The future of manufacturing: AI and Partnerships driving innovation

SAP at Hannover Messe: A New Era of Manufacturing Excellence

At Hannover Messe, SAP reveals how its partners and itself are pushing the boundaries of traditional manufacturing with AI-driven solutions. These partners, operating at the frontier of technological innovation, continuously break established technology rules by introducing every new solution and innovation they bring to the table.

Innovative Solutions from SAP and Partners Give Our Manufacturing Customers a Competitive Edge

Providing the business AI solutions that our manufacturing customers need to thrive in highly competitive and often volatile markets is crucial. Whether these solutions are developed by an SAP partner, SAP itself, or collaboratively, the focus is always on delivering value.

Efficient, Accurate, and Agile Manufacturing

Solutions that enable efficient, accurate, and agile manufacturing and supply chains by integrating processes, removing data silos, and seamlessly connecting manufacturing and supply chain applications with the whole of the business.

Improved Decision-Making through AI

Solutions that enhance decision-making capabilities by using AI to analyze data from internal and external sources in context, producing insights that increase the resilience of manufacturing operations and help customers strike the right balance among cost, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

Promoting Collaboration within a Business Ecosystem

Many of the company executives I have recently spoken with are eager to discuss Manufacturing-X, a growing cross-industry initiative where companies across various manufacturing value chains come together within a global business ecosystem to define a standard that enables them to share production and supply chain data across platforms and technologies to further increase resilience, sustainability, and competitiveness.

Presence and Vision of Partners at Hannover Messe

Partners including Accenture, Camelot ITLab, Cideon Software & Services, FORCAM, Kinexon, Systema, and TeamViewer are all exhibiting their solutions alongside their SAP counterparts, demonstrating the true power of partnership and innovation at every turn.

Kinexon’s OS Extension to the SAP Digital Manufacturing Solution

One standout example is Kinexon's OS extension to the SAP Digital Manufacturing solution, which orchestrates the shop floor and automates previously manual processes, improving production speed, quality, and asset utilization. It provides customers with an essential pathway to modular production and autonomous manufacturing.

Conclusion

As we continue to embrace AI and collaborative innovations in the manufacturing sector, the role of partners becomes increasingly crucial. By leveraging resources like the new SAP AI Launchpad and generative AI hub, our partners are introducing industry innovations that will add immediate value for customers in both the discrete and process manufacturing spaces, ensuring they have the intelligent digital tools needed to be future-ready.

By visiting the SAP space at Hannover Messe, attendees can experience innovation and partnership in perfect harmony firsthand. An electric injection molding machine developed by Fanuc with support from partner Syntax will be cranking out made-to-order drinking vessels—a small but meaningful taste of what's possible for partners in our collaborative, customer-focused, and business AI-driven cloud ecosystem.

The future of manufacturing is here, driven by AI and strengthened by robust partnerships, setting a new standard for industry-wide cooperation and technological advancement.