WALTER SUN
Data Rack Server
How Gen-AI can change procurement Sun says AI technology is changing the way supply chain and procurement teams function , releasing them from mundane and repetitive tasks . He feels AI ’ s impact on productivity has the potential to add “ trillions of dollars in value to the global economy ”.
Sun says : “ AI will become the backbone of risk-resilient supply chain management . It will transform supply chains by enhancing organisations ’ ability to sense , recognise and react to disruption as well as opportunities . He adds : “ Generative and predictive AI can help procurement and supply chain teams forecast disruptions , identify alternate sources of raw materials , detect errors in invoices , extract relevant data from requests for information and predict shipment and delivery times .”
WALTER SUN
TITLE : GLOBAL HEAD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
COMPANY : SAP INDUSTRY : SOFTWARE
LOCATION : REDMOND , WASHINGTON , USA
Walter Sun joined SAP as its Global Head of Artificial Intelligence in September 2023 . He had previously served as VP of Copilot Applied AI for business applications at Microsoft , where he worked for 18 years .
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