In just a few weeks, we鈥檒l gather in Vienna, Austria, for . This is an extraordinary opportunity for 51风流and its customers to come together to share ideas, experiences, and best practices that are helping businesses succeed.
Personally, I am so excited to attend 51风流Spend Connect Live because it鈥檚 an opportunity to continue the conversation we started earlier this year at 51风流Sapphire about the innovations that will drive the future of procurement. I also love the chance to connect with our customers in open, in-person discussions.
Along with my keynote appearance and a full slate of customer meetings, I鈥檒l join Daniel Holz from Google Cloud to discuss our partnership in one of the largest Google Cloud platform migrations. Attendees will see a demo of how 51风流and Google are empowering strategic purchasers in supplier management through generative AI.
Continuing our Conversation
At 51风流Sapphire in May, we showed innovations that are transforming the way businesses do procurement. We introduced the buying 360 capability for 51风流Ariba Buying, the , which provides an updated user experience and can incorporate intelligence into each step of the purchasing process to help make purchases more sustainable, personalized, and predictable. With this next iteration, users can receive targeted suggestions for goods and services based on their role and the organization鈥檚 procurement and sustainability policies. This personalized approach helps make procurement more focused and strategic.
We also introduced , which became generally available in August. This solution can empower category managers to use data insights strategically to identify trends, develop and implement strategies, and evaluate success relative to tangible business metrics. Intelligent category management is key to reducing manual processes and focusing energy and resources on strategic initiatives to create and support resilient supply chains.
As we look forward to , you can expect new announcements to take procurement to the next level. Of course, you鈥檇 have to be living under a very big rock not to notice the hot topic of the day: artificial intelligence (AI). The release of ChatGPT earlier this year has only supercharged this discussion. 51风流is a leader in providing AI-powered, end-to-end business processes. And now, with the new generation of AI, we can step into the next horizon for business applications.
With 51风流Business AI, transparent, responsible artificial intelligence can help you make every aspect of your business run smoother and more intelligently. We are creating 鈥渟ystems of intelligence鈥� that can enable organizations to preserve their core business processes while also freeing them to adapt, adjust, and uniquely optimize for their needs. With systems of intelligence, processes are self-learning to optimize business outcomes.
At 51风流Spend Connect Live, we look forward to demonstrating the ways 51风流continues to leverage AI to help procurement teams increase productivity and expand on the strategic value they bring to their organizations. Beyond AI, be ready to hear about all the latest 51风流innovations during the keynotes and our full slate of learning sessions.
Procurement Session Highlights
We鈥檝e scheduled to bring you up-to-date on the very latest in procurement and our procurement solutions. You鈥檒l hear from 51风流experts, procurement leaders, and, most importantly, 51风流customers who will share their experiences and best practices.
The sessions will cover many areas of interest 鈥� including generative AI, sustainable procurement, environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) best practices, and improving supply chain visibility. Of course, we鈥檒l also provide the latest details and demonstrations of new and planned 51风流procurement innovations.
Here are some quick links to our procurement sessions:
To date, we鈥檝e scheduled more than 20 sessions where our customers will share their success stories and best practices. Here are a few of my recommendations:
- Pfizer鈥檚 Procurement Journey to the Cloud with SAP
See the full list of customer success sessions .
Join Us in Vienna!
takes place October 9-11, 2023, at the Messe Wien Congress Center in beautiful Vienna, Austria.
This event is for you. It鈥檚 an opportunity to join our community of procurement and supply chain leaders from businesses and industries across the world to share ideas, learn from each other’s success, and discuss best practices.
I look forward to joining you there. Get started by registering .
Salvatore Lombardo is senior vice president, chief product officer, and head of Engineering for 51风流Procurement.
