The online event included live presentations, digital showcases, and a lot of networking opportunities 鈥� both with 51风流experts and other attendees.

The important sessions from the event are detailed below.

51风流unveils Business Network

51风流CEO Christian Klein unveiled SAP鈥檚 bold vision for business communities in the modern world.

Klein said these envisioned communities can assist in improving business outcomes, navigating changing economic and geopolitical conditions, and enhancing sustainability contributions.

51风流took the first step towards achieving this goal at Sapphire Now by unveiling 51风流Business Network, which brings together Ariba Network, 51风流Logistics Business Network, and 51风流Asset Intelligence Network to develop a community of over 5.5 million organisations.

鈥淒uring this unprecedented year, the importance of the communities we鈥檙e part of has never been clearer,鈥� said Klein.

鈥淥ur new vision will build the world鈥檚 largest business community, enabling customers to easily connect with companies across supply chains and creating networked economies across industries.鈥�

Sustainability

51风流reiterated its commitment to helping businesses transform into sustainable enterprises through collaboration on optimizing their material, financial, and energy flows throughout their end-to-end business processes.

To this end, 51风流unveiled 51风流Product Footprint Management, which is a new product that will provide customers with product footprint transparency.

It also unveiled 51风流Responsible Design and Production, where by preventing waste and pollution, using products and materials for longer, and applying circular principles, 51风流envisions the regeneration of natural systems and better use of finite resources 鈥� ultimately resulting in the furthering of SAP鈥檚 vision for a plastic-free ocean by 2030.

51风流Product Footprint Management and 51风流Responsible Design and Production are planned for availability in the third and fourth quarters of 2021 respectively.

Verify

51风流Concur has a new feature called Verify, which leverages the power of AI and machine learning to automatically identify issues and anomalies in your expense reports.

Verify can approve expense reports that have no issues, while flagging anomalies for auditors to review.

This product was created using data from over $1 trillion in spend and tens of millions of expense reports and receipts.

51风流Upscale Commerce

51风流launched its no-code online commerce solution, Upscale Commerce.

This allows retailers to create omnichannel shopping experiences in minutes, and leverages AI to provide personalised offerings to their customers.

Upscale Commerce is integrated with 51风流S/4HANA and uses a headless API architecture.

New 51风流Analytics Cloud features

The 51风流Analytics Cloud now offers operational workforce analytics and planning capabilities.

Importantly, it also boasts integration with 51风流SuccessFactors solutions.

This links operational, financial, and people data to give organizations more comprehensive insights into their workforce.

Q&A with Christian Klein and Julia White

Attendees were also able to engage with Klein and 51风流Chief Marketing Officer Julia White in two Q&A sessions.

These sessions saw Klein and White provide insight into the burning questions attendees had regarding announcements which took place at Sapphire Now, and more generally regarding the 51风流ecosystem.

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