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SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608 brings new Manufacturing innovations to help organizations streamline production planning, reduce manual effort, improve order visibility, and support more transparent manufacturing operations.
In this release highlights video, an AI avatar representing Markus Florian Oertelt, who prepared the content, guides you through the latest Manufacturing updates delivered with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608. See how new capabilities for production planning, planned order management, and production order traceability can help production planners work more efficiently and respond to exceptions with greater confidence.
You’ll see how the new Production Planning and Operations Agent supports planners directly in the Manage Production Orders app. The agent checks release prerequisites, identifies unavailable BOM components, recommends alternative materials, detects capacity conflicts, and guides planners through exception handling. By automating checks and recommending next steps, the agent helps streamline the production order release process and reduce manual effort.
The video also introduces new capabilities in the Manage Planned Orders app. Planners can now check component availability directly in the app and convert or partially convert planned orders into production or process orders. Additional flexibility allows users to modify the order type, production version, and total quantity during conversion. The video also highlights the Check Component Availability API, which can be used to check component availability with a payload.
Finally, you’ll learn how Change Documents for Production Orders and Process Orders provide a chronological history of order changes. Planners can review affected fields, previous and new values, technical keys, and change details to better understand what changed, who made the change, and how order information has evolved over time. This added visibility supports collaboration, traceability, and compliance across manufacturing operations.
Highlights include:
🤖 Production Planning and Operations Agent — Check release prerequisites, identify missing BOM components, recommend alternative materials, detect capacity conflicts, and guide planners through exception handling in the Manage Production Orders app.
📋 Manage Planned Orders enhancements — Check component availability directly in the Manage Planned Orders app and convert or partially convert planned orders into production or process orders.
🔄 Flexible planned order conversion — Modify order type, production version, and total quantity during planned order conversion.
🔌 Check Component Availability API — Use the API with your payload to check component availability for planned orders.
📝 Change Documents for Production and Process Orders — Review a complete chronological history of production and process order changes, including affected fields, previous and new values, and change details.
Chapters:
00:00 – Welcome and introduction
00:36 – Production Planning and Operations Agent
02:09 – New capabilities in Manage Planned Orders
03:06 – Change Documents for Production and Process Orders
03:57 – Manufacturing 2608 highlights and closing
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SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608 brings new Joule-enabled procurement innovations to help casual users confirm goods receipts and service entries faster through a natural, conversational experience.
In this release highlights video, Ashish Kakade from the Cloud ERP Product Success team showcases what’s new for self-service procurement in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2608. See how Joule helps reduce friction for users who occasionally need to confirm receipt of goods or services without navigating into separate SAP Fiori apps.
You’ll see how casual users can ask Joule to confirm goods receipts directly from their current context. Joule processes the request and creates the goods receipt document, helping requesters, approvers, and occasional purchasers complete procurement tasks faster and with fewer manual steps.
The video also shows how users can confirm service entries for self-service purchase requisitions directly through Joule. Instead of opening a separate application, users describe what needs to be confirmed, select the requisition, and let Joule create the service entry sheet on their behalf. The result is faster processing, less context switching, and a more intuitive experience for users across the organization.
Highlights include:
🗣️ Goods receipt confirmation with Joule — Ask Joule to confirm receipt of goods from a self-service purchase requisition without opening a separate SAP Fiori app.
🤝 Service entry confirmation with Joule — Describe what needs to be confirmed and let Joule create the service entry sheet on the user’s behalf.
⚡ Less context switching — Complete occasional procurement tasks directly through a conversational experience.
🎯 Simpler self-service procurement — Help casual users complete confirmations without needing to navigate dedicated applications.
📈 Faster processing and better user experience — Reduce manual steps and make procurement tasks more accessible across the organization.
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:20 – Traditional goods receipt confirmation challenges
00:31 – Confirming goods receipts with Joule
00:48 – Traditional service entry confirmation process
00:58 – Confirming service entries directly in Joule
01:14 – Key benefits of the 2608 innovation
01:25 – How simple the new process is
01:31 – Faster processing and better user experience
01:38 – Join the SAP Community conversation
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Laura Marwood speaks with Casey West, a Developer Advocate at Google Cloud, about the realities of building mission‑critical AI applications, how organizations should think about AI adoption, and how the SAP–Google Cloud collaboration has evolved over the years.
It’s about responsible, thoughtful AI adoption — where guardrails, deep problem understanding, and strategic collaboration matter far more than speed or hype.
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00:00 – Value over hype
00:49 – Critical thinking vs productivity shortcuts
01:21 – Mission-critical AI, guardrails, enterprise adoption
03:10 – “Fall in love with the problem”
JYSK, GBM, DIFARE Group and Plastilene Group accelerate their business and drive ERP modernization through SAP Cloud ERP Private on IBM Virtual Server
WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and IBM today announced that global enterprises JYSK, GBM, DIFARE Group and Plastilene Group have selected SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions on IBM Power Virtual Server to modernize enterprise resource planning (ERP) workloads in secure, reliable and scalable cloud environments.
Spanning retail, technology services, pharmaceutical and manufacturing, these clients are among the tens of thousands of businesses that run SAP landscapes on IBM Power servers.
According to a recent study from the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV), modernizing ERP workloads is essential for driving AI adoption and business growth, with companies embedding AI into ERP systems achieving up to 27% higher ROI. Leveraging SAP Cloud ERP Private on IBM technology can support customers as they scale on-premises ERP environments to the cloud and accelerate AI-enabled business workflows.
The platform delivers a flexible hybrid cloud environment, which can help organizations:
Known for its high security, scalability and reliability, IBM Power servers are ranked as one of the top servers for uptime and availability among SAP-certified infrastructure, engineered for fewer disruptions and faster migration, supported by the highly resilient and secured IBM Cloud platform. These clients are rapidly migrating on-premises SAP software systems to the cloud, modernizing business processes and becoming more agile:
“As enterprises modernize, the journey to SAP Cloud ERP Private is dedicated to helping on-premises customers of SAP ERP tailor their transformation and bring business applications, data and AI together with SAP Business AI Platform. Some of these customers are now modernizing their cloud ERP landscapes and advancing their cloud ERP digital transformation strategies with SAP solutions on IBM Power Virtual Server,” said Lalit Patil, CTO for RISE with SAP and Head of Cloud Lifecycle Engineering and Operations, SAP SE.
“Organizations across industries are accelerating their move to SAP Cloud ERP Private and require a trusted cloud platform designed for mission‑critical workloads,” said Hillery Hunter, General Manager for IBM Power, CTO, IBM Infrastructure. “By combining the security, scalability and resiliency of IBM Power and IBM Cloud with the transformation capabilities of SAP Cloud ERP Private, we are committed to helping clients move forward with confidence on their modernization journeys.”
IBM is a full lifecycle strategic partner of SAP, providing end-to-end consulting and technology solutions for SAP customers including hybrid cloud, automation and agentic AI. IBM and SAP recently announced progress across AI and agentic capabilities to help accelerate enterprise transformation, including an expanded collaboration through the Agent2Agent (A2A) interoperability standard to perform complex multi-agent services for clients. IBM Consulting Advantage can now manage Joule Agents, which work directly with IBM’s watsonx Orchestrate agents.
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The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is moving beyond a regulatory reporting exercise. From 2026 onwards, emissions embedded in imported goods carry real, measurable cost exposure. To help customers navigate it, SAP is introducing an integrated, end-to-end CBAM solution that starts with CBAM declarants, built on SAP Sustainability Footprint Management and SAP Green Ledger, and will expand to fully support operator needs.
Companies need to quantify those emissions, recognize liabilities, withstand audit scrutiny, and, ultimately, prepare to settle carbon costs through certificates linked to the EU Emissions Trading System.
In practical terms, carbon becomes a priced input, one that directly affects margins, cash flow, and sourcing decisions in a way that is comparable to other cost drivers.
CBAM cuts across business functions. Finance teams manage liabilities and forecast costs. Procurement teams need emissions data from suppliers and must incorporate it into sourcing decisions. Trade and compliance teams ensure imports are correctly classified and reported.
No single function can manage this in isolation. The financial implications depend on operational data, and operational decisions increasingly depend on carbon cost exposure.
The regulation initially applies to imports of iron and steel, aluminum, cement, fertilizers, hydrogen, and electricity, with a threshold of more than 50 tonnes annually for declarants. While this concentrates formal obligations on larger importers, the effects extend into supply chains as companies request more detailed and verified emissions data from suppliers and adjust sourcing decisions accordingly.
What changes in 2026 is not only what companies must report, but what follows from it. Imports of CBAM-covered goods into the EU create a carbon liability for authorized declarants based on their verified embedded emissions. Those liabilities accumulate throughout the year and must be reported, audited, and settled through the purchase and surrender of CBAM certificates in 2027.
This creates an ongoing compliance cycle with clear financial implications:
For finance, this means ongoing exposure that needs active management. For procurement and supply chain teams, costs now hinge on supplier emissions data.
Many organizations are currently managing CBAM across multiple systems, spreadsheets, and manual processes. That approach becomes difficult to sustain under audit and as volumes increase.
SAP’s approach brings together the key elements of CBAM management into a connected process: data collection and mapping, emissions and cost calculation, analytics, carbon and financial accounting of liabilities, certificate asset management, and declaration generation.
SAP will offer an integrated, end-to-end CBAM solution for declarants, designed on SAP Sustainability Footprint Management and SAP Green Ledger. This builds on SAP’s strengths in carbon and financial management.
This new approach allows companies to move away from fragmented workflows toward an integrated solution tied to core business processes.
SAP Sustainability Footprint Management will provide the operational backbone for CBAM by helping to establish a reliable data foundation. At its core will be customs data, such as import records and CN code classification, sourced from SAP Global Trade Services and other trade systems. Without that layer, companies struggle to identify where CBAM applies.
Building on this foundation, SAP Sustainability Footprint Management will help centralize CBAM-relevant ERP, trade, and supplier data in one place; ingest supplier emissions data via Excel uploads with automated interpretation; and calculate embedded emissions, certificate requirements, and estimated CBAM costs. A dedicated CBAM dashboard will allow organizations to analyze emissions and cost exposure, while built-in reporting capabilities support the generation of CBAM reports ready for submission to EU authorities.
A critical differentiator in CBAM readiness is the ability to connect carbon data with financial processes. Today, with SAP Green Ledger, companies can track the number of certificates required, valuate them as financial liabilities, continually revaluate based on price changes, and post financial impacts to the appropriate accounts. This is the level of traceability finance teams and auditors expect, in line with the International Accounting Standards.
This integration enables organizations to:
Most organizations still treat operational data and financial impact as separate. These capabilities can bring them together.
While CBAM is often framed as a compliance burden, it also provides an opportunity to improve decision-making. When carbon costs are visible and integrated into business processes, companies can see exactly where exposure sits and where action will make the biggest impact.
With better data, organizations can:
This does not remove the cost, but it can make it easier to manage and, in some cases, reduce.
As CBAM has entered its definitive phase, the immediate priority is building a reliable data foundation. That includes accurate customs data and clear mapping of where CBAM applies. Supplier engagement is another practical constraint. Collecting verified emissions data often requires structured outreach and follow-up. Tools such as SAP Sustainability Data Exchange can support with supplier communication and data collection, but the effort remains organizational as much as technical.
From there, organizations can assess their CBAM exposure, ensure the necessary data flows are in place, and plan their solution architecture to optimize total cost of ownership, automation, and integration into business functions. It continues with ensuring that emissions calculations are traceable and auditable. That influences behavior; carbon now drives planning, which no team can ignore.
At the same time, companies need to define how CBAM data flows into finance. Linking emissions, liabilities and certificates to financial systems early helps avoid rework and reduces audit risk.
CBAM is a broader shift in how environmental impact is reflected in business performance. Carbon is tracked, priced, and managed alongside other cost drivers.
Organizations that treat CBAM as a periodic reporting task will likely remain reactive. Those that integrate it into financial and operational decision-making will be better position to manage its impact.
For more information, visit sap.com/carbonaccounting.
Gunther Rothermel is chief product officer for SAP Sustainability.
See how Mahindra & Mahindra uses SAP’s agentic and embodied AI to automate vehicle identity inspections in seconds.
At Mahindra & Mahindra, every vehicle must go through identity verification during the final inspection stage. Until recently, that meant workers manually inspected thousands of cars every day, comparing complex vehicle IDs with system records. The process was time-consuming, slowed the production line, and added unnecessary manual effort for teams.
SAP helped Mahindra & Mahindra transform this inspection process by combining SAP agentic AI with Fujitsu’s physical AI model. Real-world car scans can now be analyzed and verified against SAP system data, with inspection results automatically updated in the system. Workers then receive confirmation directly on their phones, helping teams move faster with real-time visibility.
The next step is incorporating robots to drive further efficiency. With SAP’s embodied AI, what once took minutes of manual work can happen in seconds, fully automated and scalable across every shift.
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H&M and SAP are using Business AI to connect digital, physical, and operational retail experiences in real time.
In this SAP Sapphire Orlando 2026 conversation, Sebastian Steinhaeuser, Chief Operating Officer, Strategy & Operations, and member of the SAP Executive Board, welcomes Ellen Svanström, Chief Digital & Information Officer of H&M, to discuss how H&M is building a digital and AI foundation to strengthen its position as a fashion brand. Ellen explains how SAP supports H&M’s transformation through RISE with SAP, SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Commerce Cloud, and SAP SuccessFactors.
The discussion highlights how H&M is layering AI on top of that foundation to improve operations, reimagine stores and supply chains, and empower store colleagues with more precise decision-making. One example is the Store Intelligence app, which tracks store performance in real time and uses a Store Intelligence Agent to prepare store readiness and suggest next best actions for store managers.
Ellen also shares how H&M and SAP are exploring a customer-facing Store Concierge Agent that connects online and in-store experiences with personalized recommendations, real-time availability, and contextual advice. Together, these examples show how SAP Business AI can help retailers create more relevant, helpful, and human customer experiences at scale.
Chapters:
00:00 – H&M’s digital and AI journey
00:43 – Building a digital foundation
01:23 – SAP at the core of H&M processes
01:33 – Layering AI into operations
02:15 – H&M and SAP collaboration
02:35 – Store Intelligence app
03:04 – Store Intelligence Agent
03:19 – Agents across the value chain
03:44 – Real-time demand and store recommendations
04:06 – Store Concierge Agent
04:36 – Connecting online and in-store experiences
05:00 – Personalized recommendations and availability
05:31 – AI styling for SAP Sapphire
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SAP Sapphire 2026 marks a new chapter for enterprise AI: the Autonomous Enterprise, where people set the direction, and AI executes.
In this keynote, SAP shares how Joule, Joule Work, Joule Assistants, Joule Agents, SAP Autonomous Suite, SAP Business AI Platform, SAP Business Data Cloud, and Cloud ERP come together to help businesses move from fragmented work to connected, governed, AI-enabled execution. The SAP Sapphire 2026 Innovation News Guide frames this vision around Joule Work, SAP Autonomous Suite, SAP Business AI Platform, and industry scenarios that combine SAP’s AI innovation with deep process and industry expertise.
Hear from SAP leaders and guests, including:
• Christian Klein, Chief Executive Officer, SAP
• Muhammad Alam, Member of the Executive Board SE, Product & Engineering
• Dr. Philipp Herzig, Chief Technology Officer, SAP SE
• Sebastian Steinhaeuser, Chief Operating Officer, SAP SE and Member of the Executive Board
• Jeremy Barnum, Chief Financial Officer, JPMorganChase
• Ellen Svanström, Chief Digital & Information Officer, H&M
• Bill Keillor, Vice President of Business Transformation, ExxonMobil
Hear how SAP Business AI is designed to help organizations automate routine work, improve decision-making, and transform end-to-end processes across finance, procurement, supply chain, HR, customer experience, and industry-specific operations. Joule Work enables users to express goals in natural language, while Joule Assistants coordinate Joule Agents to surface insights, automate workflows, and help teams act faster across SAP and non-SAP systems.
The keynote also highlights how SAP is helping customers scale AI with trust through governed business data, SAP Business AI Platform, Joule Studio, SAP Cloud ERP, RISE with SAP, and migration and modernization assistants designed to support cloud transformation. SAP’s Sapphire guidance positions the Autonomous Enterprise as human-led, AI-enabled, grounded in business context, and built with governance from the start.
00:00 – Opening: The Beginning of Better
02:34 – Welcome to SAP Sapphire Orlando 2026
03:43 – Why business AI needs accuracy and trust
06:35 – ERP as the brain of the enterprise
08:30 – Introducing SAP Business AI Platform
12:03 – Building agents with Joule Studio 2.0
15:20 – KPMG on AI transformation and agent development
22:24 – SAP Business Data Cloud and business context
25:03 – Predictive AI and RPT-1.5
27:24 – AI Agent Hub and enterprise governance
29:39 – Partner ecosystem announcements
33:04 – JPMorganChase on scale, speed, and trust
38:36 – Introducing the Autonomous Suite
44:20 – Joule Assistants, Agents, and autonomous domains
53:35 – Financial Closing Assistant demo
59:37 – Joule Work and spaces
1:06:02 – Industry AI with Sebastian Steinhaeuser
1:12:02 – H&M on AI-powered retail experiences
1:19:24 – RISE and GROW with SAP for AI adoption
1:23:22 – Keynote wrap-up and takeaways
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