sap's vision and purpose

How SAP’s Vision Comes To LifeEnabling Our Customers to Improve the Economy, our Society, and the Environment through Technology

October 2016

Table of Contents Letter from Bill McDermott

Improving: the Economy, Society, and the Environment

Economy

Society

Environment

Making a Difference

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Letter from Bill McDermott

SAP’s vision is to help the world run better and improve people’s lives. In service to this enduring purpose, we have committed our people and our products to address the world’s biggest economic, environmental, and societal issues. SAP customers have made significant impact in areas such as chronic disease prevention, humanitarian relief, digital government, and energy efficiency. We are inspired by these

efforts. We also know that much more work lies ahead. This publication shows what is possible when modern innovation is applied to longstanding global concerns. Mobility, cloud computing, big data, and the Internet of Things – all enabled by our once in a generation SAP HANA architecture – give us more potential than ever before. A better, more intelligent world is now within

our grasp. We now have the technology to deliver economic opportunity for all people and substantially improve lives. Let’s come together and tackle the greatest challenges because they truly are our biggest opportunities. I warmly welcome you to this cause. Bill McDermottCEO, SAP SE

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Our vision is to help the world run better and improve people’s lives. Our solutions help people, businesses, and institutions achieve economic development, social progress, and environmental impact.

—Bill

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Improving: the Economy, Society, and the Environment

The world today presents us with opportunities like never before. But it also poses challenges on a much

larger scale.

The United Nations has defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to transform the world’s economy, society, and environment. These goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

We integrate these goals with our own vision and higher purpose: to help the world run better and improve people’s lives. They inspire us to remain focused on doing our part to solve the most pressing issues facing

the billions of inhabitants on our precious planet Earth.

As Lise Kingo, Executive Directorof the UN Global Compact, said, “Businesses today are expected to be part ofthe solution to our world’s greatest challenges – from climate and water crises, to inequality and poverty […]. For companies ready to take on the agenda, the SDGs provide a platform to show responsibility, pursue opportunity and innovation, and inspire other businesses to get on board.”

We believe digital technologies will enable companies and organizations to tackle some of the world’s most complex, intractable problems, such as abolishing poverty, saving

the lives of the more than 6 million children who don’t live to see their fifth birthdays, and reducing global CO2 emissions by a third – to name a few.

SAP’s opportunity is to provide our customers, partners, and consumers with the tools they need to have an impact – whether it’s empowering the poor through financial services, providing personalized medicine, building infrastructure, or combating climate change. In collaboration with our customers and other organizations, we are determined to deliver on our higher purpose of making the world a better, more sustainable place, ultimately improving the lives of billions of people.

To learn more and find details from this report, visit www.sap.com/unglobalgoals

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Adarsh Credit to provide financial services for 1 million dreams

Empowering...

Trenitalia to reliably move 2 million passengers every day

ASCO to make a world of difference in cancer care

Alliander to save energy for the world, and money for its customers

Buenos Aires to digitize the city to ensure residents are safe

Tumi to extend its reach to new markets without physical presence

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Making a Difference

SAP brings people, partnerships, and technology together to improve people’s lives and make the world a better place.

Society

EnvironmentEconomy

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EconomyEconomic improvement goes beyond revenue growth. It includes providing meaningful, purpose-driven work to people across the world – empowering prosperity through a living wage, shelter, and nutrition. Ensuring economic improvements also means promoting innovation to develop strong industries and infrastructure, while building trust by protecting every individual and organization’s privacy.

SocietyHealth, education, access to technology, and public safety are at the core of a peaceful and just society. They enable citizen engagement, strong public institutions, and human progress. When people are more productive and feel a sense of belonging, they lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives.

EnvironmentClimate change touches everyone and will impact the lives of future generations. Whether in rural or urban areas, the need for water, clean energy, and responsible development is key to continued prosperous life on this planet.

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Economy

Work & ProsperityThe main factor in providing economic empowerment and ending poverty, hunger, and exclusion is fairly paid jobs. Creating 30 million jobs every year would eradicate poverty.* SAP software helps companies work better to bring economic prosperity and jobs to people around the world.

Economy

Innovation & SecurityInnovation is key to human progress and economic development.* But in this age of hyper-connectivity and cloud, security and privacy are major concerns for people and companies alike. SAP provides innovative solutions with world class security standards to more than 300,000 customers so they can in turn develop their respective industries, provide work, and ensure the mobility of people and goods, thereby improving people’s standard of living.

Society

Health & EducationHealth and education are essential to well-being and sustainable development. For example, since 2000, measles vaccines have averted nearly 15.6 million deaths.* SAP technology is at the epicenter of complex medical issues around prevention, treatments, and cures for cancer, diabetes, and other diseases. We are also deeply committed to empowering the world’s youth, working adults, differently abled people and the unemployed with the right skills they need to thrive in the digital economy.

We can help the 2.2 billion people who live on less than $2 a day earn a decent living*

We can give >2 billion people permanent access to electricity*

We can save the lives of >6 million children who today don’t live to see their fifth birthday*

*United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals – 17 goals to transform our world, www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goalsTo learn more and find details from this report, visit www.sap.com/purpose

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Society

Smart Cities and Safe CommunitiesCities are centers of innovation and culture, but are facing growing populations and aging infrastructure. Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities today, and it will grow to 60% by 2030.* SAP solutions for the Internet of Things can help manage and monitor resources so cities can run more sustainably and help citizens enjoy happier, safer lives.

Environment

Clean Planet and Climate ChangeWe are all affected by climate change. For example, energy accounts for approximately 60% of total greenhouse gas emissions.* Therefore, lowering energy consumption and producing cleaner energy are essential to our well-being. SAP technology is helping our customers make the world more energy efficient, cleaner, and greener for future generations.

Environment

Responsible GrowthWith the world population growing steadily, humanity will need to provide water, food, and shelter to billions of additional people in the coming years. For example, more than 80% of waste water resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or seas without any pollution removal.* SAP solutions help optimize resource utilization and minimize waste, supporting the responsible growth practices necessary to ensure the survival of future generations.

We can improve the lives of the 60% of humanity who will live in cities by 2030*

We can reduce by 1/3 global CO2 emissions, back to the 1990 level*

We can encourage millions of companies around the world to adopt sustainable practices for clean water, resource and energy consumption*

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EconomyEconomic improvement goes beyond revenue growth. It includes providing meaningful, purpose-driven work to people across the world – empowering prosperity through a living wage, shelter, and nutrition.

Ensuring economic improvements also means promoting innovation to develop strong industries and infrastructure, while building trust by protecting every individual and organization’s privacy.

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Economy | Work & Prosperity

Adarsh Credit: Providing Financial Services for 1 Million Dreams

Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society, Ltd., grew from a philosophy of providing high-quality banking services at a lower cost for customers in rural areas of India.

Adarsh differentiates itself by offering robust services to all its members. The company uses advanced technology to equip its workforce with the tools they need to enhance financial inclusion across the entire nation of India.

With the SAP Mobile Platform, Ardash is able to provide banking services to remote and unbanked areas without depending on Internet connectivity or IT services. Based on real-time processing of banking transactions, lower operational costs, and increased advisor productivity, Ardash can now empower new customers who otherwise would not have had access to basic financial services.

Impact

1 million Indian citizens get access to financial transactions

20% efficiency gains for 3,000 employees and 100,000 independent representatives, helping to increase reach

Solution

SAP Mobile Platform

SAP Workforce Performance Builder

SAP for Banking

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Impact

Feeding > 3 million malnourished children in >46 countries so far

Goal to end malnourishment for 220 million worldwide


Edesia: Harnessing the Power of Peanuts and Human Determination to Nourish Children

If a child under five does not get the proper nutrition, the mental and physical deficits can be devastating. Edesia makes power-packed, nutritionally balanced, ready-to-use food such as Peanut’POW, which feeds malnourished children all over the world.

SAP funded a project to deploy the SAP Business One application to incorporate all of Edesia’s business operations and data under one main umbrella, making the whole production process more efficient and effective. Quality control, inventory management, and overall cost management have improved significantly, enabling Edesia to reach even more people than ever before.

Solution

SAP Business One

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Moving Business Beyond Bias

Impact

84% of SAP employees embrace workplace diversity

25% women in management by 2017

At SAP we are committed to creating a business beyond bias, and have made significant investments in programs and technology to enable not only our own organization, but also our customers and partners, to achieve greater diversity and inclusion for all underrepresented groups.

By building new capabilities into our SAP SuccessFactors Human Capital Management Suite to help identify and eliminate bias in the workforce, we have been able to implement numerous initiatives to ensure we are providing a diverse and inclusive environment. As a global organization with more than 80,000 employees representing 150 nationalities, we encourage different perspectives. Our diversity efforts

focus on gender equality, multi-generational issues, culture and ethnicity, equality for LGBT colleagues, and inclusion of those who are differently abled.

We are proud of our accomplishments in these areas. We recently became the first multinational tech company to achieve the global Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) certification. Our groundbreaking “Autism At Work” program, which currently employs over 100 colleagues, has also received international recognition. At SAP we know that an inclusive, bias-free culture inspires greater innovation, helps us better serve our customers, fosters employee engagement, and makes SAP a more attractive workplace.

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Impact

Reliable, sustainable, and safe mobility for 2 million passengers per day

8-10% reduction in annual maintenance cost

Economy | Innovation & Security

Trenitalia: Reliably Moving 2 Million Passengers per Day

As part of the Italian Railway Network, Trenitalia operates a fleet of nearly 30,000 locomotives, electric and light trains, coaches, and freight cars, and runs over 8,000 trains each day.

Trenitalia sought an innovative way to prevent failures and maintenance downtime by optimizing equipment lifecycles and resource usage, while also reducing cost. Using dynamic maintenance management from SAP connected through Internet of Things technology, real-time insights from sensors are transforming how Trenitalia manages its assets by adding more predictive capabilities to traditional, planned or reactive models.

In this way, Trenitalia ensures reliable, sustainable and safe mobility for 2 million passengers every day and 80 million tons of freight per year.

Solution

SAP Predictive Maintenance and Service

Predictive analytics on SAP HANA

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Impact

Ensure replenishment for 10,000 stores in 26 countries

20% reduction of processes in inventory management


Lidl: Ensuring Smooth Operations in 10,000 Grocery Stores Every Day

For over 40 years, Lidl, the German grocery chain with stores in 26 countries, has continuously expanded its business globally – providing value to its customers by selling top-quality products at low prices.

This success is fueled by optimized and automated core merchandising, logistics, and in-store processes.

Today, Lidl can rely on a real-time view of its current store operations performance with strong analytics of its point of sales data. By systematically analyzing data, the grocer’s staff can better understand and react to customer behavior, while optimizing productivity and avoiding waste. Lidl has transformed its business, to agile, integrated, real-time retailing to meet their customers’ expectations and drive future growth.

Solution

SAP Retail on SAP HANA

SAP Customer Activity Repository

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Impact

Trying to make a difference for 30 million people who work under forced labor conditions

26 million consumers registered on the “Made In A Free World” platform request transparency on the social product footprint


Disrupting Slavery and Combatting Human Trafficking

Slavery was abolished centuries ago. Yet human trafficking continues around the world. There are an estimated 20 to 30 million forced laborers in global supply chains today – from conflict minerals in Congo, to fishing in Thailand, to migrant workers in the United States and North America.

SAP Ariba and Made in a Free World are working closely together to help businesses gain deeper insights from their suppliers – and from the suppliers’ suppliers – to detect and

eradicate forced and child labor from the global supply chain.

In this way, procurement organizations worldwide will have greater power to track raw materials that go into their products, and identify potential risks based on location or other factors. In addition to activism, greater transparency enables a collaborative effort to improve business practices, fight forced labor and create economic prosperity for almost 30 million people, many of them children.

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SocietyHealth, education, access to technology, and public safety are at the core of a peaceful and just society. They enable citizen engagement, strong public institutions, and human progress. When people are more productive and feel a sense of belonging, they lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives.

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Impact

Improving the lives of > 14 million people in the U.S. who live with cancer

850,000 electronic patient health records can now be analyzed in real time

Society | Health & Education

ASCO: Making a World of Difference in Cancer Care

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is the world’s leading professional organization for physicians and oncology professionals caring for people with cancer. Founded in 1964, ASCO has grown to over 40,000 members, with $5 billion in annual funding.

Every year, 14 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer. To give each one the best options and outcomes, doctors need to know what worked before and the latest results from clinical trials. As there are thousands of trials in progress, and millions of previous patients, the challenge is how to provide cancer patients with personalized care informed by the data of nearly every patient treated before them.

ASCO is using big data and innovating on the SAP HANA platform for CancerLinQ, which analyzes 850,000 electronic patient health records to determine which treatments are likely to work best for each individual.

Solution

SAP HANA Platform

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Impact

24x7 monitoring for patients with type II diabetes

Pre-diabetic people can reverse symptoms and lead a normal, healthy life


Roche: Stopping Diabetes in its Tracks with Connected Care

Roche has been committed to improving lives since the company was founded in 1896 in Basel, Switzerland.

350 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes. There is an emerging global epidemic of diabetes that can be traced back to rapid increases in overweight, including obesity and physical inactivity. But diabetes is not inevitable.

Roche Diagnostics uses SAP Connected Health software on SAP HANA Cloud Platform and a mobile app designed by SAP to support its personalized preventative care solution for diabetics. Doctors can follow their patients’ progress in real time via a dashboard on their tablets or computers. All the data is securely gathered, stored, and processed – giving the doctor and patient access to immediate information and feedback. If indicators and parameters change, the health expert receives an alert. They can then send messages or set new goals for the patient.

Solution

SAP Connected Health

SAP HANA Cloud Platform

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Our sustainable futures depend on educated workers who can support government agencies, private-sector businesses, and other organizations that fuel the global economy.

To build an educated workforce, people of all ages must be provided with the opportunity to learn.

The almost global availability of broadband Internet access means massive open online courses (MOOCs) can provide an immersive and detailed learning experience to thousands of children and others in rural regions who previously had little or no schooling options.

Through openSAP, our innovative learning platform, more than 1.5 million enrolled students in 185 countries have access to more than 90 free-of-charge MOOCs delivering state of the art technology, programming, and digitization skills. Beyond technical skills, students can also take classes like basic language skills for refugees or entrepreneurship. These highly interactive courses provide the skills needed to take advantage of better employment opportunities, especially for enrolled learners who successfully pass the course exams and receive an official certificate.

Impact

More than 1.5 million registered students in 185 countries watched and completed 10 million videos and online tests

98% student satisfaction rateon the social product footprint


Education is Key to Prosperity

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Impact

Better quality of life and reduced commuting time for 1 million + drivers (private and public)

Real-time travel recommendation used by 800,000 citizens using the app

Society | Smart Cities & Safe Communities

City of Nanjing: Ensuring Smooth Traffic Flow for 1 Million Cars

Nanjing is one of China’s top cities with a population of just over 8 million and continuously growing. The overall traffic volume is immense with an estimated 10 thousand taxicabs, 7 thousand buses, and 1 million private cars running throughout the city road network.

Together with SAP, the city of Nanjing developed Smart Traffic, a next-generation solution that uses sensors and RFID chips to generate continuous data about the status of transportation systems across the city. The city makes use of the SAP HANA platform and the Internet of Things to analyze traffic movement patterns in real time. In total, over 20 billion sensor data are generated annually in the city – combined with other data such as travel behavior of individuals, fare prices, road conditions, or area accessibility.

Advanced analytical algorithms help the city make sense of these data. All information flows into one digital map that gives a detailed view of current city traffic, as well as the ability to predict and provide planning recommendations.expert receives an alert. They can then send messages or set new goals for the patient.

Solution

SAP HANA

SAP Smart Traffic Solution

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Impact

Improving the safety of 3 million residents inBuenos Aires

3,000 city employeehave immediate access to information, allowing them to be proactive in preventing floods


City of Buenos Aires: Digitizing the City to Ensure Residents are Safe

The city of Buenos Aires is plagued by torrential seasonal rains, causing flash floods that take lives and damage property. If maintenance crews knew when and where to clear drains, these problems could be mitigated. The city met the challenge by establishing an effective early warning system against annual flooding.

The city of Buenos Aires uses a mobile application from SAP to help street inspectors enter and process data about city maintenance and permits. Sensors have been installed in 30,000 storm drains to measure water levels, direction, and speed.

The ability to analyze weather data on SAP HANA provides workers with real-time reports on areas needing immediate support. With access to dashboards to analyze and keep track of work orders, maintenance crews have real-time data at their fingertips to clear drains and prevent floods.

Solution

SAP HANA

SAP Mobile Platform

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Impact

9,000 volunteers teaching German to refugees

10,000 youth taught programming skills in Middle East refugee camps

90 graduated in computer engineering (entry level)

100 internships at SAP


Providing Humanitarian Aid to Refugees in Germany

Addressing the global refugee crisis requires the involvement of politicians, citizens, and companies. Financial assistance, inclusive educational measures, and appropriate IT solutions can all play an important role. At SAP we are committed to impact all three areas.

In addition to financial support, SAP has launched a free award-winning massive open online course that enables volunteers to help refugees learn basic German for everyday use.

In close cooperation with UNHCR, SAP organizes coding workshops in refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Egypt. These “Refugee

Code Weeks” aim to provide basic programming skills to 10,000 kids and youth. Coding “Boot Camps” are offered to the top-talented students with the goal of graduating entry-level computer engineers ready for international hiring. Almost 100 refugees with technical knowledge have participated in a six-month internship, with the opportunity to apply for permanent positions at SAP.

In addition, through our social media platform, SAP JAM, we are helping local municipalities and aid organizations connect and collaborate easily.

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EnvironmentClimate change touches everyone and will impact the lives of future generations. Whether in rural or urban areas, the need for water, clean energy, and responsible development is key to continued prosperous life on this planet.

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Impact

Improved service to 3.5 million Dutch energy customers, reducing bills by up to 20%

Cut time to identify gas pipes needing replacement from 3 hours to 3 seconds, and load forecasting time from 10 weeks to 3 days

Environment | Clean Planet & Climate Change

Alliander: Saving Energy for the World and Money for its Customers

Energy needs are drastically changing, and energy suppliers and distributors have to keep up. For over 100 years Alliander has served gas and electricity customers in the Netherlands. It understood that it needed to invest heavily in IT to meet its customers’ requirements and keep the country green and sustainable.

Using the SAP HANA platform, Alliander gathers and analyzes massive amounts of data to better maintain assets, optimize its grid, and help its 3.5 million customers save on their gas and electricity bills.

Alliander is now able to monitor its network at five-minute intervals and forecast demand based on many variables, including demographic growth, seasonality, consumption forecasts, and specific events. As a result, Alliander can minimize the risk of power cuts. And, using SAP analytics, the company has also been able to quickly identify gas pipes that need replacing most urgently, improving safety for all.

Solution

SAP HANA Cloud Platform

Big Data and Analytics

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Impact

Improving the lives of 574 indigenous riverside communities

Helping protect nearly 11 million hectares of the Amazon rainforest generating oxygen for the world


Fundação Amazonas Sustentável: Helping the Amazon’s River People Protect the Rainforest

The Amazon rainforest is the largest, most diverse bio-system on our planet. It supplies a significant proportion of the world’s natural resources, including 20% of the planet’s oxygen. But deforestation is threatening the Amazon’s role as the “lungs of the world,” as well as the supply of many things we take for granted, such as medicines, plants, chocolate, and nuts.

Fundação Amazonas Sustentável (FAS) was set up to help the people who live along the Amazon’s riverbanks.

In 2015, SAP donated SAP BusinessObjects Lumira to provide real-time data visualizations of FAS’s programs. FAS can now provide a snapshot of vital data to the communities it serves, better budget resources, and prioritize investments, creating more efficient and effective programs for the 40,000 people it supports.

Solution

SAP BusinessObjects Lumira

Impact

CO2 emissions back to the 2000 levels by 2020

€346M in cumulative savings achieved through carbon reduction measures since 2008

100% Renewable Energy in SAP’s Data Centers and own Facilities

€3 million invested in the Livelihoods Carbon Fund


Applying Technology and Ideas to Protect the Planet

To combat the damages caused by climate change, SAP is using digitization to help our customers increase their overall resource productivity and transform their businesses to reduce carbon outputs. Striving to lead by example, we have created a goal to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions back to the levels of 2000 by 2020.

At SAP we are working to reduce CO2 emissions through three primary approaches: increasing

operational efficiency combined with innovative approaches to the way we do things, purchasing high-quality renewable electricity certificates, and investing in high-quality carbon credits. We have also tied our business strategy of shifting to the cloud to our environmental strategy, creating a completely “green cloud” by purchasing 100% renewable electricity certificates. All compensation by CO2 offsets is focused on projects that improve the environment and at the same time the livelihoods of rural communities.

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Impact

Entered 19 new markets and expanded its European revenues from zero to US$4 million in 12 months without significant investments

Launched online presence in new country in 2 or 3 weeks instead of 6 months

Environment | Responsible Growth

Tumi: Extending to New Markets Without a Physical Presence

Tumi is a premier luggage company with 150 stores in North America. Based in the USA, it was looking to expand into new markets in Europe and elsewhere to fuel its growth.

Using SAP Hybris Commerce, Tumi has been able to expand its retail presence to 21 countries across the globe in less than two years in a responsible way.

This enabled Tumi to increase its revenues in Europe from zero to US$4 million in one year without having to open any physical shops. And, since many of its customers are travelers, the solutions enabled Tumi to have a single view of each customer, whether they shop online or in a store.

Solution

SAP Hybris

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Impact

Moved to 100% paperless processes

Reduced purchase order processing time by 88% from ~3 hours to less than 20 minutes


PTT ICT Solutions: Improving Customer Service, Eliminating Errors, and Saving Trees

PTT ICT Solutions had a paper problem. Even though it was one of Thailand’s leading IT and communications services companies with 25,000 employees, it relied on manual processes to receive and acknowledge purchase orders.

As a result, orders were often lost or difficult to track when key personnel were absent. The team at PTT decided to join the SAP Ariba Network, which helped them eliminate lost POs, reduce manual processes, and enable staff to follow standardized procedures when responding to customers’ orders.

By using the Ariba Network PTT was able to deliver quicker service to its customers, introduce more reliable and effective sales and marketing processes, and provide more accuracy with fewer resources.

Solution

SAP Ariba

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Impact

Improve one billion lives in Asia Pacific and Japan by 2020

€800,000 donated and over 12,000 hours of SAP employee time volunteered


Crowdsourced Innovation to Improve One Billion Lives (1BLives) in Asia Pacific and Japan by 2020

Asia is on the rise economically, socially, and digitally, but there are still many development gaps that can be addressed through the innovative use of technology. The 1BLives initiative seeks to unlock our innovation and talent by using SAP technology for social good. Working with local partners, we identified innovative programs aiming to address gaps in education, health, and disaster management. We invested over 12,000 hours of SAP employee time and donated €800,000 to source and select impactful projects. The selected projects, all exploiting the power of SAP HANA, included:

• My Seismic Safety (Japan) – Collaborating with Hakusan Corporation (seismometer

manufacturer) to transform smartphones into seismometers and analyze the impact of earthquakes on the stability of buildings to help with disaster preparedness

• Medical Assistance Made Responsive and Simple (Philippines) – Working with Philippines Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to digitize manual processes, enabling PCSO to save more than 100,000 employee hours and help more Filipinos

• Cancer Research (India) – Helping the Ramesh Nimmagadda Cancer Foundation (RNCF) develop an open data platform to collect information and provide predictive analytics to speed up cancer diagnosis for Indian patients

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Empowering our customers to improve the economy, the environment, and society through technology

Society

EnvironmentEconomy

Adarsh Credit

Edesia

Trenitalia

Lidl

ASCO

Roche

City of Nanjing

City of Buenos Aires

Alliander

Fundação Amazonas Sustentável

Tumi

PTT ICT Solutions

Making a Difference

These examples illuminate the possibilities when people are united by a compelling vision and enabled with cutting edge technology innovation. They are also only the beginning of what we can do together to help the world run better and improve people’s lives.

Digital disruption has led some to question what kind of world we will leave for the

generations that follow. We hold the optimistic view that business is a force for positive change that can lift people up. The fight for inclusion, opportunity and sustainability can unify all sectors of the modern economy – public, private and not-for- profit. Technology and data can unlock answers to the questions we collectively face.

To all of you: please be our partner in this journey. Our goal is to bring together the forces of purpose-driven leadership so we can find new ways to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. To share information about your own initiatives or to join this initiative, visit www.sap.com/purpose.

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