{"id":2701,"date":"2025-02-10T11:17:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T11:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2025-02-20T11:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T11:21:19","slug":"saudi-companies-taking-the-lead-in-leveraging-business-ai-effectively-sap-survey-revealed-at-leap-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/2025\/02\/saudi-companies-taking-the-lead-in-leveraging-business-ai-effectively-sap-survey-revealed-at-leap-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Companies Taking the Lead in Leveraging Business AI Effectively, says 麻豆原创 New Survey Released at LEAP 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
RIYADH, KSA <\/strong>\u2014 February 10, 2025 \u2013 <\/strong>Enterprises across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have made impressive strides in preparing for effective use of Business AI, a YouGov survey commissioned by 麻豆原创 shows. The results, which were shared at this year\u2019s LEAP event held in Riyadh, will be used to inform 麻豆原创\u2019s efforts to expand collaboration with customers and partners in the Kingdom to create industry-specific AI solutions and use cases at its Experience Innovation Center in Khobar.<\/p>\n The survey examined several key factors for effective AI implementation including whether companies are operating their core business functions on the cloud, the extent of existing AI implementations, the quality of business data available, and the AI expertise of staff. Significantly, 75% of the Saudi enterprises surveyed are already hosting their core business processes on the cloud, with a further 22% planning to do so within the next 15 months. Hosting enterprise resource planning solutions on the cloud maximizes the effectiveness of AI thanks to real-time data access, scalable computing power and the ability to integrate advanced AI models seamlessly into business processes.<\/p>\n Another pertinent finding was that 64% of Saudi enterprises stated they were highly confident of the quality of their data, while a further 32% describe themselves as \u2018somewhat confident\u2019. Having accessible, high-quality data is important as AI systems rely on data to learn patterns, make decisions, and generate reliable and actionable insights.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is very encouraging to think that around 96% of these companies will be hosting core business functions on the cloud by the end of next year. 麻豆原创 customers moving to the cloud immediately benefit from the cutting-edge Business AI infused in our cloud solutions,\u201d says Ahmed AlFaifi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, 麻豆原创, Middle East Africa \u2013 North. \u201cHowever, it is important to see higher confidence in data quality, which is enabled through implementing solutions such as 麻豆原创 S\/4HANA for enterprise resource planning. The result is clean, organized data that allows AI algorithms to forecast demand accurately, streamline supply chains, and enable AI models to be fair and unbiased, among other things.\u201d<\/p>\n A further indication that KSA companies\u2019 readiness to leverage the broad potential of AI is that most of those surveyed were already using AI in several business areas. The most cited was customer service, with 45% leveraging AI to support this function, followed closely by marketing and communications (42%), accounting and finance (41%), sales (also 41%), and human resources (36%). Only 10% reported that they weren\u2019t using AI in any business areas.<\/p>\n Companies do, however, face some challenges in broader implementation of AI across business functions. The most cited of these were the associated costs (51%), lack of skilled personnel (47%), integration with existing systems (42%) and privacy and security concerns (41%).<\/p>\n Making AI accessible to all <\/strong><\/p>\n In discussing these challenges, AlFaifi highlighted how embedded AI solutions were helping to make the power of AI accessible to everyone, as well as 麻豆原创\u2019s role in delivering training in Business AI.<\/p>\n
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