SAP Indus­try Cloud can accel­er­ate progress and dri­ve inno­va­tion for SAP cus­tomers at any point in their dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion journey. 

In a ses­sion at the upcom­ing Cen­ter of Excel­lence event, Kai Finck, SAP SVP and Head of the Indus­try Cloud Pro­gram, and Frank Ruland, SAP Glob­al Vice Pres­i­dent, Part­ner Man­age­ment, will explore the ​“what, ​“how,” ​“when,” and more of Indus­try Cloud as an inno­va­tion and trans­for­ma­tion accelerator. 

The duo will present their ses­sion, ​“SAP Indus­try Cloud as an Inno­va­tion and Trans­for­ma­tion Plat­form,” as part of the ASUG Best Prac­tices: SAP Cen­ter of Excel­lence vir­tu­al con­fer­ence agen­da. The con­fer­ence agen­da and fur­ther infor­ma­tion is avail­able at https://www.asug.com/events/center-of-excellence‑2.

In a brief con­ver­sa­tion to pre­view the ses­sion, Ruland said the team would review how Indus­try Cloud com­ple­ments SAP S/4HANA, Cloud line of busi­ness solu­tions, and the SAP Busi­ness Net­work. They will also dis­cuss the crit­i­cal roles SAP part­ners play and how they are advanc­ing Indus­try Cloud solutions. 

Busi­ness Pres­sures Mount

Indus­try Cloud appeals to industry/​market seg­ments seek­ing to stan­dard­ize, auto­mate, stream­line, inno­vate, and achieve increas­ing degrees of dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion. Ruland said SAP cus­tomers are fac­ing chal­lenges and increas­ing pres­sures across sup­ply chains, asset opti­miza­tion, and sus­tain­abil­i­ty agendas. 

Indus­try Cloud aims to ​“pick the cus­tomers up where they are at the moment,” Ruland said, pro­vid­ing a solu­tion based on a com­mon plat­form that inte­grates with sys­tems and data at the cen­ter of cus­tomers’ busi­ness­es — as well as inter­con­nect­ing with sup­pli­ers and buyers. 

Finck and Ruland also will detail how Indus­try Cloud can apply to Busi­ness Net­works, pro­cure­ment, and mate­ri­als man­age­ment and dis­cuss how Indus­try Cloud ear­ly adopters are real­iz­ing busi­ness value. 

Ruland said he hopes atten­dees will be see Indus­try Cloud as an inno­va­tion accel­er­a­tor — wher­ev­er they are amidst dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion — instead of tak­ing it on as more of an afterthought.