Integration of External and Non-SAP Data

Overall Assessment: The chapter establishes a solid foundation for why non-SAP data integration is critical for modern enterprise AI use cases. The breakdown by business domain (Finance, Customer/Supply Chain, IT Operations, Compliance) is logical and covers industry-standard platforms. However, the technical depth needs to be elevated. To better support the stated goal of detailing “data transfer and characteristics used to support AI,” the text should transition from simply listing external software vendors to explaining how these specific data shapes (e.g., real-time streaming telemetry vs. batch financial consolidations) impact AI ingestion pipelines, data latency, and model training.