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Two women standing at a shop counter, one of the women is purchasing items via a tablet and contactless payment | shop floor workers RamBase
Make shop floor workers your digital transformation focus
Industry 4.0 is already an established term and manufacturing companies are being urged to invest in new ways of designing and producing products. So, how does all of this affect your shop floor workers and, by extension, your business?
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Automation
These advances in test automation could change everything for your ERP
While every new platform promises to “maximize efficiency” and “streamline processes,” it’s often a process of trial-and-error to find what really works. The cloud is exploding and test automation, as well as AI, are rising up to meet the world’s QA demands.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
What the public sector can (and can’t) learn from private sector IT
Public sector IT professionals are liable to occasionally react skeptically when people try to apply what works for the private sector to their area of expertise – and well they might.
image of oil rig | Neste and IBM
Neste builds a sustainable future with IBM and SAP S/4HANA
Neste and IBM’s partnership dates back from 2015, a time where the oil company made the decision to drop the “Oil” from its name and devote itself to adopt more sustainability measures in order to meet its ESG goals and assist in the fight against climate change.
Image of the sunrise over the city of Brisbane in Australia | Smart cities
Live awareness tech is shaping tomorrow’s smart cities
The quest for sustainable solutions and operational efficiency is a mission that has captured the world's attention. While the notion of smart cities is not new, the innovative power of sensory AI is rewriting the narrative, presenting not just promises - but tangible results.
Several people pointing at a laptop screen excitedly, you can only see their hands pointing | megatrends IFS
These megatrends are revolutionizing manufacturing and service; but cross-functionality is key
Disruptions are intensifying, occurring faster and with greater impact and no event is the same as the one preceding it. Welcome to the ‘next’ reality, where riding megatrends could mean make or break for your organization. 
a man holding a sticky note with AI written on it | Will the UK’s AI safety summit actually make an impact?
Vendors are all over UK’s AI Safety Summit – but will it “generate” any impact?
The first-ever AI safety summit held in the UK has all eyes set on it and many hope it will trailblaze an international discussion on AI.
Juergen Mueller CTO SAP Tech Ed 2023 Event
Hark! The era of AI beckons at SAP TechEd 2023 with new GenAI series
At the SAP TechEd 2023 event in Bangalore India, SAP announced a comprehensive series of new generative AI capabilities.
A boardroom filled people and their laptops sitting down at a big desk watching a man give a presentation | Sysdoc training
Flip the approach to ERP training to save time, money and implementations
Let’s avoid the pitfall of not investing in the correct training methods; time and time again, poor training can result in an ERP implementation in complete disarray.
Overhead view of a cargo ship heavily laden wtih shipping containers being pushed into harbour with two tug boats | IFS supply chain management
Saying bon voyage to ‘just in time’ and hello to better supply chain solutions
It’s never been more important to have the right supply chain management (SCM) software, enabling your business to survive, react to disruption and use it as a true differentiator to thrive and grow. 
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In a world of deep fakes, securing an organization’s crown jewels gets real
The closer you get to full cyber protection, the more expensive and resource-intensive cyber defense becomes. That's why many businesses are choosing to focus on their crown jewels.
A timelapse photo of a port city with neon streaks representing movement | AI tools Unit4
Full automation: a vision of the future
By creating trustworthy solutions that empower users to make informed decisions confidently, AI tools can truly make a significant difference to ERP processes.
Tired looking chef at a food stall, tending to several, unhappy looking customers | Infor inflation food and beverage
Supply Chain Management
Sunken souffle? How food and beverage can avoid inflation irritation
Modern cloud-based ERP solutions can help the food and beverage industry make data-based decisions and find innovative solutions to inflation-induced issues.
image of diver in ocean looking at coral and fish | Cognizant Ocean
How Cognizant Ocean is adding more blue to our world with AI
In June, Cognizant announced its new business group, Cognizant Ocean. In this q&a, Stig Martin delves deeper into Cognizant's new business.
Cloud Platform and Technology
As NTT Data buys up SAP licenses, are SIs now horsemen of the HANA-pocalypse?
NTT DATA has announced a plan to repurchase legacy and on-premises SAP licenses to help ease customer cloud migrations. But is this enough?
Image of a doctor looking at their phone | digital health
What is the first step in the healthcare industry’s digital journey?
Several vital steps have been overlooked if the government intends to capitalize on the chance to enhance patient care and the clinician experience sooner rather than later.
Digital due diligence – the new front line in business valuation
Digital due diligence – the new front line in business valuation
Digital due diligence is a process of investigating and reviewing a company's digital assets and data. However, it is capable of more than we traditionally use it for...
Google Could Next London Keynote - GenAI
Brit brands Gymshark, Unilever are getting ‘appy with Google Cloud GenAI
As Google turned 25 years old, Google Cloud Next London took place at Tobacco Dock, with an expanding list of UK customer GenAI innovations.
A businesswoman mediating a dispute between 2 other businesswoman sitting at a desk | ERP Implementation Sysdoc
Time to play peacekeeper: Navigating conflicts in ERP implementation
ERP system implementation is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, you just need to make sure you’re putting the pieces in the right places.
A frustrated man sitting down at a table with his laptop, running his hand through his hair looking exasperated | manual testing original software
Quality and Testing
How to reduce your manual testing by up to 60%
The more you can do to make the manual testing process intuitive and painless for business users, the faster and smoother it will go.
It’s “snow time”: Snowflake World Tour AI advancements mark shift to inclusive data
During its Data Cloud World Tour event at ExCel London this week, Snowflake announced new feature and partnership developments, marking the platform's shift to increasingly democratized data access and analytics capabilities across its users.
Top down view of someone planting a new tree into soil | sustainability SAP
Be loud and proud with sustainable practices
With a world caught up in climate difficulties, sustainability needs to take the priority, along with ensuring ethical practices: studies show eight out of ten consumers said they would pay up to 5 percent more for sustainably produced goods.
Attendees at NTT's transformation now event | urging SAP community to “step out of comfort zone”
Application Development and Integration
NTT DATA urges SAP community to “step out of comfort zone”
Dedicated to gathering the SAP community to learn, share and network, NTT’s Transformation NOW! 2023 event focused on all things SAP.
Blue web of techy connections | SAP
SAP doubles down on cloud and unveils S/4HANA Cloud, private edition
SAP has made public a number of new offerings to help its customers move over to the cloud and reap the benefits of cloud technology.
Stacks of old folder filled with paper piled on top of each other precariously | Physical operations Samsara
Physical operations firms push paper to go the way of the dodo
Despite all the digital advances made in just about every other business vertical, firms that operate in physical operations have doggedly clung on to manual processes. However, all that's changing. And fast.
Analytics and AI
Gartner on why CFOs need inhuman accountants
Exclusive: Mark D. McDonald, senior director analyst in the Gartner Finance Practice, talks GenAI use in the financial space
Rocket that's blasting into space from the launchpad with lots of smoke | cloud-based Infor
Cloud Platform and Technology
The rocket fuel your business needs: Cloud-based enterprise software
Cloud-based enterprise software emerges as a game-changer for businesses, offering them agile platforms that allow fast pivots in response to any market challenges
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