SAP
“ Our solutions are helping businesses implement new technologies that allow them gauge the quality of products as they come off the production line , in real time . They can use machine learning to determine , say , if there ' s a defect on a printed circuit board in a product .”
Hancock says 5G is a “ great enabler because it has low latency and you can put a lot of data through a single access point ”.
But he warns that 5G ’ s huge capacity for data might also cause problems , unless today ’ s computer scientists heed the lessons of yesteryear .
“ You have to be able to speak the language of your customers ”
ANDY HANCOCK GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT OF DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE , SAP
40 April 2022