London, UK – November 18, 2021 – (NYSE: SAP) today announces the winners of its , which celebrate leading implementations of its technology and how it has helped the world run better and improved people’s lives.
Launched this year, the 51·çÁ÷UKI Customer Success Awards recognise organisations of all sizes and how working with 51·çÁ÷can facilitate considerable innovation, transformation, value and environmental impact in today’s disruptive economy.
Held on Wednesday 17th November at Searcys, The Gherkin, London, the awards acknowledged the following organisations for formidable achievements driven via leveraging 51·çÁ÷technology and its partner ecosystem alike:
Best Innovative use of 51·çÁ÷Technology – Mercedes-EQ
Mercedes-EQ realised its business outcomes and achieved the agility and mobileÌýcapabilities required to keep its crews and back office connected across multiple globalÌýlocations, while accelerating the speed itÌýneeded to get operations off the ground through the power of 51·çÁ÷S/4HANA Cloud.
Delivered in just three months, Mercedes-EQ had the finance and accountingÌýtools required to manage costs, track profitability,Ìýpredict cash flow and run forecasts, with the fit-to-standard approach allowing the organisationÌýto define its processes in line withÌýcorporate requirements without inhibitingÌýperformance.ÌýThis culminated with driver Nyck de Vries and Mercedes-EQ winning the ABB Formula E World Championships in the 2020/2021 season.
Best Transformational Change – Vodafone
Through the use of 51·çÁ÷S/4HANA, Vodafone has been able to set new benchmarks and achieve significant cost efficiencies on its Intelligent Enterprise journey. The business now has seamless automation, process standardisation, operationalÌýefficiency and access to real-time insight inÌýbusiness functions. The modernisation led to increased automationÌýleading to lower errorÌýrates and higher efficiency, improved standardisationÌýfor betterÌýmaintenance and system performance​, better user experience, leading to increasedÌýfocus on Net Promoter Score, and faster month end close cyclesÌýleading toÌýbetter financial insights sooner at a lowerÌýcost​.
Best Socially Sustainable Project – Sanctuary
The rapid deployment of SAPÌýData Warehouse Cloud andÌýthe accelerated introductionÌýand unification of data sourcesÌýenabled Sanctuary to display critical information through its single unified platform SAPÌýAnalytics Cloud. This empowered intelligence ofÌýwhere, when and what impactÌýCOVID-19 was having on theÌýlives of Sanctuary customersÌýand employees at the most unprecedented of times, and supported its understandingÌýand response toÌýunchartered territory.
Best Value to Business – Electricity Supply Board
51·çÁ÷S/4HANA digital platformÌýalong with 51·çÁ÷SuccessFactors andÌý51·çÁ÷Concur transformed theÌýemployee experience across ESBsÌýcore business processes throughÌýautomation, self-serve and theÌýdelivery of training through project LEAP.
Through embedded, real time analytics, Project LEAPÌýenabledÌýtransformation across the business and supports theÌýmodern digital environment in whichÌýthe business now operates, future proofing ESBs ERP requirementsÌýfor the next 15+ years, and has improved user experience dramatically.
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