SAP announces expansion of cloud solutions portfolio by industry type
November 11, 2020
PaaS Initiative meets demands from the retail, professional services and component and machinery industries
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced the expansion of its cloud solutions portfolio to meet the demands of three industries: retail, professional services and industrial machinery and components industry. Developed by SAP and partners on an open platform offered as a service, the solutions help adopt innovations quickly as part of a customer's IT environment.
"The speed with which companies need to innovate their operations today requires technology to provide them with agility. As announced in SAPPHIRE NOW 2020, SAP is committed to the Industry Cloud strategy to provide solutions that can be quickly adopted by different types of industries, adding an open integration layer for next-generation practices and applications to improve the end-to-end chain and also enabling improvements in innovation and planning processes," said Valéria Kinguti, vice president of Platforms and Technologies, SAP Brazil.
Developing an Ecosystem for Innovation
Cloud solutions for these industries were developed and run on the SAP Cloud Platform (SCP) and use technologies such as artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to deliver compelling user experiences and to digitize and automate operations. SAP and its partners focus on solutions for customers' core businesses in their industries to help improve end-to-end processes and enable the development of new differentiating models. The three new offerings address the unique challenges of the following industries:
- Retail: Retail companies are facing increasing pressure to invest in innovative business models, seeking new ways to generate value for their ecosystems, especially with the increased demand for purposeful retailing and expectations for better consumer experiences. Retail-specific cloud solutions include, for example, machine learning algorithms to uncover undeclared demands and produce more relevant and customized offerings. Learn more about retail industry application scenarios.
- Professional services: contemplating companies that have in their essence the provision of services and that include activities such as consulting, engineering services, security, communication, advocacy and facilities, among others, and that are usually seen as the vanguard of digital transformation for customers, but that are now going through a break with the main trends that affect how they relate to customers, how they are structured and with whom they compete. Cloud solutions specific to the professional services industry allow, for example, companies to deliver digital services through subscription platforms to ensure excellent customer and employee experiences. Learn more about application scenarios for the professional services industry.
- Industrial components and machinery: leading companies now offer solutions tailored to scale and also as a service to meet global trends that are reshaping the industrial production landscape. These trends include digitization, increasingly demanding customers, an ever-changing field of operation, globalization and so-called right-shoring, location of manufacturing operations in cities or countries with the best combination of cost and efficiency. Cloud solutions specific to the industrial components and machinery industry provide, for example, the ability to interact with customers continuously through multiple channels, from the web to direct connection, and include connectivity to the Internet of Things (IoT). Learn more about application scenarios for the components and industrial machinery industry
"SAP's industry-leading cloud solutions provide a way to deliver targeted extensions that complement intelligent business strategies. With a robust ecosystem of partners capable of delivering innovative applications together with SAP, this initiative can help customers succeed in growing markets," explains Leslie Hand, vice president of IDC Retail and Financial Insights.
Partnering for Success
SAP partners are an essential component of the cloud initiative for specific industries. With open APIs, process and data models, as well as a wide variety of native cloud technologies to innovate vertically, SAP's cloud is attracting partners looking to accelerate innovation and solution development. SAP and its partners are jointly creating "next business practices" for companies and business networks that will help accelerate the pace to meet changing business demands. View partner solutions in the SAP App Center.
Source: SAP Brasil
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Com o fim do suporte ao SAP ECC se aproximando, muitas empresas estão se perguntando:
“O que muda realmente ao migrar para o SAP S/4HANA?”
Mais do que uma atualização técnica, o SAP S/4HANA representa um novo modelo operacional, com ganhos de performance, inteligência e agilidade em toda a operação empresarial.
Neste artigo, vamos explicar de forma clara as principais diferenças entre o ECC e o S/4HANA, e mostrar por que migrar agora é uma decisão estratégica para o futuro da sua empresa.
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