Many organizations recognize generative AI鈥檚 potential to transform their business, but don鈥檛 know where to start. By combining advanced generative AI technologies with enterprise resource planning (ERP) data from critical systems, companies can unlock significant enterprise value: for example, optimizing delivery routes, anticipating potential impacts to supply chain operations, or developing precise financial outlooks.

The AI Co-Innovation Program represents the two companies鈥� shared vision to help partners define, build, and deploy generative AI applications tailored to their ERP workloads. The program brings together enterprise technology from 麻豆原创 and generative AI services from AWS with professional expertise from both parties 鈥� including teams of AI experts, professional services consultants, and solutions architects 鈥� to help support customers in their implementation journeys.

The program will include dedicated technical resources, cloud credits, and more to support the development, testing, and deployment of industry-specific applications.

“AWS and 麻豆原创’s long-standing partnership has helped customers accelerate their cloud journey and unlock more value from their business data,” said Ruba Borno, vice president of Specialists and Partners at AWS. “Our AI Co-Innovation Program is a significant next step that will give organizations the security and flexibility to build generative AI applications with Amazon Bedrock that can analyze and act on their most critical 麻豆原创 data. This will help customers transform decades of business information into actionable insights while accelerating their path to becoming more agile, data-driven organizations.”

“Through the AI Co-Innovation Program with AWS, we’re enabling businesses to solve their most complex operational challenges with precision and speed,” said Philipp Herzig, CTO and chief AI officer at 麻豆原创. “By combining the power of our fully integrated platform with 麻豆原创 BTP and our deep business process expertise with AWS’s comprehensive generative AI capabilities, partners can now create purpose-built AI agents that solve their most pressing challenges 鈥� identifying financial anomalies in real time to automatically optimizing supply chains during disruptions.鈥�

The program also allows partners to rapidly build and scale generative AI applications using the latest generative AI tools and services from Amazon Bedrock, including large language models (LLMs) such as Amazon Nova and Anthropic Claude in AI Foundation on 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP).

This announcement expands on the work AWS and 麻豆原创 are doing to help customers 鈥� including Hyundai Motor Group, Moderna, and Zurich Insurance Group 鈥� modernize and move 麻豆原创 workloads to AWS, realizing the availability, flexibility, and scalability of the cloud. Running 麻豆原创 workloads on AWS allows customers to then combine their data with generative AI solutions. Partners including Accenture and Deloitte are among the first to work with AWS and 麻豆原创 through the program, helping them accelerate the development and deployment of generative AI solutions to solve complex challenges.

鈥淭he AWS and 麻豆原创 AI Co-Innovation Program brings together AWS cloud infrastructure and 麻豆原创 enterprise software experience. Combined with Accenture’s AI transformation expertise and industry knowledge, we can show companies exactly how to integrate generative AI services with their most critical business workloads,” said Caspar Borggreve, senior managing director and 麻豆原创 Business Group lead at Accenture. “For example, together with AWS and 麻豆原创, we are working with a utilities client to build a natural disaster asset resiliency capability to anticipate and respond to environmental challenges, protecting asset-intensive landscapes and maintaining service continuity for its customers.鈥�

“This AI Co-Innovation Program combines cutting-edge generative AI capabilities from AWS and 麻豆原创 with Deloitte’s deep industry experience and technology capabilities to deliver transformative solutions for our customers,” said Nishita Henry, AWS global chief commercial officer at Deloitte Consulting LLP. “Through the program, we are building a finance solution powered by Amazon Bedrock to help healthcare and life sciences companies optimize their product mix, improve forecast accuracy, and maintain competitive pricing, even during uncertain market conditions.”

For more details on the AWS 麻豆原创 AI Co-Innovation Program, visit .

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Part of 麻豆原创 Sustainability solutions, 麻豆原创 Green Ledger allocates carbon emissions to specific economic activities and transactions captured by ERP solutions from 麻豆原创. This innovation empowers organizations to accurately account for, analyze and report carbon footprints across products, services, and organizational units.

Addressing the growing consensus that decarbonization is required to combat climate change, 麻豆原创 Green Ledger helps companies:

• Track and account for carbon footprints in relation to their financial impact
• Lower emissions alongside financial optimization and thus facilitate carbon budgeting
• Establish carbon planning for carbon neutrality and net zero targets
• Benchmark departments, business units and profit centers from both a financial and environmental perspective
• Prepare for sustainability audits
• Improve supplier-based processes to decrease carbon emissions in the supply chain (2025)

麻豆原创 Green Ledger builds on existing financial and ERP solutions from 麻豆原创 that are established in thousands of companies worldwide. By extending these solutions to integrate emissions data, businesses can make more informed, sustainable decisions that link environmental impact with financial performance, enhancing compliance, efficiency and transparency.

鈥淓normous investments are required to abate CO₂ in order to curb global warming. Besides smart, reliable regulation also accurate data on emissions along the supply chain is paramount to trigger the necessary investment,鈥� said Dominik Asam, CFO and member of the Executive Board of 麻豆原创 SE. 鈥淥nly by moving from averages to actuals 鈥� audited at reasonable assurance 鈥� can freeriding and greenwashing be avoided, thereby protecting such valuable investment and our planet. 麻豆原创 Green Ledger delivers precisely that.鈥�

Today, 麻豆原创 Green Ledger provides a first step for businesses to address regulatory requirements by integrating financial and environmental data. It helps companies navigate the complex global landscape of sustainability regulations, such as EU CSRD*, while establishing a scalable foundation over time, to adapt to evolving regulations such as EU ETS** and EU CBAM鈥�, as well as to international standards such as ISSB鈥犫��. The launch of the solution marks the beginning of a new era in carbon accounting systems, which are expected to significantly impact businesses worldwide as decarbonization becomes a legal and market imperative.

麻豆原创 Green Ledger was developed with support from companies such as Accenture, Deloitte, EY, PwC and TCS (Tata Consulting Services) as well as with pilot customers such as Covestro. Covestro is currently evaluating 麻豆原创 Green Ledger in an early pilot phase and testing the linking of carbon dioxide values to 麻豆原创 Green Ledger, as they are generated during the manufacture of specific products in the supply chain.

Accenture is helping organizations achieve their net-zero and sustainability targets in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.  鈥淎s organizations seek to gain visibility into both the financial and environmental performance of their businesses, 麻豆原创 Green Ledger can provide the sustainability metrics and insights needed to enhance decision-making that reduces emissions, drives efficiencies and optimizes performance,鈥� said Stephanie Jamison, global resources industry practice chair and global sustainability services lead at Accenture. 鈥淎s a strategic co-innovation partner, Accenture helped shape the development of 麻豆原创 Green Ledger and can apply our understanding of the technology and its capabilities to help our clients get the most for their organization.鈥�

Through its Strategic Advisory Group for Green Ledger, 麻豆原创 was able to gain insights from Deloitte鈥檚 breadth and depth of knowledge in sustainability measurement and reporting. 鈥溌槎乖� Green Ledger offers new levels of precision in carbon accounting for organizations as they track, manage and report their greenhouse gas emissions, and provides leaders with a holistic view of the costs and benefits of sustainability initiatives, enabling them to make data-driven decisions that can build business resilience,鈥� said Jennifer Steinmann, Deloitte Global Sustainability Business leader.

Deloitte is working with companies as they adopt sustainability disclosure standards and get ready for assurance. 鈥淭echnology solutions can help generate traceable, bottom-up emissions data,鈥� said Veronica Poole, Deloitte Global IFRS and Corporate Reporting leader. 鈥淟everaging the robust governance and controls of enterprise systems is needed to help organizations achieve the rigor that enhances corporate accountability and enables a move to reasonable assurance.鈥�

Norman Emmenlauer, partner for CFO-Led Sustainability at EY Business Consulting, said about 麻豆原创 Green Ledger: 鈥淭his is a solution that integrates carbon accounting into the core financial processes, making sustainability a tangible part of business operations.鈥�

Carina Schoellmann, partner for ESG Data & Tech at EY Technology Consulting, added: “This solution will help our EY clients by seamlessly integrating carbon accounting into their financial systems, enabling more informed and sustainable decision-making.”

Amy Brachio, EY global vice chair for Sustainability, pointed to the strategic nature of the topic: 鈥淪ustainability is at the heart of everything organizations do; business operations such as procurement, manufacturing and logistics are great examples. 麻豆原创 Green Ledger will enable granular and auditable data capture across the value chain, supporting organizations to transform ESG from compliance exercise to value-creation strategy.鈥�

Sameer Shah, partner at EY Technology Consulting, added: “麻豆原创 Green Ledger is a game changer for sustainability practitioners, providing the tools needed to measure, manage and report on carbon emissions with the same rigor as financial data.”

“Having participated in the pilot program, we’re excited to see the launch of 麻豆原创 Green Ledger, an essential digital approach for integrating carbon accounting and management into strategic business operations,” explained Will Jackson-Moore, global sustainability leader, PwC UK. “With 麻豆原创 Green Ledger, businesses can seamlessly align financial performance with sustainability goals, while achieving the transparency and precision needed for real-time emissions reporting and resource management. Building on this foundation, PwC is developing CSRD-ready content to enable end-to-end reporting and steering, helping organisations meet regulatory requirements, prioritise sustainability at the C-level, and drive meaningful change in environmental accountability. We’re proud to support our clients in leveraging 麻豆原创 Green Ledger to navigate complex sustainability challenges, achieve measurable decarbonisation and progress toward net-zero commitments at speed.”

麻豆原创 partner TCS has also cooperated on 麻豆原创 Green Ledger, with a focus on accelerating action to achieve carbon neutrality. TCS Enterprise Solutions Global Head Vikram Karakoti said, 鈥淲ith our participation in the pilot program for 麻豆原创 Green Ledger, TCS is embracing innovative sustainability solutions to build a better future. This will enable organizations to move beyond regulatory compliance and make sustainability a growth engine. By embedding carbon data into the enterprise planning process, organizations can unlock previously unexplored areas for growth, transformation and environmental renewal.鈥�

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*The (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) defines the rules concerning the social and environmental information that companies have to report. It entered into force on 5 January 2023.
**The (EU Emissions Trading System) is a 鈥渃ap and trade鈥� system to reduce emissions via a carbon market. Since 2005, it requires polluters to pay for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, covering emissions from the electricity and heat generation, industrial manufacturing and aviation sectors 鈥� which account for roughly 40% of total GHG emissions in the EU.
鈥烛丑别 (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) is the EU’s tool to put a fair price on the carbon emitted during the production of carbon-intensive goods that are entering the EU, and to encourage cleaner industrial production in non-EU countries. CBAM will apply in its definitive regime from 2026.
鈥犫�烛丑别 (International Sustainability Standards Board) is developing 鈥� in the public interest 鈥� standards that will result in a high-quality, comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures focused on the needs of investors and the financial markets.

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鈥淥ne of our key differentiators is how we put innovation at the core of what we do,鈥� he says. 鈥淥ur experience with 麻豆原创 BTP, the opportunities it provides for innovation, and the value we have leveraged for our customers is intrinsic to us as a business. So many organizations, large and small, deliver transformation projects. But what does 鈥榞ood鈥� look like and how can that be delivered? These are the questions we always ask ourselves. Developing solutions that solve real business challenges, across industries and lines of business, and demonstrating how they can be applied to a customer鈥檚 business is pivotal in strengthening existing relationships and winning new customers.鈥�

Baukham, who鈥檚 an 麻豆原创 technical architect by profession, specializing in 麻豆原创 BTP, was 鈥� together with colleagues 鈥� instrumental in collaborating with 麻豆原创 on the platform鈥檚 development, helping in the very early days of its inception to shape it into the platform known and used today by partners worldwide.

Indeed, Baukham鈥檚 team made a name for itself by developing web-based user interfaces on top of what were then 麻豆原创鈥檚 fairly basic solutions and, therefore, became involved in the very early discussions about how to update and move 麻豆原创 forward.

鈥淲e recognized the platform as being the best way to innovate around the core to give our clients something that met their very specific needs,鈥� he says. 鈥淭he platform has now evolved and that approach is now standard, but in the early days it wasn鈥檛.鈥�

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He says that 麻豆原创 BTP is a way for the team to 鈥渄emo the art of the possible,鈥� delivering a completely different user-experience or bringing a different vision to 麻豆原创 solutions. It鈥檚 a platform that allows customers to leverage their investment in 麻豆原创 and gives them an advantage in the market, whether through finding more efficient ways of working or identifying and opening up new revenue streams.

鈥淢eeting with a client and talking about integration and databases is not going to cut it with the people in the room that are there to make business decisions and who ultimately will be using the technology. They鈥檙e not interested,” he says. “It鈥檚 more helpful to discuss 麻豆原创 BTP and how it can be the platform for continuous innovation and for delivering real benefits to a business. We change the conversation so that it鈥檚 about the benefits the tech can bring, where we can see things need to be improved, either based on other customers鈥� similar challenges or from the experience of our vast network of 麻豆原创 consultants.鈥�

麻豆原创 BTP is 鈥渢he platform where we can do things differently,鈥� he continues, and is 鈥渃entral鈥� to many conversations with existing or prospective customers. While the team can use 麻豆原创 BTP to manage the standard things 鈥� like integrating 麻豆原创 solutions to other systems, closing any gaps that have been identified, or looking at analytics 鈥� Baukham is clear that the real benefit comes from how the platform is used holistically. 鈥淭his isn鈥檛 about focusing on one particular area, but how you can use all the surfaces together to deliver a much better experience. This is about putting the users first: it has to be easy to use otherwise people avoid using it.鈥�

In client discussions, Deloitte covers all aspects of the platform. 鈥淩egardless of where clients are on their 麻豆原创 journey 鈥� whether they鈥檙e on a legacy system or ready to do a transformation 鈥� we look at whether they need a UI refresh, whether they need to simplify some apps to make it easier for transformation, whether it鈥檚 greenfield, brownfield, or selective. We look at where 麻豆原创 BTP lays in that,鈥� Baukham explains. 鈥淏ut we also then have the conversations around what鈥檚 next 鈥� once the transformation is complete, how can we help them to address other pain points that may not have been solved. Do we bring in more analytics so they have the data on hand to make decisions quicker? Do we look at the smarter technologies, the bots that can help to perform some of the more mundane tasks more easily? If they鈥檙e doing the same processes or making the same kind of decisions, do they need someone to do that or can machine learning do that for them instead? We鈥檝e always been good at pushing the boundaries and exploring what鈥檚 possible. When augmented reality first came out, a lot of competitors were using it for gimmicky things. What we did was to take CEO reports and explain and display them in 3D so people could interact with them. What we do is to try to turn these new technologies into a business case: how you can use these technologies through 麻豆原创 BTP to enhance your experience?鈥�

The three things Baukham likes best about 麻豆原创 BTP are the flexibility, the sheer volume of services available that can all integrate smoothly with 麻豆原创, and the fact that the platform is continually evolving. 鈥淏ecause it moves forward and embraces new tech, you don鈥檛 feel it鈥檚 ever going to get old. It grows with the times,鈥� he says.

He also says it鈥檚 inspiring to see how the platform can be used in different ways. While it is largely used to support internal processes, for some of Deloitte鈥檚 customers it has been used to help deliver external services, opening up completely new revenue streams.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a completely different way of looking at 麻豆原创 BTP,鈥� Baukham says. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e looking at the layer underneath the analytics, the federation of data across multiple sources. While you鈥檙e not looking to replicate that 鈥� that data stays where it is 鈥� you can still model it through some common data models, KPIs, and dashboards and some of our customers have done that and brought real benefit to their end customers. In both cases, we put ourselves in the shoes of their end customers to develop a new approach. That鈥檚 down to the innovative nature of 麻豆原创 BTP and the way you can make it work for you.鈥�

As this industry grew, the city attracted entrepreneurs, investors, and engineers to become the 鈥�.鈥� Wichita now nationally at No. 1 in manufacturing jobs as a percentage of all jobs and No. 3 in percentage of jobs classified as 鈥渧ery high-tech.鈥�

The recent launch of The Smart Factory @ Wichita, a new, immersive across a variety of use cases, is the latest milestone in the city鈥檚 proud history of innovation. The project, led by Deloitte, aims to accelerate digital transformation in manufacturing and address the challenges organizations are facing, including a volatile global economy, supply chain issues, labor shortages, and more, to help navigate today and build competitive advantage for the future. For visitors, it鈥檚 an opportunity to see first-hand how Industry 4.0 solutions bring connectivity, intelligence, and transparency to the supply chain within a fully operational, smart manufacturing environment.

The Smart Factory @ Wichita is expected to host more than 5,000 visitors over the next year. The 60,000 square-foot facility is housed on the Innovation Campus at Wichita State University, where it is connected to the university-managed smart grid and has renewable energy generation on-site. As a showcase for the future of manufacturing, The Smart Factory @ Wichita operates sustainably at net-zero energy consumption and is outfitted with wind trees, solar assets, and smart lighting.

The Smart Factory @ Wichita recently celebrated its opening with a summit in June. 麻豆原创 is proud to be a founding sponsor 鈥� along with Deloitte, Dragos, Infor, Siemens, and Wichita State University 鈥� within an extended ecosystem that includes stakeholders from software, hardware, robotics, consulting, academia, and others.

Darcy MacClaren, senior vice president of Digital Supply Chain and Industry 4.0 for 麻豆原创 North America, . She believes the facility is a must-see experience for customers.

鈥淭he Smart Factory @ Wichita is a truly unique experience for visitors to envision how Industry 4.0 can drive value for their business,鈥� she says. 鈥淚 cannot emphasize the value of the real-life experience strongly enough. The immersion in the live production environment allows visitors to experience smart manufacturing concepts in a way that鈥檚 not possible through standard conversations or presentations.鈥�

De-Globalization Opens the Way for Innovation

The launch of The Smart Factory @ Wichita comes at a critical time as businesses search for solutions to overcome manufacturing challenges. As a result of the pandemic and supply chain pressures, deglobalization is leading businesses to diversify their supply chains away from dependence on one supplier or region. As recently reported in , many businesses are looking for ways to move their manufacturing capabilities closer to home and improve automation.

鈥淲hile there鈥檚 recognition in the industry that the evolution to true end-to-end smart manufacturing is a must-have in today鈥檚 ever-shifting environment, at the same time, it is challenging for an organization to put the necessary complex architecture in place on its own,鈥� says Stephen Laaper, principal and smart factory leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP. 鈥淚n response, we saw a huge opportunity to convene an ecosystem of world-class solution and technology providers and bring together the Internet of Things, cloud, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and more under one roof at The Smart Factory @ Wichita.鈥�

Showcasing 麻豆原创 Solutions for Industry 4.0

The Smart Factory @ Wichita brings the to life, providing organizations an under-the-hood view of how 麻豆原创 solutions support digital transformation and intelligent automation, the underlying concepts of Industry 4.0. More than 50 use cases for smart manufacturing are available on-site, ensuring that both supply chain experts and newcomers will find the content accessible and informative.

鈥淭he Smart Factory @ Wichita is a terrific showcase of the digital supply chain technology that helps our customers unlock the value of Industry 4.0,鈥� says MacClaren. Visitors will see an impressive array of advanced robotics and automation that power everything from the shop floor to the robot coffee baristas. At the core is 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, the intelligent enterprise cloud solution that runs mission-critical operations with integrated supply chain solutions for manufacturing and asset management. These and other digital solutions enable the physical production line on the shop floor.

The next step, according to MacClaren, is to enable the full end-to-end supply chain scenario, including 麻豆原创 technology supporting product innovation for R&D and engineering, logistics for warehousing and transportation, and supply chain planning.

For customers during their innovation journey, the solution offers business transformation-as-a-service to smooth the evolution to a cloud-based, intelligent enterprise that runs smart manufacturing solutions. Find out about .

STEM Education Kits to Empower Students

Core to the purpose of The Smart Factory @ Wichita is its mission as a factory that helps produce and distribute a product with a purpose. In partnership with , The Smart Factory @ Wichita turns out components for Smart Rover Kits, all of which use 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) collected from the local recycling stream as the primary raw material, bringing the circular economy to life.

The kits are then assembled and shipped to schools with initial donations impacting 1,000 middle school students in Metro Detroit, Philadelphia, and Wichita. The program aims to reach 800,000 students in the U.S. over the next four years. The mission of Deloitte鈥檚 Smart Factory Believers Program is to empower the traditionally underrepresented students of today to become the diverse STEM innovators of tomorrow.

Closing the Skills Gap in Partnership with Industry

The Smart Factory @ Wichita also serves Wichita State University students as an applied learning environment for smart manufacturing and its impact on sustainability outcomes. The need is critical, according to a from Deloitte: 鈥淭he manufacturing industry is facing a skills and talent gap that will leave 2 million of nearly 3.5 million manufacturing jobs unfilled.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檙e building traction as an emerging leader in the field of digital transformation; and trailblazers 鈥� like Deloitte 鈥� are taking notice that Wichita State鈥檚 research and expertise give them a competitive edge,鈥� said Dr. Rick Muma, president of Wichita State University. 鈥淎nd our students benefit from the applied learning opportunities that they鈥檒l gain at The Smart Factory @ Wichita. As Deloitte professionals educate the workforce of tomorrow, Shocker students train side-by-side with experts in the fields of smart manufacturing, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and robotics.鈥�

For more information, visit . And to learn about 麻豆原创 solutions for smart manufacturing, industry 4.0, or supply chain, visit .

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