Die Beschaffung wurde oft als eine wichtige, jedoch eher taktische Geschäftsfunktion angesehen.
Wie unsere Daten zur Beschaffungssituation 2025 nun zeigen, entwickelt sich die Beschaffung
immer mehr zum unbesungenen Helden, der den Erfolg eines Unternehmens sichert.
Heute spielt die Beschaffung eine strategische Rolle bei der Förderung von Innovationen,
der Steigerung der betrieblichen Effizienz und dem Aufbau von Widerstandsfähigkeit in
Unternehmen. Unsere dritte jährlich durchgeführte Studie unter fast 3.500 Führungskräften
im Bereich Beschaffung und Geschäftsführung weltweit zeigt, dass Herausforderungen wie die
Steuerung von Effizienz, Kosten und Lieferantenbeziehungen zwar weiterhin von entscheidender
Bedeutung sind, die Beschaffung aber auch eine Vorreiterrolle dabei spielt, Unternehmen in die
Lage zu versetzen, in einem immer komplexeren und dynamischeren Umfeld erfolgreich zu sein.
Dieser Bericht erfasst jedes Jahr die sich entwickelnden Trends, mit denen Beschaffungsteams
umgehen müssen, von der digitalen Transformation und KI bis hin zu Nachhaltigkeit und
Resilienz. Zudem zeigt er, wie die Rolle der Beschaffung weiter ausgebaut und angepasst wird,
um diesen globalen Veränderungen gerecht zu werden.

The rapid rise of digital transformation across industries has significantly reshaped how data is created, stored and consumed, amplifying the
scale, complexity and criticality of enterprise data. To safeguard this evolving data landscape, organizations must adopt next-gen (generation) backup strategies that enable real-time visibility, intelligent threat detection and rapid recovery. Traditional backup and data protection tools are no longer suicient for modern workloads spanning hybrid, multicloud and SaaS environments. With data being generated in massive volumes from diverse sources, ensuring
consistent protection, resilience and recoverability has become increasingly challenging.

Traditional perimeter based security assumes implicit trust within internal network segments. A model that fails catastrophically once an adversary gains initial access. Micro-segmentation dismantles this assumption by enforcing granular, workload and application-level access policies at the network
layer, independent of the standard IP/VLAN topology. This solution presents a reference architecture for deploying micro-segmentation across both Campus LAN and Data Centre LAN environments, demonstrating

Enterprise organizations process large volumes of documents from
scanning, email attachments, customer portals, mobile uploads and batch
repositories. These inputs frequently arrive as composite PDFs containing
hundreds of pages or as image bundles in which multiple document types
are scanned together as a single file. Contracts, invoices, ID cards, health
records, financial statements, bank documents, bank cards, legal filings and
other records can coexist in one upload, creating complexity before the
actual document workflow begins.

Manual separation and categorization of these bundled documents is slow,
expensive and prone to error. Traditional rule-based systems also struggle with real-world variability in layout, language, scan quality and document structure. A fixed template or keyword rule may work for a narrow document set, but it often fails when documents are rotated, handwritten, multilingual, poorly scanned or structurally similar.

Logística inteligente en el sector de bienes de consumo: cómo la visión artificial moderna y la inteligencia artificial abren nuevas posibilidades para el control de calidad, desde la detección de defectos hasta la monitorización inteligente de procesos. Desde la inspección de mercancías entrantes hasta el envío: maximiza la eficiencia, reduce los errores y consigue una transparencia total en tus procesos intralogísticos. Descubre cómo los principales fabricantes de bienes de consumo utilizan la visión artificial basada en inteligencia artificial para crear operaciones logísticas más inteligentes, rápidas y resilientes. Desde la identificación y trazabilidad de mercancías hasta la manipulación robótica y la inspección, descubre soluciones que convierten los datos logísticos en excelencia operativa. El webinar forma parte de la serie de webinars de expertos de SICK sobre control de calidad, procesos de embalaje y logística mediante tecnología de visión, que aborda los retos actuales de la producción de bienes de consumo y las operaciones de la cadena de suministro. Accede al webinar.

Transformando los estándares de calidad: cómo la moderna visión artificial y la inteligencia artificial abren nuevas posibilidades para el control de calidad, desde la detección de defectos hasta la monitorización inteligente de procesos. En la producción de bienes de consumo de alta rotación, alcanzar la máxima calidad a la máxima velocidad de producción es fundamental. Las soluciones de visión artificial basadas en inteligencia artificial de SICK aumentan la eficiencia, la productividad y la flexibilidad, garantizando al mismo tiempo un control de calidad fiable para cada producto. Descubre en nuestro webinar cómo las soluciones de visión artificial basadas en inteligencia artificial permiten realizar complejas tareas de inspección directamente en el dispositivo y cómo nuestro software web SICK Nova permite configurarlas de forma sencilla, rápida e intuitiva. Accede al webinar.

Sports content remains one of television’s strongest drivers of audience engagement. But as live games spread across CTV, streaming services, FAST channels and traditional TV, fans are finding it increasingly difficult to know where and how to watch. Broader distribution gives viewers access to more sports than ever before, but fragmented broadcasting rights have created a maze of apps, platforms and networks. This added friction can cause fans to miss live events, spend more time searching or turn to highlights instead of full games. 26% of sports fans say they frequently can’t find which channel or service a specific game is on – 2026 Gracenote global sports fan survey Centralized sports hubs can help platforms address this growing discovery challenge. By bringing upcoming games, localized viewing information, direct streaming links, live updates and related content directly to the home screen, publishers and platforms can make sports easier to find while strengthening viewer engagement, retention and loyalty.

IT service desks are under constant pressure to resolve issues faster while managing sprawling, outdated knowledge bases that fail to keep pace with evolving environments.

When companies realize that their knowledge is one of their greatest
assets,they are eager to put it to work. But turning that goal —running a
successful knowledge management(KM) practice enterprisewide—into a
reality has been a long-standing struggle. Historic challenges come from
systems that are not up to the task and employees who are frustrated
when engagement does not deliver results. Knowledge management is only getting more complex,with a rapidly expanding list of producers and consumersthat are trying to capture, create, share, govern, and access a variety of data, systems, and knowledge bases.

The digital workplace is hybrid and evolving. It’s global, and a positive
experience demands trustworthy outcomesin the language you
understand. Whether itisfor individuals, departments, automations, or
enterprise applications, users must be able to store and extract data that
they can transformand translate to meet the diverse needs of each.