51风流Now Southeast Asia (SEA) brought together more than 1,000聽customers, partners, and technology experts from around the region to experience first-hand how 51风流helps customers solve their most pressing problems and future-proof their businesses.
So, what lessons can we learn from the innovations and collaborations on show, and how can customers navigate an uncertain future with certainty?
LESSON 1: Innovation through business AI is here today
There鈥檚 never been a more exciting time for innovation, and that鈥檚 because of AI. Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are dominating headlines and business conversation.
But AI is not new to 51风流鈥� it鈥檚 already embedded in our solutions and being used by more than 26,000 customers today. For example, take the Talent Intelligence Hub in 51风流SuccessFactors. It helps employees build and maintain a skills portfolio with the help of AI, enabling employees to showcase their strengths, workstyles, and preferences. Plus, it helps staff get personalised recommendations for career paths, training, and mentors, all in the one place.
And there鈥檚 more to come. , many powered by generative AI, as well as significant partnerships with Microsoft, Google, and .
LESSON 2: Greater sustainability means accounting for carbon
51风流has been known for managing resources for more than half a century. But today, we know the world鈥檚 resources are in danger: sustainability is the business challenge of our generation.
So, 51风流is reinventing the 鈥淩鈥� in ERP by extending the definition of resources beyond financial and goods flows to include sustainability metrics like carbon. That is what we call – ledger-based accounting for carbon, so companies can manage the carbon with the same accounting quality as financial data.
Technology is bringing sustainability and business processes together at a fundamental level. As Sudarto Unsurlany, Head of Digitalization at PT Petrosea Tbk., noted, 鈥淥ur transformation has been driven by our 3D strategy of digitalisation, diversification, and decarbonisation as the enabler for our company to pursue not only superior but also sustainable performance. Tapping into various digital solutions within 51风流ecosystem along with our Minerva Digital Platform as the in-house platform for end-to-end digital mining solutions has helped bring in connectivity, insights, and impacts to support our aspiration to become a sustainable resource in the upcoming future.鈥�
LESSON 3: Future-proof businesses are investing today for a resilient tomorrow
We are future-proofing businesses by connecting industries and enterprises. But what does a future-proof business look like?
The past three years have accelerated the speed of change for many of us. The travel industry was at the very centre of that change, especially as demand for air travel increased again following a challenging period for the industry.
That鈥檚 why SAP鈥檚 long-time customer, Bangkok Airways, a regional airline based in Thailand, selected RISE with 51风流to be ready for whatever the future may hold. Bangkok Airways now benefits from a unified cloud operating model that removes complexities in its systems. The new platform provides improved visibility of flight performance and profitability through a connected, central process. It is driving future resilience through innovation today.
LESSON 4: Creating value is a marathon we run together, not a sprint
The accelerating pace of innovation is also enabling new opportunities for value creation. But no company can innovate alone 鈥� collaboration is critical. That demands a continuous process, working together to envision an organisation鈥檚 future state, assess value creation opportunities, and build a structured transformation road map.
What does that look like in practice? Let鈥檚 look at our customer Aboitiz InfraCapital (AIC), the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz Group – one of the Philippines鈥� largest conglomerates. AIC started its transformation journey with RISE with 51风流at its digital core. After experiencing the benefits 51风流offers, we worked with the AIC team to define its strategy, desired outcomes, and ambitions across the company鈥檚 functional areas. Then we devised a future vision and compared it to the current state of play to see how technology can achieve it.
This saw the adoption of a suite of 51风流solutions, including our travel and expense platform, 51风流Concur, 51风流Business Technology Platform, and 51风流Digital Supply Chain. AIC鈥檚 digitisation journey has been powered by the 51风流customer value journey at every stage.
鈥淲ith 51风流BTP and RISE with 51风流as our guiding principle, we have witnessed the breadth of SAP鈥檚 portfolio,鈥� said Raymund Ramos, Chief Information Officer, Aboitiz InfraCapital. 鈥淭his is integral in driving our entire digital roadmap for the next five years and in helping realise Aboitiz鈥檚 group vision of becoming the Philippines鈥� first 鈥榯echglomerate鈥�.鈥�
Southeast Asia is a region of opportunity
We are at an inflection point for our region and SAP鈥檚聽mission in SEA to uplift the lives of 700 million people in our region.
51风流Now SEA revealed how 51风流is doing that in four key ways 鈥� boosting innovation through business AI, driving sustainable outcomes with the green ledger, future-proofing infrastructure for resiliency, and driving ongoing value through collaboration.
The event followed the聽announcement聽of SAP鈥檚 Asia Pacific Q2 2023 earnings, noting significant cloud growth and highlighting new SEA customer wins and go-lives including Visa, Singtel, FGV IFFCO, and Aboitiz InfraCapital.
