Although we only use SAP as a ERP system, they also offer some minimal cloud based solutions for customers. SAP recently updated their cloud product in order to help companies rely less on software and more on the cloud. The latest update includes artificial intelligence and machine learning to help customers better use their current ERP systems. With machine learning, SAP could suggest “the best vendor for a procurement manager based on price, past performance, ability to deliver and so forth”. This allows less work for the user as well as takes some stress of searches away from the ERP software by using the public cloud instead.
SAP president noted how using the two simultaneously can be a difficult task. Because ERP systems have to be extremely secure and stable, updates and interfaces between the two systems must be precise and seamless as to not provide any hiccups in the ERP software. He says that both products can co-exist but a full implementation of both systems is not a process that can be rushed, but that the future is moving to the cloud even for ERP.
SAP adds AI and integrated analytics in latest cloud release
Nowadays, everything is moving to cloud. As the competitor of SAP, Oracle also develop to construct its cloud service. Will wait to see how SAP develops machine learning features.