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In this Cloud Wars Minute, Bob Evans is on-location at SAP’s annual Sapphire event in Orlando, FL, and shares details about SAP’s partnership with Pfizer, which he notes is a “data revolution in life sciences.”
Highlights
01:01 — A few years ago, SAP and BMW got together to encourage other companies in the automotive supply chain to share data. Patterned after that, SAP has launched its Business Network for Industries across four key areas.
01:47 — Specifically, SAP CEO Christian Klein has emphasized the importance of data sharing and cross-collaboration across industries to help unite them. Bob notes that this is similar to an “industry cloud” for a single industry, “with Pfizer as the cornerstone in the life sciences space.” The two companies have been working closely together for some time — specifically, Pfizer runs a massive, single instance of SAP in the cloud.
02:26 — The benefits that customers will receive across the life sciences industry include:
- Faster ability to identify opportunities
- Collaboration on supply chain and logistics
- Product planning
- Product lifecycle management
- Data insights
- Less waste
- Greater personalization
03:00 — In 2022, for the first time in its 174-year history, cracked over $100 billion in annual revenue. Additionally, the company has 19 scheduled product launches scheduled for the next 18 months.
04:02 — Bob explains that in many ways, this announcement is reflective of the “new SAP.” “I just find that it’s a very youthful mindset that they have, very exciting, energetic,” he adds.
