Grasping the Overview of SAP Business AI

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to explain the core features and functionalities of SAP Business AI

SAP Business AI Overview

Welcome to ‘AI Infusion for SAP Finance - Unveiling New Capabilities’. In this course, we aim to unfold the fundamental facets associated with SAP Business AI, key components and applications of SAP Business AI and evaluate the business value of AI solutions for finance.

The advent of machine learning and artificial intelligence dramatically changed how we consume information, organize work, collaborate in dispersed teams, and learn. This new normal pressures organizations and their existing technological platforms to keep up with the demand for flexible and innovative solutions to grow the business. SAP Business AI is, therefore, not just a modern technological novelty, but rather a game-changer, with profound implications for conventional business practices.

SAP sits at the nexus between technology and business. Since SAP’s invention of enterprise resource planning (ERP) in 1972, small businesses and large enterprises have trusted SAP to guide them through the opportunities, risks, and value creation that are enabled by technological disruption.

SAP technology advancements mark a paradigm shift for delivering value

The image shows the evolution of SAP technology advancements from the 1970s to the 2020s and beyond, marking a paradigm shift for delivering value. The timeline starts with SAP R/1 in the 1970s, described as From batch to interaction. It then progresses through SAP R/2 in the 1980s with Real time standard software, SAP R/3 in the 1990s with Client server architecture, SAP Business Suite in the 2000s with Internet and mobile, SAP S/4HANA in the 2010s with In-memory computing, SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the late 2010s with Digital network & intelligence, and finally SAP S/4HANA Cloud in 2023+ described as From interaction to outcome. Below the timeline, it shows how these advancements enable organizations to Analyze with statistics, Predict using machine learning, and Create with generative AI. Overall, the image illustrates SAP's technological evolution over several decades to continually deliver increasing value to businesses through advanced capabilities like in-memory computing, cloud, AI and machine learning.

Artificial intelligence (AI), and above all, generative AI, marks a paradigm shift in how computer systems learn from data, solve complex problems, and even provide creativity when it’s needed. SAP is committed to helping organizations through this transformative moment by creating business outcomes that were unimaginable before through SAP Business AI.

Where is AI impacting your organization?

The title Everywhere on top of the SAP avil, below the following terms are listed: Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Experience, Procurement, Human Resources, IT and Cross-Function

SAP Business AI is a product that embeds artificial intelligence (AI) across SAP's entire portfolio of solutions. We also provide business process-specific AI services that our customers can adapt to their own workflows; for example, business document processing, data attribute recommendations, and Robotic Process Automation templates.

Data is the core of what makes business AI valuable, and SAP provides both the foundation (SAP Business Technology Platform) and services (SAP Datasphere, Analytics Cloud, Integration Suite) that make it possible to easily connect and model data across different applications. SAP also has strategic partnerships with other leaders in the industry where we embed their technology into our products (Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, and others), or we enable customers to build custom machine learning models on SAP data in a secure platform.

At the end of the day, we want our customers to have a comprehensive cloud ERP that enables them to optimize and automate processes and gain insights through data so they can make the most informed decisions possible for their businesses.

SAP Business AI Approach

SAP Business AI approach is focused on delivering relevant, reliable, and responsible AI capabilities deeply integrated across key business functions and technology platforms, enabled by partnerships with leading AI ecosystem players.

The image presents SAP's Business AI approach, covering multiple business functions with embedded AI capabilities like cloud ERP and customer relationship management, all built on an AI foundation. SAP's ecosystem partners include Anthropic, AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, and Microsoft, aiming to deliver relevant, reliable, and responsible AI for businesses.

Already more­ than­ 24,000­ businesses­ globally­ benefit­ from­ SAP’s ­AI capabilities. No other technology company can combine the power of AI with the processes and data that run the business world.

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