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SAP

112.6K + employees worldwide ( Sept . 30 , 2022 )

160 number of countries

22K + partner companies

245mn +

Subscribers in SAP ’ s cloud-based user base much we put into that project to stabilise it ? Those are the goals that are very coveted from the C-suite down , but they really are reliant from all edges of the supply chain and having that information roll all the way up .”
Enterprise-led manufacturing follows in tune with this exactly .
“ The enterprise has to provide guidance to the manufacturing and supply chain teams as a whole ,” says Castro . Where they want to see improvements and how much they ' re willing to invest in those improvements , what ' s it worth ? How do you build that community up ?”
To understand the role that manufacturing plays in an organisation ’ s reinvestment strategy , you must first understand where it matches up with other locales in the manufacturing environment .
“ Manufacturing isn ' t just a single-faceted environment . It ' s often made up of plants that have been around for a long time , some that were built up by your own organisation , some that came into the organisation through acquisition ,” says Castro . “ So you see different heritages and mentalities . They have this communal approach for how the plant manager wants to lead that group in the business forward .”
SAP ’ s AI standardisation journey At SAP , being able to take advantage of AI standardisation in a universal way is important .
“ You can take and apply these very technical algorithms in order to get information off them . Here ' s the technology , here are the enablers of data , here are the enablers of AI- and ML-type algorithms that you can use and put together how you see fit ,” says Castro . “ Then that carries over into
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