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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