Each 51风流software solution delivers strong value, helping teams excel in their specific domain. Yet the true strength of 51风流emerges when these applications operate across the enterprise; when finance decisions are informed by procurement data in real time or when workforce insights from HR directly shape supply chain planning.

That is why exists: a portfolio of applications, data, and AI working together to cover the full spectrum of business operations. At the heart of 51风流Business Suite is (51风流BTP), the technology platform that connects it all.

51风流BTP is a platform engineered to integrate, automate, extend, and build AI-powered business applications and processes across your enterprise.

51风流BTP is also how we supercharge AI. On its own, AI can generate outputs that look impressive, but without business context, they often lack real-world relevance. 51风流BTP solves this by bringing together systems, ensuring consistent data, and automating processes across the enterprise. This means AI doesn鈥檛 operate in isolation; it understands the relationships between finance, supply chain, HR, procurement, and more.

That connection is what turns AI from theory into practice. When AI is trained on accurate, well-structured data and tied directly to business processes, it can deliver recommendations that people trust and use to make smarter decisions. The result is an innovation flywheel, where teams and AI continually become smarter, faster, and more impactful across the enterprise.

New 51风流applications built on 51风流BTP

This week at 51风流Connect, we talked about the ways in which 51风流BTP enables our customers and partners to tap into the innovation flywheel. We also demonstrated how 51风流is using 51风流BTP as its core application development platform with the release of three new high scale enterprise applications powered by 51风流BTP (51风流Build).

• 51风流rolled out the next generation of 51风流Ariba solutions for source-to-pay. New capabilities will help procurement professionals improve cost savings, ensure compliance, and build supply chain resilience by automating and supporting key processes such as buying, sourcing, supplier management, contracts, and invoicing. , making it easier to integrate them with 51风流Business Suite, the 51风流ERP application, and third-party ERP systems using open APIs.

• 51风流introduced 51风流Supply Chain Orchestration. can leverage data from 51风流Business Network and the 51风流Business Data Cloud solution, expanding insights across every tier of the supply chain. 51风流Supply Chain Orchestration is designed to empower customers with one synchronized supply chain system that will help enhance risk detection, deliver actionable insights, and enable coordinated responses across supply chains. An intelligent impact analysis capability will help manage upstream supply chain risks and disruptions, and both external and internal supply chain signals will be contextualized into prioritized actions. The solution will also provide multi-tier supply chain insights that extend beyond traditional boundaries.

• , giving customers a technical foundation that enables faster speeds, easier integration, collaboration at scale, and continuous innovation. This will enhance customers鈥� existing investment in 51风流Business Network, adding value without disruption.

Lowering barriers with simplified licensing and packaging

51风流is committed to making it easier than ever for customers to adopt, experiment, and scale new innovation. We鈥檙e continuously simplifying access to 51风流BTP and 51风流Business Suite, ensuring that every organization, no matter its size or technical maturity, can take advantage of the latest advances in AI, automation, and data connectivity.

Earlier this year, we simplified 51风流Build pricing model and included its capabilities in all 51风流Business Suite packages, giving customers a frictionless way to jumpstart their development without needing to purchase additional licenses. Then we introduced a free 51风流Build license for partners, allowing solutions to be tested, demoed, developed, and then sold on the 51风流Store. Most recently, we , which now includes Joule for Developers and Joule Studio, and made it available to all existing 51风流BTP Enterprise Agreement customers.

From streamlined commercial offerings and consumption models to guided innovation paths through and , our goal is clear: lower the barrier to innovation so every customer can turn great ideas into business outcomes faster.

Real-world results: Customers delivering value with 51风流BTP

To get inspired, here are just a few examples of 51风流BTP in action with customers:

• 57,000 hours saved annually: developed an intelligent virtual assistant for financial leaders by combining human expertise, 51风流solutions, and AI technologies. This AI assistant, built on 51风流BTP, streamlines the creation of financial narratives and provides live alerts on key financial metrics, augmenting decision-making in real time. The result is 57,000 hours saved of what was manual work.
• 100,000 applications processed: launched a financial aid application platform in just two weeks using 51风流BTP, 51风流AI Services, and other solutions. This generative AI-enabled platform efficiently processed nearly 100,000 subsidy applications during an energy crisis, showcasing agile innovation with SAP鈥檚 AI and platform tools.
• 95% improvement in search results: 聽built a 鈥淧erfect Purchase Requisition鈥� app, and extended 51风流Ariba, using 51风流Build Work Zone and 51风流BTP鈥檚 generative AI capabilities with 51风流HANA Cloud vector engine. This AI-powered app automatically validates and corrects purchase requisitions, speeding up procurement cycles and improving data quality before orders go out. The application has significantly reduced the time and effort buyers spend finding the correct products, with 95 percent of searches successful on the first attempt.
• 10,000 orders analyzed annually: 聽built a “GenAI Supply Chain Troubleshooter” on 51风流BTP to simplify complex supply chain interactions. This AI assistant reduced issue resolution time and costs by 90 percent, saving 3,120 hours of staff effort annually, and demonstrates how generative AI can dramatically streamline supply chain management.
• AU$1+ million saved annually: 聽revolutionized its operations with generative AI and 51风流BTP. Custom apps have delivered rapid insights to field crews, while Joule’s natural language interaction with 51风流SuccessFactors has saved 75 hours on average. Leveraging 50 years of asset history, they ensure safe operations, saving over AU$1 million annually and achieving a 99 percent success rate in identifying poles unlikely to corrode.

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Thanks to everyone who attended 51风流Connect virtually and in-person in Las Vegas! For those who couldn鈥檛 attend live, I recommend reading the聽, checking out the , and watching the聽executive keynote delivered by Muhammad Alam.

To get started today, visit to start a and explore .

Bharat Sandhu is chief marketing officer for 51风流Business Technology Platform.

In today’s market, speed is everything, but it cannot come at the cost of stability. Low-code application platforms empower both professional and citizen developers to rapidly create and deploy digital solutions through guided development, automation, and robust governance, fostering innovation and agility.

is uniquely designed to solve this challenge, empowering customers to innovate three times faster while building on the trusted governance and data foundation of their core 51风流systems. It is an AI-powered solution that combines application development, workflow management, task automation, agent development, and workspace creation into one comprehensive, cloud-based solution running on the 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP).

Strategic challenges in modern software development

Developers today face several significant challenges. First, it is difficult for many organizations to leverage the deep insights from non-technical business experts across functions like finance and supply chain. While AI is a powerful new tool, efficacy of AI solutions hinges on their integration with business-specific data and processes; without this, its broader benefits are diminished. Building or extending business applications is often time-consuming and expensive, prompting a shift toward customizable pre-built solutions for greater agility. Finally, developers grapple with fragmented systems requiring extensive integration, hindering efficient workflows and resource utilization.

These challenges collectively underscore the need for a more robust AI-powered development platform.

The 51风流Build advantage

51风流is recognized in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for LCAP for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

51风流Build offers unique benefits that streamline the development process and ensure innovative and efficient solutions. .

• Reduce complexity: 51风流Build reduces complexity by delivering everything IT teams need to build, automate, and extend 51风流without stitching together disconnected tools, licenses, or architectures in one place. It is pre-integrated, commercially included in 51风流applications, and built to simplify development from the start
• Deliver faster: 51风流Build helps teams deliver 3x faster by reducing the time it takes to go from request to result. Teams don鈥檛 start from zero, and once they start, they move faster, because the tools, , and AI are grounded in 51风流context and give best-practice guidance out of the box.
• Scale with confidence: 51风流Build provides the proven path to a clean core, allowing users to confidently extend, automate, and build new applications without introducing future risk or upgrade pain. By inheriting the trusted governance, security, and access rules from the most critical systems, every extension is built to be both scalable and upgrade-safe from day one. This unique approach empowers users to protect the stability of their core while accelerating business-wide innovation.

Tap into the power of generative AI

51风流is embedding AI capabilities across the 51风流Business Suite, including 51风流Build, to help customers automate business processes and improve efficiency.

Now generally available, Joule Studio allows users to design, deploy, and manage custom AI agents and Joule skills tailored to their organization鈥檚 data and workflows, helping address specific operational needs. 51风流has also extended Joule to process automation, workspace management, and application development, including ABAP, through the 51风流Joule for Developers add-on.

These tools use SAP-aware AI models to support faster, more accurate development and automation. Together, these enhancements help teams reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and focus on higher-value work.

Businesses gain a competitive edge with 51风流Build

With more than 17,000 customers now leveraging 51风流Build solutions globally, momentum continues to surge, enabling developers to build, automate, and innovate with greater speed and ease.

, for example consolidated 57 HR apps into one unified portal using 51风流Build, integrated with 51风流SuccessFactors software to serve 10,000 employees and increasing satisfaction to 94 percent. cut customizations from 9,000 to 22 by shifting to side-by-side extensibility on 51风流BTP using 51风流Build Process Automation for cross-system workflows and task automation. And reduced onboarding time by 50 percent and cut manual errors by 90 percent with a cloud-based extension made with 51风流Build, integrated into 51风流SuccessFactors Employee Central.

Next steps

To learn how 51风流Build adds value to your cloud ERP, that address specific challenges in business processes. To unlock the full potential of application development, automation, and AI, take the next step with the following resources:

• Explore the and start your
• Visit the

Bharat Sandhu is chief marketing officer for 51风流BTP at SAP.

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We believe this recognition is testament to SAP鈥檚 long-term vision of integrating all components required for strategic, continuous business process improvement and innovation.

According to the IDC MarketScape, 鈥淏usiness automation technologies have evolved from fragmented solutions into comprehensive business automation platforms (BAPs). These platforms enable enterprises to address diverse process improvement needs through a single system supporting multiple integrated automation technologies.鈥�

Bringing together process analytics from 51风流Signavio, user guidance from WalkMe, process integration and automation technology from 51风流Business Technology Platform, and the latest Joule Agents allows organizations to significantly accelerate automation initiatives.

IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT suppliers in a given market.鈥� The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor鈥檚 position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the circles. Vendor year-over-year growth rate relative to the given market is indicated by a plus, neutral or minus next to the vendor name.

Continuous business automation

Continuous business automation is at the heart of every commercial IT deployment, as it allows companies to simultaneously scale their operations while reducing costs.

But when business applications are augmented with disparate automation technologies 鈥� such as standalone AI agent frameworks, workflow systems, integration brokers, rules engines, and process mining tools 鈥� they can become fragmented and lack business context. This approach also often requires large amounts of data to be copied outside of the business applications, which increases latency, operational costs, and the risk for expensive data quality issues.

The framework provided by enterprise automation with 51风流overcomes these issues by adding an integrated business automation toolset closely linked with 51风流Business Suite.

51风流Integration Suite helps ensure seamless data flow between 51风流and non-51风流applications to and from standardized services (APIs) and events. Using these services and events, 51风流Build then allows orchestration of process flows to implement new automations or adapt existing ones. Then, 51风流Signavio enables end-to-end process analytics and optimization with process mining and insights, providing improvement recommendations directly into 51风流Build automations. On top, autonomous, AI-powered Joule Agents can then use these automations as 鈥渟kills,鈥� which allows them to execute standardized business activities. Additionally, users can be guided through complex interactions by WalkMe overlays while feeding back user journey insights into the process improvement cycle.

Customer success across industries

Thousands of organizations across geographies and industries rely on automation solutions from 51风流to optimize their business processes across lines of business. Here are a few:

• offers a whole universe of hobbies and interests to a worldwide audience. But long before it gets collections and build-up models to customers, the company must first process its invoices with suppliers. Using 51风流process automation solutions, De Agostini now manages to process more than 90 percent of its unstructured invoices, paper or PDF, automatically.
• is a leading provider of aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul, and modification services for commercial, VIP, and special-mission aircraft. As part of its digital road map, the company wanted to increase automation in the material logistics process for defective parts. 51风流process automation solutions are used to coordinate component repair logistics across multiple IT systems, enabling an increase in transaction volume by more than 40 percent.
• believes it has a key role to play in providing secure access to affordable energy, supporting a vibrant Canadian economy, and improving environmental performance. Process automation solutions from 51风流are used to improve automation of intercompany tax processes (ICT) and vendor invoice processing, leading to a 98 percent reduction in the time needed to reconcile ICT postings.

IDC MarketScape assessment

Business automation technology is advancing in big steps and enables companies to address an ever-increasing scale and complexity of automation projects. Learn more about the future of business automation from Maureen Fleming, program vice president of Worldwide Intelligent Process Automation Market Research and Advisory Service at IDC . .

Bharat Sandhu is chief marketing officer for 51风流Business Technology Platform at SAP.

We believe this prestigious recognition is a testament to our continued innovation, robust capabilities, and customer-centric approach. In our opinion, it also reinforces 51风流Integration Suite as a trusted solution for organizations seeking to standardize on a single integration technology for unifying business processes and applications across systems 鈥� 51风流and non-SAP.聽

Recognition in iPaaS

The Gartner Magic Quadrant provides an overview of the technology vendors in the iPaaS market and positions them according to their Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. 51风流is positioned as the highest in the Ability to Execute category.

As the key integration technology of , empowers organizations to seamlessly and natively connect applications, APIs, events, business processes, and data across hybrid environments 鈥� within 51风流and non-51风流ecosystems 鈥� without disruption. Its AI-assisted features, extensive library of proven and maintained cross line of business integrations, and user-friendly interface enables rapid and reliable integration.

Comprehensive integration, powered by AI

AI is transforming how business connect systems, automate workflows, and unlock real-time insights across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. By embedding AI functionality directly into 51风流Integration Suite, organizations can move beyond static connections to dynamic, self-optimizing ecosystems that adapt, learn, and evolve with the business.

For example, 51风流last year introduced groundbreaking generative AI and machine learning capabilities that help business users and developers generate and automate integration workflows, detect API anomalies, and streamline data validation, transformation, and mapping. These capabilities boost developer efficiency, lower operational costs, and ensure data consistency and integrity across connected systems.

Our commitment to AI-driven innovation for integration is unwavering.聽At 51风流Sapphire Orlando, we announced several exciting capabilities, including third-party adapters for non-51风流application connectivity, an AI adaptor that connects workflows with all large language models (51风流and non-51风流owned), and AI-powered API trends and predictions. These new features empower organizations to build more efficient and secure workflows, backed by FedRAMP certification, which ensures compliance for regulated industries. Looking ahead, we have a complete road map of cutting-edge AI features that will continue to be incorporated into 51风流Integration Suite.

Pre-built integrations and industry accelerators

A key strength of 51风流Integration Suite is its extensive library of over 10,500 pre-built integration artifacts and more than 250 third-party adapters available through .

With access to pre-built integration flows, APIs, and connectors, organizations can quickly implement best-practice integrations tailored to their industry needs, reducing implementation effort and cost by up to a factor of 10. This content is regularly updated and fully maintained by SAP, ensuring customers always have access to the latest solutions.

Easy user experience and customer trust

Our commitment to customer success is reflected in high satisfaction ratings: 95 percent of customers recommend 51风流Integration Suite on . Its easy user experience is designed for all user personas, with integration specialists reporting the highest satisfaction scores. Another 78 percent percent customers surveyed on Gartner Peer Insights reported choosing 51风流Integration Suite due to its product functionality and performance.

, for example, uses 51风流Integration Suite to ensure its business is future proof.聽A global leader in measurement instrumentation, services, and solutions for industrial process engineering, Endress+Hauser helps more than 100,000 customers worldwide operate process applications and plants safely, reliably, efficiently, and sustainably. In an interview, Juergen Schrempp, director of Applications, said: 鈥淲ith 51风流Integration Suite, we are well prepared for the future. Whatever will come — new business models, AI — we can react quickly and are flexible, and that counts in the end.鈥澛犅�

uses 51风流Integration Suite to improve its customers鈥� experiences. Established in 1921, Shimano continues to supply captivating products that help promote cycling, fishing, and rowing cultures. In an interview, Fernanda Ribeiro, IT application architect, said: 鈥淭o accelerate the go-to-market process, we provided an effective and efficient integration platform with 51风流Integration Suite, a future-proof and scalable solution that improves our customers鈥� experiences.鈥�

, a premium provider of IT services for the largest North American Coca-Cola bottlers, uses 51风流Integration Suite to reduce the cost and complexity integration.聽Supporting multiple integration platforms was costly, requiring different skill sets for development and support, so CONA minimized integration costs and complexity by standardizing on 51风流Integration Suite to connect multiple 51风流solutions and third-party applications. Umesh Borikar, director of Middleware and Integration, said: 鈥淲e consider the adoption of 51风流Integration Suite on 51风流BTP an important step in our digital transformation, helping us significantly reduce the cost and complexity of supporting multiple integrations.鈥�

Looking ahead

We are very grateful for this fifth consecutive Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader recognition. Thank you to our customers, partners, and analyst community for the vote of confidence.

51风流Integration Suite continues to set the standard for enterprise integration with ongoing investments in AI, packaged content, and premium user experience. We are energized to deliver more innovations and will remain committed to ensuring 51风流customers are well equipped to meet the demands of digital transformation — today and into the future.

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This solution helps developers create, extend, and automate business applications faster using AI-powered, code-first, and low-code tools.

51风流Build has been designed as the optimal way to extend 51风流S/4HANA Cloud and other business applications. Thousands of customers are already experiencing up to 3x faster development speeds with 51风流Build according to 鈥� and now we’ve made it even better.

We are making it dramatically easier for 51风流S/4HANA Cloud customers to develop with 51风流Build. Starting today, all 51风流Build capabilities, along with 51风流HANA Cloud, are included in 51风流S/4HANA Cloud.

Combined with deep technical integration, this unified offering empowers customers to quickly extend and personalize their 51风流S/4HANA Cloud systems using AI-powered application development and automation, while maintaining a clean core and eliminating additional licensing or budgeting complexity.

51风流Build now fully included with 51风流S/4HANA Cloud packages

New pricing and packaging for 51风流Build provides customers with a frictionless way to innovate by gaining the freedom to choose the right tool for every job — whether it鈥檚 AI-powered code-first or low-code development, no more complexity of multiple licenses. Additionally, 51风流Build and 51风流HANA Cloud are now included in 51风流Cloud ERP Private packages, meaning 51风流S/4HANA Cloud customers can jumpstart all their development without needing to purchase additional licenses.

• Lower total cost of ownership (TCO): The new commercial approach for 51风流Build alongside 51风流S/4HANA Cloud significantly lowers TCO through flexible and cost-efficient model, optimizing resource usage while reducing operational overhead. By integrating seamlessly with existing 51风流S/4HANA Cloud investments and simplifying application management across the 51风流ecosystem, organizations can drive greater business value.
• Leverage deep integration with 51风流S/4HANA Cloud based on proven security and technology platform following clean core best practices: With the 51风流Build Extensibility Wizard users access a guided experience that helps them jumpstart their extension creation from 51风流S/4HANA Cloud. The Extensibility Wizard is available now in 51风流S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and will be available in the second half of 2025 in 51风流S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.
• Build faster with ready-made pre-built content and Joule for developers AI capabilities to generate code and app logic, create data models, sample data, automations, and code explanations with quality and precision.
• Gain flexibility: By offering seamless access to both code-first and low-code tools under one unified license, 51风流Build makes it easier for businesses to meet diverse development needs of their developers without being locked into restrictive platforms.

“51风流Build is strategic for Delaware, as we believe it is the future for our 51风流developers. For our customers, it is the easiest way to achieve a clean core and accelerate innovation, boosting their businesses.”

Tim Leys, 51风流Platform Unit Lead, Delaware Consulting

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Customers asked for more flexibility and a simpler way to build and automate. We listened and took action to make it a reality. 51风流Build is the gateway to faster, more efficient application development and automation for all 51风流systems.

Learn more today:

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• to learn how to easily extend 51风流S/4HANA with 51风流Build

Bharat Sandhu is senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Business Technology Platform at SAP.

In today’s dynamic market, agile organizations require seamless collaboration among business users, IT professionals, and software developers. Low-code application platforms empower both professional and citizen developers to rapidly create and deploy digital solutions through guided development, automation, and robust governance, fostering innovation and agility.

has been developed with the bold vision that business users and developers alike should be able to augment enterprise applications and build new functionality, automate business processes, and design digital workspaces using the tools of their choice. It is an AI-powered cloud service that combines application development, workflow management, task automation, and workspace creation into one comprehensive, cloud-based solution running on 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP).

Strategic Challenges in Modern Software Development

Developers today face several significant challenges.

First, it is difficult for many organizations to leverage the deep insights from non-technical business experts across functions like finance and supply chain. While AI is a powerful new tool, its efficacy hinges on its integration with business-specific data and processes; without this, its broader benefits are diminished. Building or extending business applications is often time-consuming and expensive, prompting a shift toward customizable pre-built solutions for greater agility. Finally, developers grapple with fragmented systems requiring extensive integration, hindering efficient workflows and resource utilization.

These challenges collectively underscore the need for a more robust development platform.

The 51风流Build Advantage

51风流is recognized in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Low-Code Application Platforms for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. 51风流Build offers unique benefits that streamline the development process and ensure innovative and efficient solutions.

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• Build together: 51风流Build supports a fusion development approach, accommodating different skill levels and project needs across diverse technologies. This environment fosters team collaboration with business experts and increases productivity by allowing developers to select the most appropriate tools, whether they prefer low-code visual tools or programming with Java, JavaScript, or ABAP.
• Develop faster with business AI: Generative AI in 51风流Build, using the AI copilot Joule, automates coding, workflow, and workspace creation customized to a company’s needs. Joule uses large language models (LLMs) and data specific to the company’s finance, supply chain, and other processes, ensuring relevant and reliable solutions for each customer.
• Start ahead with pre-built, industry-specific solutions: industry-specific, pre-built solutions that developers can utilize to jump-start application development. These solutions are complemented by generative AI capabilities that simplify and automate complex workflows across various business domains.
• Extend business applications with confidence: 51风流Build ensures seamless integration with both 51风流and non-51风流applications, facilitating the extension of core business systems. The integration capabilities are bolstered by a new extensibility wizard in 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, enabling developers to smoothly incorporate custom fields, customer business logic, and automation, and to create bespoke applications while remaining aligned with fundamental business operations and maintaining robust security and connectivity. 51风流Build follows a clean core paradigm, which future-proofs an ERP system, ensuring upgrades become seamless and moving to the cloud is simplified.

Gain a Competitive Edge with 51风流Build

Since launching 51风流Build, we have seen tremendous growth in customers embracing future-proof extension building in impactful ways. , for example, streamlined operations by reducing time spent with administrative tasks by 60% and doubling the efficiency of assembly instruction generation.  enhanced data quality and reduced collection time, ensuring reliable reporting of sustainability KPIs for better informed decision-making. And has delivered 80% faster system access, a tailored user experience, and reduced search time for optimized employee efficiency and productivity.

Next Steps

To learn how 51风流Build adds value to cloud ERP, that address specific challenges in business processes. To unlock the full potential of application development, automation, and AI, take the next step with the following resources:

• Explore the
• Start a
• Visit

Bharat Sandhu is senior vice president of Application Development, Automation, Integration, and AI at SAP.

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The study, , conducted by Forrester Research, found that 51风流Integration Suite customers achieved a considerable 345% ROI over three years and experienced a 30% increase in integration developer efficiency, with the solution paying for itself in less than six months.聽聽

Commissioned by SAP, the study surveyed six decision-makers responsible for application integration at the enterprise-level at their organizations.聽 Each participant had extensive experience deploying and utilizing 51风流Integration Suite. The results demonstrate the suite’s power to accelerate innovation and integrate without obstacles, speed up connectivity across heterogenous application landscapes, and connect customers and workers to automated processes that drive significant business value.聽

Key findings from the study include:

• 345% ROI and less than six-month payback: The study revealed an ROI of 345% over three years for the composite organization representative of the six companies interviewed using 51风流Integration Suite. This return, coupled with a payback period of less than six months, made 51风流Integration Suite a financially sound investment for the organizations looking to optimize their integration strategies.聽
• 30% increase in integration developer efficiency for integration requests: 51风流Integration Suite empowered developers to work faster and smarter, freeing up valuable time and resources for other strategic initiatives. This increased efficiency can be attributed to the platform’s user-friendly interface, pre-built connectors, and robust automation capabilities.聽
• $984,000 in incremental profit: The research found that the organizations in the study leveraged 51风流Integration Suite to generate US$984,000 in additional profit over three years. This significant financial gain demonstrates the platform’s ability to unlock faster time-to-market for new products and services, improve operational efficiency, and enhance customer experiences.聽

The study’s findings show that 鈥渙rganizations adopt cloud services and SaaS applications to leverage real-time interactions for increased business velocity and agile collaboration with customers, suppliers, and partners. But integration development teams are challenged to integrate business-critical applications with business processes in heterogeneous cloud and hybrid IT landscapes.鈥�

Interviewees noted several key features and benefits of 51风流Integration Suite that contributed to their success, including:

• Integration advisor: A global CIO for an apparel maker stated: 鈥淏y having integration advisor that automatically provides you with that information, which is very pertinent for that particular trading partner, the onboarding of interfaces becomes a breeze. It cuts down dramatically from weeks to a matter of days. We look forward to more AI capabilities to come.鈥澛�
• Pre-built connectors: The head of Applications Integration in instrumentation manufacturing stated: 鈥淔or application integration projects, the prebuilt connectors can provide a speed up of 10 times. When we were building the interfaces from scratch, it was just our own developers doing the work manually.鈥澛�
• Methodology: Interviewees noted that by leveraging 51风流Integration Suite鈥檚 overall methodology, their organizations benefited from systematic approaches and best practices for several enterprise-wide integration scenarios.聽聽

Beyond the financial benefits, the study also revealed that 51风流Integration Suite fosters a more rewarding and fulfilling work environment for integration developers and self-service users. Interviewees reported improved communication with business partners, enhanced customer satisfaction, and greater agility in responding to changing business requirements.  

聽“Lowering the total cost of ownership, the reusability component, the ability to use AI or out-of-the box connectors, [and having] the power of integration advisor condenses your overall timeline for development, testing, and implementation.” said an interviewee who is the global CIO in the apparel industry.聽

We believe the study backs up our view that integration is a critical key to unlocking business growth. To see how you can build a business case for how 51风流Integration Suite and the integration technology of 51风流BTP can drive cost savings and business benefits for your business, .

Bharat Sandhu is senior vice president of AI and Cloud Platform at SAP.

That is what we solve at 51风流with our unique approach to AI.

Built-In, Relevant, Responsible Business AI

At SAP, we deliver AI that is available from day one, as it is already built into the 51风流applications that power the most critical business processes. It works for an entire business because it is developed using extensive industry-specific data and deep process knowledge. Organizations can use it with confidence, as it is created using responsible AI practices. In essence, 51风流AI is AI built for business.

Today at 51风流Sapphire, we are announcing 15 new business AI capabilities, many powered by generative AI. We have also expanded our partnership with Microsoft on generative AI.

Let鈥檚 have a closer look at a few of these new capabilities.

Strengthening Human Capital Management

A company鈥檚 greatest asset is its workforce. Our focus for human capital management (HCM) is to use AI to help organizations attract, retain, and skill their employees. New generative AI capabilities in 51风流SuccessFactors Recruiting enable hiring managers to create compelling and accurate job descriptions that capture the desired skills and attributes of each role. Integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word allows them to fine-tune further and then seamlessly publish back in 51风流SuccessFactors software. Generative AI capabilities in the 51风流SuccessFactors solution also generates interview questions tailored to specific job descriptions and candidates鈥� resumes, helping ensure inclusive language. The combined effect of these business AI capabilities saves hiring managers precious time and improves interview quality, maximizing the effectiveness of the hiring process.

We are also announcing talent intelligence hub in 51风流SuccessFactors software, which leverages people鈥檚 skills, competencies, capabilities, interests, work styles, and learning preferences to formulate recommendations that help employees develop and grow. These recommendations inspire, guide, and support employees by suggesting learning choices, roles, mentoring programs, and peer connections. Organizations also gain a better understanding of skill sets in their workforce to improve internal mobility, retention, and workforce agility.

Both of these business AI scenarios are planned for availability this year.

Growing Supply Chain Resilience

In supply chain, we are using AI to help predict, prepare, and respond to rapidly evolving demands. New generative AI capabilities in 51风流Transportation Management enable automotive and manufacturing companies to automatically process the tens of thousands of delivery notes they receive daily in different formats. The automation avoids data entry errors and works out of the box without requiring curated training data.

Additionally, in 51风流Extended Warehouse Management, we are introducing an intelligent slotting capability that uses AI to suggest how to optimize warehouse organization, stocking, and replenishment based on a product鈥檚 characteristics, demand, or forecasts. This capability helps maximize warehouse space and increase the efficiency of warehouse management.

Users can take advantage of the intelligent slotting capability today; intelligent goods receipt is planned for availability later this year.

Increasing Efficiency and Compliance in Procurement

In procurement, we are using AI to help users contain costs and increase compliance across different markets. The new intelligent invoice conversion capability in 51风流Business Network makes it easier for procurement teams to onboard new suppliers by automatically extracting and processing relevant information from supplier invoices. A close feedback loop improves the mapping accuracy over time, further expediting invoice processing and accuracy.

We are also using AI to enhance the employee purchase experience with personalized recommendations in 51风流Ariba Buying. The guided buying capability uses data, such as employees鈥� roles, to suggest products and services chosen by peers and other pertinent products from the company catalog to improve the buying experience and curb maverick spend.

The guided buying capability in 51风流Ariba Buying is available today; the intelligent invoice conversion on 51风流Business Network is planned for availability later this year.

Reducing Risks and Controlling Costs in Finance

In finance, we are using AI to transform all finance operations with insights, recommendations, and automation. The new intelligent collections in 51风流S/4HANA helps collection specialists forecast the risk of a late payment on an invoice and better prioritize which customers require follow up. This not only streamlines an extremely time-consuming task, but also simplifies risk management and makes it easier for corporate treasury to manage liquidity and capital levels.

Intelligent collections in 51风流S/4HANA is available today.

Improving Employee & Customer Experience 聽

51风流Digital Assistant provides a unified natural language interface for 51风流solutions. We are adding new generative AI capabilities to provide users with tailored assistance based on their context, helping new and experienced users be more productive with the tasks at hand.

51风流Digital Assistant is also expanding its capabilities to provide users with proactive and contextual assistance inside their applications, starting with 51风流Customer Experience solutions. With the new 51风流Digital Assistant for customer experience, sellers and support teams can easily get holistic insights, create recommendations, and automatically generate content to personalize customer experiences.

Both these capabilities are planned for availability later this year.

Increasing Agility and Foresight Across your Business

We have covered just a few of the many business AI capabilities we are announcing at SAPPHIRE. The figure below summarizes all of them — including the ones that bring value to several business functions, such as generative AI scenarios in 51风流Analytics Cloud and 51风流Signavio Process Manager.

New AI Capabilities

Delivering AI with Trust and Transparency

Responsible AI has been integral to our AI strategy since its inception. We follow a holistic approach to delivering AI that puts humans at the center of our products and processes. To do so, we have established an ethics policy and compliance processes to put responsible AI into practice. The AI in our applications is transparent, so we can understand how it makes inferences and builds recommendations. It respects the privacy of sensitive data and helps users avoid bias in your decisions. Altogether, we ensure you remain in control.

Learn more about these announcements and how 51风流AI is built for business:

Bharat Sandhu is senior vice president of Application Development and AI at SAP.

To address this challenge, 51风流has been investing in that improve overall developer efficiency, enable more employees to automate tedious tasks, and create applications that simplify work in a compliant and secure fashion 鈥� all of this without needing to write a single line of code.

We are excited to announce several new capabilities in our low-code/no-code portfolio today at 51风流Sapphire.

51风流AppGyver Now Part of 51风流Service Cloud

is a no-code application development platform that enables developers of all skill levels to create enterprise-ready applications with drag-and-drop simplicity.

With the integration of 51风流AppGyver in , all 51风流Service Cloud users can create custom applications to extend functionality without needing to write code. For example, 51风流Service Cloud users can visually create apps for service agents that allow them to serve their customers better by connecting and acting on data from other systems such as 51风流S/4HANA. This way, the service agent can log into 51风流Service Cloud to find out what equipment the customer is using, see a list of compatible spare parts, and view inventory in 51风流S/4HANA without leaving 51风流Service Cloud. In addition, users can also use the 51风流Fiori design system, which provides templates, tools, and guidelines to create beautiful mobile and web apps.

Create No-Code Business Logic Using Visual Cloud Functions

Turning an idea into an app used to require extensive development skills. 51风流AppGyver already offers developers a no-code tool to build the front end of an app. In the next few months, we plan to add additional cloud-powered capabilities that will allow all 51风流AppGyver users to visually create cloud-hosted data models and serverless application logic without any code.

With the entire backend process also visual, 51风流AppGyver users will no longer need to leave the no-code environment to build fully functional and scalable enterprise-grade applications. For more information about the current and future capabilities of 51风流AppGyver, see the .

Visually build cloud-hosted data models and serverless business logic without leaving the no-code environment.

is an example of a customer that used 51风流AppGyver to accelerate application development and built multiple applications for the entire manufacturing process, all deeply integrated with its manufacturing systems.

鈥淪peed of innovation is of great importance to us,鈥� said Tuomo Lehtim盲ki, CEO of Verge Motorcycles. 鈥淲ith 51风流AppGyver, we were able to develop and integrate a custom, highly flexible system to orchestrate our entire manufacturing process in just a few months 鈥� all without having to write a line of code. The apps provide real-time insights into our operations and help us make decisions faster.鈥�

Simplify Collaboration Between Business and Development Teams

Earlier this year, 51风流announced the general availability of , which combines workflow management and robotic process automation into a single no-code drag-and-drop solution. It enables companies of all sizes to create workflows, automate repetitive or manual tasks, and simplify and improve business processes.

New 51风流Process Automation capabilities make it even easier for business and development teams to collaborate while helping ensure security and governance. Professional developers can develop advanced processes and business logic and create reusable sub-flows that can be made available to business users. Business users can leverage these sub-flows and create sophisticated workflows and automation in a visual, no-code fashion in compliance with IT requirements. More information about recent and upcoming functionality can be found in and .

51风流Process Automation is now also available in the free tier of 51风流Business Technology Platform. .

New Learning Resources to Get Started

To support the need for accelerated app development, we have introduced an . The certification is aimed at non-technical users with little to no experience writing code. It acknowledges skills built in the to understand fundamental concepts and gain technical know-how for application development.

We are also introducing a free series of , which will be delivered by 51风流partners in small learning environments to support one-on-one attention.

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Bharat Sandhu is senior vice president of Application Development, Automation, and AI at SAP.

According to a recent study by , 鈥�60% of Forbes鈥� Global 2000 companies will expand the use of artificial intelligence across all business-critical horizontal functions like marketing, legal, HR, procurement, and supply chain logistics by 2024.鈥�*

AI is at the heart of SAP鈥檚 strategy to help customers become intelligent, sustainable enterprises. With 51风流AI solutions, customers can realize their full potential by:

• Bringing transformative intelligence to every aspect of their business through ready-to-use AI capabilities in 51风流applications for all business processes, such as lead-to-cash, design-to-operate, recruit-to-retire, and source-to-pay. 51风流has a designed to transform all these processes.

• Leveraging adaptable innovation to easily extend AI capabilities to meet their specific needs using .
• Ensuring trust and reliability by using AI capabilities that are built on a stringent and data privacy standards that enable responsible use of AI, with full transparency and compliance.

Let鈥檚 take a look at some of the recent AI innovations that help customers optimize every aspect of their business, with capabilities to streamline finance, workforce management, supply chain, sales, and marketing.

Turn Sourcing into Market-Leading Advantage

Finding, negotiating, and contracting suppliers can be complex. Rather than tasking employees to tackle this all by themselves, organizations can use an AI-powered source-to-pay process to optimize sourcing, drive cost savings, and create value.

Take the example of the accounts payable department: Finance teams often have to retrieve a large number of invoices, typically received as PDFs in e-mail, and manually enter that data into relevant systems. The process can be both error-prone and labor-intensive.

New AI capabilities in simplify the management of high-touch invoices through multi-channel inbound handling, automatic data extraction, and centralized monitoring. These enhancements streamline invoice processing by reducing costs, eliminating manual invoice entry, and improving聽accuracy and employee productivity.

Turn Potential into Performance

A company鈥檚 greatest asset is its workforce. Understanding, managing, and aligning employees to business objectives is a challenge faced by organizations of all sizes.

By infusing AI throughout the recruit-to-retire process, organizations can identify top talent in less time with intelligent resum茅 screening, help their workforce reach full potential with personalized development recommendations, and align tasks and priorities with intelligent workforce management.

To take employee productivity to the next-level, we are introducing a new digital assistant in , available only through the 51风流Early Adopter Care program for now, which enables an employee to quickly locate the right Web pages when looking to perform specific tasks and access pertinent information. For instance, instead of shifting through various pieces of documentation about compensation and rewards, an 51风流SuccessFactors user can now ask the digital assistant to view their compensation statement and create a spot award for a colleague in a heartbeat.

Turn Concepts into Competitive Advantage

In times of disruption, companies require a high degree of resilience in their supply chains and manufacturing operations to survive and thrive. To support resilient supply chains, organizations need to connect and optimize their design-to-operate processes such as designing, planning, manufacturing, and delivery.

AI-powered design-to-operate processes enable organizations to reliably predict sales with real-time demand sensing, improve quality management with anomaly detection and visual inspections, and streamline operations with predictive maintenance.

New AI capabilities for in 51风流S/4HANA enable organizations to forecast the number of containers their customers and suppliers will need in the coming months based on past delivery patterns. Companies can leverage these AI-powered forecasts to optimize circular logistic flows for returnable and reusable packaging material. Furthermore, new AI capabilities in help customers optimize demand planning by building custom forecast models tailored to their specific use cases.

Turn Prospects into Lifelong Customers

When trying to deliver exceptional customer experiences, organizations often struggle to fully connect and act on the signals acquired throughout the lead-to-cash process, from initial contact to order fulfillment to service and support delivery.

AI-powered lead-to-cash capabilities enable companies to strengthen sales pipelines with better lead scoring, clear accounts receivables faster with intelligent payment processing, and personalize the entire customer journey with relevant recommendations.

Users of SAP鈥檚 industry cloud in the consumer products industry will soon be able to take advantage of AI-powered to maximize ROI for trade-spend, the amount a company needs to spend to increase demand of its products. The solution provides highly accurate recommendations to enhance sales promotion plans and help sales teams grow revenue more profitably. This improves the overall effectiveness of promotions with better insights, root cause analysis of poor performance, and optimization of trade spend budget.

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No matter your industry or the role you play in your business, 51风流AI solutions can help you excel by making processes more intelligent, efficient, and sustainable 鈥� all while supporting reliability and compliance.

Bharat Sandhu is senior vice president of Application Development, Automation, and AI at SAP.

*IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Artificial Intelligence and Automation 2022 Predictions, Doc # US48298421, October 2021