SAP INDUSTRY 4.0
Keith
Zobott from SAP talks about digital products in Supply Chain value in reducing those by just a fraction through gaining more insights into the performance of an engine or any aircraft system . Using this data , you can maybe tweak maintenance intervals to avoid any unwanted delays and cancellations . The benefits to customer satisfaction and other costs can be dramatic .”
What we ' re really talking about here is the future of changing the whole experience instead ...
THE KEY IS GETTING STARTED A digital transformation journey of this magnitude can rapidly become “ overwhelming ”, Zobott admits . The initial and most common hurdle to overcome is often organisational : how siloed a company ’ s departments are and how much data they share , from procurement and supply chain , to engineering and manufacturing .
The COVID-19 pandemic exasperated this issue . Organisations that were once only partially disconnected have become more fragmented and siloed . “ It really validated the need for improved collaboration capabilities , to be more connected and have resilient processes ,” Zobott says . “ Many companies are now looking at Intelligent Products and how
96 June 2021