On September 24, Clariba and SAP welcomed customers and guests to the first live meeting of their recently created SAP Strategy Management (SSM) User Group — a discussion group where clients can share their experience and best practices with SSM.

th keynotes from top-level executives of the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) field — Chris Clay (EPM Solution Management, SAP), David Ormerod (Director EPM Solutions, SAP) Erwin Clerx (EPM Senior Solution Sales, SAP) — and Clariba’s SSM expert,, Luca Spinelli (Sales and Operations Qatar, Clariba), and insightful client testimonials from Buthaina Al-Kuwari (IT Manager QAFAC) and Seraphim Mansyreff (Sr. Applications Analyst, Qatar Gas), attendees have taken the first step at exploring how SSM can help close the gap between strategy and execution, align teams on key objectives, and give them access to tools for collaborating and assessing performance.

At the top, Buthaina Al-Kuwari shares QAFAC’s experience with SSM.

In the middle, Chris Clay EPM solution manager from SAP shares what is SAP’s plan for the SSM solution in the future. 

At the bottom, Seraphim Mansyreff walks the audience through what led Qatar Gas to implement SSM

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