A source of food and power, sugar plays a key role in our lives. It fuels the body with energy and nutrients, and ethanol derived from sugarcane offers a carbon footprint that is 50 percent smaller than gasoline.

With almost 2 billion tons produced worldwide on 26 million hectares,听sugarcane is a big business, but farming it is not without challenges.听The fluctuating price of commodities, climate change, inconsistent yields, drought, pests and invasive plants and weeds must all be dealt with.

鈥淲e operate in a very dynamic environment where the regional and international situation must be continuously analyzed to ensure our sustainability,鈥� said Rob Coombe, Group IT Manager at听听a large cane producer in southern Africa. Speaking at the recent 麻豆原创 Sapphire event in Barcelona, Coombe added that technology will help the producer be more efficient, cultivate more sugarcane and reduce loss.

“I鈥檓 really excited about AI鈥檚 potential to improve business processes and increase efficiency,” said Coombe.

Creating the future

RES has a clear vision and strategy for running their agribusiness competitively and sustainably.

The company is located in the Kingdom of Eswatini, a land-locked country formerly known as Swaziland, almost entirely surrounded by South Africa. It employs over 3,500 people and produces two-thirds of the country鈥檚 sugar, along with 35.3m liters of ethanol a year on its own estates and farms on behalf of third parties. More than 2,500 families in the community are involved in cane production with RES providing housing and all infrastructure for its employees and their dependents.

鈥淪ustainability is an extremely important topic for us; it鈥檚 the foundation of the future,鈥� said Coombe. 鈥淲e are very aware of deforestation. Thanks to satellite footage we collected over the past twenty years, and the work we鈥檝e invested to manage forest cover, we can really see the progress in this area.鈥�

Coombe went on to explain that cultivating sugarcane is actually more beneficial than maintaining the trees that were taken out, because the plantations are on sandy soil that doesn鈥檛 support rainforest vegetation.

鈥淲e鈥檝e been collecting all the data and uploading it manually into the听听which will help us monitor our environmental, social and governance metrics,鈥� said Coombe.

The technology in the 麻豆原创 stack has many other advantages. RES is already using听, an 麻豆原创 industry cloud solution, to assist small growers in improving their yields and providing insights into the best time to harvest.

Designing solutions together

Built from input provided by the Efficiency and Sustainability Workgroup within the 麻豆原创 Advisory Council for Agribusiness, the solution provides the farmers and RESs鈥� officers with the ability to plan, execute and measure key tasks.

The solution responds to RES鈥檚 need for a digital, service-based approach that coordinates and synchronizes all aspects of production from planning to shipping. The objective is to bring together external intelligence such as GPS, water and weather information along with supply chain data for fertilizers, equipment and logistics to create a sustainable system.

RES鈥檚 third party farmers needed greater support to know when, where and what to plant, where and how much to water and fertilize, and ensure the right equipment and labor were on hand to harvest and distribute.

鈥淭he 麻豆原创 Advisory Council is a collection of CIOs and 麻豆原创 employees who meet regularly to discuss technology in the agribusiness,鈥� said Coombe, describing the select group of strategic 麻豆原创 agribusiness customers that are willing to collaborate in an open environment with 麻豆原创 to drive mutually beneficial objectives and improve the value of 麻豆原创 solutions. 鈥淚n all my years of IT, I have never been able to get this close to the development of software. This invitation only forum is what allowed this incredible solution to be developed, and I am very happy to be using it.鈥�

Thanks to this innovative solution, RES is driving sugar growth efficiencies for itself and its out growers with real-time field data combined with external satellite and agronomic data.

Looking at the numbers

In addition to navigating the pressures from global warming and geopolitical conflicts, the RES鈥� siloed system landscape made it difficult to synchronize and coordinate information that could help out- growers increase their yields. With the 麻豆原创 solution, RES has an innovative service platform that incorporates satellite imagery, maps, climate data and direct crop information, leading to increased yields, reduced costs, and improved sustainability.

鈥淲e鈥檙e proving that agriculture can run better with technology,鈥� said Coombe.

AI and ML enabled a more targeted approach to meet the needs of farmers regarding seed, fertilization, irrigation and transport to help increase overall yields. RES experienced a 5.29% increase in amount of delivered cane thanks to the solution鈥檚 deep learning capability to combine agronomic data, satellite and weather modelling to determine the best date for harvesting. That additional yield added up to 鈧�4.8 million per year.

The technology also improved decision-making on harvesting when the crop is ripening using crop modelling, which resulted in about 鈧�155,000 savings per year.

鈥淲e were also able to increase forecast accuracy by 10%,鈥� Coombe explained. 鈥淏y better predicting cane yields, we could make better decisions on capital and operating expenses, impacting 鈧�8 million euro in cost per season.鈥�

Not only are these results driving benefits to the health and wellbeing of the local community and society, RES is clearly an example to global farming organizations that it is possible to feed the world and create new sources of energy more sustainably.

To learn more about RES, watch this听听and check out their participation in the 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards 2024听.

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Agriculture in Africa is being transformed by artificial intelligence, but there is still one element it cannot replace.

Despite dramatic technological advances in the sector in recent decades, the role of the farmer remains indispensable. This was a message delivered, surprisingly, at a recent conference in Europe, by a world leader in the field 鈥� from Eswatini.

Rob Coombe, group IT manager of Royal Eswatini Sugar (RES), took part in a听keynote speech at the Sapphire conference hosted by software giant 麻豆原创 in Barcelona, with a case study that encapsulates 21^st听century farming.

鈥淵ou really can鈥檛 take the farmer out of farming,鈥� Coombe told us during Sapphire. 鈥淪o much depends on the farmer鈥檚 intuition. Farming is incredibly scientific, with various measurements and readings. However, even with the best data, natural elements can change outcomes drastically.鈥�

The sugarcane producer uses drones and satellite imagery to enhance productivity and efficiency with 麻豆原创 software.

麻豆原创鈥檚 S/4HANA system is a leading tool for enterprise resource planning in enterprises, and is used by 85 of the 100 largest companies in the world.

In a keynote address, 麻豆原创 chief revenue officer by Scott Russell said: 鈥淭he reality is that, with business AI imbedded in your business, the opportunities are endless.鈥�

The biggest opportunity at present, said Coombe in response, was improving the bottom line.

鈥淲e have reduced the cost of IT by 15%,鈥� he told the audience of several thousand delegates. 鈥淲e鈥檙e spending more with 麻豆原创, but less overall.鈥�

Coombe has been at RES for more than 12 years, but has worked with 麻豆原创 systems since 1991. In that time, he said, the way technology is implemented has changed.

He told Business Times: 鈥淭he two big things are always people and data. People are immune to change, so getting the change in people鈥檚 mind is key. And getting your data sorted is equally important. When your data is not right, it doesn鈥檛 matter what the system is, you get a lot of rubbish out of it.鈥�

RES applies AI and Machine Learning (ML) to 15 years of satellite imagery to create a 鈥渄igital twin鈥� of its operations, in collaboration with 麻豆原创 systems.

鈥淭his helps us predict the yield and manage cash flow and budgeting more accurately. By integrating this data with 麻豆原创 Intelligent Agriculture and S4/HANA, RES can monitor crop health in real-time and make necessary adjustments. We don鈥檛 have to wait until harvest to see that there is a problem; we can see it on a day-to-day basis.鈥�

RES is using historical climate data and forward-looking weather data, combined听 with ML models, to predict future conditions, aiding in better planning and simulation. It is deploying drones for a range of agricultural tasks, enhancing both efficiency and precision.

鈥淚nstead of getting the guys in there, we send out a drone, and do an analysis with AI. Scouting 鈥� going out to look for pests and diseases 鈥� will now become an electronic thing, so you get quicker responses.鈥�

For climate monitoring, RES is using historical climate data and forward-looking weather data with ML models to predict future conditions, aiding in better planning and simulation.

鈥淲e are building a model with Swiss partners to use forward-looking weather data to improve our predictions. After we finish with S4, we are moving into the planning side of it, by the end of this year. This will help us determine the anticipated crop, the amount of sugar we will produce, the people needed, tractor hours, and diesel consumption.鈥�

Instead of randomly fertilising fields, the operation use satellite data to determine which areas need more fertiliser.

RES uses sensors to predict vibration and heat, allowing it to fix machines before they break. This information is fed into the 麻豆原创 software to manage maintenance tasks efficiently.

The transition to public cloud technologies has simplified aspects of operations.

鈥淚n the old 麻豆原创 days, it was a lot more difficult,鈥� says Coombe. 鈥淏eing on the public cloud, technology-wise, it has been easy. The amount of content available to us from a customer perspective to learn what to implement, how to implement, and so on, is completely different to what it was in the early 2000s.鈥�

This change has also facilitated the rapid onboarding of new employees.

鈥淲e employed some graduate trainees, and two days later they鈥檙e working. You could not do that in the past. They can bring their Java, and scripting tools, and start just start working.鈥�

RES鈥檚 strategic approach involves engaging all organisational levels.

鈥淚t was key to start at the top, but also work hard at the bottom, and then the frozen middle melted. At the bottom, we have super users. We mentor them once a month, addressing their problems and quickly dealing with them.鈥�

RES is also using generative AI with the 麻豆原创 digital assistant, Joule, to handle routine tasks like managing debtors, creditors, and reconciliations.

鈥淛oule can work at 2 o鈥檆lock in the morning, and the analysis can be read upon waking up. You can simply ask it about outstanding creditors, without needing to know specific program numbers.鈥�

RES is not waiting to be told what is possible. It is introducing a 鈥測outh AI council鈥� to explore further applications of AI.

鈥淭he council will help us identify new areas where AI can make a difference, leveraging the fresh perspectives and skills of younger employees.鈥�

Coombe says AI was not about replacing people.

鈥淚t鈥檚 about empowering people and making them capable. We are innovative in Southern Africa; we do stuff differently.鈥�

• Arthur Goldstuck is CEO of World Wide Worx and editor-in-chief of听. Follow him on social media on @art2gee.
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The event, which is taking place in Barcelona, Spain from 11 to 13 June, brings together customers, partners and business leaders to discover the latest 麻豆原创 innovations and solutions designed to help organisations reach their full potential.

, Chief Business Officer for Middle East Africa South at 麻豆原创, notes the accelerating adoption of cloud technologies and Business AI solutions to drive organisational efficiency and innovation. 鈥淥rganisations across all sectors are transforming their operations by leveraging the latest cloud technologies to scale their growth and unlock new capabilities. As the pace of change accelerates and speed and adaptability increasingly become the key drivers of success, we are helping customers speed up the time to value of their technology investments through RISE with 麻豆原创. And, after an organisation decides on their key technology to transform their existing business, the next question for business leaders is: will our transformed IT landscape be ready for further, fast-paced and unpredictable AI solutions?鈥�

Leading companies RISE to the cloud

More than 6 000 customers听have already moved to , a managed cloud service that helps organisations transition from on-premise ERP to the cloud, giving them access to powerful cloud-based business management software with embedded intelligence, real-time insights, and advanced technologies such as Business AI.

One example is international wellbeing drinks business听, which has completed the first stage of its digital transformation journey with a RISE with 麻豆原创 cloud migration. The move has unified the company鈥檚 ERP platforms, improved collaboration and decision-making, and allowed for the expansion of its product roadmap. Twinings Ovaltine also leverages 麻豆原创 solutions for automated and simplified business processes, real-time data and insights, and enhanced visibility into the supply chain. 麻豆原创 continues to support the company as it aims to become a resilient, digital-first business.

UK consumer cooperative听听has also completed its migration to RISE with 麻豆原创 to support its digital transformation program. By moving its ERP to the cloud and streamlining its finance and procurement functions, Co-op aims to enhance operational efficiency and drive future investment.

With the implementation of RISE with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud,听Co-op听will benefit from enhanced stability of key applications, improved security, faster automation, and the ability to capture real-time data and insights across its wider manufacturing supply chains. This move to RISE with 麻豆原创 will help Co-op provide a safe and secure business environment in the cloud, ultimately improving the supermarket experience for customers and employees.

, a lingerie retailer with 850 stores and 15 webshops, migrated its entire 麻豆原创 ECC environment to Google Cloud with the help of RISE with 麻豆原创. The migration is a preparation for the switch to 麻豆原创 Fashion Management.

The decision to switch to a cloud-based version of 麻豆原创 Fashion Management was made to support growth and become a more data-driven organization. The migration, carried out in two phases, was completed in 48 hours and the company is now ready for the next step of migrating to 麻豆原创 Fashion Management, aiming to become a truly data-driven organization and provide a more personalized customer experience.

Leading African company hits tech sweet spot

One of Southern Africa鈥檚 biggest sugar manufacturers, (and Eswatini鈥檚 largest companies) , has deployed 麻豆原创鈥檚 S/4HANA Public Cloud platform to unlock significant cost-savings and efficiency gains. The company chose the platform to support its business strategy and drive greater efficiency, agility and innovation.

With more than 4500 employees, the company has a long history of leveraging 麻豆原创 solutions and chose the Public Cloud deployment to unlock significant cost savings and support end-to-end business processes. The company is also focused on innovation and has instituted a 鈥榝ree Friday鈥� to encourage IT teams to explore the 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform and find novel solutions to common business problems.

Dressler lauds Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation鈥檚 excellent use of technology and best-practices to drive innovation and efficiency across its operations. 鈥淲ith Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation鈥檚 outstanding utilisation of 麻豆原创鈥檚 latest S/4HANA Public Cloud platform, the business can confidently step into the next phase of its growth and innovation journey, knowing that critical business processes will be enhanced and supported for years to come.鈥�

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business assistant, , is transforming how enterprises function by providing insights, custom-tailored outcomes, and a personalised experience for businesses. As a result, says 麻豆原创, the product with a name inspired by the unit of energy significantly improves productivity and efficiency.

鈥淲e are entering a new phase of AI with endless opportunities for all of us,鈥� said , CEO of 麻豆原创, at the Sapphire 2024 conference in Barcelona.听 鈥淭he technical evolution continues by using the power of generative AI across our stack to revolutionise once again how businesses will run, and how your end users will work in the future.鈥�

麻豆原创 performed a detailed analysis of the tasks completed with cloud software by their 300-million end-users every day. Consequently, they announced, by the end of 2024 80% of the most used tasks will be managed via Joule.

鈥淎s a result, your end users will do their work 20% more productively and with higher quality,鈥� said Klein.

For example, Joule will manage tasks in all management areas to create and change orders. It will take over some sequential activities in billing and cash collections. In finance, books will be closed faster as the software manages standard compliance checks.

鈥淛oule will also turn into a very powerful analytical engine to create insight for the boards for finance, for HR, for all parts of your business.鈥�

The digital assistant will be an engine that offers strategic recommendations by having access to the broadest business-to-business data model in the technology industry, which includes finance, supply chain, HR, sales, or ESG data from thousands of customers. Based on this data, which allows 麻豆原创 to train algorithms and find certain performance patterns in one鈥檚 business, Joule will provide recommendations to collect cash faster and make smarter procurement and supply chain decisions.

During Klein鈥檚 keynote, he highlighted 麻豆原创鈥檚 recent partnership with leading AI chip-maker . A highlight was a video featuring a ringing endorsement of 麻豆原创 by , founder and CEO of Nvidia, in which he said: 鈥淲e have one of the most complex supply chains in the world. We build AI supercomputers, AI factories. Enormously complicated systems. Our latest Blackwell System has 600,000 parts.

鈥淎ll of this has to be delivered to some 100 different customers, and all of our entire supply chain, build materials, forecasting systems, build plans, those 600,000 parts, and some 40 different manufacturers are all managed under 麻豆原创.

鈥淭his is the beginning of a new computing age, the beginning of a new industrial revolution. Through Joule, we have created some amazing generative AIs that understand the languages of 麻豆原创, supply chains, and enterprise planning systems so that we have a specialist, an agent, an AI to help us to do all the things that we want to do to manage our business.鈥�

, chief AI Officer of 麻豆原创, said: 鈥淓arlier this year, we gave Joule internally to up to 4,000 service consultants within 麻豆原创. What we observed is that they can save up to 2 hours every day.鈥�

More than 50 of 麻豆原创鈥檚 certification programmes, more than 200,000 pages, and 2Tb of curated best practices and community content, have been put into Joule. On top of that: it is supercharged by Nvidia鈥檚 technology.

鈥淚f you take this productivity gain and multiply it by our ecosystem, we can altogether save up to 600-million working hours every year, accelerating our transformation to the cloud,鈥� said Herzig. 鈥淭his technology is based on more than 250-million lines of code out of S/4HANA based on Nvidia鈥檚 hardware and software, as well as other models.鈥�

麻豆原创 has also expanded its strategic partnership with Google to enhance supply chain risk prediction and mitigation in volatile global environments. This collaboration integrates 麻豆原创鈥檚 Joule and with Google鈥檚 assistant and 鈥檚 Data Foundation, boosting forecast accuracy and enabling quicker responses to demand signals.

麻豆原创 has partnered with , leveraging its advanced language model to create images in and generate scripts for highly customised analytics applications in . Meta鈥檚 AI model excels in language nuances and contextual understanding, making it ideal for transforming enterprise business requirements into actionable insights.

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奥丑颈濒别听 is undoubtedly a star-studded football club, even after a recent shaky season, its impressive track听record听of 33 championships and numerous other achievements is not solely due to its talented players. Interestingly, technology, specifically in the form of , plays a crucial role in the club鈥檚 success.

鈥淭here was one moment in 2015 when we decided to create a big 麻豆原创 project,鈥� said , director media and communications, FC听叠补测别谤苍听惭耻苍颈肠丑, in Barcelona this week, one day before听Sapphire听2024. 鈥淲e collected all the data that we had, originally thinking we had 10-million fan contacts, but it was actually found to be 3-million. This was the start.鈥�

Alex Klaeger, president MEE, 麻豆原创, says: 鈥淏ayern Munich has 360,000 club members, making it the biggest sports club in the world鈥�. To support its massive global customer base, the football club has significantly expanded its workforce which introduced a new set of challenges.

Mennerich says: 鈥淲e introduced 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors for our HR department, because now we have 1,200 people working for Bayern Munich, mostly in Munich but also in Shanghai, New York, and Bangkok. We need a software which makes it possible to interact with all these employees, and to make it a good process for them, to make applications for holidays, and to give them feedback.

鈥淲e needed professional recruiting processes. It鈥檚 not so easy to find the right people, so 麻豆原创鈥檚听artificial intelligence听capabilities has helped us to identify which profile we need. It helps with job interviews, and the job description itself in the beginning.

鈥淎nd then for the players: we are a co-innovator for . We use it for our team management, for medical topics, and scouting topics. Now we have a new project: our shift to , the new step of our ERP system. Although a big project, it is necessary, because of its state-of-the-art capabilities, and optimisation processes.

鈥淚n our days, we are speaking about target groups. However, these days one-by-one targeting will be possible with this听AI听component. This is one of the most important things, not only for football clubs, and the fans, but for other companies as well.

鈥淵ou can identify players via听AI听if you have their injury history, age, muscle structure. But then you can really identify what is the best for you.鈥�

* Jason Bannier is a data analyst at World Wide Worx and writer for听. Follow him on听听补苍诲听听at @jas2bann.

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June 12, 2024 – During 麻豆原创 Sapphire in Barcelona, announced a clearer path to transformation for RISE customers, with new ways of unlocking value with and solutions, including linking 麻豆原创 LeanIX to 麻豆原创’s AI assistant, Joule, and the recently announced intent to acquire digital adoption platform company WalkMe.

Companies need to react quickly to new technologies, build resilience in their supply chains and integrate sustainability into their operations. However, these necessary transformations often encounter challenges: a lack of a clear overview of processes and applications; limitations in capacity, skills and budgets; and misalignment between IT and the business. All this can result in delays, escalating costs and even failed transformations.

To overcome these challenges, 麻豆原创 LeanIX plays a crucial role in application management, to help companies navigate their IT transformations, while听 solutions support process optimization and business process transformation. This powerful combination provides the transparency and insight into processes, applications, people and data that is essential in moving from transformation strategy to execution.

These capabilities play a key role in 麻豆原创’s efforts to support customers in modernizing their IT landscapes and enhancing agility, sustainability, and innovation within the business, and follow the recent announcement that 麻豆原创 has acquired digital adoption platform company WalkMe. WalkMe helps organizations navigate constant technology change by providing users with advanced guidance and automation features to execute workflows seamlessly across any number of applications.

Voice from the market: Daniel Tavares Delgado from FrieslandCampina and leading industry expert Dirk Ramhorst

Leading companies have now experienced the combined power of 麻豆原创 LeanIX and 麻豆原创 Signavio solutions. “The deployment of 麻豆原创 Signavio at听 is helping us to refine and synchronize our business processes across the organization. This has already led to improved efficiency and collaboration. We can see a great potential for an even stronger alignment between IT and business strategies by combining the offerings of 麻豆原创 Signavio and 麻豆原创 LeanIX,” said Daniel Tavares Delgado, Director Business IT – Global 麻豆原创 Centre of Excellence at FrieslandCampina.

“The AI-driven synergy between 麻豆原创 Signavio and 麻豆原创 LeanIX delivers direct value and optimises processes, supporting the revolution in transformation and enterprise architecture. This contributes to exceptional efficiency and flexibility within operations,” says Dirk Ramhorst, Vice Chair 麻豆原创 Chemical Executive Advisory Council (CEAC), who is a renowned industry expert and has worked with both solutions in different positions in recent years (e.g., as CDO/CIO of in Munich and CIO of ).

Basis for success

Recently, LeanIX its enterprise architecture solutions to support the adoption and governance of AI at scale. Building on the data-driven and automated approach with which 麻豆原创 LeanIX helps companies identify obsolete applications, make sound decisions and drive the modernization of their IT application landscape, this expansion empowers companies to make AI adoption visible across the application landscape. This visibility helps set clear standards for assessing AI risks and creates a shared understanding of where AI adoption can most benefit the organization.

“Our strategy enables organisations to continuously transform in a rapidly changing business environment,” states Andr茅 Christ, co-founder and General Manager of 麻豆原创 LeanIX. “With an integrated, comprehensive view of IT applications and business processes, we accelerate modernisation, reduce transformation risks for our customers and ensure their ability to adapt to technological shifts such as cloud and AI.”

An important step in corporate digital transformation is the integration of 麻豆原创 LeanIX within RISE with 麻豆原创. With this suite of services, 麻豆原创 supports customers in their transition to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA in the cloud, providing services and tools built on the clean core approach by 麻豆原创 to help businesses migrate on-premise systems, transform business processes, drive continuous innovation, and unlock cloud agility.

Rouven Morato, General Manager 麻豆原创 Signavio and 麻豆原创 LeanIX: “The combination of RISE with 麻豆原创, 麻豆原创 Signavio and 麻豆原创 LeanIX provides the foundation for success with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA. This enables organisations to transform their business strategy into IT execution with precision and unprecedented clarity. AI assistant 麻豆原创 Joule reinforces this transformation with intelligent and context-aware insights that result in even faster decision-making and improved operational efficiency.”

About 麻豆原创 LeanIX

麻豆原创 LeanIX is a market leader for enterprise architecture management (EAM), driving the modernization of IT landscapes and continuous business transformation. Its software-as-a-service solutions empower organizations to create transparency, enabling them to visualize, assess and manage the transition towards their target IT architecture. By offering a data-driven and automated approach enhanced with AI, LeanIX helps organizations make sound decisions and collaborate more effectively. LeanIX serves over 1,000 companies globally across various industries, including more than 10% of the Fortune 500 and half of the German DAX 40. Headquartered in Bonn, Germany, LeanIX has a strong international presence with offices in Boston (USA), London (UK), Paris (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Ljubljana (Slovenia). In November 2023, LeanIX became part of 麻豆原创. For more information, visit .

About 麻豆原创 Signavio

麻豆原创 Signavio solutions help companies accelerate each phase of any transformation project, allowing them to prepare faster, deploy faster, and realize continuous value. As a market leader in business process transformation, customers look to us to provide clarity and guidance on how to improve operations, processes, and outcomes. Our unique portfolio of solutions, methodologies, content, and data are designed to help customers create a culture of collaborative, data-driven, and ongoing process improvement. 麻豆原创 Signavio Business Process Transformation Suite is built to strengthen collaboration across business and IT, connect business strategy to daily operations, and create adaptable and sustainable businesses. For more information visit

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is taking a quantum leap in its digital transformation with the (BTP). Among others, 麻豆原创 Integration Suite and API Management, components of 麻豆原创 BTP, provide efficient and standardised access to data from . This is crucial for the bank’s AI initiatives and process automation.听

Robotisation and automation are key spearheads at Rabobank. 鈥榃e aim to automate manual and repetitive tasks so that our employees can focus on the complex thinking,鈥� says Robert van Uden, Solution Architect and Business Analyst for 麻豆原创 BTP at Rabobank.听

鈥榃e take the robot out of the human,鈥� Van Uden continues. 鈥楾edious tasks? We can probably automate those. Hate it? Automate it. That way, we make work more fun, improve the quality of processes by eliminating errors and save on costs.鈥�听

Successful automation听

Within Rabobank, there are already several examples of successful automation. For example, a robot checks daily whether money for, say, a mortgage or insurance has arrived in an account, checks whether the description indicates where the money should go and, if necessary, performs the transfer.听

To handle invoice-related questions from suppliers, Rabobank built the chatbot Billy. Van Uden: 鈥楥olleagues were spending much of their time answering the same questions over and over again, such as 鈥渨hen will my invoice be paid?鈥� That’s where the chatbot could take over some of the work.鈥�听

Help from AI听

A next step is to use artificial intelligence (AI) for new processes or improving processes. 鈥楢I will never completely replace humans, but AI can help and advise our employees. For example, AI can alert the user to a fraudulent invoice, after which a robot collects the information needed for further analysis. That analysis is then human work.鈥�听

Another example is the automatic enrichment of incoming invoices using AI. In this example, 麻豆原创 Process Automation retrieves an invoice from email after which 麻豆原创 Document Extraction Service extracts data from the invoice using OCR technology. This data is then analysed and enriched by AI/ML models in 麻豆原创 Data Intelligence Cloud, which perform categorisation and validation. After validation, the system automatically books the invoice into 麻豆原创 S/4HANA and schedules payment, minimising manual intervention and increasing efficiency and accuracy.听

麻豆原创, unless听

Rabobank has a 鈥樎槎乖� unless鈥� policy for process automation. In this, 麻豆原创 S/4HANA is the 鈥榮ingle source of truth鈥� for the consistent and reliable data needed for automation. 鈥榃ith a new issue, we always look at our standard solution 麻豆原创 S/4HANA first,鈥� says Van Uden. 鈥楾hen we see whether there is a service on 麻豆原创 BTP that meets the need. Only then do we consider solutions from other vendors.鈥�听

Rabobank is now migrating to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA in the private cloud in stages. For finance, the bank already made the switch, as part of the OneFinance project. Among others, Accounts Payable will soon follow. 鈥榃e are not only migrating to a new ERP environment, but also replacing outdated interfaces, such as the one with our payment lane,鈥� notes Van Uden.听

麻豆原创 Integration Suite听

麻豆原创 Integration Suite plays a crucial role in replacing outdated interfaces and making data available to applications such as chatbots efficiently and in a uniform way. The suite provides standard connectors and components to extract data from 麻豆原创 S/4HANA and share it with other parties and applications. Think of low-code Mendix applications that need data from 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, or retrieving and sharing invoice information. 鈥榃ith 麻豆原创 Integration Suite, you connect to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA very easily,鈥� Van Uden observes.听

Rabobank uses several components of the suite. API Management makes data from the backend system accessible, applying mappings, logic and validation for reliable and consistent information transfer. 麻豆原创 Cloud Integration takes care of 鈥榠nterfacing鈥� with third parties. Messages can be encoded and encrypted with a standard component, increasing security. 麻豆原创 Cloud Transport Management ensures smooth transfer of software components from development to production. These solutions support Rabobank’s vision of automation and robotisation, making processes more efficient and secure.听

Want to know more about digital transformation at Rabobank? Visit the session 鈥楻abobank about 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition: Planning, Roadmap, Implementation, and Best Practices鈥� during . Saravanan K Nagarajan, at Rabobank Solution Architect Financial Administration, will share his insights and experiences on 12 June from 13:30 to 14:25. The session will take place in Room CC8, Customer Connect Center Room 8.3, Level 0.Rabobank accelerates digital transformation with 麻豆原创 BTP听听

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Sapphire Barcelona 鈥� May 24, 2023 鈥� Today, at 麻豆原创 Sapphire in Barcelona, Spain, 麻豆原创 SE (NYSE: 麻豆原创) unveiled a series of global customer partnerships which show how 麻豆原创 is transforming their strategic business models, supply chains, enhancing customer experiences, creating a foundation for innovation and growth, and positively promoting physical and mental well-being through the launch of a business vitality platform.

Please find an overview of these announcements below.

Diageo makes its largest tech investment to standardise its practises across the world

Diageo, producer of Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, has partnered with 麻豆原创 and IBM Consulting in a multi-million-pound programme, which is Diageo鈥檚 largest investment in its technology and services to date.

The multi-year programme will help Diageo to:

• Improve the way it interacts with customers and suppliers, through the implementation of automation and advanced workflow solutions.
• Move its global organisation to one single operating platform, creating efficiency in its IT landscape and technology support model.
• Transform performance reporting, leading to better insight to maximise trade opportunities.
• Further digitise its controls and compliance environment creating a more robust and resilient business.
• Move to standardised ways of operating allowing for greater agility and flexibility in the way we respond to emerging market trends.

Diageo will implement the new cloud-based model, RISE with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, across 180 countries, ensuring its IT infrastructure is simplified and supported in a unified way.

The business transformation programme will put Diageo at the forefront of customer services and will increase its resilience in a landscape of evolving consumer expectations and a fast-changing economic climate, building a business for the future. This standardisation and automation effort will allow Diageo to track customer orders in real time on a global scale, identifying further commercial opportunities in both the on trade and off trade.

IBM Consulting, a long-standing partner of 麻豆原创 and Diageo, has been selected to lead the implementation of RISE with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud.

Maersk uses 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform to accelerate strategic transformation

The world’s largest container shipping company has made significant progress in its digital transformation by using the 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (BTP) to accelerate its strategic direction and automate business processes, increase efficiency and ease of use.

With a wide range of business areas including container shipping, port terminals, logistics and supply chain businesses, Maersk, headquarted in Denmark, operates more than 700 vessels and covers around 343 ports in over 100 countries worldwide. Strategically, Maersk is moving away from being a shipping company to becoming an end-to-end supply chain provider.

Specifically, Maersk has used 麻豆原创 BTP to develop and implement applications and solutions in areas such as:

• Customer Credit Management: Previously, a lot of manual activity was involved in the process, which could lead to errors and delays. Now Maersk uses 麻豆原创 BTP to automate and differentiate their customer credit management process
• Vendor Account Reconciliation: Maersk used 麻豆原创 BTP’s automation layer and intelligent robotic process automation (麻豆原创 iRPA) to perform automated actions such as scanning emails and extracting attachments, converting unstructured data into structured data, and building validation logic into the rules within the 麻豆原创 BTP platform, thereby reducing manual processes in Maersk’s shared service centres
• Treasury Guarantees: Previously, this process was quite paper-intensive and could cause data quality issues, which in turn led to delays. Now, through 麻豆原创 BTP, Maersk has automated the process and created two specific roles: bank guarantee applicant and approver. The solution also includes integration with external banks
• Customer Cargo Release: Maersk also has customers who are cargo customers, i.e., they pay before cargo is released. This requires a very time-sensitive process to ensure that payment has been received before the cargo is released. The workflow is triggered across multiple backend systems. Through built-in AI and process automation in 麻豆原创 BTP, the payment is matched against the invoice, the bill of lading and the container release events. Maersk has created an AI trust quota that automatically authorises if everything is 100% correct
• Planning and analysis: Maersk’s entire finance, planning and analysis is in the process of being moved to 麻豆原创 Analytics Cloud. This enables Maersk to provide end-to-end financial planning and analysis, including budgeting and forecasting.

Versuni creates solid foundation for innovation and growth with 麻豆原创 and TCS

Versuni, home to some of the world鈥檚 most renowned domestic appliance brands, embarked on a journey to realise a completely new technology landscape within just 18 months. With RISE with 麻豆原创 and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as its strategic partner, Versuni managed to migrate to a wall-to-wall 麻豆原创 environment in 55 countries on time. With 麻豆原创 S/4HANA as a solid foundation for innovation and growth.

Versuni was presented with a major challenge. Within just 18 months, there had to be a solid foundation – a “minimum viable product” – for the company’s operations and continued growth. To achieve this, Versuni launched the Exuviate programme. This is a reference to the process by which animals such as insects, reptiles and some mammals shed their old, too-cramped skin or shell to make room for growth. The programme was based on the principles ‘麻豆原创, unless’ and ‘cloud, unless’, and used RISE with 麻豆原创 to transition to ERP in the cloud. The aim is to create a company that is digitally focused and drives innovation and growth with data-driven decision-making.

Versuni has relied on 麻豆原创 for more than 30 years by using 麻豆原创’s suite of applications, has benefitted from integrated end-to-end processes, robust data management and advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. Those components are essential for driving innovation, operational efficiency and better insights.

The biggest challenge was to lay the foundation for running and scaling the business within a very tight timeframe of 18 months. Versuni replaced or removed every system from email to accounting, marketing to production and supply chain to customer-facing systems. This was the largest programme of its kind – anywhere, in any industry.

The programme included implementing 40 new networks, replacing 4,700 laptops and desktops, 60+ new cloud applications, migrating more than 300 data objects and redesigning 400 reports and 3,500 processes. Versuni succeeded in making the switch to the 麻豆原创 Best of Suite within the deadline. On 1 May 2023, Versuni went live with the new environment globally in one ‘go’.

Fitcoin launches pilot with University of California

A vitality platform developed on 麻豆原创 technology, where people can earn digital coins with exercise, which can be redeemed for healthy rewards, has set foot in the US. The Fitcoin business vitality platform positively promotes physical and mental well-being is starting a pilot with UC Davis, part of the University of California.

Fitcoin’s concept is smart and innovative. Users save digital coins (Fitcoins) via an app on their smartphone that they earn by exercising including walking and cycling or by participating in special workshops and sports activities. Users can then exchange the saved Fitcoins for healthy rewards that they choose themselves in the online Fitcoin catalogue on their smartphone.

Commenting on the announcements, Christian Klein, CEO at 麻豆原创 said: 鈥淎ll over the world, success for our customers requires them to innovate to overcome market disruptions, shifting regulatory landscapes, and critical skills shortages. The partnerships we鈥檝e unveiled at 麻豆原创 Sapphire showcases the role that our groundbreaking enterprise technology plays every day to help our customers thrive. Whether it鈥檚 insight-driven automation, simplifying a customer鈥檚 technology platform, or enhancing the customer and employee experience, we鈥檙e here to help our customers navigate the challenges they face.鈥�

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Sapphire Barcelona – 24 May, 2023 鈥� Diageo, the maker of Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, today announces a five-year business transformation program in partnership with 麻豆原创 (NYSE: 麻豆原创) and IBM (NYSE: IBM). This new initiative, which marks the company鈥檚 most significant ever investment in technology and services, will redesign and improve Diageo鈥檚 processes across the 180 countries where it operates.

Fully global in nature, the programme will revolutionise Diageo鈥檚 IT environment by introducing intuitive processes, powered by market-leading technology, to provide more information to enable the company to make better and quicker decisions. This transformation will enhance Diageo鈥檚 business resilience in a constantly evolving external landscape, improve its customer service offering and help the company adapt to a fast-changing consumer base.

The programme involves a move to RISE with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, with the support of IBM Consulting. Diageo鈥檚 implementation of the new cloud-based model will ensure its IT infrastructure is simplified and supported in a unified way.

IBM Consulting, which has been selected to lead the project, has a proven track record in the consumer sector and supporting client transformations and migrations to the 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud platform. Diageo, 麻豆原创 and IBM will work together to apply the latest technology to make Diageo鈥檚 business more efficient.

The five-year programme will transform Diageo鈥檚 business finance operations in a number of areas:

• Advanced workflow solutions will allow orders to be tracked in real-time on a global scale and facilitate more effective customer engagement and better customer service.
• By moving to a single operating platform, Diageo will simplify its technology support model and IT landscape, making it easier for the company to do business and evolve amid changing consumer trends and market needs.
• The program will transform Diageo’s performance reporting capabilities, giving the company better insight into trade and growth opportunities.
• The digitisation of controls and compliance will make the business more robust, resilient and adaptable to changing market conditions.

Lavanya Chandrashekar, Chief Financial Officer, Diageo, said: 鈥淭his partnership with IBM and 麻豆原创 demonstrates our continued investment in digital transformation. It will enable greater agility in how we respond to our global consumer and customer needs. It will provide us with world-class actionable insights and enhanced data capabilities to support growth whilst allowing us to be more efficient in our day-to-day operations.鈥�

Scott Russell, Executive Board Member, Customer Success at 麻豆原创, said: 鈥淚n today’s disruptive consumer goods industry, success lies in navigating unpredictable supply chains, managing ongoing macro-economic volatility and staying one step ahead of ever-shifting customer demands. Through our continued partnership with Diageo, one of the world鈥檚 leading brand builders, we鈥檙e proud to support them in building a more resilient business that is enhancing the customer experience and can adapt to rapidly changing market pressures, realising its vision to revolutionise the consumer goods industry.鈥�

Rahul Kalia, Managing Partner, IBM Consulting, UK & Ireland, said: 鈥淭he consumer goods industry is striving to address the challenges posed by inflationary pressures and supply chain disruptions, while staying focused

on delivering exceptional products and services for its customers and consumers. IBM is proud to partner with Diageo and 麻豆原创 to bring our global business and digital transformation experience on this exciting journey.鈥�

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About Diageo

Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across spirits and beer categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B and Buchanan鈥檚 whiskies, Smirnoff, C卯roc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Diageo is a global company, and our products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO). For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo鈥檚 global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.

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IBM Consulting is the catalyst for business transformation. With deep industry expertise spanning strategy, experience design, technology, and operations, we have become the trusted partner to over 3,000 of the world鈥檚 most innovative and valuable companies. Our 160,000 consultants embrace an open way of working, bringing a diverse set of voices, experiences and technologies like Hybrid Cloud and AI together to accelerate business transformation. Supported by IBM Garage, our proven co-creation method, we bring speed and scale to innovation with an enduring ecosystem of technology leaders to deliver solutions for some of the world鈥檚 most complex challenges. We collaborate closely, ideate freely, and apply breakthrough innovations that drive sustainable change and re-invent how business gets done. Find out more at IBM.com/consulting.

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