The company produces healthy vegetable oils, oilseeds, creams, and spreads while maintaining a strong commitment to environmental sustainability. With a presence in over 32 countries and a team of more than 2,000 employees, Sesajal is a beacon of excellence in the food industry.

The customer has a long history of working with 51风流solutions and took a major step forward in 2024, migrating to 51风流S/4HANA Private Cloud and integrating 51风流Build as its primary tool for extending business . Sesajal used 51风流Build Process Automation to integrate AI-powered workflow automations, enabling smart decisions based on data insights.

Partnering with 51风流for transformation

Leading Sesajal’s journey into digital transformation is Chief Innovation Officer Alfonso Cedillo Navarro, who has been at the forefront of implementing technology-driven solutions to enhance operations and deliver value to customers around the globe.

The use of 51风流Build has proven to be transformative, enabling the creation of user-friendly business applications and streamlined key processes like vendor creation.

One of Sesajal鈥檚 standout projects involves a solution built with 51风流Build that integrates seamlessly with the 51风流S/4HANA system, enhancing usability and efficiency.

Collaborating with 51风流AppHaus

A pivotal moment in Sesajal’s journey was to start collaborating with the 51风流AppHaus team. Known for its human-centered approach to innovation, the team helped Sesajal unlock new opportunities brought about by 51风流Build.

“Working with the Sesajal team was truly inspiring,” shared project manager Mirela Viersa, a customer solution adoption specialist at 51风流AppHaus. “Their openness to innovation and dedication to creating real value for their users made this collaboration a success. By applying a human-centered approach, we were able to co-create solutions that not only streamlined processes, but also delivered tangible benefits — all while keeping the core clean. This project is a testament to what鈥檚 possible when technology and people work hand in hand.”

Within the 51风流Build starter kit program, the Sesajal team received comprehensive training along the 51风流AppHaus methodology. They embarked on a design thinking process to identify a business use case, eventually developing a proof of concept tailored to their needs.

鈥淭he 51风流AppHaus team is incredible to work with,鈥� Cedillo Navarro said. 鈥淭heir human-centered methodology helped us identify the right business use case and build a proper prototype. It鈥檚 a phenomenal way to connect business and user needs, saving time and adding more value to users.鈥�

Redefining innovation

By combining the power of 51风流Build with the 51风流AppHaus approach, Sesajal has found a way to address real business challenges through technology. From simplifying processes to creating tangible results, these tools are reshaping how the company operates.

Reflecting on his experience, Cedillo Navarro noted, 鈥淟everaging the 51风流AppHaus approach and 51风流Build allows us to develop applications that tackle real business challenges while utilizing the best of modern technology. It鈥檚 innovation at its finest.鈥�

Sesajal’s digital transformation journey is a testament to the potential of human-centered design and advanced technology. It demonstrates how collaboration and the right tools can drive meaningful results, setting the stage for continued innovation in the years to come.

What is true for its products also holds true for Mizuho OSI鈥檚 internal processes. Striving for operational efficiency, Mizuho OSI sought to modernize its processes. To leverage SAP鈥檚 low-code capabilities, the company worked with 51风流AppHaus in 2024. Together, they began exploring automation opportunities using 51风流Build Process Automation and 51风流Build Work Zone. During an initial 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP) , Mizuho OSI鈥檚 IT and business teams took a closer look at the manual fixed asset creation process.

Use case: Approving and creating new fixed assets

The workshop uncovered key inefficiencies in the manual purchase acquisition process, particularly its e-mail-driven workflow involving requesters, approvers, and finance accountants. This approach not only introduced a high risk of errors but also slowed down the process significantly. For high-value fixed asset purchases, the need for additional approvers and supporting details further extended the procurement cycle, highlighting the necessity for a more streamlined and automated solution.

With guidance from 51风流experts, the joint project team designed a streamlined, automated process for fixed asset approval and creation. Leveraging and , Mizuho OSI鈥檚 in-house IT team successfully developed and deployed a solution using a low-code application framework, accelerating implementation while reducing complexity.

鈥淎s we grow from a mid-sized to a large enterprise, tools like 51风流Build Process Automation are essential鈥攏ot only for driving process efficiency but also for extending the reach of our lean IT team,鈥� Lindsay Neill, director of Enterprise Application at Mizuho OSI, said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e grateful to 51风流AppHaus and the 51风流product team for their guidance throughout the journey鈥攆rom identifying the right use case to providing the technical support needed to bring this proof of concept into production. The new automated process is a major improvement over our previous manual approach. I couldn鈥檛 be happier with the results!鈥�

Measured results

After testing and implementing this new solution, both end users and the project team could measure a reduction in manual effort and observe improved process efficiencies, such as:

• 40% increase in process efficiency from days of pending response to automatic processing
• 65% reduction in approval time since asset costs below a certain threshold can be automatically processed
• 70% decrease in manual efforts, with fewer errors and faster decision-making since human intervention is now only required for exceptions

“It鈥檚 been a true pleasure collaborating with the team at Mizuho OSI. Their forward-thinking mindset and readiness to challenge the status quo made this collaboration exceptional,鈥� Tina Tuan, senior director at 51风流AppHaus Palo Alto, said. 鈥淚’m proud of what we achieved together using 51风流BTP and 51风流Build solutions and even more excited to see how this success inspires and empowers them to take on future projects with confidence and momentum.”

Through close collaboration between 51风流and Mizuho OSI, this project has proven that roadblocks can be overcome with the right partnership. The team successfully implemented an innovative solution for fixed asset approvals, laying a strong foundation for future initiatives leveraging 51风流Build solutions and . On the horizon is a promising next milestone, somewhat broader in scope, such as material master automation.

One thing is certain, the Mizuho OSI project team is driven by the company鈥檚 powerful mindset: Dare to go further. Care to do more.

Imke Vierjahn is communications lead for 51风流AppHaus.

With one specific device assignment use case in mind and based on its existing relationship with 51风流AppHaus, Iren approached 51风流in early 2024. The company鈥檚 goal was to not only make the corresponding processes more efficient but also eliminate potential error sources; it had detected errors caused by reliance on e-mail communication or through error-prone manual data entry. What鈥檚 more, the company wished to have transparent process insights and get real-time updates on device status and availability.

Building on 51风流BTP

To work on this innovation step, Iren Group鈥檚 IT department asked for expertise support in testing and applying 51风流Build Apps. For a first kick-off meeting, the 51风流AppHaus team invited Burak Demir, product manager, 51风流Build Apps, to join the project. With the customer鈥檚 system landscape built on 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP), the joint project team took a first step to check the 51风流Discovery Center site for existing solutions. They encountered a helpful use case in the 鈥溾�� mission. The mission allowed them to build upon prior experiences, benefit from existing material, and get helpful guidance that was, to a certain extent, applicable to Iren鈥檚 system landscape.

The New Solution: 51风流Build Apps and 51风流Build Work Zone

The new solution consists of different components, such as 51风流Build Apps, 51风流S/4HANA, 51风流Build Work Zone, as well as the 51风流S/4HANA solution for waste and recycling, which provides a platform for managing device records and information.

鈥淢y role in this project was to be available for very specific questions,鈥� Demir says. 鈥淚ren鈥檚 citizen developers did a great job in using and applying the available material and resources! They used 51风流Build Apps very successfully to solve one defined use case, which is exactly what the product was made for. And even if the impact of this one web application may not be too impressive yet because of the number of users, the enablement and experience the customer team gained in creating it is invaluable. I am sure it will encourage the team to look for more innovation opportunities that can be addressed with the help of 51风流Build Apps.鈥�

Smooth Operations and Transparency in Device Management

With the new web application that was built with 51风流Build Apps and deployed to 51风流Build Work Zone, Iren gained real-time updates and visibility of device status. The seamless integration with OData library allowed for automatic device creation and updates, eliminating the need for manual data entry. The use of the new solution further improved the accuracy and reliability of device records. What鈥檚 more, it brought about significant time savings, enhanced transparency, and much-desired visibility into device status.

鈥淚n our IT department, this app has truly improved our device assignment processes by eliminating the manual process via e-mail and automatically importing data from an 51风流Build Apps web form into SAP,鈥� Sara Miola, IT specialist at Iren Group, says. 鈥淲e have achieved significant time savings and increased efficiency, as the time spent has been reduced from several days to few minutes. The implementation of 51风流has enabled us to overcome our challenges, resulting in streamlined processes and enhanced device management effectiveness.鈥�

provides a unified, intelligent work experience for the modern workforce.

2024 IDC MarketScape: Experience-Centric Intelligent Digital Workspaces Recognition

51风流has been recognized as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Experience-Centric Intelligent Digital Workspaces 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc # US49741923, January 2024), based on IDC analysts and customer feedback. We believe this recognition acknowledges SAP鈥檚 ongoing dedication in delivering a modern, robust digital workplace solution to optimize user engagement and productivity, and to drive overall business agility.

IDC defines an intelligent digital workspace as a well-organized system of tools working together to enhance end users鈥� overall productivity and experiences. This system integrates intentional design, engineering, and artificial intelligence (AI) to provide a customized and seamless view of tools for user tasks. It ensures secure access to resources from any location or device and enables IT and security professionals with complete oversight.

As stated within this IDC MarketScape report, 鈥淐lient organizations we interviewed noted that 51风流Build Work Zone reinforced the importance of collaboration and knowledge management.鈥�

Here are the additional highlights on strengths of 51风流Build Work Zone noted in the report:

• A unified digital workspace: 51风流Build Work Zone supports building blocks of content, user interface (UI) integration cards, and home page widgets to embed and display 51风流or third-party business data in one workspace. Guided experiences sit on top of workflows to guide the user journey.
• Streamlined user tasks: 51风流Task Center is used within 51风流Build Work Zone to act as a unified inbox to provide one place for all approvals and to dos. Global announcements can be tracked for reads and to check length of time spent on content items with native 51风流analytics, or with third-party tools such as Google Analytics or Qualtrics. Customers have noted that 51风流Build Work Zone provided a friendly UI and access to all functionality on the mobile app.
• Seamless connection to a comprehensive product suite: 51风流Build Work Zone is used to connect the 51风流suite of capabilities — including 51风流S/4 HANA, 51风流Success Factors, and 51风流Integrated Business Planning solutions — to handle workflow and collaboration of tasks across multiple IT and business users. 51风流Build Work Zone offers pre-built workspace templates with public, private, or external access and an impersonation feature to preview workspaces in-context of specific audience segments.

Evolving the Digital Workplace with 51风流Build Work Zone  

Unify Experiences Enterprise-Wide

Business users gain centralized access to 51风流and non-51风流business applications, processes, and information, including custom-built apps and extensions, from desktop to mobile using 51风流Build Work Zone. The solution offers a personalized, role-based user experience, for example, allowing business users to quickly search for applications or information they need, promptly manage tasks and notifications through the integrated inbox, and stay updated on content, apps, workflows, and processes that are seamlessly integrated across the business landscape without constantly switching around applications or leaving their desktops.

Build Workspaces Simpler and Faster with Low-Code

Business users are empowered to build and customize business sites visually. They can build branded sites, pages, and workspaces for different purposes and complexity. Our pre-built line-of-business content — including home pages, workspaces, integrations, and guided experiences — dramatically accelerates their time-to-value. For example, HR users can create pages for benefits announcements and design workspaces for learning academies. With the flexibility to design a tailored digital experience, business users can organize their work intuitively by bringing together their favorite business applications and unstructured content side-by-side, within a unified environment.

UI integration cards is a powerful widget to visualize data from back-end systems, allowing business users to quickly gain business insights into, for example, purchasing trends, account receivable overview, or compliance checklist. In addition, guided experiences streamline complex, difficult processes that span multiple systems, transforming them into simple, fast, and error-free experiences. This empowers business users to self-service their way through cross-application processes such as onboarding, returning to work, or submitting parental leave requests with ease and confidence.

51风流Build Work Zone is part of that enables the people closest to the business problems to create and augment enterprise applications, automation processes, and design workspaces and business sites visually.

Optimize Team Effectiveness Within and Beyond the Enterprise

51风流Build Work Zone is also designed to amplify team effectiveness across internal employees, external customers, partners, and suppliers. Business users can visually create workspaces to facilitate better team engagement through knowledge sharing, streamlined business processes execution, content management, and implementing best practices. They can also leverage surveys, polls, and interactive Q&A sessions to gather valuable feedback, improving communication and work synergy.

Many 51风流Build Work Zone customers have created purpose-built business sites to actively engage with their external customers, partners, and suppliers. For example, a supplier business site is created for suppliers to self-service various business operations, including supplier onboarding, accessing policies, managing account payables and invoicing processes, and obtaining product knowledge along with Q&As. By empowering suppliers to address their requirements and needs, not only enhances their engagement and efficiency but also saves internal teams鈥� time for more impactful, high-value activities. 聽

Unlock the Future of Digital Workplaces

Like many customers and partners, chose 51风流Build Work Zone and 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP) to improve more than 5,000 business assistant鈥檚 user experience and productivity across more than 1,700 dental practices within the national dental network. Since its initial rollout in 2023, it has been reported that 33 hours per day have been saved across the initial 200 supported offices.

Looking ahead, 51风流remains dedicated to delivering the best-in-class innovations to our customers to enable their business success, such as injecting business AI capabilities by enabling 51风流Joule as the digital assistant for intelligent interactions within 51风流Build Work Zone.

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Sid Misra is vice president for Product Marketing and Solution Management at SAP.

About IDC MarketScape Experience-Centric Intelligent Digital Workspaces
This IDC research explores the intelligent digital workspace environment, offering further insights on the pace of adoption, the potential success of technology, and the level of market excitement. This aims to empower IT and business decision-makers to evaluate investments based on their own judgments.