ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄βs Sapphire Now event in the EMEA region was a tremendous success, with attendees gaining valuable information regarding the digital business journey.
The online event included live presentations, digital showcases, and a lot of networking opportunities β both with ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ experts and other attendees.
The important sessions from the event are detailed below.
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ unveils Business Network
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ CEO Christian Klein unveiled ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄βs bold vision for business communities in the modern world.
Klein said these envisioned communities can assist in improving business outcomes, navigating changing economic and geopolitical conditions, and enhancing sustainability contributions.
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ took the first step towards achieving this goal at Sapphire Now by unveiling ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Business Network, which brings together Ariba Network, ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Logistics Business Network, and ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Asset Intelligence Network to develop a community of over 5.5 million organisations.
βDuring this unprecedented year, the importance of the communities weβre part of has never been clearer,β said Klein.
βOur new vision will build the worldβs largest business community, enabling customers to easily connect with companies across supply chains and creating networked economies across industries.β
Sustainability
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ reiterated its commitment to helping businesses transform into sustainable enterprises through collaboration on optimizing their material, financial, and energy flows throughout their end-to-end business processes.
To this end, ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ unveiled ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Product Footprint Management, which is a new product that will provide customers with product footprint transparency.
It also unveiled ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Responsible Design and Production, where by preventing waste and pollution, using products and materials for longer, and applying circular principles, ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ envisions the regeneration of natural systems and better use of finite resources β ultimately resulting in the furthering of ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄βs vision for a plastic-free ocean by 2030.
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Product Footprint Management and ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Responsible Design and Production are planned for availability in the third and fourth quarters of 2021 respectively.
Verify
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Concur has a new feature called Verify, which leverages the power of AI and machine learning to automatically identify issues and anomalies in your expense reports.
Verify can approve expense reports that have no issues, while flagging anomalies for auditors to review.
This product was created using data from over $1 trillion in spend and tens of millions of expense reports and receipts.
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Upscale Commerce
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ launched its no-code online commerce solution, Upscale Commerce.
This allows retailers to create omnichannel shopping experiences in minutes, and leverages AI to provide personalised offerings to their customers.
Upscale Commerce is integrated with ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ S/4HANA and uses a headless API architecture.
New ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Analytics Cloud features
The ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Analytics Cloud now offers operational workforce analytics and planning capabilities.
Importantly, it also boasts integration with ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ SuccessFactors solutions.
This links operational, financial, and people data to give organizations more comprehensive insights into their workforce.
Q&A with Christian Klein and Julia White
Attendees were also able to engage with Klein and ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Chief Marketing Officer Julia White in two Q&A sessions.
These sessions saw Klein and White provide insight into the burning questions attendees had regarding announcements which took place at Sapphire Now, and more generally regarding the ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ ecosystem.
