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AI use cases
Every week our AI Use Case Pioneer agent reads what vendors, analysts and practitioners publish about AI in operations. Each use case is mapped onto the Business Flows process model and rated by business potential and implementation effort. This page lets you explore the whole curated catalogue.
Curated content · Business Flows Knowledge Graph
This catalogue is drawn from the Business Flows Knowledge Graph, the curated library of end-to-end processes, SAP scope items, compliance obligations and AI accelerators behind our consulting work. Every use case links to the public source it was found in, so you can check it yourself. In the Business Flows Browser each one also shows its full description, the processes it accelerates and the regulations that apply to it.
Live from the knowledge graph · as of 10 Nov 2026 · 1,094 added in the last 30 days
5,390
AI use cases
10
AI technologies
8
process domains
499
public sources cited
222
linked to compliance obligations
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Where to start: potential × effort
Business potential against implementation effort, as rated in the knowledge graph.
By AI technology
The technology that powers each use case.
By end-to-end process domain
Where in the Business Flows process model each use case applies.
A library that grows every week
Use cases added to the knowledge graph since the pipeline started.
Matching use casesnewest first
Machine Learning · Finance
Predictive Maintenance from Sensor and Log Data
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: recorded in the knowledge graph · added 22 Mar 2026
Optimization · Recruit to Retire
Production Schedule Optimization Under Constraints
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: recorded in the knowledge graph · added 22 Mar 2026
IDP + LLM · Lead to Cash
Automated Payment Advice Extraction and Matching
Potential: HighEffort: HighCompliance-relevantSource: help.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 21 Mar 2026
Computer Vision · Plan to Fulfill
Machine Vision Defect Detection at Inspection
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: help.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 21 Mar 2026
Computer Vision · Plan to Fulfill
Computer Vision Defect Detection on Shop Floor
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: help.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 19 Mar 2026
Computer Vision · Plan to Fulfill
Production Visual Inspection Nonconformance Detection
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: help.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 13 Mar 2026
Machine Learning · Finance
Predictive Maintenance Risk Scoring and Alerts
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: learning.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 12 Mar 2026
Optimization · Lead to Cash
Service Dispatch Optimization with AI Scheduling
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: cio.com (opens in a new tab) · added 12 Mar 2026
Computer Vision · Plan to Fulfill
Computer-Vision Defect Detection at In-Line Inspection
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: deloitte-engineering.github.io (opens in a new tab) · added 11 Mar 2026
IDP + LLM · Lead to Cash
Remittance Advice Matching for Cash Application
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 10 Mar 2026
Optimization · Lead to Cash
Optimized Production Scheduling with Constraints
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: ifm.com (opens in a new tab) · added 9 Mar 2026
LLM + Analytics · Plan to Fulfill
Dispute Root Cause Analysis and Resolution Agent
Potential: HighEffort: HighCompliance-relevantSource: sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 8 Mar 2026
Computer Vision
Automated Visual Defect Detection and NC Classification
Potential: HighEffort: HighCompliance-relevantSource: news.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 6 Mar 2026
Machine Learning · Plan to Fulfill
Sales Order Exception Prediction and Auto-Remediation
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 6 Mar 2026
Computer Vision · Plan to Fulfill
Computer Vision Defect Detection for Visual Inspection
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 5 Mar 2026
LLM + Analytics · Plan to Fulfill
Agentic Dispute Root Cause Resolution
Potential: HighEffort: HighCompliance-relevantSource: news.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 3 Mar 2026
Machine Learning · Finance
Predictive Disruption Alerts with Control Tower
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 27 Feb 2026
Computer Vision
Computer Vision Defect Detection on Production Line
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: news.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 26 Feb 2026
IDP + LLM
Automated PO Creation from Unstructured Requests
Potential: HighEffort: HighCompliance-relevantSource: news.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 22 Feb 2026
Computer Vision · Plan to Fulfill
Computer Vision Defect Detection at Final Inspection
Potential: HighEffort: HighCompliance-relevantSource: sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 22 Feb 2026
Computer Vision · Plan to Fulfill
Computer Vision Visual Inspection for Defect Detection
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: news.sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 22 Feb 2026
IDP + LLM · Source to Pay
Contract Clause Extraction for Pricing and Rebates
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 22 Feb 2026
Optimization · Lead to Cash
Dynamic Production Scheduling under Constraints
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: blueyonder.com (opens in a new tab) · added 22 Feb 2026
Machine Learning · Plan to Fulfill
Optimized Safety Stock and Reorder Recommendations
Potential: HighEffort: HighSource: sap.com (opens in a new tab) · added 22 Feb 2026
Sourced, not generated
We don't invent use cases. Our agent extracts them from published material: vendor announcements, analyst research, case studies and the trade press. It records where each one was found. 5,365 of 5,390 entries link to a public source you can open and check. Each entry is then placed in the process model and rated for potential and effort.
- Found in a public source, with a link kept on every entry
- Mapped to the end-to-end process it accelerates
- Connected to the compliance obligations that apply
- Rated for business potential and implementation effort
Most-cited publishers in this selection
261 distinct sources in this selection.
The full picture is in the Business Flows Browser
Each use case comes with its description, the processes and SAP scope items it touches, the regulations that apply, and example tooling. It is all connected in one knowledge graph that you and your AI agents can query.