Cognitive Procurement SAP Ariba IBM July 2017
Despite significant invest in big data and analytics, business are struggling with 3 major problems 2
Thus our evolution towards Artificial Intelligence 3
Where are we headed with Artificial Intelligence? 4
What can Augmented Artificial Intelligence do? 5
How it work? 6
We have a real opportunity to transform our Procurement with Artificial Intelligence Deeper engagement and adoption Increase end-user productivity (ease of use, less training required) Bring the application to users in their environment of choice Better decision making Have access to richer and broader set of data Uncover and discover hidden insights Improve business outcomes Automate repetitive tasks Improve approvals and accuracy Improve efficiency by delivering personalized and context-specific information #MAKEPROCUREMENTAWESOME 7
Two world leading companies joining forces 8
Adding Cognitive to SAP Ariba Solutions to drive future procurement 9
IBM Watson APIs & Apps for Cognitive Procurement Cognitive Procurement enhances the user experience and enables faster and more insightful procurement resulting in greater savings and compliance. 10
SAP Ariba Platform & IBM Watson Apps / API cover the entire spectrum of Cognitive Procurement 11
Use cases in Procurement for Robotic Process Automation? 12
How will IBM & SAP Ariba engage with you for Cognitive Transformation? 13
Contract Intelligence Proposed Contract Life Cycle Contract Creation Contract Authoring Contract Negotiation/Award Contract Compliance Cognitive Value Add Scans contract & converts to contract sections & clauses Shows % match to previous contracts (completeness check) Recommends the optimal team members to engage Monitor News, Twitter, Weather for commodityrelevant trends & regulation changes Predetermines clauses based on commodity, region/legal regulatory needs Automatically recommends critical clauses based on contracting history Analyzes frequently modified clauses, suggests library additions Minimizes risk exposure by ongoing checks of document compliance Assess terms and pricing against benchmarks Automates the link from contract terms and items to Compliance, simplifying tracking Shows % match to previous contracts (correctness check) News-based commodity dashboard Suggests missing sections, clauses, subclauses Initial Release Digital Assistant for Easy, Conversational Interface Future Release Sourcing Intelligence provides buyers with the right knowledge to execute the right event at the right time, with the right suppliers, for the right duration. 14
Sourcing Intelligence Proposed Sourcing Event Life Cycle Environmental Monitoring Sourcing Event Initiation Sourcing Execution Cognitive Value Add Monitor News, Twitter, Weather for commodityrelevant trends Recommend sourcing event initiation based on trends Populate sourcing event data using unstructured data Recommend RFI/RFP/RFQ event type based on commodity type, region and history. Recommend duration of sourcing event for optimal results Assess results against benchmark prices News-based commodity dashboard Uncover pricing pressures and demand trends for selected products Guide selection of sourcing template based on unstructured data Recommend number of suppliers to engage based on commodity, history and for optimal results Digital Assistant for Easy, Conversational Interface Initial Release 15 Future Release
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