SAP: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
SAP Solutions enable oversight and management of each area of the entire supply chain SAP helps companies to transform in a way that is both holistic and customizable With SAP comprehensive solutions, users can manage their entire supply chain cycle in real time, including both internal to external aspects, asserts Carlos Mercuriali, Vice President & General Manager, SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass, EMEA South.
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lobal Supply Chain engaged Carlos Mercuriali, Vice President & General Manager, SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass, EMEA South, in an exclusive, wideranging, extensive interview. Global Supply Chain: For the uninitiated, give our readers a brief, 30-second introduction / spiel on SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass? Carlos Mercuriali (CM): SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass are where the world comes to do business together. When companies connect to Ariba Network, they connect to millions of suppliers across direct and indirect expense categories. We are also the longstanding leader in external workforce management and services procurement. We integrate the entire buying process across organizations. Our platform helps customers find, source, and strategically manage their multichannel workforce.
GSC: Explain (in a nutshell) how SAP enables businesses to thrive with your proprietary signature supply chain management software? CM: Companies are increasingly realizing the competitive benefits of digitalisation. This includes digitalizing not only internal processes, but also connect digitally externally, with suppliers and customers for example. SAP’s end-to-end suite of applications and services, including supply chain solutions, allow businesses to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and compete effectively in the marketplace. With our solutions, users can manage their entire supply chain cycle in real time, including both internal to external aspects. GSC: How is ‘Rise with SAP’ impacting and benefitting procurement systems in companies (briefly)? CM: Rise with SAP can be described as a concierge service for companies’
digital transformation. It helps companies to transform in a way that is both holistic and customizable, so that they may become intelligent enterprises, enabling them to make impactful changes to run their business better by growing more resilient, more profitable, and more sustainable. GSC: Overall, how is SAP overhauling and reforming supply chains and providing procurement solutions for real-time buyers and sellers? CM: In a nutshell, by facilitating oversight and management of each area of the entire supply chain including the end customer, SAP solutions are enabling companies to adapt to changing circumstances quickly and operate more efficiently, which also translates to costs savings for sellers and quicker time to market – in other words, quicker delivery – for buyers.
SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass
SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass are where the world comes to do business together. When you connect to Ariba Network,
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you connect to millions of suppliers across direct and indirect expense categories. We are also the long-standing leader in
