SAP has introduced significant enhancements to its RISE with SAP offering and SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, aimed at accelerating digital transformation and driving business growth. These SAP enhancements are designed to improve productivity, provide a modern and collaborative user experience, offer intelligent and sustainable finance solutions, and support service-centric companies. Additionally, leveraging SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) provides a comprehensive suite of services to fuel business growth.
Improved Productivity with AI
The integration of AI into SAP solutions is revolutionizing business operations. Key features include:
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AI Copilot Joule: This tool allows users to express business needs in natural language and provides answers based on SAP Help Portal documentation. It also facilitates quick navigation to applications and offers role-based insights on business objects.
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AI-assisted Easy Filter and Smart Summarization: These features in SAP Fiori enhance user experience by enabling efficient natural language filtering of business data and seamless summarization. This leads to faster decision-making and improved productivity.
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Intelligent Resource Matching: This reduces the time to find skilled resources by providing advanced skill matching.
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Generative AI: Enables faster analysis and understanding of cost center data through the review booklet for cost centers.
Modern and Collaborative User Experience
The new updates focus on enhancing the user experience and fostering collaboration:
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Microsoft Teams Integration: Notifications of To-Dos in Microsoft Teams allow direct actions on workflow items, saving time and reducing the need to switch between applications.
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Share as Authenticated Adaptive Card-Based Loop Component: Enables collaboration with colleagues directly from an app and sharing of live information using Microsoft Loop components.
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Microsoft Copilot Integration: Allows users to collaborate, share live data, and access business data directly from their daily applications and activities.
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Updates to My Home: Enhanced workflow-relevant information, in-place actions for daily tasks, intelligent app recommendations, and pre-delivered cards for new cloud customers boost productivity.
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SAP Mobile Start: Allows direct access to the most important applications on the start screen with app favorites, displaying SAP Analytics Cloud KPIs as monitoring tiles and widgets, and managing to-do attachments to support the decision-making process.
Intelligent and Sustainable Finance
New finance enhancements provide tools for achieving transparency, analyzing financial data, and streamlining processes:
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Cost Center Review Booklet: Provides transparent cost-center reporting, enabling daily analysis of actuals, plan data, commitments, and statistical key figures in one report.
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Service Profitability Review Booklet: Offers an interactive and comprehensive view of the financial KPIs related to service profitability.
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Manage Operating G/L Accounts App: Streamlines processes and increases performance with a modern SAP Fiori app, enhancing productivity and accuracy in managing general ledger accounts.
Powering Service-Centric Companies
The latest updates support business growth and operational effectiveness for service-centric companies:
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Shared Risk Approach for Professional Services: A new business model that allows companies to implement and automate shared risk approaches, leading to more accurate real-time profitability and reduced manual effort.
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Modern Order Management Journey: Automating recommendations and simplifying the sales order process improves efficiency for internal sales representatives.
Leveraging SAP BTP for Business Growth
SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) offers a comprehensive suite of services and tools that enable organizations to integrate, analyze, and innovate their data in a unified environment. Key components include:
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Data Integration and Management: Integrates data from various sources, providing a holistic view of operations. Real-time data processing and management enable informed decisions based on up-to-date information.
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Advanced Analytics: Offers tools to derive insights from data using machine learning and predictive analytics to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities.
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Application Development and Extension: Provides a robust environment for custom application development, fostering innovation and differentiation.
Introduction to RISE with SAP
RISE with SAP has become SAP’s flagship solution for businesses looking to transition to the cloud. It empowers enterprises to harness the benefits of cloud computing within their foundational frameworks. Key components include:
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Cloud ERP: SAP S/4HANA Cloud is infused with AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics to support innovative business models.
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Business Process Optimization: RISE with SAP includes SAP Signavio Process Intelligence to understand, enhance, and monitor business performance.
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Generative-AI Copilot and AI Governance: Joule automates report and dashboard creation. Integration with Collibra ensures transparent and accountable AI governance.
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Knowledge Graph: The new SAP Datasphere knowledge graph uncovers hidden insights and relationships across systems.
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Unified and Advanced Planning and Analytics: SAP Datasphere integrates with SAP Analytics Cloud for single-source data management and cross-organizational planning.
SAP’s recent enhancements to RISE with SAP and SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, combined with the capabilities of SAP Business Technology Platform, provide businesses with the tools needed to drive growth and stay competitive in today’s market. By leveraging AI, modern user experiences, intelligent finance solutions, and robust application development environments, businesses can streamline operations, make data-driven decisions, and innovate continuously. Embracing these enhancements positions businesses to thrive in the digital era and achieve sustainable success.