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to derive insights or improve forecasting and risk management .
On the manufacturing side , SAP has partners like Kinexon to bridge physical machines with our enterprise systems . It ’ s an alliance that combines Kinexon ’ s advanced understanding of automation and IoT with SAP ’ s digital supply chain portfolio and vast suite of tools .
Together , Kinexon and SAP are looking to advance how manufacturers approach efficiency and sustainability in the age of Industry 4.0 . Their united goal is to improve supply chain and production operations , as well as upgrade business process innovation and intelligent enterprise development .
Over the next year or so , SAP plans to continue helping customers to improve business performance by making their supply chains their innovation engines .
“ To do that we ’ re focusing on expanding AI and GenAI capabilities across our digital supply chain portfolio ,” David concludes .
“ We ’ re also helping our customers to move their supply chain footprint into the cloud , along with their broader enterprise management software portfolio . This will help them maintain the pace and level of innovation that the cloud enables , especially in conjunction with their ERP , through our RISE and GROW with SAP motion .”
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