Intelligent Cloud, Analytics Demonstrate SAP’s Vision for Tomorrow’s Business

Manila, Philippines — May 2017 — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today presented its road map and new tools to help customers conquer the complex challenges that businesses face in a world of ubiquitous data. SAP is the smart companion to navigate the data jungle: analytical applications with cloud-based access to all data sources; collaborative intelligence to help companies understand and react to the changing work environment; and finally, intelligent assistants that take away the tedium of repetitive tasks.

Hasso Plattner, chairman of the Supervisory Board at SAP SE, will take the stage at 9:00 a.m. today at the SAPPHIRE NOW® conference for a keynote address to share his vision of the future of the intelligent enterprise.

Machine Learning in SAP S/4HANA® Cloud Makes Companies More Intelligent and Automated

SAP has introduced general availability of SAP S/4HANA® Cloud 1705, enabling businesses to make their processes more efficient and automated. The 1705 release most notably features general availability for SAP® Co-Pilot, a digital assistant for the enterprise that is aware of business context, driving efficient collaboration, quickly recognizing and connecting to business objects and offering in-context chat. Further embedded machine learning capabilities offer predictive analytics for increased end-user efficiency, automatic invoice matching and more.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is SAP’s intelligent enterprise resource planning (ERP) software-as-a-service solution with contextual analytics, digital assistant capabilities, machine learning and the award-winning SAP Fiori® user experience.

Other updates in SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1705 include:

Significant acceleration of finance capabilities for large enterprises including statutory financial consolidation, SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Finance for credit integration and SAP digital payments add-on integration

The release of innovative end-to-end processes for manufacturing, providing transparency over financial impact, inventory management and supplier management, enabling demand-driven manufacturing

The SAP Project Companion mobile app, which facilitates collaboration in day-to-day actions and offers quick insights through push notifications

Additional integrations to third-party systems, including creating sales orders for sales force automation