This integration of procurement applications and embedding of intelligence could make SAP stronger in the areas of direct procurement and sourcing by integrating data from S/4HANA ERP such as bills of materials (BOMs), routing and manufacturing planning into the process, Jakovljevic said. "We need to get beyond focusing only on creating simple screens and UIs and, instead, power procurement to succeed amongst today's known disruptions and the unknown disruptions of tomorrow." It's about using technology that focuses its power on the tasks that can and should be automated or eliminated so you can focus on the aspects of business that can and should have human expertise," he said. " Intelligent spend management is a forward-looking way to think about procurement. The idea is to provide a simpler, common user experience, but intelligent spend management goes further than that, Haydon said.
SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass and S/4HANA operational procurement are now integrated under a single UI that runs on top of the HANA database, and is connected through SAP Cloud Platform. "If your usual suppliers are unable to help you today, there might be some in regions still not - or less - affected by coronavirus, who are also begging for some business." Simple, intelligent procurement UIĪt the virtual SAP Ariba Live conference, which happened in the form of a series of video presentations, SAP demonstrated the integrated procurement environment that it calls "intelligent spend management." "Opening up the to all suppliers and buyers without any fees charged by Ariba Network is a nice gesture to help companies navigate during these trying times of disruption," Jakovljevic said. Given the times we're in, we just thought it was the right thing to do.Ĭhris HaydonPresident of procurement solutions area, SAP
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