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Our Vision for Business. OPTIMIZE. COLLABORATE. TRANSFORM.

Our vision is for companies of all sizes to become best-run businesses. Best-run businesses transform rigid value chains into dynamic business networks of customers, partners, and suppliers. They close the loop between strategy and execution, help individuals work more productively, and leverage technology for sustainable, profitable growth. This vision is in keeping with SAP's mission to accelerate business innovation for companies and industries worldwide – contributing to economic development on a grand scale.

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Thriving in Times of Economic Turmoil

In a tough and difficult economy, executives are challenged more than ever to strike the right balance between reducing costs and making the targeted investments that will ensure future success.

Read how executives are managing this balancing act

See how the IT industry can help companies thrive during the crisis
Reinventing Your Business Model

Why is it so difficult for established companies to pull off the new growth that business model innovation can bring? Learn what SAP co-CEO Henning Kagermann, Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen, and Innosight's Mark Johnson have to say about reinventing your business model.

Read this Harvard Business Review article

SAP's View Thought Leader Insights Our Customers' Perspectives  

Get SAP's views on how our vision for business will help companies become best-run. Here are some highlights:

Video Investing in IT Makes Sense in Troubled Times
On Friday, November 21, 2008, SAP co-CEO Léo Apotheker and leading IT, business, and government experts shared insights into IT strategies and investments for lean economic times.

Literature Built to Adapt: High-Velocity Transformation and Integration
Chakib Bouhdary, chief value officer of SAP's global field operations, examines why reinventing and adapting swiftly are key to survival in an environment of turbo-charged change.

Literature Rethinking Relationships in a Global Economy
SAP co-CEO Henning Kagermann reflects on how business network transformation is helping companies rethink their business relationships in today's global economy.

See more views from SAP.
 
BUSINESS NETWORK TRANSFORMATION

What exactly does business network transformation mean for today's organizations? CEOs offer their insights on how it has changed their perception and businesses.

Watch the videos.

BUSINESS NETWORK TRANSFORMATION IN MEDIA

Renowned thought leaders recently shared their perspectives on business network transformation for the media and telecommunications industry.

Learn more.

YOUR NEW COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Find out how to transform your business network into a competitive weapon.

Learn more.

BEST PRACTICES SURVEY ON BUSINESS NETWORKS

SAP has joined forces with Geoffrey Moore and Philip Lay of TCG Advisors to help your company:

  • Score your business network transformation compared to your peers
  • Identify key drivers and best practices
  • Gain insights into potential areas for improvement for your business
Take our best practices survey.

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