The global and independent platform for the SAP community.
Community News, MAG 17-06, Scene

Cognitive Procurement

The linking of SAP Leonardo with IBM Watson and a new Cognitive Procurement Hub pave the way for forward-looking source-to-settle solutions.
E-3 Magazine
June 23, 2017
Content:
WarsonLeonardo
avatar
This text has been automatically translated from German to English.

Ariba and IBM announced a strategic partnership at Sapphire. The goal is to develop cognitive procurement solutions that will redefine the source-to-settle process from the ground up.

Supported by SAP Leonardo, IBM Watson and Ariba, insights from purchasing data will be coupled with predictive information from unstructured information to improve decision quality in supplier, contract and purchasing management.

As part of the partnership, IBM Global Business Services will provide consulting and business services to develop, implement and operate the new offerings along detailed roadmaps.

Companies of all types should be able to reduce their costs and shorten their time-to-value.

Working closely with Ariba, IBM will also enable its new and existing customers, including IBM Emptoris users, to leverage the SAP Ariba platform, where they will have access to comprehensive functionality and multiple source-to-settle offerings.

Emptoris support will expire in 2020 (SaaS) and 2022 (on premise).

avatar
E-3 Magazine

Information and educational outreach by and for the SAP community.


All articles of the author

Write a comment

Transformation Backlog in the SAP Community

Clean core

Sustainable solutions for individual needs: Taking the lead of tomorrow through today's innovations

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

More information will follow shortly.

Event date

Wednesday, May 21, and
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Early Bird Ticket

Available until Friday, January 24, 2025
EUR 390 excl. VAT

Regular ticket

EUR 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, March 5, and
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Early Bird Ticket

Available until December 20, 2024

EUR 390 excl. VAT
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2025, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.