One of the most important issues that everyone is aware of today is the global supply chain challenges facing the world. This situation affects every business in every industry, from ordinary household items that once filled store shelves and are now on pre-order, to basic goods and services such as food and medical treatments that are at risk. Even cloud-based companies are making changes to make sure they have the insight, equipment and other assets they need to continue serving their customers.

Google Cloud is working with SAP on many initiatives that deliver results for its customers and help them manage smarter, more sustainable companies. In this context, we will highlight three of these important initiatives and how they help address global supply chain issues.

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Increase efficiency in transporting critical workloads

We know that one of the most important barriers to entry to the cloud is being able to easily migrate from on-premises environments. Google Cloud provides a secure way to help companies digitize and solve large, complex business problems, reduce costs, scale without investment cycles, and gain access to essential services and capabilities that can unlock value and drive growth. Below are the application examples of 2 companies that are the leaders of the sector at the global level;

A Singapore-based shipping company has become more agile by running mission-critical SAP workloads on Google Cloud and using our data analytics to increase operational efficiency and make faster decisions. From their on-premises data warehouse solution, where uploading data from SAP S/4HANA takes a full day, they started using our BigQuery solution, which provides business insights in minutes.

Since a global retail company moved critical SAP workloads to Google Cloud, the company has been able to reduce the time to prepare a supply chain use case scenario using BigQuery to analyze large volumes of internal and external data from 8 hours to 5 minutes. This helps to increase forecast accuracy and replenish inventory more effectively by creating a new plan when demand or supplier-related conditions change unexpectedly.

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Quickly reap the benefits of the cloud with RISE and LiveMigration

For SAP customers migrating to Google Cloud, we offer LiveMigration to provide superior uptime and business continuity. LiveMigration eliminates downtime required for planned infrastructure maintenance. This means that your SAP system continues to work even when performing Google Cloud-planned infrastructure maintenance upgrades, providing superior business continuity for your mission-critical workloads.

We are also a strategic partner of the RISE with SAP program, which minimizes risks along the migration journey while helping to accelerate the transition to the cloud for SAP's global customer base. This program provides solutions and expertise from SAP and technology ecosystem partners to help transform companies through process consulting, workload migration services, cloud infrastructure, and continuing education and support.

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A new layer of analytics for all SAP & Google Cloud customers

When moving mission-critical workloads to the cloud, companies need to not only migrate securely, but quickly realize the value we provide with the Google Cloud Cortex Framework, which integrates with SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). Google Cloud Cortex Framework provides reference architectures and integration services for analytical scenarios.

Contact us to explore the solutions and benefits Google Cloud offers as part of its long-standing partnership with SAP.