Authorities are starting to involve themselves in business transactions, disrupting well-established business processes and taking control of the invoicing flow between suppliers and buyers. As a result, they have the data needed to prevent tax evasion and start auditing taxpayers automatically or even auto-populating tax returns moving toward tax bills. Additionally, sustainability efforts and climate change regulations further impact tax regulations.

Amid these shifts, 51风流can provide peace of mind to navigate complexities efficiently. By understanding the evolving tax landscape, businesses can leverage 51风流solutions to help streamline compliance processes and drive automation to capitalize on emerging opportunities.

51风流solutions for global tax management are tailored to help address modern tax challenges. 51风流S/4HANA Cloud can provide transparency and compliance on a global scale, enabling businesses to embed tax requirements in processes.

Through localized solutions that offer standardized but flexible business processes, a complete suite of solutions facilitates efficient tax management, from e-invoicing to statutory reporting and overall tax compliance. With 51风流technology and expertise, businesses can achieve greater accuracy and agility in tax compliance, paving the way for sustainable growth and competitive advantage.

To help tax professionals prepare for and become valuable members of tax transformation projects, 51风流is introducing a new course: .

The course is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge needed to navigate today’s tax landscape and learn new capabilities that can be leveraged as part of 51风流S/4HANA-enabled transformations to simplify tax compliance.

The course offers practical strategies to learn about the different tax types, global developments and their business relevance, and the importance of technology with a focus on 51风流S/4HANA and 51风流solutions for global tax management. It begins on April 30 and聽. By enrolling in this course, tax professionals can gain valuable insights into industry best practices and leverage the latest 51风流innovations to help optimize their tax processes.

In a time of rapid change, 51风流supports businesses on their journey to tax compliance and growth. Through collaboration with 51风流and a commitment to continuous learning, businesses can navigate the complexities of taxation with confidence and achieve their long-term objectives.

Erika Buson is part of Product Marketing for Global Tax Management and Entity Close at SAP.

Today鈥檚 hype around AI tools like ChatGPT inspires a future state for AI in the world. But business AI is all around us right now, playing a role in helping our customers鈥� businesses become more agile. Right now, AI helps to power SAP鈥檚 cloud ERP, spend management, customer relationship management, and human capital management business processes. More than 24,000 51风流cloud customers can already use hundreds of built-in AI capabilities.

AI growth means almost every industry needs people with AI skills at different levels and different depths. As one might expect, AI engineers, coding, and 51风流 are in demand. But there can be other opportunities to enter the field, depending on your interests. Here are five ideas to find your path to a first, second, or even third career in AI.

Spoiler alert: Curiosity and an openness to learning are key!

1. First, Find Your Starting Block

It鈥檚 okay to be a novice!

Every path into the AI arena starts with a of AI concepts, terminology, and applications. Become familiar with key terms like machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, natural language processing, and data analytics. Understand how AI can impact business processes and improve customers鈥�, employees鈥�, partners鈥�, and suppliers鈥� experiences. Then, explore online resources, demos, , and introductory courses to understand basic AI principles. SAP鈥檚 AI are a great place to start learning in a peer-to-peer setting. Keep watching for a beginner鈥檚 AI learning journey.

2. Think AI Ethics

Humans give AI systems the data they need to function. But if humans provide biased data to an AI system, then the resulting AI system will perform in biased ways. For example, if we deploy AI systems to screen candidates during the hiring process, and the AI system has been given data biased against certain groups, then the AI system could make discriminatory candidate interviewing recommendations.

For AI to work in ways that make our world better, must be interwoven. AI ethicists promote the positive benefits of AI while mitigating potential risks and ensuring fairness, transparency, and respect for privacy and in collaborative processes around developing AI solutions. has a free option to learn the basics.

3. Build Your Project Management Skills

Successful AI project development and implementation require skilled .

Project managers are critical thinkers. They coordinate cross-functional teams, establish project timelines, watch over budgets and schedules, and ensure effective communication between project stakeholders. You will need to understand AI foundational concepts and oftentimes will need to translate between business users and technical teams. Practice breaking down problems into smaller components, identifying relevant variables, and designing effective solutions.

4. Brush Up on Data Science, Analytics, and Data Visualization Skills

AI is only as successful as the data it draws from. Without data, AI systems cannot deliver value. Our customers recognize this as they invest in their data infrastructures as they develop AI applications. When data is valid, accurate, complete, consistent, and uniform across an entire enterprise鈥攁nd contextualized within the business鈥擜I can deliver relevant results.

Seek out , communities, and mentors who can help you learn the different types of data, data collection methods, and data processing techniques. Understand trends and relationships within data. One of the most exciting things about business AI is that there are opportunities to find patterns and insights in data that were formerly undiscoverable. Tools like Python libraries or data analysis platforms like Tableau can be relevant.

5. Tap into Governance, Accountability, and Responsibility

Collaborative AI systems should have clear safety, governance, accountability, and responsibility frameworks. Frameworks should include structures, processes, and regulatory and risk management practices that align with laws, regulations, policies, ethics principles, and the broader ecosystem. As AI develops across industries and individual companies, there will be a need for people who understand the principles of governance, including how to establish metrics, standards, and accountability practices for an AI system鈥檚 behavior.

Embrace the Journey

The rise of AI has transformed the landscape of career opportunities for people 鈥� the potential for new, better jobs that will require a mixture of technical and human skills. The demand is there 鈥� and growing 鈥� for great talent to stand behind the tech! An open mind, genuine curiosity, and a willingness to learn will set you on the right path and will also be necessary as you grow your career.

I am wishing you well in finding the toward a role in shaping the future of AI and its impact on society. Here鈥檚 to a terrific learning journey!

Sabine Bendiek is chief people and operating officer and a member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE.

The global waste problem is growing, with of the 100 billion tons of materials we consume annually making it back into circulation. Plastic waste is one catastrophic example, with the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic getting in our oceans every minute, on top of the that have already accumulated. Once produced, plastic can endure for hundreds of years, breaking down into what are known as microplastics and slowly poisoning natural habitats and animals, which directly impact the well-being and economic livelihoods of millions of people. Despite this stark reality, global demand for plastic continues to rise, with production expected to by 2050.

This is a global crisis requiring immediate and sustained action. To tackle the plastic waste problem, we must commit to a 聽model, where we eliminate waste and pollution, recirculate resources, and regenerate natural systems. The circular economy changes the way we source materials and make and use products.

What鈥檚 more, new regulations are putting pressure on global business to adopt a circular economy model. In March of last year, world leaders at the United Nations Environment Assembly to negotiate an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution by 2024. In the European Union (EU), the circular economy is a of the European Green Deal, a set of policy initiatives signed in 2020 with the aim of making the EU carbon neutral by 2050 and setting new requirements to make products more reusable and energy and resource efficient.

With an estimated of a product determined at the design stage, a key element of the circular economy is in the design of products and their packaging. Circular design at its most strategic level is a huge lever for the overall reduction of the environmental and climate footprint of products, as it considers all aspects of product development, including materials used and the manufacturing process. Most significantly, circular design considers what becomes of the product or its component parts once it has reached the end of its usefulness.

As Sarah Gillespie, customer success manager for Circular Economy at SAP, says, 鈥淒esign is an absolutely critical stage of product development where we can have an enormous impact for good. By following circular principles at the design stage, we can design out waste from the beginning instead of simply mitigating it.鈥� Circular design can also help to address the growing climate issue, since an estimated are linked to how we manage material flows for products.

Circular design helps organizations to review their processes and take steps towards using less raw materials and with more efficiency. But one of the biggest challenges for business to implement circular design is getting accurate data, which is crucial for assessing material flows and resource productivity. For example, companies need data to understand whether an organic material they are using in their product was regeneratively grown. Technology will play a fundamental role in enabling businesses to access the data that they need to make optimal material choices, create better supply chain transparency, and comply with government requirements. 51风流has both the technology and the responsibility to help global enterprises use the power of data, networks, and partnerships to achieve their targets and develop .

The new open51风流course,聽Designing a Circular Economy, offers customers, partners, and anyone interested in the topic a deeper understanding of how to apply circular design principles to their own business. SAP鈥檚 last course on this topic the circular economy and how to implement circular business practices. This new course will focus on how to create the products we need in a circular way, using a systems approach that considers how the constituent parts work together and evolve over time. In this course, you will learn about circular design, what role design plays in products and packaging, what is meant by regenerative design, what nature can teach us about product design, and how technology can help.

The course features many external speakers, including experts in circular design, packaging, and biomimicry to name just a few, such as , circular design programme lead at Ellen MacArthur Foundation, , cofounder of BioimicryNL, and , cofounder of PlasticFree.com.

Anyone can register for this free, on-demand, four-week course, which begins May 23, 2023, and involves just a few hours of coursework per week. During the course you can earn points, a record of achievement, and a digital badge that you can share on social media.

We encourage you to sign up and share it with your networks. The global waste problem is a humanitarian crisis that we must confront together. Arming ourselves with the knowledge to develop urgently needed solutions is a wonderful place to start.

And this week, as I join many of the world鈥檚 business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, I have never been more certain that people and technology will continue to be the essential resources for achieving these objectives and all of the (UN SDGs).

Humanity is entering one of its most transformative phases ever. OECD estimates, however, warn of a . Research shows that there could be a . One-third of all jobs worldwide may be transformed by technology in the next decade. The world鈥檚 young people will need a strong digital foundation to meet the challenges of the future.

Tech Skills Shortage

51风流technology will be at the center of much of the world鈥檚 transformation and the pursuit of the UN SDGs. While many companies and government agencies are introducing the new generation of 51风流software, we see a corresponding, clear need to add more 51风流technical specialists to the workforce.

For this reason, we are making major commitments to building 51风流software skills across the workforce. I am proud to say that, in addition to the open online courses that are available on the platform, 51风流recently rolled out an expanded repertoire of free, open content on the site for anyone who wishes to earn 51风流credentials. We invite and encourage people to join our business ecosystem of existing 51风流technical specialists.

Training is now available in a variety of formats, for free, to
anyone who wishes to earn 51风流specialist credentials

Getting the 51风流Skills

51风流has made a commitment to flexibility, inclusion, creativity, and reducing the barriers to entry for 51风流technical training.

We know that today鈥檚 learners want more than traditional classroom training. They also want virtual, experiential, peer-to-peer, and self-paced learning experiences. That is why 51风流training is available in a variety of formats. Our approach is to place the learner at the center of their own learning experience through high-quality digital learning, expert-led instruction, microlearning, and podcasts.

Here are some resources that are available now.

• 51风流Learning: We recently more than doubled the free content on this platform.
• Student Zone: This new resource through 51风流Learning is available to any student, anywhere, globally. It provides access to to prepare for a career in the 51风流ecosystem. Students in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region are already pursuing through Student Zone in collaboration with .
• : Free, expert-led learning options for 51风流experts or beginners.

Success Stories

51风流already interacts with more than 650,000 active learners every year on our learning platforms.

One of our success stories comes from , an independent, nonprofit organization. NS2 Serves provides U.S. military service members with a three-month, free 51风流training curriculum to support their transitions to civilian careers. Training also includes non-technical skills, such as communication and public speaking. There is a 99% job placement rate for graduates of this program.

The benefits of IT credential-building include greater career opportunities and earning potential, as well as increased professional confidence and job satisfaction. 51风流training offerings are also a superb resource for companies that need to adopt technology domains, such as computational infrastructure and platform services, security, storage, database, digital workplace, and IT automation.

Achieving the UN SDGs will require great 51风流technology and people skilled in implementing it. I am thrilled to see the growth of SAP鈥檚 learning platforms and the that we believe will encourage and attract new SAP-credentialed specialists.

I can鈥檛 wait to see how our platforms and programs will give people the skills they need to accelerate digital transformation today and for future generations.

Sabine Bendiek is chief people and operating officer and a member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE.

As companies and consumers struggle with the pandemic鈥檚 ongoing health and economic crises, supply chain disruptions remain the norm, and accelerated digital transformation demands cloud-based innovation. These challenges are taking place against the backdrop of increasing climate change and calls for equality.

Mueller discussed how we can reinvent the global economy to meet climate change targets, rethinking how we deliver and consume products and services, how we manage waste, and how we use technology. Pointing out that inequality was causing social unrest worldwide, Mueller said that organizations needed to help everyone develop the right skills, which would open opportunities for people to work where they fit best.

After going big with his global change vision, Mueller and his special guests went deep into SAP鈥檚 commitment to supporting its ecosystem of cloud-based innovators, spotlighting the latest solution announcements, real-world customer examples, demonstrations of new developer tools, and free access to learning resources.

51风流Helps Developers Innovate at Scale in the Cloud

Mueller explained how RISE with 51风流provides customers with a transition path to the cloud, while 51风流continues to offer developers low-code/no-code and other tools to extend innovation on built on . In a preview of his developer keynote, 51风流developer advocate Rich Heilman shared how the just-announced 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, ABAP environment, equipped developers to build custom ABAP extensions for the public cloud offering 51风流S/4HANA Cloud.

Mueller said the objective was to make the ABAP environment for 51风流S/4HANA Cloud the environment to build tightly coupled extensions for all cloud editions of 51风流S/4HANA based on the public cloud APIs. This will help developers build upgrade-safe extensions and move toward a clean core. Equally important, it closes the last extension gap in 51风流S/4HANA Cloud to ease the transition from on premise to the cloud.

Making It Easy to Innovate on 51风流BTP

As an example of how 51风流continues responding to ecosystem innovation imperatives, Mueller announced the roll-out of the free tier model for 51风流BTP to individual developers, including and . He was joined by Steffen Pietsch, head of Product Management for 51风流BTP, who shared how developers can find available 51风流BTP services, as well as use case examples to help build proofs of concept, on .

Pietsch explained how a free tier makes it much easier to gain experience and start to innovate with 51风流BTP. Developers can now build their proofs of concept on 51风流BTP without any commitment; if they decide to move their applications toward productive usage, they can do so by changing from the free to the productive service plan without rebuilding the entire application in a different account.

Low-Code/No-Code Speeds Up Development on 51风流BTP

Acknowledging the tech talent gap and the growing importance of citizen developers, Mueller said that 51风流has doubled down on investments in low-code/no-code tools, announcing the launch of a unified on 51风流BTP. He said that 51风流was introducing 51风流AppGyver for no-code development, and making the available for low-code development. He also previewed , a no-code automation solution, showing the audience how non-technical business people, along with designers and experienced developers, can extend 51风流Service Cloud with machine learning to quickly resolve customer service issues and speed up order approvals.

Mueller said that low-code/no-code means both citizen and professional developers can increase productivity and innovate at scale, reflecting how business and IT work together. He saw this unlocking a new order of magnitude of value creation for individuals and society at-large.

Gain SAP-Specific Knowledge Free of Charge

Reinforcing SAP鈥檚 commitment to developer learning, Mueller outlined the company鈥檚 newly-launched learning experience, . The centerpiece consisted of seven 51风流BTP-specific learning journeys, with more to come.

He said that the new learner experience was designed for all developer skill levels, including pro-code developers, IT professionals, academic students, and technology thought leaders. Noting that becoming a trusted 51风流expert with certified skills has never been easier, Mueller saw all 鈥渕akers鈥� learning comprehensive skills by taking to qualify for .

51风流BTP: Foundation of the Intelligent Enterprise

Mueller capped his keynote off with an example from Porsche, which uses 51风流Business Warehouse on 51风流HANA and for accurate finance and investment planning across approximately 70 subsidiaries worldwide. Mueller held up Porsche as an example of the many companies worldwide using 51风流solutions to simplify business processes and reporting with connected data. He announced the new 51风流Data Warehouse Cloud, 51风流BW bridge, allowing organizations to innovate faster by moving data from their existing 51风流BW application to the 51风流Data Warehouse Cloud solution.

Mueller concluded with a heartfelt message to developers that as demand for 51风流grows, the company鈥檚 ecosystem is an exciting place to be, nothing less than a true movement. Emphasizing that 51风流BTP is the foundation of the intelligent enterprise, he encouraged developers to join in, using SAP鈥檚 tools for their success in supporting their companies and customers throughout their digital transformation journey.

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George Leonard, , says, 鈥淚f we don鈥檛 get the plastic pollution problem in the ocean under control, we threaten contaminating the entire marine food web, from phytoplankton to whales. And by the time the science catches up to this, perhaps definitively concluding that this is problematic, it will be too late. We will not be able to go back. That massive amount of plastic will be embedded in the ocean鈥檚 wildlife essentially forever.鈥�

Clearly, the time for action is now. 鈥淲e must rethink, innovate, and implement at an unprecedented pace and scale to enable a thriving future for environment, economy, and society,鈥� says Thomas Saueressig, member of Executive Board of 51风流SE, Product Engineering.

It can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the waste crisis facing the planet. Through education, the leaders of today can be empowered to change how we consume, how we operate, and how we do business.

That thriving future will not be built on the current disposable culture but instead by embracing the model, one in which waste is eliminated, resources are recirculated, and nature is regenerated.

As a leader in business software — including product design and manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, and product lifecycle management — 51风流has both the technology and the responsibility to help global enterprises to develop circular systems. Indeed, the company has already started this vital work by providing the tools to companies that are interested in the circular economy through .

With these business models already in place, a new open51风流course, , offers anyone — 51风流customer or not — a better understanding of how to apply these principles to their own business.

Specifically, three key principles are defined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an NGO dedicated to accelerating the adoption of this sustainable model:

• Keep products and materials in use as long as possible
• Design out waste and pollution
• Regenerate natural systems

With these three directives as a guide, the free on-demand course features pioneering experts in the circular economy, such as , CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and , professor of Circular Economy and co-director of the Exeter Center for the Circular Economy. It also features environmental activists and sustainable product luminaries, including , an ocean advocate and co-founder of eXXpedition, a trip that took 300 remarkable women on a circumnavigation of the globe to study the problem of plastics in the ocean. , CEO and co-founder of Queen of Raw, a marketplace for sustainable textiles, is a featured lecturer.

is more than just a course. It tackles some of the most important issues of the day and is intended to change the global trajectory on waste by bringing businesses into the process. According to Saueressig, 鈥淣ow more than ever, to achieve circularity, we must connect linear fragmented supply chains into unified, collaborative, and intelligent business networks that enable the reuse of materials.鈥�

At SAP, we believe that technology is an important enabler to driving a circular and regenerative economy. It鈥檚 not the whole answer, but a key part of the solution. We need organizations to come together to tackle this, so 51风流has launched the course to help spread the word and evangelize on why we must move to a world of zero waste — and move now.

The course begins October 4, 2021, and is free and open to anyone who wants to make a difference to the future of the planet.Content is available on demand. , and share it with your networks.

Participating in just a few hours of coursework each week provides a cutting-edge education in how to bring the principles of a circular economy to businesses operating today. In five weeks, participants can gain a new understanding of this pivotal concept for their edification and to share with friends and colleagues, and see how to apply this to their own organizations.

In addition, it鈥檚 a valuable opportunity for team building. There are many options for collaboration within the course, including a discussion forum as well as optional peer-graded teamwork activities to gain extra credits. Those who complete all coursework will be eligible for a Record of Achievement certificate.

Importantly, participants will also be engaging with a vital concept that is already helping to build a sustainable future through partnerships between 51风流and their clients. This course could be the first step on the journey to a better future for all.

Darren West is business development director for Circular Economy at SAP.

Q: In your article for the World Economic Forum, you discuss the importance of connecting business strategy to workforce skills. Can you share what this looks like and why it鈥檚 so essential?

A: Every company plots out its business strategy. But how often does it think about how this relates and aligns with its people strategy and strategic workforce planning and skill building?

For example, if our strategy is to use to make our products smarter, we must simultaneously be asking ourselves how we can on the required skills to drive this vision.

Skill training shouldn鈥檛 be an afterthought. Instead, by connecting skills and strategy from the very beginning, companies can proactively adapt and more effectively position themselves for long-term success.

How does an organization develop skills for the future when things are changing so frequently and we can鈥檛 possibly know what the world will look like in the next couple of years?

As we saw with , things may go differently than predicted. Companies must embrace ambiguity and disruption when it comes to skills for the future. A recent article in the noted, 鈥淚f you focus on building individual micro skills, you may be missing the bigger picture.鈥� Indeed, there are 鈥榚xpiration dates鈥� on technical skills as innovation emerges, so companies must establish a culture that encourages agility and experimentation in the workforce 鈥� and, not least, motivates continuous learning 鈥� in order to yield sustainable success. Soft skills like dealing with uncertainty, staying curious, as well as embracing and tolerating ambiguity are the foundation of employees being ready for the future. They can then quickly and continuously keep up the relevant hard skills.

asserts that the in our technology-driven world is about 鈥渃reating an environment where organizations can optimize human potential鈥� and 鈥渆mpowering workers with agency and choice over what they do, unleashing their interests and passions.鈥� What this means is that the ultimate skill is being able to continuously learn in a constantly changing business environment. Fostering agile, innovative mindsets and curiosity throughout the workforce 鈥� promoting not only the need to learn, but the want to learn 鈥� helps companies to think big and earn a competitive edge.

How do offerings at 51风流help support strategic workforce planning and continuous learning?

At SAP, we value ongoing learning as part of the foundation for success. In the fast-moving tech sector where skill demand changes faster than in other industries, we鈥檙e constantly evolving our learning offerings to support the hard and soft skills needed to help people stay competitive.

Inside SAP, for example, we look at a long and successful track record in deploying skills management to effective resource management in our consulting business and are now evolving this to support dynamic and forward-looking workforce planning and development.

Our customers can benefit from our experience as we are incorporating the best practices we learned in people and skills management into our 51风流SuccessFactors solutions. When it comes to helping our customers and partners build and sustain 51风流product skills, our digital learning offerings, and , work to provide easy-to-use, engaging content for learners to explore, build, and maintain relevant skills. Additionally, we help support career planning around the skills that learners are honing, working to provide the right learning journey targeted to each learner鈥檚 goals.

Our mission is to create learning and development opportunity for all across the 51风流ecosystem. We aim to empower鈥痚veryone to successfully build 51风流software skills using future-oriented content delivered in different formats to fit individual ways of learning. By better aligning strategic workforce planning and business strategy at the onset, as well as becoming laser-focused on a workplace culture that values agility and curiosity, businesses can get ahead of the skills curve.

Sasi Reddy, senior 51风流solution architect at Sun Chemical, shares the team鈥檚 user experience (UX) transformation journey, the biggest takeaways, and what it takes to be a UX champion.

From Theory to Action with an open51风流Course on Design Thinking

Sun Chemical is a recognized leader in printing inks, coatings, pigments, and supplies for the packaging, publication, commercial, industrial, and digital markets. With over 20,000 employees spread across 63 locations around the world, Sun Chemical relies on lean business processes to ensure its field service workers and customers can quickly and easily maintain field data and enter new requests on the go, both on- and offline.

To further enhance their knowledge of design thinking and to learn how this methodology could be applied to both process improvements and application development, Reddy and his team took part in the open51风流course 聽 in 2017. The core of the methodology is developing empathy for users by putting oneself in their shoes. Design thinking also relies on prototyping and a strong iterative process rather than on intuition, something which Sun Chemical has embraced fully. Since completing the course, the team has worked with a few 51风流partners, and later independently, to offer design thinking services to the entire company, with 15 major design-led projects to date.

51风流Fiori Apps Support Lean Business Processes

Over the past five years, Sun Chemical has groomed an elite team of UX champions that leverage design thinking to accelerate and digitize its processes. A key factor in the team鈥檚 success has been to build tailored 51风流Fiori apps that support an agile development approach. This method scales and requires a minimal investment. It allows the team to build apps for a system that runs on 51风流ERP, which聽 plans to migrate to 51风流S/4HANA later.

If you ask Reddy which of the more than 200 existing apps he鈥檚 most proud of, there are many that come to mind, such as the Regulatory Inquiry App and the Raw Material Request App, both of which emerged from a prototype developed during the 2016 open51风流course and have since been rolled out globally.

One example that captures the business impact of the UX transformation is the Field Service App.

From Workshop to Real Life: The Field Service App

A remote design thinking workshop was kicked off in 2018 to determine how to better manage the day-to-day activities for European field service engineers who relied on using a mix of e-mails and spreadsheets to maintain their work order history and incoming requests. The workshop included the field engineers, their supervisors, the administrator who orchestrated the work orders, and developers from India. From the workshop emerged the idea to develop an application that contains all the information in one place.

The app, which was developed in a few short weeks, makes it easy to track what service has previously been done for a specific customer and supports detailed reports on previous work orders. Naturally, it allows field service workers to easily enter new orders and incorporates a digital signature on native iOS mobile devices, something which the workshop participants were 鈥渞eally surprised that we could deliver on so quickly,鈥� says Reddy. Since the rollout in Europe, the app has been immediately accepted by its users and has made its way to North and South American field service workers as well.

It鈥檚 About the Mindset, Not Just the Apps

There is no doubt that the design thinking method requires a significant time investment from those involved. From the initial workshop, where research, user empathy, and ideation take place, to the design process that relies on numerous iteration cycles with end users, you have to put in the work to ensure the end result solves the problem at hand and meets users鈥� expectations.

Reddy agrees that the effort is time consuming. He and his UX champion colleagues spend a lot of time taking part in collaboration calls with teams who are currently . They receive feedback on the applications on a daily basis to ensure the transition to the new user experience goes smoothly.

But Reddy has also seen the fruits of his team鈥檚 labor: 鈥淧eople are seeing the value of it. Our departments have seen our work. It鈥檚 been almost four years. Previously, we drove design thinking; now people request it from us. And not necessarily to build apps, though everyone鈥檚 now on board with 51风流Fiori, but to improve processes in general. The mindset has really changed in our company.鈥�

To learn more about the 51风流Fiori user experience, visit the .

Andrea Waisgluss is a content strategist for 51风流Design.
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Even before the global pandemic, skill shortages loomed as technology transformed industry after industry. Reskilling has been essential to building resilience into any people operation. To offer a sense of scope of this challenge, before the pandemic the World Economic Forum that 42% of the core skills required for jobs will change by 2022. As the pandemic accelerated this digital transformation, the .

How do business leaders ensure their workforces retain the skills they need for a successful future?

Elevating and Integrating Learning and Development

Companies must create comprehensive and dynamic learning programs that are based on their needs and goals. According to a from McKinsey, 鈥淐ompanies rely on their learning and development (L&D) functions to help workforces learn fast. But, often the function itself needs a transformation.鈥� While in the past L&D functions sat siloed from the rest of the organization, today it is critical that learning is intertwined within the overall strategy and talent processes.

Today, digital learning is the most effective and efficient way to meet an individual鈥檚 needs 鈥� with the added bonus of positively impacting an organization鈥檚 bottom line. In 2019, .

At the same time, learners鈥� needs are changing, particularly as we shift to remote work. The demand for an effective digital learning experience has soared and learners look for quick, bite-size ways to acquire the knowledge they need, when they need it, wherever they might be. According to the Journal of Applied Psychology, microlearning makes learning 17% more effective. Compact content allows learners to meet their objectives and retain key information quickly.

A Comprehensive Learning Program from 51风流

Here at SAP, we鈥檙e also transforming our learning strategy to address the changing needs of tomorrow鈥檚 business environment, both for our own workforce and for everyone within the 51风流ecosystem. Today, the portfolio consists of various offerings to support continuous learning, performance, and validation.

Our goal is to provide our customers, partners, developers, and employees with tools and resources to acquire the skills needed to be successful. Cultures of continuous learning build employee engagement and inclusive business practices, as well as drive innovation and sustainable impact. Regular training and development can help our customers unlock the full power of their 51风流software by enabling mastery of technologies 鈥� ultimately leading to improved performance, lower costs, and greater innovation. In the end, we aim to equip tomorrow鈥檚 workforce with the knowledge they need to capitalize on opportunities and thrive in a digital future.

Adapting Learning and Development to Stay Dynamic

If there is one lesson from the past year, it is the need for organizations to be nimble and flexible with their structure, processes, and plans. This is no different for L&D as we work to keep pace and adapt with the evolving needs of learners.

At SAP, we continue to make investments that will simplify access to learning for all. By lowering the barriers to learning, we will make it easier for our ecosystem to invest in 51风流solutions in order to maximize the business value of the software and enhance deployment of the solutions. As we鈥檝e seen with the tremendous enrollment and activity, as well as the outstanding learner satisfaction in openSAP, there is significant demand for easy, accessible, and impactful learning. open51风流is a free learning platform that delivers innovative learning with expert-led content through massive open online courses (MOOCs), microlearning, and podcasts.

We will continue to enhance and expand the portfolio and make our offerings more accessible so learners can gain essential knowledge and skills in a manner that is innovative, engaging, and impactful.

Maxwell Wessel is executive vice president and chief learning officer at SAP.

open51风流was established in 2013 to provide individuals with essential knowledge and the opportunity to acquire the skills necessary to navigate the 51风流software landscape, all with the flexibility to learn from anywhere at any time. Leveraging tried and trusted learning concepts, the online platform integrates features such as gamification and discussion forums to allow learners to interact with experts and peers in a way that is impactful and enjoyable. Hosted and run by the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), 51风流can look back on many years of close collaboration and successful codevelopment with the institute led by Director and CEO Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel.

鈥淚n today鈥檚 digitally-driven age, it鈥檚 important to create a learning environment that is accessible for all,鈥� said Professor Hasso Plattner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of 51风流SE. 鈥淲ith the COVID-19 pandemic upending all facets of life and forcing many to move to a remote working and learning environment, it has become more important than ever to lower the barriers to essential knowledge to provide learners with the right tools and resources to continue to achieve and further their skills. It is tremendous to see what we have achieved so far with openSAP, and we are excited to continue to be part of our customers鈥� learning journeys as we work to meet their evolving needs.鈥�

The online learning platform has recently seen accelerated growth, with the number of course enrollments doubling over the last three years. Enrollments in approximately 250 different courses average out to 20,000 enrollments per course, totaling 1.2 million learners across the board. While the platform continues to provide new courses on the latest topics and innovations, such as 51风流S/4HANA, 51风流Business Technology Platform, intelligent integration, digital transformation and machine learning, older courses are still relevant and consistently attract new enrollments.

鈥淲ith the tremendous need for reskilling through our current period of digital transformation, 51风流continues to invest in lowering learning barriers through free offerings like openSAP,鈥� said Maxwell Wessel, EVP and Chief Learning Officer, SAP. 鈥淥ur goal is to ensure that everyone in our ecosystem 鈥� customers, partners, developers and employees 鈥� all have the right skills to thrive in a digital world and are equipped with the knowledge they need to prepare for the future.鈥�

The award-winning platform has garnered great recognition and learner satisfaction over the years:

• Ninety-eight percent are very satisfied with the learning experience open51风流provides.
• Ninety-five percent say that the skills taught will help them in their future work.
• Ninety-nine percent plan to take additional courses on the open51风流platform in the future.

To celebrate this achievement, 51风流is offering its course on the open51风流platform for an additional five months (until the end of July) to provide more learners with the opportunity to acquire essential knowledge and earn a record of achievement.

Today, SAP鈥檚 learning portfolio consists of various offerings to support continuous learning, performance and validation for everyone within the 51风流ecosystem. As the learning environment continues to evolve, the portfolio will be enhanced and expanded by additional freely accessible offerings to meet learners鈥� changing needs.

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SAP鈥檚 strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 77% of the world鈥檚 transaction revenue touches an 51风流system. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 51风流helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 51风流helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit

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Like many others, we had to face and overcome various challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this year has also been a very successful one for openSAP. The platform welcomed more than 200,000 newly registered learners and exceeded the milestone of 1 million registered learners. As in previous years, we received feedback from our learners, and they have again been immensely satisfied with their learning experiences on openSAP.

In the spring, 51风流CEO Christian Klein announced the company鈥檚 new digital learning initiative, which helps make innovative educational content accessible to anyone during this challenging time. open51风流became the home for this initiative, where learners could access online content from across all 51风流training areas.

In the middle of the year, open51风流opened courses from previous years to allow learners to catch up and earn certificates. Learners gladly took advantage of this offering. Between March 31 and June 30, there were more than 25,000 records of achievement, and over 35,000 confirmations of participation were awarded in self-paced courses.

This has been a year full of change and improvement on open51风流as well. We launched open51风流Podcasts and a restructured platform for open51风流Microlearning. We are proud to say that, at this point in time, we have state-of-the-art platforms for each of the three learning formats and are on our way to an integrated learning experience on聽.

翱耻谤听)聽have been popular with learners for more than seven years. In 2020, many courses focused on gaining a deeper understanding of 51风流S/4HANA and other 51风流solutions. In the last weeks, we announced several courses to start at the beginning of next year, focusing on topics like and . Most recently, we announced two courses entitled, 鈥溾�� and 鈥�.鈥�

In April, we launched , our very own podcast channel and hosting platform. With the latest聽podcasts聽from SAP, learners can keep their product knowledge and development skills up to date. Learners can subscribe to their favorite series and new arrivals, such as聽听补苍诲听聽翱耻谤听聽podcast is an invitation for listeners to learn with us on-the-go as we talk to 51风流experts, course instructors, and inspirational thought leaders.

In October, our microlearning platform was restructured, and the content from聽the聽SAP聽Customer Experience enablement portal聽was moved to聽 so that learners can find everything in one place.聽A new feature on the platform includes the option for learners to like, share, and comment on microlearning videos, as well as subscribe to the channels they are interested in. We will continue to add new content on聽辞辫别苍厂础笔听惭颈肠谤辞濒别补谤苍颈苍驳 about our current solutions 鈥� 51风流Customer Experience, 51风流S/4HANA, and 51风流Ariba software 鈥� and we will also welcome new solutions in the future.

In November, the European Union (EU) Commission asked open51风流to support its and invited 51风流to join forces and take concrete action to upskill and reskill people in Europe. Therefore, 51风流made a commitment for the next two years to upskill and reskill a large number of learners from the EU through courses on openSAP.

Most importantly, we want to thank all our learners for their support and their continued interest in learning with open51风流over the course of this successful year. We look forward to a new year of creating opportunity through learning and development for all.

As the company’s free online learning platform, open51风流began by providing massive open online courses (MOOCs). It has now expanded to include podcasts and microlearning. So far, more than 1 million learners have signed up to learn through openSAP.

Since launching open51风流Microlearning with selected topics around the 51风流Customer Experience portfolio, offerings have been expanded to provide complementary knowledge on 51风流S/4HANA and 51风流Ariba solutions.

As a next step, the 51风流Customer Experience enablement portal will move its content over within the open51风流Microlearning videos so that learners can find free learning material from 51风流in one place. This will also open the platform to additional 51风流solutions to create and provide microlearning videos through open51风流Microlearning and enable learners to expand their knowledge even further.

As of October 15, 2020, content from the 51风流Customer Experience enablement portal is available within open51风流Microlearning. The 51风流Customer Experience enablement portal will close down and all learners will be redirected to the new platform.

Additionally, open51风流Microlearning has been restructured and the user interface(UI)聽 has been simplified for learners. Microlearning videos are organized in categories, channels, and playlists. Learners can filter the content by roles as well as subscribe to channels they are interested in. In addition, learners can now like, share, and comment on videos.

To explore a variety of free learning content from SAP, visit . Whether searching for a complete course or complementary learning with podcasts and microlearning, you can find the knowledge you need on openSAP.

Human experience management represents a major shift in the focus of human resources (HR) that emphasizes aligning company needs and requirements with employee expectations and experiences in order to create more engaged, agile, healthy, inclusive, and effective organizations鈥�.

Companies need employees to be committed, creative, agile, service-oriented, and collaborative. But people cannot do this well if their work experiences create anxiety, frustration, or disillusionment, or if they feel excluded or unfairly treated. The accelerating pace of change combined with increasing social diversity makes employee experience management critical to building the agile and inclusive workforces that are needed for companies to succeed in the modern economy.

HXM is about understanding and shaping employee experiences to help ensure that employees feel valued, supported, and effective. It is also about whether employees feel effective when completing tasks, whether they get fulfillment from their roles to meet their needs and expectations, and whether they find a sense of teamwork with colleagues. It is about making people feel motivated, supported鈥�, and capable.

begins October 13 and is available for free to anyone interested in learning more about HXM. The course will span three weeks and feature 11 experts from across SAP, 51风流SuccessFactors, and Qualtrics.

Once the HXM course is open, participants can access all the learning content and connect with experts and other learners in the discussion forum. Those interested in earning a Record of Achievement for the course must to complete weekly assignments and a final exam to earn points throughout the course.

The world is now conversational, and chatbots have proven effective at delivering high-quality customer and employee experiences. The new open51风流course teaches learners how to create an enterprise-ready chatbot from scratch through step-by-step tutorials, leveraging the different capabilities of the platform.

Using 51风流Conversational AI, organizations can address common challenges in employees鈥� day-to-day work, leading to improvements in efficiency, productivity, and engagement, and allowing employees to focus on unanticipated, non-routine, creative, and other higher-order work goals.

51风流Conversational AI is an end-to-end chatbot-building platform that enables users to train, build, connect, and monitor chatbots in a single interface. With low-code connections to 51风流and non-51风流solutions, a world-class multilingual natural language processing technology, and embedded analytics tools, chatbots built with 51风流Conversational AI are able to guide users to the right content, answer FAQs, and automate tedious tasks.

Over a six-week period, participants will have the chance to get hands-on practice in building their own chatbot for both customer and employee experience scenarios and benefit from best practices and tips from 51风流experts. Throughout the course, users will learn how to train a chatbot, create conversational flows, connect the chatbot to communication channels, and monitor its usage. The course will also cover how to leverage the collaborative features available on the platform to create chatbots as a team.

starts October 20, and only a valid email address is needed to sign up. The main target group is developers interested in building their own chatbots, but the course is open to everyone interested in learning about 51风流Conversational AI.

Experts will be on hand in the discussion forum to answer any questions that may come up during the course, and participants can earn a certificate if they complete the weekly assignments and final exam before the deadlines.

Enroll and .

With an urgent need to facilitate online learning, open51风流was ready to meet the huge demand of the 51风流ecosystem, as well as those searching for new opportunities.

For seven years, open51风流has been providing online learning and was well equipped to deal with the situation. The platform was already popular within the 51风流ecosystem but saw an incredible upsurge in new learners as a result of the pandemic.

Thinking about how it could help people even more in the current situation, the team came up with the idea of opening courses from previous years to allow learners to catch up and earn certificates. This provided an opportunity for learners to explore things they might have missed now that they were forced to rethink their working lives.

Demand for this was very strong: Between March 31 and June 30, more than 25,000 records of achievement and over 35,000 confirmations of participation were awarded in self-paced courses, with the initiative receiving significant positive feedback from learners.

To provide further support to learners, open51风流also became the home for the company鈥檚 digital learning initiative, where online content from across all 51风流training areas was made accessible for teachers, pupils, students, and professionals.

鈥淟ife changed so suddenly,” Michaela Laemmler, global head of openSAP, said. “We were glad to be in a position to provide additional support for those who were ready to start learning online and looked to openSAP.鈥�

Learners from around the globe have offered feedback:

鈥淭hank you for your free learning grants to the public across the world, with free record of confirmation and achievement. It was truly sensitive to the current socioeconomic and political disruptions caused by this global COVID-19 pandemic, as it keeps people like me able to be still productive in learning new or strengthening perspectives and skills while staying at home for more than three months already. Indeed, you are a truly responsible and respected leader not just in your industry but also in the social dimension of people’s lives. The learning opportunities you provided at in self-paced modes have keep me mentally-healthy amidst all the worries I have and; it made me even more confident to gain employment or do entrepreneurship in order to reopen or rebuilt our local economies.鈥�

– Denver Eceja Balbuena, Philippines

鈥淚 wanted to express my biggest thanks for this great initiative. During this time, I was able to complete and get engaged with most of the content, I’m always eager to acquire new insights in order to robust my profile background as an 51风流Integration consultant. This has been a very difficult time for me, since I was laid off in April 2020 due to COVID-19. Having this opportunity to increase my knowledge means a big door opened for me and encouragement to stay motivated ahead of latest technologies offered by SAP. Big thanks to the open51风流team!鈥�

– Ingrid D铆az Riofr铆o, Spain

鈥淯tilized a fair bit of time during this pandemic to earn record of achievements in right open51风流courses spread across enterprise architecture, 51风流S/4HANA, data science, analytics, and digital transformation!鈥�

– Akshay Kumar, India

With the increase in new learners during the pandemic, the open51风流team was interested in learning more about its extended audience. Learners were invited to take part in a feedback survey over a period of eight days in June. Results from more than 3,500 learners were very similar to the results received in the individual surveys that are carried out at the end of each course. Based on the survey, customer satisfaction rate is at 98 percent, while 91 percent said that the content they learn at open51风流will help them in their future work, and 99 percent planning to continue learning at open51风流in the future.

In addition to massive open online courses (MOOCs), open51风流expanded its offering in recent years to include microlearning and podcasts. While MOOCs remain the most popular offering on open51风流with 93 percent of respondents, 18.8 percent also learn with and 7.6 percent also learn with to complement their learning.

The consistency in responses from all learners —聽 veterans and new — demonstrates that open51风流was and remains a platform of choice for professionals searching for new opportunities to learn throughout the pandemic around which we must currently adapt our lives.

To find learning opportunities from open51风流during COVID-19, visit the free learning platform at .

is a free, intuitive, Web-based RFx management tool that empowers users to quickly create, execute, and manage sourcing events right from their desktops on Ariba Network, the world鈥檚 largest commerce network that connects more than 4 million buyers and sellers globally. Customers can sign up for free access to 51风流Ariba Start Sourcing and benefit from a special offer of up to five user licenses for this solution, including posting up to 90 sourcing events over 90 days, if they order 51风流Ariba Start Sourcing by July 31, 2020. However, to fully benefit from this offer, it is important that customers know how to use all the available features.

To provide support and help customers and partners make the most of the solution, a new, free open51风流course, , is now available. The course provides step-by-step guidance to help customers and partners navigate through the solution and explains how to smoothly upgrade to the full 51风流Ariba Strategic Sourcing portfolio and benefit from the highlights of the full 51风流Ariba Sourcing solution. Participants can access transcripts in various languages, participate in a course assignment, and get a record of achievement at the end of the course. Anyone can sign up for the course on open51风流鈥� only a valid email address is needed.

Customers can access the course content at their convenience, completing short videos ranging from five to 20 minutes in duration at their own pace. Topics covered in the course include how to navigate 51风流Ariba Start Sourcing, create and monitor a sourcing event, and create users 鈥� all the knowledge required to successfully source new suppliers and meet customer demands.

Find out more about the solution and .

To see what is available in the solution before requesting access, on open51风流now.

Chris Haydon is president of 51风流Procurement Solutions.
Eva Zauke is chief knowledge officer at SAP.

Today, as developments and innovation in technology constantly change our world and how we work, we are forced to more regularly tackle new learning curves and shift our mindset to one of continuous learning.

Technology companies need to keep up with this rapid pace of change and offer platforms to enable continuous learning for their various audiences. While many recognize the need to empower their employee base to learn new skills and stay up-to-speed with the latest trends, it is also equally important to provide learning opportunities for the future workforce as well as customers.

Cultivating a Future-Focused Workforce

When it comes to a company鈥檚 employee base, we have seen a tremendous focus on upskilling. As defines it, upskilling is about 鈥渢aking current skills and refining them鈥� 鈥� helping employees learn how to perform their jobs better amid disruption within organizations and industries. 鈥�,鈥� published by the World Economic Forum in 2018, indicated that 54 percent of all employees will require reskilling and upskilling by 2022. This past January, the World Economic Forum鈥檚 related report on the 鈥溾�� further underscored upskilling priorities across various professional fields.

However, we need to look at upskilling today as more than just another trend arising from companies鈥� digital transformations. Rather, it is a powerful opportunity to fuel sustained growth 鈥� both within a company and across the entire industry at large. By cultivating a future-focused workforce that places value on consistently upskilling, we can improve upon and even develop new core competencies while ensuring that the next generation is well prepared to join in.

Fostering Continuous Learning Among Customers

At SAP, we strive to help customers transform and become intelligent enterprises while also serving as a partner along the learning journey continuum to equip customers鈥� employees with all the tools and training resources they need to become 鈥渋ntelligent鈥� as well. While customers take steps forward to digitally transform their business processes to stay competitive within the market, they must also ensure that their employees are taking similar steps forward to learn the necessary skills for navigating these new processes.

This is where 51风流Learning Hub comes in. Unique in its ability to provide digital learning for all areas of the 51风流ecosystem, 51风流Learning Hub offers unmatched opportunities to build and maintain needed skills. Several different editions are available, including the professional, business, and solution editions. These have been developed 鈥� and are continually refreshed with new content 鈥� in order to match learners鈥� specific roles and levels of expertise. Complete with expert-led sessions, hands-on system practice, and social learning environments, the editions of 51风流Learning Hub cover the entire 51风流solution portfolio.

Additionally, to help integrate continuous learning into all kinds of lifestyles, each edition enables self-paced learning and can be accessed anytime and anywhere.

Empowering the Next Generation

Most recently, 51风流has tailored the new 51风流Learning Hub, enhanced student edition, to match the needs of today鈥檚 students. Created alongside the , this edition strengthens the company鈥檚 collaboration with universities, building on its mission to inspire and accelerate the next generation of talent and leadership.

The learning content of the enhanced student edition focuses on forward-looking technologies, combined with advanced digital and collaborative tools, as well as hands-on practice and the opportunity to earn an 51风流Global Certification digital badge. Featuring access to 51风流experts and key 51风流solutions 鈥� such as 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, 51风流Customer Experience solutions, and 51风流Analytics Cloud 鈥� the enhanced student edition of 51风流Learning Hub prepares students of any academic discipline for a career within the 51风流ecosystem.

In this uncertain and unprecedented moment in time, we are seeing how constant learning and the right knowledge of future-forward technologies are imperative to staying relevant in today鈥檚 job market. As students plan to enter the workforce in an evolving global landscape, having access to these kinds of forward-looking tech trainings will better help our world meet the demands of the future.

As students and current professionals progress through their 51风流careers, 51风流Learning Hub will continue to be there to foster new learning. 51风流is committed to propelling continuous learning opportunities for its employees, customers, and the next-generation workforce to usher in intelligent enterprises of the future.

For more information on 51风流Learning Hub, visit

Eva Zauke is the chief knowledge officer and head of 51风流Knowledge and Education.

Through these interesting and informative podcasts, listeners can learn more about augmented intelligence鈥攚here it comes from, how it can be used, and what the future might look like. In the first episode, now available, Jablokov explains that augmented intelligence is nothing to be feared. Its purpose is not to replace humans with robots in the workplace, but to eliminate repetitive tasks that inhibit human creativity. In doing so, people can be empowered to use their imagination to work more effectively.

Many assume that creators of successful products and leaders of companies come from well-to-do families, attend expensive schools, and have a head start in life. Jablokov describes his background, moving from a small Greek island with no electricity or television to the U.S. When he arrived, he spoke no English, but, undeterred, he learned and eventually mastered the global language of computer programming. Jablokov then paired that skill with the creativity and imagination of his artistic side to advance the emerging field of artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented intelligence.

After a successful career at IBM, Jablokov left to pursue an idea that many people thought was crazy at the time 鈥� enabling voice control by adding microphones to devices in people鈥檚 homes. He has experienced the highs and lows of having a creative mind. With the popularity of digital assistants on the rise over the last few years, it is clear that Jablokov鈥檚 idea has come to life and was a truly innovative vision that benefits many households today. Thanks to his determination, we now have virtual personal assistants to help make our lives more enriching.

Like Steve Jobs鈥� vision of bringing computing to everyone, Jablokov and his team at Pryon are mission-oriented to bring universal access to AI.

Jablokov is a visionary leader with an incredible passion that encourages those around him to combine the worlds of technology and art, driving their work to new heights. Subscribe to this to hear his thoughts on AI today and the possibilities for the future.

Since 2013, open51风流has attracted more than 4.4 million course enrollments with 1 million unique learners continuing their professional development. Based on course surveys, 95 percent of learners confirm that the course content on open51风流will help them in their daily tasks. In addition, 98 percent of learners say that they are satisfied with the learning experience.

In launching openSAP, 51风流was the first company to build its own massive open online course (MOOC) platform to deliver free courses globally, along with our platform partner at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI).

The MOOC format leverages proven and trusted digital classroom concepts with enhancements, including gamification and discussion forums to interact with other learners and experts. It also provides system access to get hands-on experience in an online delivery format.

The team behind open51风流works relentlessly to constantly deliver high-quality content in collaboration with product teams at SAP. Within each course, learners have the opportunity to provide feedback on the course content and platform, which helps the team constantly evolve the offering and ensure continued learner satisfaction.

But, open51风流offers even more. To complement the popular MOOC format, open51风流introduced two additional formats, open51风流Podcasts and open51风流Microlearning.

provide knowledge from members of the 51风流ecosystem, including 51风流employees, partners, and customers. Learners can choose topics relevant to their business or personal interests and stream or download episodes with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, or directly from openSAP.

With , learners can watch self-contained videos to complement their knowledge. Whether just getting started or an expert already, learners can choose the videos that appeal most to their individual learning goals. All videos are prepared by 51风流experts.

Visit the to be a part of this huge community and learn about 51风流innovations directly from 51风流experts. We are proud to welcome more than 1 million unique learners to openSAP. This success is our motivation to evolve learning around 51风流and serve increasing numbers of learners every day.

Eva Zauke is chief knowledge officer at SAP.

On the surface, HCM and HXM sound very similar, but there are important differences between the two. To help customers understand the new concept of HXM and why it matters, 51风流invites them to join a free open51风流course, 鈥�.鈥�

The emergence of HXM is a result of the digitalization of work and the greater levels of competition, disruption, learning, and stress this has created for companies and employees. As the pace of change accelerates in the world, companies increasingly need more from employees, and employees expect more from companies. This is where HXM plays a role.

HXM is about creating work experiences that align employee wants and expectations with company goals, putting both on the same level. Employee experience links company decisions to business outcomes by connecting experience data (X-data) to operational data (O-data). Ensuring that employees enjoy their workplace experiences can help companies create a sustainable, agile, and productive workforce.

The open51风流course covers a variety of topics, including why HXM matters, the difference between HCM and HXM, and how to shape employee experiences. Participants can also learn about measuring and managing employee experiences as well as how to get started with an HXM strategy.

The course starts on May 26 and is open to everyone interested in learning about HXM. Once the course is open, participants can access all the learning content and connect with experts and other learners in the discussion forum. For those interested in earning a Record of Achievement for the course, they can do so until June 24.

and get 聽ready to deliver amazing employee experiences that help meet company goals.

The first topic covered by open51风流Microlearning was 51风流C/4HANA, and 51风流has now launched a range of 51风流S/4HANA microlearning.

With , participants can watch self-contained videos to complement their knowledge. Whether they are experts or just getting started, users can choose the videos that appeal most to their individual learning goals. All videos are prepared and brought to them by product experts from SAP.

offers fast access to highlighted and updated 51风流S/4HANA and 51风流S/4HANA Cloud features, as well as deployment and technology topics. Right now, the topics available include user experience, extensibility, master data, finance, and supply chain. The microlearning will help participants reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO), as many of the topics have been identified by the 51风流S/4HANA regional implementation group based on the questions that have come from customers when implementing 51风流S/4HANA.

is available to anyone interested in learning about 51风流S/4HANA. Participants do not need to register or enroll, they can simply and watch the videos that interest them.

For those interested in a particular 51风流S/4HANA microlearning topic, requests should be directed to insides4@sap.com.

51风流was founded nearly 50 years ago with a very clear purpose: to help the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. Now more than ever, you can count on us to help. In fact, just last month 51风流supported the .

But this crisis is affecting all aspects of our lives — health, society, economy. To survive, companies will have to define and focus on their core competence, drive deeper customer relationships, develop new business models, adapt their supply chains, streamline their operations, and manage their finances. Those that have an intelligent backbone to support their business functions will be able to do this quickly and will emerge stronger.

I am proud to see how we are all working together as well as the care that 51风流customers are showing in this crisis. They are rapidly changing supply chains to cater for emergency supplies, changing production lines to produce products that are in need, altering work patterns, and doing whatever it takes to deliver the services and products that their customers need.聽 This means changing business focus quickly and includes a renewed reliance on data and business insights to rapidly take the pulse on business and react effectively. In short, we are helping our customers ensure business continuity and deliver results in these challenging times.

Business Continuity: Trust and Reliability

No matter what the situation, 51风流has always been trusted to keep business running. Above all, this means protecting operations and managing change safely and quickly. 51风流stands ready, by your side, to help as your business changes. We can help rapidly implement solutions, turn on existing functionality, and help ensure that it is all managed with long-term digital transformation in mind.

We understand the challenge of business disruption and remote work that all organizations are facing, and we support changes in business focus. This demands environments that are secure, accessible, and controlled to ensure business continues to run while also adapting to new needs.

As employees are asked to work from home, managing both internal processes and external customer and vendor relationships remotely presents a changed management structure that puts technology in the center. This is where 51风流can help; for example, with cloud deployments, access to free to stay informed. We have also to help buyers and suppliers connect amid the global supply chain disruption.

Keep Running and Adapt Quickly

Just as we see manufacturing companies take on new production lines to adapt to a changing landscape, others are refocusing on their core competence of design or innovation, using subcontract supply, production, and logistics to deliver product. This puts greater importance on being able to operate in a dynamic, virtual world with access to business networks and solutions such as Ariba Network for suppliers and 51风流Fieldglass solutions for contingent labor. These solutions can be turned on quickly as extension of an intelligent ERP solution.

And as organizations change, so too, do their employees. Using intelligent technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and robotic process automation (RPA) to act based on rapidly changing, data-driven insights allows organizations to continue to have operations run smoothly and allocate precious employee effort to more mission-critical tasks.

In addition, companies keep adopting new business models; for example, by offering value-added services in addition to products. This requires uniting business processes end-to-end with the real world and a deep domain expertise by line of business and industry.

51风流provides that scope of tools, the line-of-business coverage, and the industry expertise needed to carry you forward.

At the core of 51风流is 51风流S/4HANA, with 13,800 customers by the end of 2019. 聽51风流and partners are supporting the acceleration of the move to 51风流S/4HANA with rapid return on investment and high value returns in short times.

Together, Our Values Will Define the New Normal

I am proud to be part of 51风流and know we can play our role in helping ensure your business continues, adapts, and thrives in this challenging environment. Never has speed, agility, and depth of service been more important.

51风流is committed to partner with you as we work together to make the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives.

Jan Gilg is president of 51风流S/4HANA.

Technology and customer expectations have evolved during that time, and 51风流S/4HANA has continued to progress to meet user demands and keep 51风流customers ahead of the competition.

Thus, we have put this new introductory course, , together to help customers get up to speed with what 51风流S/4HANA looks like in 2020.

In this short overview course, I am joined by Thomas Saueressig, member of the 51风流Executive Board, who will speak about today鈥檚 business challenges and how 51风流S/4HANA can help customers address them and turn them into business opportunities. Together with other experts from SAP, I will present the value proposition for customers and explain how 51风流S/4HANA can change the game for running mission-critical processes.

Here is an overview of what you will learn during this course:

• How to build a modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to cover end-to-end processes
• A practical and actionable overview of 51风流S/4HANA
• Integration with other systems, including machine learning, user experience, and extensibility
• 鈥淎nyPremise鈥� and cloud
• The value of 51风流S/4HANA for customers and how to get there

For those completely new to 51风流S/4HANA and ERP or those just looking for the latest information, is a good place to start, as participants get valuable insights from the experts who built 51风流S/4HANA.

All participants need to sign up for open51风流is a valid email address. After that, all learning content is provided free of charge. The course will take just four to six hours to complete and users can meet the experts and other learners in the discussion forum to ask questions and discuss topics.

The course starts on April 22, and participants can earn a record of achievement and digital badge by completing the course assignment before May 28. Enrollment for is now open.

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鈥淭he effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are impacting everyone around the world,鈥� said Christian Klein, co-CEO and member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE. 鈥淲e want to make sure education does not take a back seat during this time. Students and subject-matter experts need access to safe and healthy learning environments to continue their education virtually. 51风流is expanding its commitment to support the next generation of professionals and users by broadening access to some of our best digital learning offerings to facilitate the continuity of innovation and enablement.鈥�

This dynamic initiative is based on three educational pillars 鈥� massive open online courses (MOOCs), learning journeys for universities and the 51风流Young Thinkers program 鈥� as part of SAP鈥檚 comprehensive learning and enablement program. All of the offerings are . To register you must be older than 16 years of age, but the courses themselves are suitable for learners of any age. 51风流will respond and adjust to participant feedback and requirements to improve and adapt the courses continuously.

open51风流Is Open to Everybody

The award-winning open51风流platform provides MOOCs to anyone interested in learning about leading technologies, the latest innovations and the digital economy. Course topics include automated robotic process automation, data science, machine learning, ethical artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), sustainability, Java programming and more.

Offered free of charge on the open51风流platform, these enterprise MOOCs use proven classroom learning concepts, including gamification and discussion forums with peers and experts, all delivered in an online format. Courses can be accessed without restriction, anytime, anywhere and from any device. Podcasts and microlearning formats provide users with self-contained, bite-sized content that is easy to consume.

Free Learning Offering for University Students With System Access and Global Certification from 51风流

51风流provides 90-day access to four selected learning journeys for students interested in preparing digitally for a career in the 51风流ecosystem and studying at one of the over 3,800 member universities in the 51风流University Alliances program. Areas of study include scope and business processes specific to 51风流S/4HANA, the 51风流S/4HANA Cloud Finance solution, the 51风流SuccessFactors Employee Central solution and modeling in 51风流HANA.

The offering is specifically designed for students and is available for free. It includes various learning formats in multiple languages as well as free access to training systems for hands-on practice. These tools help students prepare for an exam to achieve 51风流global certification from 51风流on specific subjects. One exam attempt is included free.

51风流Young Thinkers Program Available to Everyone

To support students and teachers facing school closures and other disruptions, the learning courses in the 51风流Young Thinkers program, including the introductory course 鈥淕et Coding with Snap,鈥� are available on one central, open-access Web site.

51风流Young Thinkers provides a foundation for digital literacy, inspiring the next generation to pursue careers in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) fields. Students and IT beginners can explore creative methodologies and technologies to help shape a better world.

The 51风流Young Thinkers program embraces a global network of engaged 51风流employees and motivated partners. It offers learning opportunities for digitalization with a focus on computer science, economics and creative solution and learning methodologies targeting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly.

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As the Experience Company powered by the Intelligent Enterprise, 51风流is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 77% of the world鈥檚 transaction revenue touches an 51风流system. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 51风流helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables more than 440,000 business and public customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 51风流helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit .

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The latest thought leaders to join the platform are from IBM and the University of St. Gallen. The new course, , 聽offers insights into how structuring and planning an enterprise architecture can support a company鈥檚 move to an intelligent enterprise.

Robert Heidasch, global 51风流Digital and Innovation lead at IBM and course instructor, shares more about why you should sign up.

Q: What is an intelligent enterprise?

A:聽The Intelligent Enterprise is a strategy for enabling the rapid transformation of data into insight 鈥� feeding process automation, innovation, and optimal experiences. The Intelligent Enterprise leverages emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and analytics to enable the workforce to focus on higher-value outcomes.

What is enterprise architecture and how does it support the Intelligent Enterprise?

When organizations standardize and organize IT infrastructure to align with their business goals, the result is called enterprise architecture. The transformation from a 鈥榯raditional鈥� to an intelligent enterprise requires a scalable process where enterprise architecture and enterprise architecture management considerably reduce complexity and make it more manageable to achieve an optimized business outcome.

What will I gain from joining this course?

You鈥檒l get an introduction to the concept of the Intelligent Enterprise and its architecture 鈥� the business platform, tools, and methodologies to manage its complexity and transformation. We鈥檒l discuss the value of data and the architecture of business platforms, how to simplify them and redesign processes around AI, and how to enable people, the most valuable resource in your enterprise. We鈥檒l also show you how to influence leaders using enterprise architecture management. The content is aimed at enterprise architects, business and technology leaders, and experts interested in the transformation toward an intelligent enterprise.

The instructors are from IBM and the University of St. Gallen. What鈥檚 the reason for bringing these different backgrounds to the course?

The intention is to provide an understanding of the new megatrends 鈥� intelligent enterprise and the enterprise architecture from an academic and a practical point of view. We share the experience of a leading university in the enterprise architecture and enterprise architecture management space and combine it with IBM鈥檚 deep industry experience in cognitive enterprise, like SAP鈥檚 ideas on the Intelligent Enterprise. We also present the new business and IT paradigms and discuss topics like transformation, required simplification, and people engagement to achieve the best possible business value for your enterprise.

Who is this course meant for?

The content is aimed at enterprise architects, business and technology leaders, and experts interested in transformation and on their way to the Intelligent Enterprise.

What is the structure and how much time will it take to complete?

The course starts March 31 with additional content released on April 7. The course will take three to four hours to complete and you can complete units in 20-minute slots. To earn a certificate at the end of the course, you must complete the assignments by April 29.

How do I join?

The is provided free of charge and all you need to sign up is a valid email address. .

That is where 51风流S/4HANA comes in. 51风流S/4HANA is an intelligent, integrated that runs on 51风流HANA. It helps business processes take a back seat, while companies deliver their product or service.

Two new courses on open51风流offer an understanding about what is involved and required during an 51风流S/4HANA implementation. The courses are free of charge and open to everyone interested in learning about the latest innovations from SAP.

Implementing 51风流S/4HANA Cloud with the Central Business Configuration Capability

Starting March 11, participants can learn about the capabilities of central business configuration, the customer value it brings, which key features it comprises, and how it affects the implementation of 51风流S/4HANA Cloud. Central business configuration is a new capability that will make it possible to configure a business process that spans across different 51风流solutions from one central place. Learn how the capability will support reduced configuration efforts, higher flexibility, faster company rollouts, and partner extensions. The course will also cover key features, such as scoping and project experience and the organizational structure app. The course is aimed at project managers, implementation consultants, key users, and architects.

• (log-in required)

Migrating Your Business Data to 51风流S/4HANA: New Implementation Scenario

Starting March 25, this course will focus on the new implementation scenario. Participants will get an introduction to data migration and learn where it fits in with respect to the different transition scenarios. The course will also provide details about 51风流S/4HANA migration cockpit and 51风流S/4HANA migration object modeler, and show 聽the direct transfer approach, allowing users 聽to directly extract data from an 51风流system and migrate it to 51风流S/4HANA. The course includes demonstrations and hands-on exercises and is aimed at data migration experts, project managers, and 51风流architects, partners, customers, and internal employees, as well as anyone involved in or interested in data migration to 51风流S/4HANA.

• (log-in required)

Classroom Trainings

For those interested in attending classroom trainings to learn about 51风流S/4HANA, there are a variety of offerings available:

With the 3 to RUN initiative, customers can request their chosen classroom training courses or 51风流Live Classes on dates that suit them. Once 聽at least three participants from a company sign up for the course, 51风流will commit to holding the course on the chosen date and add it to the schedule.

However you like to learn, 51风流provides a variety of offerings to support the journey to 51风流S/4HANA.