SAP
SAP
’ s Sam Castro on AI and risk resilience in manufacturing
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actually add up to , and how that impacts the business financially , is one of the key topics around what customers will hear about resiliency from SAP , says Castro .
“ Sustainability is an overlay to that , sustainability is a byproduct of efficiency ,” says Castro . “ Being a sustainable enterprise means that you ' re an efficient enterprise . If things are running effectively , things are running safely , and in a very energy-friendly manner as well .”
Castro views the impact of the cloud on manufacturing as a positive one .
“ There are benefits for the IT team from a maintenance perspective and a continuous update and management of that software package ,” he explains .
Cloud users are not dealing out of sync or outdated documentation , they ’ re not dealing with security issues that creep into the environment over time . Updates and patches are handled in real-time by the cloud hosting and software provider , that SaaS provider in the cloud environment . Castro views offloading that burden from the manufacturing layer and the IT teams that support them centrally and locally as a big deal for organisations and businesses .
“ It keeps that barrier to entry for managing efficient production and tracking off of those teams , and it puts it firmly on the shoulders of the software provider . What does that mean for the business ? It means that the end users aren ' t working with stale software . You ' re not working with software that has a UI from 15 years ago . You ' re not working with an ad-hoc analytical environment that used to be cool but now uses plug-ins and stuff that your browser doesn ' t support and ultimately causes it to have problems ,” Castro explains .
As businesses are not dealing with these issues from the end user perspective ,
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