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Executives Exploring AI Need to Understand Data Fabrics

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Many global multinationals accelerated their investments in digitizing data during the pandemic. According to Colin Masson, a director of research at ARC Advisory Group, the opportunity to mine these vast quantities of data to achieve business value is “NOW.” Mr. Masson leads ARC’s research on industrial AI and data fabrics.

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The Emergence of Supply Chain Data Fabrics

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The company aims to change this with the expansion of its data fabric portfolio. Business cycles are compressing and the need to make course corrections is exploding. A supply chain data fabric can help companies augment their supply chain processes. To solve this problem, data fabric technology is being increasingly used.

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The smart factory Part 3: What does the factory of the future look like

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Manual production lines are switching to automated assemblies and valuable data is being used to discover actionable insights into manufacturing operations. IoT sensors in the supply chain and robotics in factories are fluently available. What does the smart factory mean for business? A connected and flexible digital shop floor.

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The smart factory Part 3: What does the factory of the future look

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Manual production lines are switching to automated assemblies and valuable data is being used to discover actionable insights into manufacturing operations. IoT sensors in the supply chain and robotics in factories are fluently available. What does the smart factory mean for business? A connected and flexible digital shop floor.

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The smart factory Part 4: What skills do manufacturers and distributors need in the factory of the future?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As manufacturers and distributors inject their operations with innovative technologies in an effort to transform them into smart factories, a shift in how those factories are staffed has emerged. Reskilling and attracting a smart factory workforce. As factories add smarter tech, they’ll need people to manage it.

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Industry 4.0: Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future

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Of course, robotics does not tell the full story, as the world of manufacturing has evolved even further over the last few decades, with the rise of data and smart, autonomous systems. According to Indeed.com , that broad skills set should include digital fluency, big data analytics and even knowledge around technologies such as ERP.

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Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

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At one of the demo booths, what stood out was the ability of the procurement solution to track savings leakage over the course of a contract. SCCN solutions allow trading partners to collaborate across defined trading partner processes based on a common data model. However, those savings can leak away in several different ways.

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