Ray Smith articles

Ray Smith

VP, Project Maven AI

As a passionate product leader, Ray Smith has built businesses, teams, and products that have innovated and driven product-led growth. He is currently the VP of Project Maven, a generative AI project in Microsoft’s Business Applications and Platform Group. He has led products across the supply chain, sustainability, and customer relationship management (CRM) domains. Before joining Microsoft four years ago, Ray was the Head of Product and VP of SAP Sales Cloud. He was CEO and Co-Founder of Datahug, an AI-powered revenue operations solution that was acquired by SAP. He also has more than six years of experience implementing large-scale IT projects with Accenture around the globe.

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Published April 20, 2023

11 min read

Applying next-generation AI to the Microsoft Supply Chain Platform

For more than two decades, customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software have been defined by manual entry and high-touch data processes. Since then, businesses have made strides in automating many manual transactions through various means but have largely reached a plateau.

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Published November 16, 2022

8 min read

Introducing Microsoft Supply Chain Platform—an open, flexible, collaborative, and secure platform

Earlier this week, we announced the Microsoft Supply Chain Platform. At the core of the Supply Chain Platform is the Microsoft Supply Chain Center, which introduces a ready-made command center for users to manage disparate supply chain data.

Business Decision Makers

Published October 27, 2022

3 min read

Bring agility, connectivity, and sustainability to the forefront—at Supply Chain Reimagined

Start reimagining your supply chain for a more agile, resilient future. Register now for Supply Chain Reimagined on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, from 9:00 to 10:15 AM Pacific Time (UTC-8).

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Published April 28, 2022

6 min read

Microsoft fuels digital transformation of supply chains for a resilient and sustainable future

We are excited to share two new investments in Microsoft Dynamics 365 supply chain portfolio that we are launching in preview. We had announced a partnership between FedEx and Microsoft, in January of 2022, to launch a cross-platform, logistics-as-a-service solution for brands. This partnership is now in preview.

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Business Decision Makers

Published April 7, 2021

5 min read

Intelligence and collaboration converge in Dynamics 365 Sales

Customers are looking for connected business applications to increase productivity and agility. With digital selling, it’s imperative to have a landscape of work tools that orchestrate seamlessly across a seller’s workflow. For the best outcome, solutions must offer automated and integrated workflows, enhanced with prescriptive, yet configurable intelligence.

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Business Decision Makers

Published October 5, 2020

4 min read

Digital selling and customer engagement with Dynamics 365 Sales updates

Selling is unpredictable and challenging. Sellers often lack visibility into the customer journey since buyers increasingly prefer to conduct self-service evaluation before engaging sellers. Sellers must juggle even more buyers—dispersed across roles, teams, and locations.