In recent years, Supply Chain Management (SCM) has become one of the most widely discussed issues on top management`s agenda. One essential precondition for the implementation of SCM concepts are powerful information systems. Many manufacturing companies deploy the logistics modules of the SAP R/3 system. In 1997 SAP enlarged its focus beyond Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and started an SCM initiative, which resulted in the Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) system. Today, APO has become one of the main components of the mySAP.com solutions. This book describes the principles and methods of intra- and inter-company SCM with reference to Release 4.6 of the SAP R/3 and to Release 3.0 of the SAP APO system. It also discusses potential future developments of these widely used software systems. The final chapter of the book contains an annotated overview of the most valuable online resources dealing with SCM.

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is one of the most promising recent advances in digital technology. However, research often focuses on specific application scenarios, case studies and experiments. Overarching and comprehensive studies that consider potentials and challenges for the entire field of GenAI across domains are rather scarce. In this paper, the four domains of text, audio, image and code generation are examined by means of a systematic literature review. Opportunities for industry and society are discussed, with the aim of providing a conceptual model that enables a quick assessment of the current state-of-the-art and identifies applications for GenAI that are either not yet sufficiently researched and therefore invite further exploratory investigations, or are well researched and therefore represent recognized yet less experimental fields.

AI—including generative AI—is radically transforming business. Are you ready? Accenture technology leaders Paul Daugherty and Jim Wilson provide crucial insights and advice to help you meet the challenge.

We explore the new approaches to intelligence, data, expertise, architecture, and strategy (IDEAS) that are redefining innovation. Taken together, these turns toward the radically human in technology will remake business.

In the Mindset Design Lab kitchen (sometimes known as Gopher Works), we strive tirelessly with our SAP customers to create the perfect business solution recipe. Some of our best dishes have the rich, hearty flavor of S/4HANA, others have a creamy Cloud Platform sauce, and still others take on an airy sweetness with machine learning and AI. Our customers take these dishes back to their business, and voila! Instant satisfaction.

We recently submitted our product CloudSimple to the Chrome web store for Google Sheets add-ons. Am I tired? Yes. Did I spend a few too many late nights in front of a code editor? Yes. Would I do it again? One hundred bajillion percent yes. So, having spent the last few month with my head way inside the process to integrate Google docs with an SAP backend through NetWeaver Gateway, I humbly offer a few tips to the blogosphere for anyone wanting to do the same thing.

Fearless Founder Gavin recently finished a Herculean task: setting up SAP Fiori on our AWS development landscape. I would compare this feat to casting the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom, but Gavin’s really not all that hobbit-like, and he only encountered metaphorical orcs on his journey.

I’ll gladly admit: I was really excited when the announcement came last week that Google Docs and Sheets would be open to third-party add-ons developed in Google Apps Script. It opens the door to all sorts of interesting application integration capabilities, and enhances them with the collaboration tools and ubiquity of Google Drive.

So – you’ve decided to expose some SAP Business Suite data to outside applications through SAP NetWeaver Gateway. You’ve seen the tutorials, you’ve read up on how to build services based on RFCs or entirely in custom code, and if you’re really ambitious you’ve even powered your way through the excellent OData and SAP NetWeaver Gateway book from SAP Press.