EMEA

SAP EMEA is the region where the parent company of SAP resides. Founded in 1972, the company headquarters are located in Walldorf in the south of Germany.

What is SAP?

SAP stands for Systems Applications and Products in data processing. SAP has over 100,00 employees worldwide are supporting more than 440,000 customers across 180 countries. It is a global network of customers, partners, employees and thought leaders all helping the world run better and improve people’s lives. About 80% of its customers are small and midsized companies.

SAP EMEA is the region where the parent company of SAP resides. Founded in 1972, the company headquarters are located in Walldorf in the south of Germany.

What is SAP?

SAP stands for Systems Applications and Products in data processing. SAP has over 100,00 employees worldwide are supporting more than 440,000 customers across 180 countries. It is a global network of customers, partners, employees and thought leaders all helping the world run better and improve people’s lives. About 80% of its customers are small and midsized companies.

What does SAP do?

SAP develops software solutions to help organizations of all sizes and all industries run their businesses profitability, adopt continuously, and grow sustainably. The software collects and processes data on one platform, covering everything from raw material purchasing to customer satisfaction. SAP solutions can be installed on premise or used from the cloud helping companies to design and evaluate the entire value chain. They can help to seamlessly link operational data on business processes with experience data, this enables companies to better understand and respond to their customers. SAP strives to drive innovation, high performance, and employee satisfaction with these key values:

  • Purpose: To help every customer with a best run business through purpose and profit.
  • Vision: Help the world run better and to improve people’s lives.
  • Mission: Deliver technology to help the world run better and improve people’s lives.
  • Strategy: To enable enterprises to become intelligent, networked, and sustainable – bringing together the solutions.

Total revenue in 2021 was €27.84billion, including €9.4 billion from its cloud business which is expected to reach more than €22 billion by 2025. Today, SAP customers generate 87% of total global commerce. With concern about the climate crisis, the company aims to become carbon neutral in its own operations by year 2023, which is two years earlier than originally planned.

SAP offers application software for businesses such as supplier relationships, production, warehouse management, sales, customer relationships, and administrative functions. Today, SAP has more than 230 million cloud users and more than 100 solutions covering various business functions. SAP’s machine learning, Internet of Things (loT) and advanced analytics technologies help turn businesses into intelligent enterprises. SAP Business Technology Platform brings together application development, data and analytics, integration, and AI into one platform. It is the central element of SAP’s “RISE with SAP” offering.

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    Published: 08/September/2022

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    In an effort to reduce operational IT costs, many large organizations are beginning to rely on third-party suppliers to deliver high system availability and an optimal cost structure.  This approach consolidates resources into Availability Zones where a Single Pane of Glass Management is the key benefit. Learn how Artison Group, a world leader in energy-efficient,…

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    Global Tax Management – Benchmark Research Report

    Published: 31/August/2022

    Reading time: 2 mins

    SAP clients aim to modernize global tax compliance processes. This study examines the relevant challenges, strategies and technologies.

  3. Supply chain analytics maturity

    Five Stages of Achieving Supply Chain Analytics Maturity

    Published: 29/August/2022

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Supply chain analytics has rapidly evolved in the last few years, supported by progress in technology and computing power. This evolution can also be attributed to increasing supply chain complexities, and challenges companies are increasingly running into. SAPinsiders have consistently highlighted their increased focus on leveraging analytics and automation in the supply chain in our…

  4. Unified Commerce

    Strategic Importance of Unified Commerce

    Published: 26/August/2022

    Reading time: 4 mins

    A consistent business driver that emerges across multiple SAPinsider research reports is the evolving customer expectations and evolving customer demand. As the business world becomes more and more customer-centric, there is an increasing need to leverage data and analytics to transform the customer experience. Organizations need to build essential capability to integrate all customer data…

  5. Optimization Simulation

    Blurring Boundaries between Optimization and Simulation Tools

    Published: 26/August/2022

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Optimization and simulation tools have been used in supply chain analytics for a long time.  Generally, they have been categorized into prescriptive analytics methodologies that help you understand the best way to do something. This is not a concrete characterization, however. If your simulation model of your current state, for example, helps you understand which…

  6. Descriptive Analytics

    Descriptive Analytics as a Foundation for Advanced Supply Chain Analytics

    Published: 26/August/2022

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Descriptive analytics has been considered foundational analytics type in most analytics’ maturity models. While many attribute it to this method being one of the oldest one used, since the advent of business intelligence (BI) tools, there are additional aspects as well. This article discusses some of the key reasons why you must master descriptive analytics,…

  7. AWS Supply Chain SAP IBP

    Will AWS Supply Chain Compete With SAP IBP?

    Published: 26/August/2022

    Reading time: 5 mins

    Among many other features that SAP ICP has for integrated demand planning, inventory management is a critical one. Respondents highlighted inventory management as one of the key focus areas in our recent research on supply chain planning in the cloud. With the increased complexities in the supply chain and the severe disruptions that many supply…

  8. Enterprise Analytics

    Exploring Key Technical Features of Enterprise Analytics

    Published: 19/August/2022

    Reading time: 1 mins

    As businesses become more diverse and complex, so do their associated business analytics systems. Imperatives like the need to build near real-time visibility, a data-driven culture, and digitalization have forced many organizations to invest in many data and analytics tools and technologies. Though technology and computing power have rapidly evolved during the last decade to…

  9. Inventory Optimization

    Combining Inventory Optimization With Additional Analytics Approaches

    Published: 19/August/2022

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Inventory Optimization emerged as a key focus area over the next two years for SAPinsiders in our recent research, Supply Chain Planning in The Cloud. As organizations still struggle with fluctuating demand patterns developed during the pandemic, inventory policies are also evolving. Hence, it is unsurprising that inventory management and optimization remain a key focus…

  10. Promotion Planning SAP IBP

    Promotion Planning and Management with SAP IBP

    Published: 18/August/2022

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Demand forecasting was highlighted as a key challenge in SAPinsider's recent research Supply Chain Planning in The Cloud. The quality of forecasts also plays a key role in inventory management, which has emerged as another key focus area for SAPinsiders. We will also publish a research report focused on this specific topic of inventory management…