Thought leaders from Europe, Middle East and Africa focus on future-proofing their companies
Delegates from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa gathered recently to attend the second edition of the SAP Signavio Business Process Transformation Executive Summit, held in Lake Como, Italy.
With the support of partners Qintesi, It-Link and Fujitsu, senior business leaders came together to discuss the challenges of an increasingly turbulent business scenario, and how process transformation solutions, coupled with new technologies such as generative AI can help organizations accelerate change, according to a press communique.
“In this pivotal moment for businesses, influenced by the macro environment and the convergence of two transformative technologies, we see the cloud empowering businesses to innovate faster by breaking down silos, and generative business AI automating tasks and unveiling new insights,” affirmed Manos Raptopoulos, Regional President Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa, SAP.
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“AI can dramatically reduce the time taken to implement process mining and produce tailored meaningful insights necessary to transform every business process effectively. If you want to leverage this technology at best, you need to have your processes well designed and enabled,” asserted Florian Bauer, a partner at research firm McKinsey & Company
Gero Decker, the general manager and head of product and engineering at SAP Signavio, highlighted the evolution of SAP Signavio, underscoring its journey from process modelling to analytics and now to its third generation of solutions with generative AI.
Decker emphasized the importance of speed in transformation with the new ‘plug and gain’ approach, which, combined with SAP Signavio’s emerging AI capabilities, significantly reduces the time required for insights and adaptation.
Discussions at the invitation-only event were also heavily influenced by SAP’s continued expansion of its business transformation portfolio, with the announcement last month that it would acquire LeanIX, a leader in enterprise architecture management software. Together with Signavio, this will enable SAP to offer customers a full suite of tools for accelerated, cost-effective and continuous business transformation with AI-enabled process optimization.
Rouven Morato, the General Manager and Chief Revenue Officer, SAP Signavio, stressed the need to focus on systems, processes, and individuals for a triumphant transformation. He described how Signavio acts as a bridge between IT and business, with a particular emphasis on the crucial role of individuals in the transformation process.
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“At AFV Beltrame, we started our SAP S/4HANA migration journey a year ago, and I’m curious to explore how SAP Signavio could reduce the analysis time and further optimize processes and KPIs to accelerate our group transformation,” assured Emanuele Turra, Group CIO of Italy’s AFV Beltrame.
“This forum has served as an invaluable platform to explore the latest advancements in digital transformation and the role of AI in boosting business growth across various sectors. I have also been impressed by SAP’s contributions to sustainable development and environmental conservation through digital transformation,” noted Dr Sherif Farouk, Chairman, Egyptian Post.
“From this conference, I realize that Signavio can help my organization to design, model, and optimize most of the business processes. I envisage using Signavio to conduct regular process performance analysis and to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization,” remarked Paolo Pizzigati, IT Manager, Italy’s Alfasigma.
“I was particularly impressed by the case studies presented by the SAP Signavio team and customers on how to use the platform to streamline processes and improve efficiency and overall company productivity. The insights were aligned seamlessly with our strategy in MAGRABi for the modernization of our core technology platforms,” observed Fady Emad, VP-Technology, MAGRABi UAE.
