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Joule

Score6 out of 10

1 Reviews and Ratings

What is Joule?

Joule is an AI copilot that’s grounded in an organization's business data and infused with AI agents. It proactively assists employees in every cloud application they use while automating complex processes.

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Screenshot of the Joule AI agent that helps a production supervisor respond faster, avoid delays, and handle shop-floor disruptions to keep production running at maximum efficiency.
Screenshot of how Joule can deliver insights grounded in business data, empowering employees to make faster, data-driven decisions.
Screenshot of Joule's AI assistance that helps employees work faster by guiding them to the SAP applications and screens where they can complete their next task.
Screenshot of Generative AI assisted code development with Joule that helps teams deploy custom applications and extensions faster.
Screenshot of Joule Studio, where teams can build custom skills and AI agents to address any specific business needs.

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Screenshot of the Joule AI agent that helps a production supervisor respond faster, avoid delays, and handle shop-floor disruptions to keep production running at maximum efficiency.

Joule the future

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Joule can be used for creating lots of reports, koi and dashboard. Can be used to create automations.

Pros

  • Dashboard
  • Workflow based actions and automations

Cons

  • Reporting
  • Document management
  • Workflow based automation with emails of messages

Return on Investment

  • Positive- reduce workforce
  • Negative- reduce workforce

Usability

Joule as a fully customized agent delivers on promise

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use a unique Joule agent built in SAP's Agent Builder. This agent uses data stored by SAP in Hana Cloud to give us insights on two esport titles that we play at the highest level. So far that data had to be searched through manually, but now Joule can do it super quickly for us through a simple chat window! Truly groundbreaking for the world of competitive gaming (esports).

Pros

  • Find connections based on what seems like subjective input
  • Find relevant data within 1 trillion data points quickly
  • Give clear answers that can be understood by anyone

Cons

  • Speed in which answers are given in our particular use case
  • More learnings on jargon and staying relevant in a constantly changing space
  • We'd love this same tool to do more games

Return on Investment

  • 000 Man hours saved yearly (estimate)
  • Democratization of data
  • $120k saved per year at a minimum of manual data entry

Usability

Alternatives Considered

ChatGPT

Other Software Used

SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP HANA Cloud

Joule

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently it is being used for the standard HR use cases Success factors offers out of the box. We have been developing some custom use cases with the skills and agent builder in Joule Studio as a part of the beta program.

Pros

  • Responses to standard use cases

Cons

  • Responses in Joule Studio still seem to require key words to trigger the skills.

Return on Investment

  • Negative considering clients now need to consider the licensing for multiple super agents and orchestrator agents.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Bot Service, GitHub Copilot and ServiceNow Orchestration

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, ServiceNow Now Platform

Joule Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Implemented Joule for SuccessFactors and it has really enriched the user experience.

Pros

  • Transactional use cases
  • Navigational use case
  • Conversational use cases

Cons

  • Document grounding
  • Role based navigations
  • Better UX

Return on Investment

  • Users love this
  • HR tickets have come down
  • Manager has full access

Usability

Joule adds value

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Automatic GL Coding for invoices. Using Joule to determine the type of GL Code, how those invoices have been coded and the approval structure in the past and applying this with accuracy

Pros

  • Natural Language Processing
  • Determining based on history

Cons

  • Updating the LLM on a more regular basis

Return on Investment

  • Ease of use making for less manual intervention
  • return on investment can take some time to realize

Usability