunehmend - Sind Sie bereit?
Software-Lizenz-Audits waren und sind eine wichtige Einnahmequelle für alle großen Software-Hersteller. Erfahren Sie mehr darüber ...
SAP Audit
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Advisory
Peter Rattey
SAP Digital access in “colorful diversity”
Since the publication of SAP Passport, we have been tirelessly understanding the way these chargeable documents are counted. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
Peter Rattey
SAP Digital Access als Chance
SAP Passport will, however, count the relevant fee-based documents. Today we take a look at the financial possibilities of SAP Digital/SAP Indirect Acces.
SAP Digital Access
Peter Rattey
Lizenzierung - Doppelt und dreifach
Bei SAP Digital Access kann es passieren, dass Sie eine Doppel- oder sogar Dreifachlizenzierung haben. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie dies vermeiden können ...
SAP Lizenzierung
Peter Rattey
Correction to SAP’s Passport Tool – What samQ already knew
SAP Indirect Access has been an integral part of our samQ license optimization software for years. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
SAP Advisory
Francisco Hansen
SAP Digital Access: Ein ernsthaftes finanzielles Risiko?
SAP Digital Access ist definiert als ein neues Preismodell [...], das einen Ansatz für die Lizenzierung von Indirect und Digital Access auf den SAP Digital Core bietet.
SAP Digital Access
SAP Advisory
Francisco Hansen
SAP Digital Access: Ein ergebnisorientiertes Modell, das an der Unternehmensgröße ausgerichtet ist? Die Zahlen sagen NEIN.
Wenn Sie eine nicht SAP-Anwendung an SAP anschließen, die ein oder mehrere vordefinierte Datenobjekte in SAP überträgt, müssen Sie dafür extra bezahlen. Erfahren Sie, warum ...
SAP Digital Access
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Advisory
Jan Cook
SAP’s Support Extension – How will it impact your S/4 HANA Strategy?
On February 4th 2020 SAP announced a maintenance commitment for SAP S/4HANA until the end of 2040. Read more...
SAP S/4HANA
SAP Lizenzierung
Peter Rattey
DAAP extension until December 2021
Latest developments in a previously reported rumor. Last week, we shared information about a potential announcement, and this week it has become official.
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Digital Access
Peter Rattey
Free up SAP licensing budgets to invest in your future!
Many companies are in search for budgets to invest in their future. We @VOQUZ Labs help you analyzing your saving potential with our Quick Assessment.
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Advisory
Peter Rattey
How secure is your SAP authorization concept?
In a German company, wages were paid over several years to an employee who never existed. Read more...
SAP Authorization
SAP Compliance
Peter Rattey
No more stress with SAP authorizations assignments
We are talking about the assignment of SAP authorizations and there are as many workflow variants in the world as there are companies. Read more...
SAP Authorization
SAP Compliance
Peter Rattey
Keinen Stress mit SAP-Berechtigungsvergaben mehr - setQ
Leider verliert man mit der Zeit viele, viele Details aus den Augen und die meisten SAP-Berechtigungssituationen in Unternehmen könnte man als "undurchsichtig" bezeichnen ...
SAP Authorization
SAP Advisory
Peter Rattey
Geliefert wie erwartet - SAP verlängert seine Wartungsablauffristen
For 2025, SAP had announced the end of maintenance for ECC, that is, for SAP Business Suite 7. What does this mean?
SAP Lizenzierung
SAP Advisory
Peter Rattey
The new model of indirect use (Digital Access)
Those who attended the webinar on January 22nd, 2020 to get a clear and comprehensible update on SAP digital access may have been slightly disappointed.
SAP Digital Access
SAP Lizenzierung
Francisco Hansen
Vorbereitung auf Ihre S/4HANA-Vertragsverhandlung
Mit dem Auslaufen des Supports für ECC im Jahr 2025 werden SAP-Kunden die Migration ihrer SAP-Landschaften zu S/4HANA planen müssen. Lesen Sie mehr ...
SAP S/4HANA
SAP Lizenzierung
Francisco Hansen
All you can eat – The carefree package for your SAP license management?
Large SAP enterprise are increasingly choosing SAP’s UDD contract as their preferred way of licensing SAP software. Why? Read more...
SAP Lizenzierung
Peter Rattey
Digital Access and Passport – a good combination?
Measure or estimate? It is not quite clear how to finally get the right results of your SAP Digital Access documents. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
SAP Advisory
Peter Rattey
Use the new S/4HANA license definitions – it’s worth it
Heute wollen wir uns die neuen Lizenzdefinitionen einmal genauer ansehen und Ihnen aufzeigen, wie sich die Änderungen auf Ihr Unternehmen auswirken werden. Lesen Sie mehr ...
SAP S/4HANA
SAP Lizenzierung
Peter Rattey
SAP Licenses: Welche habe ich? Welche brauche ich wirklich?
Sie haben einen riesigen Pool an SAP-Lizenzen in Ihrem Unternehmen, aber am Ende greifen Sie beim Kauf neuer Lizenzen immer auf die bekannten zurück. Lesen Sie mehr ...
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