The Digital Transformation and Intelligent Enterprise Age has arrived. Whether you are a Millennial, a Baby Boomer or somewhere in between, you have a front seat to this digital transformation, with innovative technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Internet of Things (IoT) disrupting today’s workplace. Intelligent Supplier Management is a relevant example, and is allowing organizations to work smarter while selecting, managing, and collaborating with suppliers that can help drive down costs while ensuring a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable supply chain.
Join this session to learn how leading supply chain and supplier management practitioner Microsoft successfully transformed its supplier management, product development, sourcing, and supply chain processes from disjointed to one fully-integrated and seamless design-to-deliver process for Surface, Xbox and other hardware products, leveraging leading technologies and the Intelligent Enterprise.
You will learn:
- Why it’s important to embrace technological change as a strategic corporate differentiator
- How a leading practitioner made this happen by collaborating with direct spend suppliers
- How technologies can help elevate procurement to a strategic seat in the boardroom
Contributors: Microsoft, SAP Ariba
Categories: 2018 Fall - Rancho Las Palmas, Summit Presentations
SRC Type: Performance Management, Sourcing Management, Third Party Management