T-Systems and SupplyOn Integrate AI into European Supply Chains
Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems and SupplyOn have launched a partnership to bring artificial intelligence to industrial supply chains. The new platform offers European companies control over their data.
T-Systems, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has partnered with SupplyOn, Europe's largest industrial supply chain network. The collaboration aims to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into supply chains, enabling companies to automate and streamline procurement, logistics, and supplier management processes. The solution leverages T-Systems' Industrial AI Cloud, ensuring sensitive corporate data is processed within Europe under strict data protection and security standards.
The partnership addresses the growing complexities and risks within global supply chains. By combining AI with a sovereign European infrastructure, companies can make faster, more data-driven decisions. T-Systems emphasizes the importance of maintaining control over data, applications, and processes, crucial for competitiveness as AI becomes central to industrial operations. SupplyOn views the establishment of a trusted data foundation as a prerequisite for successful AI adoption.
The initial application of the partnership is a new AI-powered sourcing solution, "AI-native Sourcing." This tool utilizes AI agents to assist procurement teams with tasks such as supplier selection and bid evaluation. All data processing occurs within T-Systems' data centers in Munich, ensuring European data sovereignty. Future applications are expected to include AI support for planning, quality assurance, invoicing, and risk management.
The integration expands T-Systems' Industrial AI Cloud ecosystem with a key player in supply chain management. The cloud platform offers high-performance computing for AI applications and includes a growing number of partners from various industries developing advanced AI solutions.