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The power players of retail transformation: IoT, 5G, and AI/ML on Microsoft Cloud

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Reducing energy consumption across the value chain For example, AI/ML technologies can detect the outside temperature and regulate warehouse refrigeration equipment to keep foods appropriately chilled, preventing spoilage and saving energy.

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Congratulations to the 10th anniversary SAP Innovation Awards 2023 winners!

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Data-driven decision-making by enabling effective business processes and real-time information flows across business networks, supply chains, and value chains. Optimization by reinventingthe management of resources, including people, products, raw materials, and capital.

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Pricing it Right with End-to-End Product Cost Simulation

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So the leaders at Clariant International , a leading specialty chemical company, decided to build a tool that would monitor and analyze future price changes on finished goods instantly so they could make pricing decisions that pass-through costs to the value chain. What does a specialty chemical company make?

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SAP takes steps toward ‘green ledger’ for carbon accounting

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The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which entered force in January 2023, will require a broader range of enterprises to report sustainability information, including Scope 3 emissions , aka value chain emissions.

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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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10 future trends for working with business leaders

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Organizations with highly developed industry value chains on an ecosystem control plane will innovate 25% faster than other businesses by 2027 Providing visibility into social responsibility, joint ventures and resilience all along the value chain will be key.

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Unlocking value and success for partners

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Today, we have more than 35,000 partners in our IT infrastructure and cybersecurity software ecosystem, and every single one plays a vital role in bringing value and success for our customers. We work with many kinds of partners across the entire value chain – including the production, procurement, distribution and deployment of our products.