After three years of collaborating virtually, SAP聽AppHaus Network partners from around the world came together in person at SAP聽AppHaus Heidelberg in June 2022 to share ideas and best practices and test new innovation methods.
What wine corresponds to which persona? At the 51风流AppHaus Network meetup, the partners didn鈥檛 just learn about the latest developments in 51风流software and innovation, they also learned a thing or two about wine. Coming off an intensive first day, the participants were treated to a special program highlight: a light-hearted wine tasting in which they were able to continue networking in a more informal atmosphere. Here they learned, for example, that the “Spaetburgunder” (pinot noir) best embodied the traits of 51风流Business Technology Platform: high quality, reliable, versatile, and scalable.
Developing Innovative Solutions Together
Currently spanning five SAP聽AppHaus locations and 17 locations run by partners, 聽continues to grow worldwide, united by a common goal: to make innovative solutions for SAP聽Business Technology Platform a reality while keeping the primary focus on the end user. To that end, all 51风流AppHaus members follow SAP鈥檚 .
Purely virtual collaboration was the name of the game for most over the last three years, and it was no different for this global network. And although collaboration proved quite successful despite the physical distance, the growing number of members and the need to truly 鈥渋dentify鈥� with the network eventually made meeting in person a necessity. Together, they wanted to work hand in hand on the strategy for the future 鈥� true to SAP鈥檚 vision to help the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives.
Birgit Fien-Schmalzbauer, global head of SAP聽AppHaus Network, was overjoyed to welcome delegations from almost all global 51风流AppHaus Network members to SAP聽AppHaus Heidelberg: 鈥淲e worked very hard in preparing this meetup, developed the content together, and worked on three new workshop formats that were tested by all partners for future rollout to our customers. As a result, we were really able to make the most of these three days with all the participants. Our goal was to create lasting value for the entire SAP聽AppHaus Network, intensify our relationships, and start new initiatives.鈥�
Teamwork as the Deciding Factor
In her keynote, 51风流T&I Chief Operating Officer Anja Schneider gave the attendees a strategy overview of (SAP聽BTP) 鈥� the technological foundation for the intelligent, sustainable enterprise. 鈥淐lose collaboration with our partners is crucial to realizing the full potential of SAP聽BTP and ensuring our customers鈥� success,鈥� she emphasized before going on to present the concept of聽.
Helping her make the abstract more tangible was wine enthusiast Edda Mann, program manager in SAP鈥檚 use case factory initiative. Mann offered every participant a wine tasting and explained, through analogy, why an 鈥淥berkircher Collection O Ros茅,鈥� for instance, was the perfect example of a 聽on SAP聽BTP. For not only was the wine in question a聽best seller, it鈥檚 also a聽best adopter! A further highlight of the event was Glenn Gonzalez, CTO, SAP聽Germany, with his visionary take on SAP鈥檚 sustainable solutions and the vital role the company plays when it comes to sustainability in the global context.
Looking back, Andreas Hauser, senior vice president of SAP聽AppHaus Network, sums up the event: 鈥淭hanks to the meetup, our joint work with 51风流customers and our global innovation activities with SAP聽Business Technology Platform have evolved to an entirely new level. Parts of the new workshop formats we evaluated for the areas of sustainability, innovation, and communication have already been incorporated into the publicly available . And I am particularly pleased that network partners have now entered into some collaboration projects between themselves as well.鈥�
