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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    Finance specialists from Deloitte, EY, SAP, and BlackLine offer their expert perspectives on the new normal and the opportunities F&A teams have to adapt. Find other insightful content from BlackLine on their Vendor Showcase

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    Learn how BlackLine can be used to provide quick wins and to complement other SAP solutions by addressing close management challenges. Find other insightful content from BlackLine on their Vendor Showcase

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    BlackLine’s solutions for SAP complement any ERP environment by automating processes, strengthening controls, and streamlining core close tasks. Find other insightful content from BlackLine on their Vendor Showcase

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    Before going live with one of the largest SAP S/4HANA systems in the world in just 18 months, Vodafone operated a multinational technology communications company supported by a core business model in a single instance of SAP ECC. To better support the company’s 93,000 employees, it needed to increase process automation and standardization, achieve a…

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    By Luke Marson, President, Americas at iXerv COVID-19 has had a profound effect on the world in a way which many of us have not seen before. The human and economic impact is wide ranging and the consequences will be far-reaching and could continue for months or even years. In many countries and across multiple…

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    Learn how to optimize the management of past-due accounts and reduce days outstanding (DSO), for fast and cost-effective receivables management.

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    Learn how FS² AutoBank automates your cash application, decreases manual efforts to a mininum throughout all your departments, and fully integrates with your current SAP environment.

  8. Cybersecurity: Case study: How Merck KGaA closed the gap between its enterprise SAP landscape and cybersecurity monitoring and incident response teams

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    Learn how the Merck Group (Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) integrated its global SAP landscape into its existing 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) monitoring and incident response processes. Click this link to view the slides from this session — Cyber_2017_Newman_Casestudyhowmerckkgaaclosedthegap.   Branden Newman If you have comments about this article or publication, or would like to…...…

  9. Basis & SAP Administration: Case study: How Newcastle University migrated 9 SAP Business Suite, SAP BW, and SAP Java-based systems to SAP HANA

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    Gain insight from Newcastle University’s recent implementation and migration from Oracle to SAP HANA. Click this link to view the slides from this session — Admin2017_Burns_Casestudyhownewcastleuniversitymigrated. Chris Burns If you have comments about this article or publication, or would like to submit an article idea, please contact the editor…. This content is for SAPinsider Monthly...…

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    When Italy flipped the European Union’s (EU’s) regulations on business-to-business (B2B) electronic invoicing (e-invoicing), it opened the floodgates for the type of complex regulations companies doing business in Latin America have had to deal with for more than a decade. For SAP customers that aren’t prepared for European B2B e-invoicing, that could be very bad…