AI and SAP Cloud ERP

Driving value for mid-size businesses with AI and SAP Cloud ERP

  • Blog
  • 5 minute read
  • March 11, 2026
Frank Ruland

Frank Ruland

Director, PwC Germany

Alexander Hartwig

Alexander Hartwig

Partner, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Leader, PwC Germany

If you’re a mid-size organisation looking to drive value by streamlining business processes and deploying AI at scale, the best option is likely to be introducing an ERP. This offers a unique opportunity to increase efficiency, boost productivity and improve decision support.

SAP Cloud ERP—formerly SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition—is an ERP that provides built-in automation, real-time reporting, robust business processes and embedded AI across finance, supply chain, procurement and more. Delivered through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, it’s an ideal fit for most mid-size organisations.

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This paper outlines how you can use SAP Cloud ERP to transform business processes—including through AI—to make them faster, smarter, and more efficient. It guides you through some of the key challenges, such as prioritising the AI use cases that will deliver the greatest business value, choosing the most suitable implementation route for each use case, and driving continuous improvement. It also showcases real-life success stories demonstrating how integrating AI with SAP Cloud ERP generates tangible business value.

Download our new whitepaper now:

Driving value for mid-size businesses with AI and SAP Cloud ERP

Authors

Frank Ruland
Frank Ruland

Director, PwC Germany

Alexander Hartwig
Alexander Hartwig

Partner, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Leader, PwC Germany

David Groß
David Groß

Director, PwC Germany

Philipp Strobl
Philipp Strobl

Director, PwC Germany

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