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I was energized by the incredible conversations at SAP Sapphire this week 🙌​ And I was especially pleased to connect with our amazing leaders in the SAP Business Women's Network. Their stories and insights are always a powerful reminder of the importance of supporting and uplifting each other in the business world.​ We ended on a high note at the Diversity & Inclusion panel with Supriya Jha and Florian Bauer, discussing the critical role of integrating AI with inclusive practices. Ensuring transparency and accountability in AI is not just a necessity, but a path to a more equitable future. Thanks to multi-modal models, we can also help to provide people with diverse abilities (such as visual or hearing impairments) with equal opportunities.​ These events reinforced the transformative power of collaboration and AI innovation. Let’s continue to drive change, embrace diversity, and lead with integrity. Together, we can shape a better future! 🌍​ #BusinessTransformation #WomenInBusiness #DiversityAndInclusion #SAPBusinessAI #Innovation #Accountability #Leadership #SAPSapphire #LifeAtSAP

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What software vendor is truly customer focused? …SAP Customer growth and satisfaction starts with a great partner ecosystem. I just wrapped up an awesome North America SAP Partner Advisory Council…an incredible event! Why was it incredible? 👩👩 Leadership - SAP Partner Leadership (Nanette Lazina ,Annie Busch,+ many others) understanding, investing and advocating in our ecosystem. Not losing focus, we are all about the customer. I really appreciate the follow through and proposed actions! 🤝Collaboration- genuine collaboration amongst the top SAP partners for the good of our ecosystem and customers. Surprised by competitors helping each other (very refreshing)! Steve Niesman 💪 🏆Focus - intense focus on customer success, not just marketing…really making our customers successful (🤫…partners are critical). Thanks Hans Uebe! 📈Meaningful Progress- SAP is investing and focusing on helping partners help our customers in well thought out and meaningful ways! (Also goes to my point about great leadership 👏) Thanks for being invited to participate in such an important event! Analysis Prime Inc.

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SAP Joule and #BusinessAI in action supporting core #supplychain processes like #integratedbusinessplanning #SAPIBP #SAPIBProcks Tod Stenger

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For first-time SAP users navigating their inaugural holiday season, this blog post offers essential information and an introduction to the expectations and requirements for long-term customers and partners using SAP Commerce Cloud to drive sales events during the holiday season. Find out more: https://imsap.co/6048gPWxM

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SAP’s 2024 Spend Connect Innovation Days are underway and Scoutbee is a proud sponsor. Next stop? Tempe, Arizona. If you’re attending the event, contact Ryan Gilomen, Director of Sales (North America), on LinkedIn to arrange a meeting. The event will cover how to: 👍 Make it easy for suppliers to do business with buyers ✅ Improve sourcing, contracting, and invoice-to-payment cycle times 🙌 Spend with purpose by embedding risk and ESG into procurement decisions 🚀 Stay ahead of the curve with artificial intelligence in procurement - and much more If you aren’t attending the event, but want to know more about Scoutbee being an SAP Endorsed Partner, go to: ➡️ https://okt.to/QuW0Ad. #sap #partnerships #ai #riskmanagement #ESG #Sales #SAPEndorsedApps #sourcing #strategicsourcing

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after the event (#SAPSapphire) is before the event (see post) As a #lifelonglearning aficionado I am highly recommending to follow SimpleFi Solutions and get webinar notifications. #financialplanning #finance #cfo #datasphere #AI4finance

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Maximize Your Warehouse Efficiency with GBSI’s SAP WMS Solutions ▪ Challenges in Space Management: Are you struggling with warehouse space management? Issues like slotting and consolidation of partial bins or stock can significantly hinder your operational efficiency. ▪ The Impact of Inefficiency: Without proper space optimization, your business could face delays, increased costs, and reduced productivity. These challenges can slow down your growth and affect customer satisfaction. ▪ The Ongoing Struggle: If left unresolved, space management issues can lead to cluttered workspaces, difficulty in locating items, and potential safety hazards for your employees. ▪ Future Risks: Ignoring these problems now can lead to more severe complications down the line, such as inventory inaccuracies, wasted resources, and lost revenue. ▪ The Benefits of Resolution: Solving your space optimization issues means a more organized warehouse, quicker order fulfillment, and a safer environment for your staff. Plus, it paves the way for scalable growth. ▪ How to Solve: Implementing GBSI’s SAP WMS can streamline your warehouse operations. Our system offers intelligent slotting, real-time inventory tracking, and efficient use of space. ▪ Our Solution: GBSI’s SAP WMS is designed to tackle your specific warehouse challenges. With our solution, you’ll enjoy a seamless, optimized warehouse that supports your business’s expansion. Don’t let complexity slow your business growth. Optimize your warehouse with GBSI’s SAP WMS today! Ready to transform your SAP EWM? Let’s set up a time to chat: https://lnkd.in/gfjVxXCJ Also get a 250 page Genius Business Solutions (GBSI) research paper on EWM queue errors. Not ready to book an appointment yet? See more information about the GBSI SAP WMS ProSpectrum Quiz: https://lnkd.in/gbBZ8Hc6 #WarehouseOptimization #SAP #OperationalExcellence #SupplyChainEfficiency #SAPEWMStrategies #Logistics #WarehouseManagement #WMS #SAPWM #SAPEWM #SAPS4HANA #SAPECC #Manufacturing #Retail #Automotive

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Such a pleasure to have Dan Adika, WalkMe™ CEO, gearing up to go on stage with me and Scott Russell at SAP Sapphire Barcelona. 🌟 We’re just getting ready to talk about how the WalkMe mission perfectly aligns with our commitment to accelerate innovation adoption. Looking forward to that Dan! Last week was also an incredible week for news and announcements on the power of SAP Business AI to revolutionize the ways people work. Here’s a recap of just some of the main highlights, in case you missed them: 1️⃣ We are combining the two most powerful copilots in business: our generative AI copilot Joule with Microsoft Copilot to create a unified work experience. By making Microsoft 365 data and workflows available in Joule and by enabling Joule from within Microsoft 365 Copilot, users benefit from one experience – no matter which copilot they chose. 2️⃣ By the end of this year, we will have over 100 AI use cases and 80% of the most-used tasks infused by our copilot Joule. 3️⃣ We have new and extended partnerships with Apple, Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, Meta, Mistral AI, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). SAP Sapphire Barcelona will be a chance to dig deeper into this and more. We have so many incredible customers and partners ready to share how we are helping them bring out their best at SAP Sapphire in Barcelona. I hope to see you there! 🙏 #SAPSapphire #AccelerateBusinessTransformation #RISEwithSAP #KeynoteRehearsal #SAPBusinessAI Dr. Gero Decker Rouven Morato

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Business AI is so cool. The things you can do with this go beyond anything we could have done in the past in a blink of an eye. I suggest checking it out and reading more about SAP's investment into this area.View my verified achievement from SAP.

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I spy Scott Walker in Industrial Supply Magazine, page 30. takeaways ✅ think beyond e-comm ✅ consider 1 solution or platform instead of multiple bolt-on solutions ✅ invest in efficient, future-ready solution ✅ SAP users should check out DataXstream OMS+ https://lnkd.in/exW2jxzr

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*** Hasso & me. About a short conversation with Hasso Plattner *** At today's SAP Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, co-founder Hasso Plattner stepped down as chairman and retired from an active role in the company after over five decades. This marks a monumental shift in SAP's history, with Plattner's influence on the company's growth and success being comparable to that of Larry Ellison at Oracle and Steve Jobs at Apple. During my 12 years at SAP, primarily in Consulting and Customer Advisory, my personal interactions with Hasso Plattner were naturally very limited compared to those of colleagues in development. Nonetheless, my brief encounters with him left a lasting impact on my professional life and approach to work: Over a decade ago, I was the program manager for one of the first large enterprise implementations of the then infant-HANA, a project with a high-profile DAX client as pilot customer. Given the project's importance, I had to report the status occasionally directly to then-SAP board member Bernd Leukert. The project had a bumpy start, with technical issues and teething problems typical of such revolutionary new technology. One day, while driving on the autobahn (at unreasonable speed), I received a call from an unknown Walldorf number. To my astonishment, it was one of Hasso Plattner's assistants, who informed me that Hasso was on the line and wanted to speak with me. Striving to maintain control of the car from the surprise and safely move to the right lane at a reduced speed, I took the call. Hasso greeted me friendly and asked for a brief status update on the implementation of "his HANA". I provided an impromptu report, outlining the current status, issues, and the measures we were taking to resolve them. He listened intently, asked precise and insightful questions, and never made me feel inferior or pressured despite every word spoken oozing natural authority and his larger than life personality. His technical brilliance, hands-on approach, and genuine interest in the project's details and the individual customer experience were evident and beyond impressive. He approved the measures, thanked me and left the call. For me, this very brief but impactful interaction demonstrated Hasso Plattner's intellectual rigor, technical vision, and his dedication to SAP's success. This particular conversation left a lasting impression on me. It offered a glimpse into the personality of a man instrumental in developing enterprise applications that drive global business and shaping SAP into a €32 billion revenue company. Because he cared. For the details. Hasso Plattner's retirement marks the end of an era, but his legacy and personality will continue to guide SAP into the future. P.S: The implementation was (of course) a success 😉 😎 and turned my personal career towards HANA and SAP S/4HANA. #sap

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The excitement around SAP's new AI capabilities and partnerships continued this week in Barcelona! We showed how SAP can bring out your best by making it even easier to move to the cloud and realize value from #GenAI. Here are my three big takeaways from #SAPSapphire Barcelona:

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SAP customers are feeling the pressure to migrate to the cloud and embrace emerging technologies like AI, as indicated by the 2024 Pulse of the SAP Customer Research. The looming 2027 end of SAP’s mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 and the increasing focus on AI are driving the urgency for digital transformation among SAP customers. Despite the growing interest in AI and machine learning, concerns over data security and skills shortages pose significant challenges for SAP customers looking to adopt these technologies. However, it is a necessary hurdle in order to integrate this massively popular new innovation. #AI

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What is SAP Rise? Why is it best for my business? Where do I start? These are all good questions. Come join me with SAP, Protera, and CNT at the Microsoft office on Thursday, May 2 to find the answers!!

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Excellent article alert! Dive into SAP’s Digital Supply Chain solutions and the ecosystem amplifying their value. Discover the thought leadership of #DavidVajello, SAP’s global solution owner. Join us at #Archlynk booth 543 during #Sapphire2024 next week. #SAP #DigitalSupplyChain #ThoughtLeadership

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How important is #SupplyChainPlanning to the agility required across complex value chains to understand true supply and demand. Great insights here from major players such as Gartner SAP and Kinaxis Shout outs to: Lusi Zheng Ryan P. Giovanni Pizzoferrato

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Getting ready and excited for #SAPSapphire Day 2! Looking forward to meeting customers and helping them bring the best out of their business with SAP’s Localization.  If you are attending day 2, make sure to join the session BTP 144B to learn how SAP’s localized solutions power global compliance.    #SAPGoGlobal #SAPLocalization Erika Buson, David Branley, Max Skalatsky 

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On the heels of #SAPSapphire2024, I had the privilege of engaging in a multifaceted discussion on risk resilience and supply chain transformation at Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE New York today. Thank you to my fellow panelists, Kathy Presto, Chief Procurement Officer at HH Global and Sandeep Bhide, Vice President of Product Management at ProcessUnity and to ProcessUnity for sponsoring the session. Here are my main takeaways for those who were not able to join: It all comes down to the three C’s: Connecting, contextualizing, and collaborating. You must be able to manage the business holistically by connecting supply chains end to end, by contextualizing information during the decision-making process, and by collaborating both within the business and across networks. Embracing intelligent technologies like AI across the supply chain enables companies to make informed real-time decisions in an environment of constant disruption. By taking a data driven approach to risk management, organizations can enhance the resilience and agility of their supply chains and better prepare for future challenges and disruptions. #PSCLIVE #SupplyChain #DigitalSupplyChain #SupplyChainTransformation #RiskResilience #Data #AI 

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#GROWwithSAP represents a great opportunity for our #ecosystem of #SAPPartners. ➡ Join this expert session to get the latest and greatest to grow strong within the 2nd half of the year. From my own experience working specifically with partners regarding the opportunity to infuse #industry as an additional differentiator, the future looks great. Let's jointly seize it! #SAPpartneredge #S4HANACloud #innovation #transformation

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