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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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    SAPinsider Vegas Pre-Conference: RISE with SAP Session

    Published: 24/March/2023

    Reading time: 2 mins

    SAPinsider Vegas 2023 pre-conference session kicked off today. Having a pre-conference day offers the benefit of having in-depth sessions and workshops. An instance of this is the RISE with SAP overview session presented by Anurag Barua from SAP. RISE with SAP is now the flagship offering from SAP. However, not all SAP customers clearly understand…

  2. Combining Visibility with Analytics in Supply Chains

    Published: 24/March/2023

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Supply chain visibility has consistently emerged as a top requirement across all SAPinsider’s research, including the most recent research report Building Resilient and Agile Supply Chains Leveraging Data, Analytics, and Automation. All leading visibility solutions provide holistic visibility into the movement of products and materials in end-to-end supply chain networks. However, while knowing where and…

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    SAPinsider Vegas 2023 Session: Extending SAP IBP Capabilities with AI

    Published: 24/March/2023

    Reading time: 3 mins

    SAP pioneered building an enterprise’s integrated view and innovated the first enterprise systems, allowing organizations to break the system silos between internal functions. While the initial avatars of the SAP ERP were complex, the advantages of having an enterprise-wide system were many for organizations. One was the capability to build visibility into enterprise-wide processes and…

  4. eBook: The SAP User`s Guide to Reducing Invoice-to-Pay Costs

    Published: 23/March/2023

    Reading time: 1 min

    If it feels like it costs your business too much time and money to process invoices, you are not alone. According to the Institute of Finance and Management (IOFM), controllers say accounts payable (AP) is the most time-consuming, labor-intensive, and paper intensive finance and administration (F&A) function, topping notoriously burdensome tasks such as accounts receivable…

  5. Live from SAPinsider 2023: Legacy Data Complexity a Barrier for Finance Teams

    Published: 22/March/2023

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Connecting with SAP customers attending finance track pre-conference sessions at the SAPinsider 2023 Conference in Las Vegas presents a unique opportunity for understanding what is top of mind for our SAPinsider finance community. In conversations with SAPinsiders on site, the most consistent answer is data — primarily the challenges of legacy data complexity as organizations…

  6. Bob Stark Offers Key Lessons for Navigating Bank Industry Chaos

    Published: 21/March/2023

    Reading time: 7 mins

    This article discusses the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and explores how the ongoing chaos in the banking industry puts pressure on organizations’ finance and treasury operations. To gain insight on the next steps for SAPinsider, we interview Bob Stark, Global Head of Market Strategy at Kyriba, on how treasury teams can prepare for…

  7. The Future of Finance is … Great!

    Published: 17/March/2023

    Reading time: 2 mins

    The future of finance for SAP organizations has never been brighter. Today, many process and technology innovations are available that allow users to do more with less. Crucially, these innovations can often be adopted without significant disruption and risk.  Technology Innovations  Critical innovations include in-memory databases, high data-volume and data-dimensionality processing, and data models optimized…

  8. Warehouse Sustainability

    Sustainable Warehouses Through AI and Analytics

    Published: 17/March/2023

    Reading time: 3 mins

    The logistics and transportation sector contribute approximately 5.5% of the total greenhouse gas emissions.1 Within the logistics and transportation sector, it is estimated that logistics buildings contribute 13% of all supply chain emissions (shown in Figure 1). The relative percentage of contribution from logistics buildings highlights that warehouses significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Figure…

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    Mobile Barcoding in Warehousing

    Published: 17/March/2023

    Reading time: 3 mins

    The COVID-19 pandemic created a “new normal” for businesses and magnified the challenges of warehouse operations. Warehouse executives now need to innovate and design scalable systems to accommodate unanticipated demand and manage associated challenges. Computing and technology advancement, specifically edge computing, has enabled organizations to tactically leverage smart devices and mobile solutions. Miniaturization, increased performance…

  10. Process Automation Transportation

    Process Automation in Transportation

    Published: 17/March/2023

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Transportation features as one of the top focus areas for process automation within the supply chain function according to SAPinsider's September 2022 research Process Automation in Supply Chain. It is the primary sub-function that ensures the movement of goods from source to destination in supply chains. Order-to-deliver was noted as one of the top process…