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SAP names Philipp Herzig as chief artificial intelligence officer

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Herzig now reports directly to CEO Christian Klein, and will oversee the entire value chain for SAP business AI from research and product development through to implementation at the customer. With this new structure, SAP aims to accelerate the pace of its AI development, according to a statement from the software manufacturer.

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Merck Life Sciences banks on RPA to streamline regulatory compliance

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Although non-compliance with regulations can attract exorbitant fines, many pharma companies still depend on manual process for these value chains. A huge chunk of pharma sales representatives’ time is spent in tracing the right set of people to contact and then manually entering their credentials and/or content provided.

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3 powerful lessons of using data governance frameworks

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“When there’s no sharing, there are no use cases that span the value chain. The biggest value comes when you can implement end-to-end use cases—combining manufacturing with sales forecast planning, for example.” All three require you to look across the value chain,” says Hennig.

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Driving 15 years of IT transformation in 5

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Those two efforts combined have enabled for the first time ever end-to-end visibility of McWane’s value chain for select businesses, from the manufacturing of products, through the sales process, all the way to recognizing revenue. It also led to the consolidation of seven separate CRM environments.

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The fast track to intelligent retail modernization with TCS and Microsoft Cloud

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Hence, we have created a smart and resilient supply chain framework on Microsoft Cloud for Retail integrated with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Dynamics Point of Sales, powered with Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Azure OpenAI, to help retailers transform across the entire value chain.”

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Factors to Consider When Purchasing Competitive Intelligence Tools and Services: Part 1

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The HERE MI team has a broad remit of tactical (Battlecards, Industry Briefs, Buyer Analysis & Perceptions) and strategic deliverables (Industry POVs, Value-Chain Assessments, Market Sizing, and Scouting Reports). Part II will cover the broad range of tools and services our team uses to add value, efficiency, or effectiveness.

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What Whirlpool’s CIO does to make its digital business models run end to end

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As a household name in household goods, with annual sales of $22 billion, Whirlpool has 54 manufacturing and tech research centers worldwide, and bursts with a portfolio that includes several familiar brands including KitchenAid, Maytag, Amana, Yummly, among others. So end to end, our strategic priority has stood the test of time.

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