SAP NOW AI Tour: Application: Boosting Efficiency: Elevate Your Core ERP with Advanced Finance & Spend Solutions

Emmaleigh Fahey (Finance Solution Advisor, SAP ANZ) and Colin Van Rooyen (Senior Customer Solution Advisor, SAP ANZ) co-presented Boosting Efficiency: Elevate Your Core ERP with Advanced Finance & Spend Solutions. The session explored how organisations can unlock greater value from their ERP systems by adopting SAP’s advanced finance and spend management tools, with AI and Joule at the centre of the experience. Attendees saw how AI can support strategic procurement by assessing supplier risk and sustainability, managing sourcing events more effectively, and streamlining approval workflows. Joule, SAP’s AI assistant, was showcased as a game-changer for efficiency—simplifying tasks such as finding past sourcing events, checking approval tasks, and reviewing purchase requisitions through natural language queries.Key takeaways: Advanced SAP finance and spend solutions enable more strategic and sustainable procurement decisions, while Joule provides contextual, conversational AI that streamlines end-to-end workflows. By reducing the need to navigate multiple applications and automating routine tasks, organisations can achieve significant efficiency gains, freeing teams to focus on higher-value activities and driving better business outcomes.