SK AX Strengthens Collaboration With SAP on 'AI-Native Enterprise'
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SK AX announced on the 26th that it had signed an MOU for cooperation on the SAP Autonomous Suite and Business AI at SAP headquarters.
The two companies agreed to redesign enterprise business processes based on agentic AI and support the realization of an 'AI-native enterprise.'
The scope of the cooperation covers finance, manufacturing, and energy, and SK AX plans to advance the partnership using the 'SAP Autonomous Suite,' 'SAP Business AI,' and 'AXgenticWire ERP Suite.'
SK AX said it will strengthen its strategic collaboration with SAP and accelerate AI innovation across enterprise operations. The company said it will combine the technological and business capabilities of both companies to broaden cooperation with SAP and speed up the AI transformation of enterprise operations.
To that end, the two companies will promote agentic AI-based redesign of enterprise business processes and support the realization of an 'AI-native enterprise' in which AI is embedded across operations. The scope of their cooperation has been defined in that direction.
SK AX announced on the 26th that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation on the SAP Autonomous Suite and Business AI at SAP headquarters. The signing took place at SAP's headquarters in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Executives from both companies attended the signing ceremony, including Kim Wan-jong, president of SK AX; Son Geon-il, chief customer officer (CCO) of SK AX; and Shin Eun-young, head of SAP Korea. Kim Wan-jong met with Christian Klein, SAP CEO, and discussed specific cooperation plans.
The collaboration combines SAP's technological capabilities with SK AX's industry-specific AX design and operations expertise. SK AX sees AI agents as a key driver of enterprise innovation and believes that agentic AI optimization across enterprise operations, including ERP systems, will improve corporate productivity and decision-making speed.
Based on this, SK AX plans to pursue cooperation using the 'SAP Autonomous Suite,' SAP's enterprise AI portfolio 'SAP Business AI,' and 'AXgenticWire ERP Suite.' The 'SAP Autonomous Suite' provides an autonomous operating environment for AI agents, and SK AX's planned areas of cooperation with SAP are finance, manufacturing, and energy.
'AXgenticWire ERP Suite' is an integrated service that supports customers' ERP strategy planning, implementation and transformation, and operational innovation, helping them shift their work methods to AI. Among its offerings, the AI portfolio 'my Finance' within 'AXgenticWire ERP Suite' is responsible for supporting the automation of financial tasks and detecting anomalies.
AXgenticWire ERP Suite has secured a supply channel to global enterprise customers through registration on SAP's open platform, 'AI Agent Hub.' The company described it as a means to help shorten ERP implementation and transformation periods and ensure operational quality.
SK AX said it will also establish a joint cooperation framework with SAP covering technology validation, AI agent development, customer application, and business commercialization, and based on that, it plans to promote a flagship example of a world-class AI-native enterprise. It added that it will introduce the results of the cooperation to customers worldwide through various global events and business venues.
Kim Wan-jong, president of SK AX, said the company will leverage its strategic partnership with SAP to create leading AI-native enterprise success stories for SK AX and SK Group, and expand them into the domestic and global markets.
Christian Klein, SAP CEO, said SAP has top-tier experts and uses AI agent development methodologies as the foundation for cooperation, and expressed hope that, on that basis, SAP will work with SK AX to realize an autonomous enterprise vision for joint customers.
Source: IT DAILY · Yang Seung-gap
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