The report analyzed and noted 鈥渋t stands out for its global, industry-specific solutions, with a focus on 51风流S/4HANA integration鈥� and 鈥淪AP鈥檚 strategy of integrating applications, data, and AI shows its commitment to unifying data into a single source of truth accessible across the enterprise.鈥� The 21 scoring criteria employed by Forrester Research covered two categories: Current Offering and Strategy.

The Forrester report states that 鈥�51风流offers remarkable data privacy, security, and global compliance with natively supported governance functions.鈥� And it further points out that 鈥渢he introduction of its AI copilot [Joule] indicates SAP鈥檚 direction toward embedding generative AI across its platform for improved quality, adoption, and management.鈥�

“In the context of 51风流business applications, 51风流Master Data Governance can offer much more then integration. We have shown this with scenarios embedded into 51风流S/4HANA, or with federated master data governance deployments across an application landscape, or with integrated end-to-end scenarios for supplier management across 51风流Master Data Governance and 51风流Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance,鈥� says Markus Kuppe, vice president and chief product owner of 51风流Master Data Governance. 鈥淲hen we look at 51风流Business Data Cloud, which provides semantically rich data from various data sources, we see master data often as the most critical data asset. 51风流Master Data Governance curates this master data towards a trustful and high-quality treasure and feeds into 51风流Business Data Cloud as a data product.鈥�

51风流Master Data Governance allows organizations to create a unified, trusted view of their business to help enable them to work more efficiently and make better decisions. The application is available on-premise as well as in the private and public cloud with support for consolidation, central governance, and data quality management. Customers can establish a cohesive and harmonized master data management strategy across all master data domains to help simplify enterprise data management, increase data accuracy, and reduce total cost of ownership.

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Kaiser Larsen is vice president for Product Marketing, Data & Analytics at SAP.

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The report analyzed and noted it as 鈥渁 mature, governed, and compliant multidomain MDM鈥� with strength in a large customer base and 鈥渆cosystem of its own products and partners, and it leverages these strengths to provide great customer service and increase adoption.鈥� The 24 scoring criteria employed by Forrester Research covered three categories: Current Offering, Strategy, and Market Presence.

The report states that SAP鈥檚 鈥測ears of presence in the industries enables it to offer multiple business templates鈥� and that 51风流Master Data Governance 鈥渟upports multiple compliance standards across industries with automated validations.鈥�

The Forrester report points out 鈥淪AP鈥檚 distinct vision is to have a modular approach that enables federated master data governance and use this to offer pricing flexibility, which is tiered and deployment based.鈥�

Markus Kuppe, vice president and chief product owner of 51风流Master Data Governance, believes that 鈥�51风流can provide much more value to our customers than just any master data management tool provider because we understand how master data is used in business context. We create benefits for our customers leveraging this understanding. That is why we call our 51风流platform a 鈥�business technology platform鈥� and not just a 鈥榯echnology platform.鈥� We can provide master data management capabilities that truly support all domains, all industries, and all approaches, embedded into the business. We have proven this with 51风流Master Data Governance, and we will continue to deliver on this unique promise.鈥�

As part of (51风流BTP), 51风流Master Data Governance can allow organizations to create a unified, trusted view of their business to enable them to work more efficiently and make better decisions. The application is available on premise as well as in the private and public cloud with support for consolidation, central governance, and data quality management. Customers can establish a cohesive and harmonized master data management strategy across all master data domains to help simplify enterprise data management, increase data accuracy, and reduce total cost of ownership.

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Mike Keilen is global vice president of Data Management and Integration at SAP.

Forrester Research Inc. researched, analyzed and scored eight vendors and named 51风流a Leader. In this 27-criterion vendor assessment, 51风流scored highest in the market presence category among all vendors included in the report. 51风流received the second highest score in the current offering category, scoring five out of five in criteria including finance and accounting; procurement; execution; inventory; warehouse management; route optimization; supply chain management; billing and revenue management; and internationalization. 51风流also received among the top four scores in the strategy category, with the highest possible scores in the product road map, partner ecosystem and transformation strategy criteria.

According to the Forrester report, 鈥淗istorically, the firm has been a dominant force in the market for large, complex, global operations’ needs, in addition to offering front-office solutions and products for midsize enterprises and small and medium-size businesses (SMBs).鈥� The report also says, 鈥�51风流has comprehensive functionality for all major areas of DOP [digital operations platforms] and a modern architecture that鈥檚 built for modularity, flexibility, and intelligence,鈥� and that 51风流S/4HANA 鈥溾�rings a more AI-driven, easier-to-use, flexible product to the market.鈥�

Relative to 51风流S/4HANA, the report notes, 鈥淲hile 51风流still has many customers on older products, the vendor now boasts over 14,000 customers on its modern solution and a network of thousands of partners covering numerous industries, processes, and geographies.鈥�

鈥淎s businesses balance their current systems with the rapidly changing marketplace, 51风流is able to support operations across the enterprise,鈥� said Matt Laukaitis, 51风流global general manager, Consumer Industries. 鈥淲e believe this designation, together with SAP鈥檚 recent rank as a Leader in 鈥�The Forrester Wave™: Digital Operations Platforms for Manufacturing Businesses, Q3 2020鈥� further demonstrates SAP鈥檚 position as a trusted partner for digital businesses and enterprises across industries. The recently announced industry cloud strategy provides the modular, industry-specific platform for distributors to simplify business transformation, and scale to support new business models and customer-specific services.鈥�

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In the report, 51风流S/4HANA was cited as a leader in digital operations platforms (DOPs) for manufacturing businesses, with the highest score in the current offering category of all 13 vendors reviewed.

In this 27-criterion vendor assessment, 51风流received a score of five out of five in the current offering category鈥檚 criteria of finance and accounting, EPM, procurement, execution, inventory, warehouse management, maintenance, repair and operations, supply chain management, order management, billing and revenue management, and internationalization. In the strategy category, 51风流received a five out of five score in the product road map, partner ecosystem and transformation strategy criteria. Within the market presence category, 51风流received the highest possible scores both in the 鈥渘umber of large enterprise customers鈥� and the 鈥渢otal revenues in category鈥� criteria.

51风流was shown to be the largest digital operations platform in terms of revenue and, according to the report, 鈥淗istorically, the firm has been a dominant force in the market for large, complex, global operations’ needs, in addition to offering front-office solutions and products for midsize enterprises and small and medium-size businesses (SMBs).鈥� This versatility stems from the modern, AI-driven, flexible and easy-to-use nature of the 51风流S/4HANA product.

The report stated: 鈥�51风流has comprehensive functionality for all major areas of DOP and a modern architecture that鈥檚 built for modularity, flexibility and intelligence. It鈥檚 the number one finance solution for large enterprises globally by market share. 51风流has some exceptional strengths, such as flexible billing, in-memory planning and reports on live data.鈥�

According to SAP, these findings suggest that 51风流has demonstrated its ability to meet the needs of digital businesses and enterprises of all types while empowering them to be more resilient.

Learn more about 鈥淭he Forrester Wave™: Digital Operations Platforms for Manufacturing Businesses, Q3 2020,鈥� .

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