One key message emerging from Sapphire was “keep the core clean.” SAP’s user conference, Sapphire, ran from June 3rd through the 5th in Orlando. 12,000 SAP customers and partners attended the event, and another 15,000 watched remotely. SAP is the world's largest provider of enterprise applications. The German software colossus has 300 million users who rely on its software.
SAP also sells a public cloud solution called GROW. PureTech Scientific CIO Brian Hardee talked about their company's need for a very quick implementation. PureTech is a private equity-funded carve-out from the Chemours Company's Glycolic Acid business that happened on August 1, 2023. Glycolic acid is used in personal care products like facial peels and wipes. The new company had a minimal IT team. Mr. Hardee said SAP had great tools to support a quick implementation.
SAP, also offers a feature-rich WMS known as Extended Warehouse Management on a private cloud. The same advice that prevails for their ERP – keep the core clean – is good advice for Cloud-based supply chain implementations.