Enabling clients to become next-generation enterprises
The IBM and SAP Value Generation Partnership initiative will enable clients to accelerate their RISE enabled cloud journeys, their paths to innovation, their competitive advantage to become next-generation enterprises. This initiative will focus on 4 key areas:
- Next-generation business process
- Next-generation industry innovation
- Next-generation architecture and approach
- Next-generation system expansion
Focus areas
Through an IBM client adoption program, the initiative will use Signavio to understand current processes and define next generation LOB processes.
The elements that will benefit from this initiative focus on the Office of the CFO, Digital Supply Chain, Human Capital Management, Customer Experience and Intelligent Spend Management. It will also define an AI-prescriptive roadmap of SAP-embedded functions and IBM-SAP co-innovation solutions. We will work with our clients to activate SAP Joule capabilities to support their transformation journeys.
IBM will collaborate with the SAP Industry business units and clients to co-innovate and deliver next-generation industry processes. The initiative will also develop an AI-prescriptive roadmap of high added value industry areas and proposed solution approach.
IBM will build 100 SAP Business AI solutions and will showcase these solutions in the IBM Innovation Studios and the SAP Experience Centers around the globe. The initiative will start with industrial manufacturing, consumer product goods (CPG), retail, defense, automotive and utilities and add more industries over time.
The initiative will provide a prescriptive approach to Clean Core, using SAP Build and prebuilt extensibility accelerators within SAP BTP and modern architecture with LeanIX. IBM will also deliver a comprehensive and strategic Data strategy supporting optimized AI outcomes.
IBM will infuse gen AI into our project delivery and application management approach with the IBM Consulting® Advantage Platform. The tool allows for easy access to IBM Consulting’s SAP proprietary methods, purpose-built SAP Industry and LOB AI assets and AI trained models and role-based generative AI assistants for SAP implementation.
IBM and SAP will combine the power of our organizations around collaboration with University Alliance, Women’s Business Network, and Veterans to Work programs. The goal is to increase the SAP-experienced consulting workforce and to develop the next generation of talent.
The partnership initiative will also collaborate on social impact programs to create job programs for at risk populations. IBM will expand their system relationships and continue to build unique offerings with the SAP system partners to ensure the best fit expertise for world-class delivery and solution needs.
Industry solutions
AI-powered capabilities are designed to provide efficiency in transportation planning, assortment optimization and order settlement processes for consumer-packaged goods (CPG) and retail companies.
Helps retailers by automating and optimizing essential product management tasks within SAP S/4HANA.
Streamlines crucial processes, including requests, management, assignment and local reporting through intelligent workflows, AI and automation.
Uses AI to analyze data for faster issue detection and resolution recommendations. It combines SAP’s Digital Manufacturing analytics, machine/equipment modeling and data collection with IBM’s AI-augmented data retrieval approach.
Accelerates inquiry and lead-to-order processes for configurable equipment.
Addresses the complexity in forecasting configurable products and uses AI to optimize forecast accuracy with SAP Intelligent Product Recommendation.
Enables seamless communication and collaboration between engineering and production teams by integrating IBM’s PLM with SAP S/4HANA for manufacturing.
Transforms the user experience with AI-powered Warranty Claim Assistant, streamlining complex processes, reducing query resolution time and empowering businesses to operate with agility and effectiveness.
Provides accurate forecasting models, which facilitate setting specific emission reduction targets and leveraging insights from past and current data.
Designed to help improve process exception handling with speed and accuracy, reduces manual effort, and helps increase exception management compliance with regulatory rules.
Uses machine learning, natural language processing and other facets of AI to deliver advanced predictive maintenance capabilities for high-value assets.
Gen AI approach to optimizing maintenance operations and predicting failures while extending the useful life of assets.
Gen AI approach to optimizing supply chain operations and predicting parts needs while maintaining ideal inventory levels.
Acts as a Digital Intelligence agent that uses the SAP platform data to monitor and maintain the health and operational readiness of military assets.
Uses generative AI to automate and enhance data validation and anomaly detection in medical grant transactions.
Streamlines clinical trial workflows by automating critical processes, enhancing volunteer satisfaction and reducing operational costs.
Creates a clear, auditable system of record, allowing clear visibility across the supply chain allowing traders to make more strategic decisions.
Uses advanced analytics, machine learning, IoT technology and SAP platform data to monitor and maintain the material readiness of military assets.
Uses advanced analytics, machine learning, IoT technology and SAP platform data to monitor and maintain the highest level of equipment readiness.
AI agent accesses all necessary fields in validated SAP data to propose a ready-made response or action, validated and confirmed by a human agent.
Uses AI to quickly identify opportunities to lower direct materials costs, resolve supply anomalies, and reduce labor requirements in purchasing.
Case studies
Japan Airlines collaborates with IBM Consulting to overcome market disruption and accelerate digital transformation.
By embracing automation and enabling data-driven decision-making with help from IBM, MMPC is building a lean, agile and secure business ready for the next era of innovation.
Neste builds a global ERP platform with SAP S/4HANA® solution, in its drive to become the world’s leading renewable fuels and circular solutions producer.
Water Corporation modernizes and migrates its mission-critical SAP architecture to the cloud with help from IBM Consulting. Transform your enterprise with generative AI.
Insights
In partnership with the SAP Research Insights Center, we explore how organizations create a cross-enterprise edge with SAP-specific gen AI.
We collected insights from hundreds of organizations, revealing the priorities of SAP customers around the globe.
The nexus between environmental and financial achievements. A special report from the IBM Institute for Business Value in partnership with SAP.
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