Unleashing Business Growth with a Suite and AI-First Approach

Enterprises recognize the many benefits gained from moving their systems into the cloud. The agility and flexibility provided by cloud-based systems is valued, especially during turbulent economic times, enabling companies to continuously drive business transformation without being bogged down by outdated and complex IT systems.

In addition, innovations available in SAP’s cloud ERP solutions enable further growth and efficiency gains across the enterprise. Recognizing that there is more to enabling growth than cloud-based ERP, further flexibility and agility can be unlocked through an end-to-end AI integration across business processes. SAP is committed to providing this growth potential through a Suite first and AI-first product strategy.

Suite First

SAP Business Suite enables seamless end-to-end business process integration in the cloud across finance, HR, sales, supply chain, procurement, and service areas. This experience is supported through an integrated and consistent user experience across all SAP solutions on every device. Ease of configuration and extension provides flexibility and ease of adoption, including consistent reliable and secure authentication and provisioning processes.

SAP Business Suite brings together business processes, data, and AI, providing new levels of business insights for better decision making. This enables further automation of business processes and allows businesses to focus on areas providing greater customer value and innovation providing a foundation for new business growth.

AI-First

AI is transforming the way processes are run and users interact with SAP solutions. AI-First is more than AI tools around the solution, it means enabling AI scenarios within and across lines of business, building solutions to enable effortless adoption, unlocking data, and empowering informed decisions by users.

Rethinking business processes with embedded AI enables AI Agents to become a “colleague” for every user, on any device. This transforms the user experience through personalization and automated decision-making. Embedded AI provides unique differentiating value and insights supported through distinct capabilities such as SAP Knowledge Graph.

Building AI and analytics into SAP business applications makes AI readily available. It also prepares organizations for the future by enabling adaptation to future business needs. Built-in AI as part of modular ERP applications extends beyond LoB solutions into the Business Technology Platform making end-to-end processes and building enhancements for business differentiation faster and more efficient.

Customer Experiences

Real benefits are gained from leveraging end-to-end processes with embedded AI. For example, Western Sugar in North America has experienced a 25% reduction in invoice processing time, resulting in significant cost savings by implementing SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management on top of SAP Cloud ERP. Insights gained through embedded reporting and AI and the time saved enabled the team to focus on further business innovation.

In another example, Cirque to Soleil has managed each travelling show as an individual business, using technology to run all facets of its operations, including financials, human resources, procurement, and travel. SAP Cloud ERP Private allowed the company to digitalize processes and scale as the business grows. The integrated SAP Business Suite also delivered SAP SuccessFactors to manage the global talent pool with strong data integrity and governance. In addition, SAP Concur Travel & Expense provided increased efficiency through simplified expense reporting, enabling more favourable supplier terms, global compliance, and cost transparency. SAP Ariba complements these solutions with efficient source-to-pay operations and supplier management and streamlining lead-to-cash processes for merchandising and food and beverage operations.

The transformation from existing SAP ERP systems into SAP Business Suite is supported by SAP’s RISE with SAP Methodology which incorporates the integrated Tool Chain. This includes gaining business process insights, technology insights for a path towards a clean core, and an AI roadmap builder assisting in identifying the right AI capabilities providing most value in helping to deliver your company’s business transformations strategy.

What This Means for SAPinsiders

• SAP’s Suite first strategy provides an integrated set of business solutions. Bringing together cloud ERP with line of business solutions, data, and AI, SAP Business Suite provides a foundation for organizations to scale, innovate, and adapt more quickly than ever. Powered by SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Business Suite unites core business applications, data, and AI capabilities.
• Embedded AI across the offering helps transform user experiences. SAP has embedded AI capabilities in both the cloud ERP system that is the core of SAP Business Suite as well as all the connected line of business applications. The capabilities that are offered help users make more informed decisions and provides a unique differentiator in SAP solutions.
• Organizations should start their journey to cloud ERP immediately. This includes leveraging transformation incentives that are currently being offered by SAP for customers running existing systems on-premise and want to move to SAP Business Suite in the cloud. With the upcoming end of mainstream maintenance rapidly approaching at the end of 2027, now is the perfect time for organizations to move to SAP Business Suite.

References:
https://www.sap.com/resources/sap-business-ai-customers-in-action
https://www.sap.com/design/stories-resources/designing-for-an-ai-first-future
https://www.sap.com/products/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai.html
https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/ai-catalog/
https://www.sap.com/products/erp/rise/methodology.html