In the midst of a wave of geopolitical tensions, economic recession, exhaustive regulations, and product and labor shortages, it is necessary for companies to invest in new technologies to stay ahead of the main competitors. In this sense, within the framework of the conference SAP Sapphire 2023held in Orlando, the company has presented its innovations in terms of artificial intelligence and sustainability.
This is a series of advances, the result of an arduous research process, with which SAP intends to help its customers to transform their business models in the cloudpromoting agility and innovation in a permanent context of change.
The impact that AI is currently having is such that it is essential to turn it into an ally to solve critical problems that arise in business. With SAP Business AI You can personalize customer interactions, increase purchasing productivity, and expand your ability to find the best qualified people.
The alliance with Microsoft
The strength of the SAP ecosystem is placed at the mercy of customers from a principle in agreement with Microsoft with which they will offer companies the integration of solutions SAP SuccessFactors in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot at Viva Learning. will also be present at Azure Open AI Service. In this way, access to powerful language models that use generative AI to establish new experiences and strategies capable of attracting potential customers will be guaranteed.
SAP’s collaboration with the Azure OpenAI service API will in turn enable new experiences that streamline recruitment processeslearning and integration of the solutions that both entities develop.
A demonstration was carried out with the advantages of using Microsoft Copilot 365, in such a way that it reflected the usefulness when recruiting qualified profiles for job boards. In the words of Christian KleinCEO of SAP, and Satya NadellaCEO of Microsoft, this is progress toward productivity and the human development of your employees.
This announcement goes hand in hand with the collaboration established between SAP and Google Cloud to deliver open data that simplifies enterprise data environments. However, in areas such as Latin America, IT adoption is lower and only 40% of large companies will apply AI, while 60% do not consider it. Now you can build a end-to-end data cloud that incorporates information from the entire business environment through SAP® Datasphere and google cloud.
Progress towards sustainability
SAP has launched a new concept of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software capable of measure emissions and carbon footprint, providing data as reliable as in the case of financial accounting. The new Green Ledger guarantees to know the real carbon data and thus set a effective and accurate business green strategy.
Similarly, the company has announced an update to SAP Sustainability Footprint Management, a tool that calculates corporate emissions from the value chain. For his part, SAP Sustainability Data Exchange is a solution that allows companies to securely exchange sustainability-related data with their partners and suppliers, promoting the decarbonization of supply chains. Thus, SAP’s Green Ledger offering will be incorporated into the solutions RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP.
Other innovations for the sector
SAP also announced that it will leverage SAP Business Networkits B2B collaboration platform with a turnover level of operations of 4.5 trillion dollars, to launch SAP Business Network for Industry. The new version will combine the benefits of networked supply chains with industry specialization. Thus, the resilience of the supply chain will be increased.
There are also changes to SAP Business Technology Platformwhich improves the ability of those responsible for making decisions, and in SAP Signavioto discover critical process information faster and new ‘low code’ business automation capabilities in solutions SAPBuild.
Likewise, SAP announced the increase in its commitment in favor of new skills for two million users worldwide by 2025driving the continuous business transformation of customers in the cloud.
