Rate of touchless invoice processing achieved through end-to-end digital workflows

reduction in purchasing approvals resulting from process simplification and reliable data automation

The result, she says, was a standardised digital foundation, harmonised business processes at scale and a programme that she describes as a rewarding experience for learning, growth and business relationship development.

A new technology roadmap BMS’ s technology roadmap is now focused on migrating its SAP S / 4HANA environment to SAP RISE on cloud, a programme aimed at embedding AI and intelligence capabilities across finance, supply chain and procurement operations and creating what Sharmita calls an“ intelligent enterprise”.

Part of that ambition is as an example on the warehouse floor, where SAP’ s copilot Joule will be used to drive supply chain efficiency.“ The shift Joule enables is giving warehouse and plant teams natural language access to the system, data and actions that otherwise need a specialist or a multi-step process,” Sharmita says.“ The value isn’ t the novelty of the AI itself. It’ s removing that friction for people doing physical and time-pressured work.”

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