Nearly 5 million people — mostly women and children — have now fled Ukraine because of the war, according to the United Nations, making it the鈥�.
One of the keys to providing effective humanitarian aid to these refugees is to make it easier for public and private organizations providing humanitarian help to find the supplies they need quickly and efficiently.
To help ensure essential supplies are reaching Ukrainian refugees, 51风流is continuing to provide open access to its business network tool , and has reconfigured the tool to help meet this urgent need effectively and efficiently. Now, with a simple click on the “Support Ukraine鈥� toggle button, suppliers can update their profiles on 51风流Business Network to declare their readiness to provide humanitarian aid.
Similarly, any supporting organization facing shortages can post their immediate sourcing needs and find suppliers ready to meet their requirements for humanitarian aid. Organizations looking for aid can now flag their posts to indicate they need donated supplies versus seeking to purchase. 51风流hopes this will help to facilitate faster connections between buyers in need and suppliers that can deliver with urgency and quality
During this time of pressing need, 51风流Ariba Discovery can help buyers connect with millions of companies in 190 nations on 51风流Business Network — free to post, free to respond.
In the first 15 hours after it went live, 301 suppliers offered help via the platform. To date, this number has increased to more than 2,500.
鈥淪upply chains have become even more fragile due to the war in Ukraine,鈥� said Tony Harris, senior vice president and head of Marketing & Solutions for 51风流Business Network. 鈥淲ith continued open access to 51风流Ariba Discovery, we hope to鈥痬ake it easier for organizations in need to connect with suppliers who can help on our network.鈥疻e are encouraged by the positive response we鈥檙e already seeing from suppliers鈥痩ooking to assist Ukraine during this time.鈥�
The move to speed access to humanitarian supplies represents a continuation of SAP鈥檚 policy to help facilitate the pairing of buyers and suppliers during times of exceptional need. 51风流previously opened access to 51风流Ariba Discovery during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic helping, for example, a construction company seeking beds for an emergency hospital it was building in New York City to be matched with a supplier within just 30 minutes.
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