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My Response to SAP. Bigger, But Not The Answer We Need

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, SAP announced the intention to build business communities to drive improved outcomes. ” The focus is on combining the Ariba Networks, the SAP Logistics Business Network, and the SAP Asset Intelligence Network. SAP’s argument is that the solution benefits 5.5 I say, “About time.”

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Elon Musk Ensures that Product Development is Not Siloed

Logistics Viewpoints

The discipline has done a good job of driving collaboration between sales and marketing and manufacturing, procurement, and logistics. I attended the SAP Spend Connect Live conference in Vienna, Austria a couple weeks ago. This user conference focused on SAP’s spend management and business network solutions.

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SAP Announces Launch of 2024 Corporate Restructuring

Supply Chain Matters

B2B and ERP Cloud based software provider SAP SE has announced the launch of a 2024 corporate restructuring program. Specifically stated: “ In 2024, SAP will further increase its focus on key strategic growth areas, in particular Business AI. A further component of the operating profit goal was a reported €0.5 That remains to be seen.

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This Week in Tech: SAP Announces Generative AI Capability Joule

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech update, we highlight SAP SE’s announcement of Joule , a natural-language, generative AI copilot. The technology will ultimately be embedded into various SAP Cloud based applications including those supporting supply chain management.

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Definitions Matter

Supply Chain Shaman

. “At the Digital Supply Chain event at SAP. ” When I asked the question, I got an answer from LinkedIn that the research focused on digital maturity with SAP. The research is generated by SAP. The research is generated by SAP. ” My question is, “What is a digitally mature company?

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Get the Procurement Analytics Advantage with SAP S/4HANA

Bristlecone

Did you know that advanced analytics, when used in lieu of traditional statistical models, can help procurement departments increase cost efficiency by 3-8%? [1]. The procurement department of any business generates more data than is humanly possible to compute and comprehend through traditional means. Operational Procurement.

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What is MRO procurement?

Synovos

What is MRO procurement? Understand MRO procurement and your bottom line will benefit. The hidden cost of MRO procurement The adage time is money captures why MRO can be costly and why that cost is not always obvious. Why is handling MRO procurement so costly? MRO stands for maintenance, repair, and operations.