Resilient supply chains

Manufacturing and production companies know: When it comes to digitizing processes and applications, the journey is the destination. The decisive factor for the success of individual migration stages is the well thought-out integration of all processes and applications - this also applies to supply chain management in particular. Hybrid cloud concepts create the necessary scope for a step-by-step expansion of modern SAP infrastructures.

It is therefore essential for future production and value creation scenarios to integrate processes in the procurement and processing of goods as seamlessly as possible. Whether supply chain management with SAP ME and the Digital Manufacturing Cloud or resource management with SAP C/4.

The better the assets of a production are integrated with operational applications and the data stock, the more meaningful is the evaluation of delivery, process and production data. One example of an effective connection and intelligent data management is the Connected Greenhouse. Here, integration is based on a hybrid cloud between the T-Systems Cloud of Things and the SAP Cloud Platform.

IoT devices collect data in the greenhouse on the location, soil conditions, humidity or even the temperature of a specific planting. This makes it possible to optimally control the logistics of food from the time of harvest to storage and delivery.

Thanks to the SAP Cloud Platform, which serves as the control center for the entire infrastructure, users can react immediately to changes such as high pH values or insufficient moisture in the soil. Even a break in the cold chain during transport can be detected by IoT sensors and processed via the hybrid cloud model.