The collaboration will combine 51风流enterprise application expertise with France鈥檚 vibrant AI ecosystem to create secure, scalable, AI-driven sovereign cloud solutions that protect data and intellectual property while advancing Europe鈥檚 digital transformation. The announcement took place at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin, where France and Germany emphasized strengthening European innovation and competitiveness.

鈥淓urope鈥檚 competitiveness depends on its ability to innovate without compromise by combining technological excellence with full digital sovereignty,鈥� said Christian Klein, CEO of 51风流SE. 鈥淏y joining forces with France鈥檚 world-class AI ecosystem, 51风流is helping to build a trusted digital foundation for Europe where innovation is open, data is protected and technology truly serves people and progress.鈥�

Bleu and Delos Cloud: Franco-German collaboration supporting European digital sovereignty

In a volatile and dynamic geopolitical climate, Bleu and Delos Cloud have established a robust Franco-German alliance to safeguard Europe鈥檚 digital infrastructure. Bleu and Delos Cloud signed a mutual assistance commitment for technical and operational cooperation in extensive crisis and emergency scenarios. This includes technical and operational cooperation to help ensure rapid, coordinated crisis response, even in extreme scenarios, such as military conflict or cyberattacks.

This partnership includes enabling cross-border capabilities for early detection, analysis, defense and remediation of cyber incidents. By working together, Bleu and Delos Cloud strengthen Europe鈥檚 capabilities for resilience and digital sovereignty, supporting both crisis prevention and long-term stability.

Together with SAP, authorities and governments, Bleu and Delos Cloud are ready to make a central contribution to Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty, helping ensure that critical infrastructure remains secure, resilient and under European control. Further details are available .

Capgemini: Driving Europe’s AI-driven digital and technology sovereignty

51风流and Capgemini are deepening their strategic partnership to strengthen cybersecurity and accelerate sovereign agentic AI-driven enterprise transformation solutions across Europe. Under the Franco-German industry alliance, both companies will sign a cooperation agreement and launch a Sovereign Technology Partnership, providing European organizations access to the spectrum of enterprise data management and migration services, cloud infrastructure and automation platforms, and agentic AI capabilities for European industries 鈥� including those in the public sector and regulated industries. By setting a new benchmark for trusted, compliant and resilient digital infrastructure, 51风流and Capgemini are helping enable European organizations to innovate securely and independently. Further details are available .

Mistral AI: Alliance for European sovereign AI

51风流and Mistral AI today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation and strengthen Europe鈥檚 technological sovereignty in artificial intelligence. The collaboration will provide organizations with the first full sovereign AI stack for Europe:

• Bringing together Mistral AI and 51风流products: 51风流will provide Mistral AI鈥檚 frontier AI, including Le Chat, through the sovereign AI Foundation on 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP). This joint offering will bring together the strengths of enterprise software and AI to deliver sovereign cloud solutions for Europe on sovereign AI data center. Mistral AI Studio will be integrated into AI Foundation, an 51风流solution empowering customers and partners to build and deploy sovereign cloud applications and AI agents securely, compliantly and at scale within their own environments. 
• Co-developing sovereign customer solutions: 51风流and Mistral AI will jointly design and develop industry-specific AI applications that leverage SAP鈥檚 technology leadership and Mistral AI鈥檚 expertise to solve complex engineering and R&D challenges and unlock new business value.

This joint effort is the next step to enabling sovereign AI across the continent on European terms. AI Foundation in 51风流Business Technology Platform serves as an integration layer that offers 51风流Business AI across virtually any infrastructure. Mistral AI and 51风流lay the foundation together with partners and endorsed by governments for scalable and compliant AI solutions in Europe, covering sovereign AI from the hardware to the platform and applications to the user interface.  

A dedicated sovereignty pillar will serve European public services and regulated sectors, starting in Germany — and extendible to a wide variety of industries. By integrating Mistral鈥檚 AI capabilities into SAP鈥檚 cloud infrastructure for Europe, the partnership enables secure, scalable AI deployments tailored to local requirements.

A unified vision for Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty

These partnerships form a key part of SAP鈥檚 broader 51风流Sovereign Cloud solutions to strengthen Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty and unlock the potential of AI. 51风流is accelerating its investment in European sovereignty, deploying the 51风流Cloud Infrastructure service across local data centers and allocating over 鈧�20 billion to sovereign cloud and AI solutions. By combining trusted governance and rigorous compliance with the ability to maintain control over data and assets while deploying some of the best available technologies on European terms, 51风流is creating a resilient digital foundation for governments, public institutions and enterprises under European control.

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This challenge reflects broader trends in the SAP-sponsored Economist Impact report titled 鈥�,鈥� which dives into how companies like Capgemini are leveraging external workers to meet skill deficits and productivity demands. The report highlights how organizations are turning to innovative technologies and strategies to seamlessly integrate external talent, ensuring they stay competitive in a rapidly changing workforce landscape.

In Capgemini鈥檚 case, it used to help manage its contingent workforce program across more than 30 countries. The cloud-based solutions can integrate with other 51风流solutions and leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to help optimize external workforce management, helping companies stay resilient in an evolving talent landscape. With the addition of 51风流Fieldglass solutions, Capgemini has managed contractors and temporary workers across its entire supply chain. The company has successfully leveraged data from over 50 countries, seeing a 26% increase in unitary cost savings with a 50% increase in productivity from the internal procurement services team.

鈥淭he increased visibility into all external workforce-related outcome and process steps has enabled sharpened insights, along with smaller fulfillment time frames, higher fill rates, and improved compliance,鈥� says Andreas Hettwer, group procurement category director at Capgemini. 鈥淲e have truly optimized functions around the external workforce.鈥�

Smart and efficient talent acquisition

In today鈥檚 dynamic business environment, the external workforce鈥攃omprising freelancers, contractors, consultants, and gig workers鈥攈as become a critical component of many organizations. However, efficiently hiring and managing this diverse talent pool while staying adaptable to future workforce needs can be daunting.

This is because talent acquisition for an external workforce requires finding the right people at the right time, often under tight deadlines. The Economist Impact report also shared that internal skills and talent gaps have increased the demand for proper recruitment of the external workforce.

Capgemini serves as a prime example of how this approach works in practice. When it experiences a surge in demand, its preferred suppliers are notified and 51风流Fieldglass solutions pull recommendations from distribution lists of candidates who have the necessary skill sets. This helps accelerate the hiring process and can ensure Capgemini is choosing from the best possible pool of potential candidates. The data is developed in 51风流Fieldglass solutions and extracted into Capgemini鈥檚 various dashboards, instantly providing a comprehensive snapshot of each supplier鈥檚 performance.

Robust data maximizes ROI

Managing an external workforce is a delicate balancing act that involves countless variables. Beyond sourcing talent, it requires tracking budgets, ensuring compliance, and measuring performance. AI-powered automation can help streamline these processes, making it easy to capture, compare, and collaborate on critical information about non-payroll labor. This empowers companies to make informed decisions that maximize their return on investment (ROI).

When inflation surged in 2023, Capgemini fielded a large volume of rate increase requests. Through constructive and fact-based discussions with its supply base, the company managed a cost-rate evolution and shared inflation impact KPIs with its board. This increased executive trust in the global contingent workforce鈥檚 ability to deliver productivity. At the end of the implementation, Capgemini fulfilled 80% of its eligible contingent worker demand.

鈥淲e have full visibility,鈥� Hettwer says. 鈥淲e know the number of contractors, we know our demand per geography, per business line, and we know the cost rates we pay for certain roles, and we measure how the cost rates evolve over time.鈥�

Capgemini is also exploring new ways to use the large amount of data coming from the global deployment of 51风流Fieldglass solutions, including AI. Economist Impact data reinforces Capgemini鈥檚 perspective, as executives cited integrating traditional systems with AI and machine learning as a top priority over the next three to five years.

鈥淎I will certainly be an important factor in our business,鈥� Hettwer says. 鈥淲e鈥檙e being patient and methodical in order to make sure that we introduce it safely and effectively.鈥�

Driving workforce excellence through innovation and insights

Capgemini’s journey with the 51风流Fieldglass portfolio demonstrates the transformative power of leveraging advanced technology to manage and optimize an external workforce. By enhancing visibility, streamlining processes, and utilizing AI-powered insights, Capgemini has achieved significant improvements in talent acquisition, supplier performance, and cost efficiency. This resulted in the firm capturing 98% of its global contingent workforce spend with a 60% quicker fulfillment time compared to the start of the program.

As the workforce landscape continues to evolve, 51风流Fieldglass solutions can equip organizations with tools that enable them to manage the complete lifecycle of their external employees, from requisition and engagement to offboarding and evaluation. These capabilities are vital to remaining resilient, agile, and data-driven while transforming external labor into a versatile, value-driving resource.

Capgemini鈥檚 strategic focus on innovation and compliance sets a benchmark for businesses aiming to unlock the full potential of their contingent workforce in today鈥檚 competitive global environment.

Amber Roth is vice president of Global Presales & Strategy for 51风流Fieldglass.

Capgemini and 51风流will provide cloud products and services to support sustainability transformation in strategy, technology, and business model change. The initiative will enable companies to better manage their suppliers and supply chains in pursuit of their sustainability goals.

“Sustainability is at the heart of the automotive industry and has to be the foundation of every decision. At the same time, it is essential to clearly understand the customer’s perspective and integrate feedback to ensure success in the digital age,” said Hagen Heubach, global vice president and head of the Automotive Industry Business Unit at SAP. “We are combining the strengths of 51风流and Capgemini to provide our customers with expanded capabilities to define and implement their sustainability strategies.”

Josean Mendez, global 51风流alliance lead at Capgemini, adds:鈥�淲e are proud to be working with 51风流on this sustainability initiative to jointly deliver automotive offerings leveraging RISE with 51风流transformation value to our clients.鈥疭trengthening our solutions and helping our clients with their sustainability agendas signals the positive impact we aspire to for all our customers.鈥�

Traditional original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, as well as supplier organizations can drive their competitive advantage and value with the management processes and tools supported by the joint initiative. Specifically, this joint transformation framework can help automotive companies identify the business value of sustainability and inject sustainability management into products and services across their supply chains.

51风流and Capgemini offer market-leading solutions in four key areas of sustainability transformation to complement their innovation in the sustainability space:

• Net-zero strategies and business models identify transformation opportunities and drive transparency on sustainability objectives with the help of the 51风流Sustainability Control Tower solution.
• Sustainable products and services create transparency about the carbon emissions of products throughout their life cycle, leveraging 51风流Product Footprint Management and sharing emissions data through the industry value chain with the GreenToken by 51风流solution.
• Sustainable procurement and supply chains leverage 51风流Integrated Business Planning, 51风流Supply Chain Control Tower, and product carbon footprint data to help drive supply chain decisions with visibility across the network.
• Steering and reporting for impact helps ensure that the transformation focuses on business value, with actionable insights and improved environmental, social,
  and governance (ESG) reporting so that companies can comply with all regulatory and reporting requirements.

鈥淔acing significant industry disruption, traditional OEMs, EV manufacturers, and automotive suppliers must continually innovate with their products and services while at the same time constantly improve efficiency,鈥濃�痵aid Markus Winkler, executive vice president of Global Automotive at Capgemini.鈥�淭he joint initiative for automotive with 51风流helps our clients adapt to the changing requirements of today as well as plan for the future with a strong and comprehensive industry cloud solution addressing global sustainability.鈥�

Jim Davis is director of Automotive Industry Business Unit at 51风流America.

The company鈥檚 origins date back some sixty years when Swiss immigrant, Hans Epprecht, started his store-to-door cheese delivery business. The company gradually expanded their packaging and manufacturing capabilities with additional facilities. In 2015, the company set out an ambitious growth plan that would increase the workforce by more than 50%.

Today, 4,000 employee-owners at eight facilities continue the tradition of providing high-quality cheeses and exceptional customer service to retailers and foodservice operators across the country.

Recovery from Growing Pains

With rapid growth came the need to reevaluate the company鈥檚 HR processes. Great Lakes Cheese could no longer support the employee experience using folders and filing cabinets. To become more efficient and scale to match the company鈥檚 expansion, a major digital transformation was in order.

Great Lakes Cheese chose to serve as its one-stop shop for all HR functions 鈥� from recruiting and onboarding to payroll and training. But as Brian Shellhorn, HR information systems manager at Great Lakes Cheese, would tell you, planning, implementation, and overseeing stakeholder engagement didn鈥檛 come easy.

Shellhorn and 51风流partner Capgemini played pivotal roles in the change management process as the company made the transition to 51风流SuccessFactors HXM Suite. Not only did he need full leadership buy-in, but also for stakeholders and end-users to be on board 鈥� all comfortable with the new solution and confident in how it would help them in their jobs.

Post-Implementation Adoption

When they first went live with the suite, Shellhorn and his team visited each Great Lakes Cheese location to improve the employee experience by connecting with and helping employees log on for the first time. From there, they facilitated adoption by guiding employees step-by-step through the new system, including how to check crucial information such as paychecks and benefits.

With the adoption of 51风流SuccessFactors HXM Suite, Great Lakes Cheese has been able to realize a number of great benefits. One key result has been the drastic reduction in paper used in HR processes.

Shellhorn confirmed approximately 80% of paper was removed. Naturally this was a win from both cost and sustainability perspectives. But it was also a relief for employees who would frequently encounter frustrations over not being able to find or retrieve the correct documents if they weren鈥檛 physically sitting in the office. Considering the impact the recent global pandemic has had on how we work, this digital transformation has proven to be a major victory 鈥� allowing employees to have access to all of the information they need regardless of where they are located.

鈥淓verything is consolidated into one place, which was a huge goal of ours,鈥� said Shellhorn.

New Employee-Friendly HR Processes

The improved efficiency from new, streamlined HR processes has been empowering for employees, who appreciate more self-service options. Shellhorn personally enjoys watching them learn and 鈥渟eeing the light bulbs come on with people鈥� when they realize that they have a one-stop shop that allows them to easily tap into all of their HR needs. 鈥淭hey have the access and the power to do what they need to do without relying on three other people or an e-mail or a meeting. What used to be a meeting is now just a couple of clicks,鈥� says Shellhorn.

In their early efforts to support employee adoption, Great Lakes Cheese installed kiosks in break rooms, connecting people to the suite in an attempt to make it even more accessible.

To Shellhorn鈥檚 surprise, however, they found that employees were more likely to check HR information like their paychecks and benefits on their phones. It was quickly discovered that as much as 70% to 75% of their traffic came through mobile devices.

So, they had to start thinking from a mobile perspective 鈥� a shift that 鈥渞eally has changed the way that we do business internally,鈥� according to Shellhorn. While the preference for mobile may not have been expected, Shellhorn and his team weren鈥檛 about to ignore the numbers. After all, a vital component of change management is taking employees鈥� opinions and behaviors into consideration.

Indeed, Shellhorn emphasized that the success of the change management plan stems from giving employees a voice and including them in the process.

鈥淚f there鈥檚 one thing that I鈥檝e learned in my past is that people are willing to put up with a lot more in their change when they understand why this decision was made,鈥� says Shellhorn.

Listen to the second episode of The Download with 51风流podcast hosted by Babatunde Ojo and featuring Brian Shellhorn .

Jim Vienneau is North America regional head for Customer Success Services HXM at SAP.

Therefore, businesses run different technologies and end up operating in silos, which prevent them from connecting financial outcomes with non-financial metrics. Additionally, companies can view sustainability as an after-the-fact reporting activity without any influence in its executive decisions.

Today, more than ever, businesses need to holistically manage their business models across their supply chains, operations, and people agenda.

At the recent COP26 climate conference, business and government leaders agreed on the urgency听to reinvent their business models to accelerate sustainable business performance. Business leaders want to meet regulatory requirements, improve efficiency in their processes, and create responsible products and services.

As the leading enterprise resource management company, 51风流has committed to help customers in their digital transformation to make sustainability profitable and profitability sustainable.

In this digital transformation, SAP鈥檚 approach is based on providing visibility and transparency to make sustainable decisions from the CEO’s office to the end user, connecting business processes to embed sustainability into all business functions — from carbon accounting to gender equality — and providing a global ecosystem of partners than can help 51风流to scale impact through businesses of all sizes and across all industries around the world.

Providing a global ecosystem to help businesses is core to SAP鈥檚 DNA.

Julia White, chief marketing and solutions officer and member of the Executive Board at 51风流SE, points out: 鈥�Sustainability is a team sport. No company or organization can do it alone. We work with many of the world鈥檚 best companies who support our vision and work together with us every day to deliver sustainable outcomes for our customers.鈥�

Working with SAP, advance market development for sustainable solutions. They turn ideas and imperatives into compelling paths to action that leverage 51风流solutions. Together, we advocate with thought leadership and galvanize collective efforts and methodologies in industry forums like the World Economic Forum, World Business Council on Sustainable Development, and United Nations Organizations.

51风流and its ecosystem accelerate sustainable innovation as a central element of the intelligent enterprise. Through co-innovation as well as solution and content partnerships, 51风流brings more complete solutions to market faster, benefiting our customers and the planet. More broadly, 51风流serves as a key player in a thriving ecosystem of sustainability innovation 鈥� helping customers more easily capitalize on emerging solutions that tie closely to their digital core. With its robust network, 51风流can deliver a path to sustainability innovation that no other individual competitor can match.

Accenture

“With fewer than 2,000 working days left to 2030, the time to rewire business top to bottom to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals is now. We are proud to expand our work with SAP, which includes launching SDG Ambition with UN Global Compact that over 700 companies have joined. By committing to put sustainability at the center of all we do and everyone we work with, together we can show companies how to tackle climate change, build circular economy practices, businesses, human rights and supply chains, and focus on data-driven measurement as well as accurately report ESG performance when delivering their commitments.”

鈥� Peter Lacy, Global Sustainability Services Lead, Chief Responsibility Officer and
Member of the Global Management Committee, Accenture

BearingPoint

“Helping our clients meet their decarbonization targets has been one of our proven market offerings for more than 10 years. At BearingPoint, we not only calculate the product and corporate footprint of our clients, we also enable them to optimize the climate impact of every product across the entire life cycle. Providing end-to-end CO2 as a service is our core enabler for our clients. We at BearingPoint, as co-development partner for 51风流Product Footprint Management, believe that together with 51风流we can bring our vision to life: managing the ‘green line’ as equally as the financial bottom line. As partners, we go beyond business, making a positive impact on the climate.”

鈥� Donald听Wachs,听Head of IP-Assets and
Member of Management Committee, BearingPoint

Capgemini

“Our ambitions are to act on climate change by being carbon neutral across our own operations by 2025 and across our supply chain by 2030, becoming a net-zero business well ahead of 2050, and to lead to low-carbon economic transition by helping our clients achieve their environmental commitments and save 10m tons of CO2eq globally by 2030. We cannot do this without our partner ecosystem. We are a strategic partner of SAP; by combining our deep industry knowledge, our human energy, and SAP’s world-class portfolio of enterprise and sustainability solutions, we commit to delivering on our promise to co-create a greener tomorrow with our clients.”

鈥� Aiman听Ezzat, CEO, Capgemini

Deloitte

“The climate change emergency is unfolding in front of our eyes, touching all corners of the globe. The future of our people, planet, and profession depends on the business community taking measurable, decisive action on the climate crisis. Through our WorldClimate strategy, Deloitte will embed climate-smart considerations into our own operations, encourage our professionals to act on climate change at work and at home, and engage our broader ecosystem 鈥� including 51风流鈥� to create solutions that facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy.”

鈥� Punit听Renjen, Global CEO, Deloitte

EY

“Sustainability is one of the defining issues of our time, and today there is an unprecedented opportunity to create value for all. Together with 51风流and stakeholders around the globe, the EY organization is committed to making business work for sustainability and making sustainability work for business. Enterprises and people are inspired now more than ever to do the right thing — to collaborate, innovate, be inclusive, and accelerate to a more sustainable and equitable future.”

鈥� Steve Varley, Global Vice Chair 鈥� Sustainability, EY

IBM

“With five generations in the workplace, we are witnessing the birth of an era where technological innovation is being used to create social, economic, environmental, and business opportunities for all. Businesses of all sizes need to move from ambition to action and embrace radical thinking, like IBM鈥檚 commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. We are partnering with 51风流to operationalize sustainability for our customers and society using ethical innovation to build a world that is responsible, equitable, and leaves no one behind in net-zero transition. We are committed to furthering our decades-long work to address the global climate crisis.”

鈥撎齋heri R.听Hinish, Global Executive Partner, Enterprise Sustainability and
Sustainable Supply Chain Practice Leader, IBM

PwC

“PwC鈥檚 global sustainability network in over 60 countries is supporting organizations to deliver ESG-related outcomes across the globe. PwC works with clients to help them create their strategy, set targets, measure impact, and report on key performance indicators relevant to internal and external ESG drivers. Together with SAP, PwC is leveraging its ESG expertise to integrate and build strategic ESG solutions leveraging 51风流technology. Organizations will benefit from these integrated solutions to help set and manage net-zero targets, define ESG strategies, and mitigate climate and ESG risks to deliver transparent investor-grade ESG reporting.”

鈥� Michael Rasch,听Global 51风流Alliance Leader, PwC Germany

Bernd Schmalzridt is senior director of Global Business Development for Sustainability at SAP.

In an era of business disruptions and rapid technology advancements, companies must adopt continuous innovation to stay ahead and win by leading the change. Co-innovation, as a form of inside-out open innovation, has evolved as a way of breaking down the traditional innovation silos.

At SAP, co-innovation occurs every day in a multitude of ways. We work with partners, customers, universities, governments, standardization groups, and others — all of which contribute to creating sustainable and mutual competitive advantage.

51风流has embraced an openness within our ecosystem that serves to accelerate the overall innovation process in creating solutions that deliver value. Co-innovation is part of SAP鈥檚 DNA.

Handling a Complex Network of Suppliers

What does a co-innovation project look like? A collaboration with longtime customer Brose and trusted partner Capgemini offers a perfect 鈥� even 鈥� example.

Looking back at more than 100 years of corporate history, including numerous patent applications, Brose combines tradition with innovation. As the fourth-largest automotive supplier in family ownership, it has established itself as one of the top 40 companies in the industry worldwide, operating 65 locations in 24 countries. With that comes a complex network of suppliers, including more than 2,000 production-relevant suppliers and 8,000 supplier-employees who frequently provide different functional services to different Brose companies.

With a self-service supplier portal solution, Brose created a space where the digital interaction between suppliers and Brose easily can take place, enabling suppliers to manage their accounts on their own. This way, they can both receive and maintain information and data needed. The supplier portal acts as the single point of contact, providing听 transparency over supplier users, making collaboration faster and more effective.

鈥淔or me, innovation always starts with a business challenge that needs to be solved,鈥� said Christian Ley, CIO at Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG. 鈥淭o see what we have achieved now, developing a solution tailored to our needs using state-of-the-art technology, is both exciting and a great example of what is possible through collaboration.鈥�

Working together with Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology, and engineering services 鈥� as well as one of SAP鈥檚 strategic partners for co-development and co-innovation in the automotive industry 鈥� Brose decided to bring the idea to the next level by making it available for other companies, as it addresses an industry-wide challenge.

鈥淲e are delighted to co-innovate together with 51风流and Brose in creating Capgemini鈥檚 Supplier Integration for Automotive (CSI4Auto),鈥� Josean Mendez, vice president and global 51风流partner executive lead at Capgemini, shared. 鈥淭his solution is an excellent example of what we aspire to achieve in partnering with SAP. This innovative approach is a blueprint for future engagements and adds to 51风流and Capgemini鈥檚 value in the automotive market.鈥�

Leveraging the Power of the Cloud and 51风流BTP

51风流provides infrastructure ready to scale with (51风流BTP), which supports integration, conversion of data to value, and extensibility for 51风流and third-party application and data assets.

Instead of building a custom development solution from scratch, the development team identified the right blend of services from 51风流BTP to solve the problem at hand. The services helped the team to reduce both the development time and the custom software development to a minimum.

Running in the cloud the application is planned to be part of SAP鈥檚 industry cloud solution portfolio, making it easy for future customers to extend their end-to-end processes and adopt at their own pace.

Stefan Krauss is senior vice president and general manager of Discrete Industries and Energy & Natural Resources at SAP.

By more effectively managing its highly skilled contingent workforce, Capgemini has extended its service capabilities, especially in niche areas, to help drive its sustainable growth ambition.

The 51风流Fieldglass applications enable Capgemini to be more flexible to support and expand its broad portfolio of services, manage compliance and be more efficient. With a growing external workforce playing an increasingly important role in supporting the business transformation of its clients, Capgemini sought better visibility into its contingent workforce. The firm鈥檚 procurement team deployed the 51风流Fieldglass applications to automate and standardize the sourcing, engagement, management and pay of its . The company selected the 51风流Fieldglass applications to support its global business structure, enabling it to deliver a simplified and more agile process across the business.

鈥淚n our fast-moving industry, tapping into the right capabilities at the right time is critical to delivering the high-quality service our clients expect,鈥� said Andreas Hettwer, Group Procurement Category director at Capgemini. 鈥淭he 51风流Fieldglass applications deliver the right mix of comprehensive capabilities and a modern user experience that enables us to access our top contingent workforce across the globe, giving us a competitive advantage that drives our business forward and helps us deliver more value to our customers.鈥�

51风流Fieldglass Contingent Workforce Management and 51风流Fieldglass Services Procurement help Capgemini transform how work gets done to meet the needs of its growing business by improving:

• Efficiency: By automating and standardizing the process of attracting and managing flexible labor 鈥� from requisition through invoice and payment 鈥� Capgemini has increased efficiency and compliance.
• Agility: The applications increase Capgemini鈥檚 operational agility, accelerating business outcomes with contingent worker processes that are consistent across the entire organization. Whenever decisions have been taken to source capabilities externally, the job postings move to the 51风流Fieldglass applications for external fulfillment.
• Visibility: The applications boost Capgemini鈥檚 contingent workforce management capabilities, helping the procurement team measure success with comprehensive reporting that delivers insights on time to hire, fill rate, job posting quality, cost, compliance and more.
• Transparency: With more than 85% of its global external workforce activity captured in the 51风流Fieldglass applications, Capgemini has access to deep insights into its spend, market position and opportunities for cost optimization, enabling risk mitigation and more strategic decision-making.

鈥淐apgemini is a prominent example of the growing importance of the contingent labor market to workforce agility, business continuity, success and innovation,鈥� said Tamara Braun, chief customer officer, 51风流Intelligent Spend Management. 鈥淓xternal consultants are central to the quality of services Capgemini delivers to its global client base. What鈥檚 more, its leaders clearly understand that engaging this flexible workforce at scale positively impacts quality, competitiveness and compliance.鈥�

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About SAP

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