EMPOWERED PEOPLE REPORT
Empowered People are the culmination of SAP ’ s Industry 4.0 strategy , and a company value that it wears on its sleeve .
" The key thing when we talk about industry 4.0 , is that SAP cannot do it on its own ,” Hancock says . " We need our partner ecosystem , hardware vendors and integrators , and consultancies to understand these big shifts like digital transformation . And we also contribute to those discussions .
It doesn ' t matter how much automation that you adopt […] there will always be tasks that only a human can actually execute on
ANDY HANCOCK
TITLE : GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT , CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
Andy Hancock is a Global Vice President of the Center of Excellence , SAP Digital Supply Chain . Using his background in Human Computer Interaction , Enterprise Mobility and Industry Expertise , Andy merges a strong technical foundation , a passion for solving problems and real world situations he has encountered during his 14 years tenure at SAP to fulfill his role as trusted advisor for leading global brands .
He understands how to quickly undercover the root of the problem and articulate a clear path to the right business outcome . Having worked in more than 40 countries and experienced a vast array of cultures he knows the importance of operating efficiently at the point of performance and put simply , getting the Right Information at the Right Time to make that informed decision .
“ The first step is always the hardest in any project . It requires an amount of energy that some organisations may start but never finish and continually transform . And so what SAP has done is to make the entry point very low , so businesses can come and see the best course of action in our industry hubs . We have SAP services to support the maturity assessment , the evaluation of where they are on that journey . And then we have our partner ecosystem to help them move in the right direction .” manufacturingglobal . com 127