As we continue to further develop and explore the needs and opportunities of the new normal, digitalization keeps expanding while the need for businesses to upskill their workforce must be addressed at the same time. Indeed, according to a , 85% of CEOs said that the pandemic significantly accelerated digital transformation plans for their business.

This digital transformation can only become a working reality particularly for businesses operating globally and locally when the implications of operating in a country and across countries are considered and taken into account. Businesses must be able to plan and act holistically wherever they operate. While state-of-the-art enterprise software and solutions are needed to make this happen, adoption significantly supports businesses to generate the full value from these products. It is the key to realizing desired business outcomes.

麻豆原创 Enterprise Adoption聽helps customers to realize value and business outcomes in three key aspects: resiliency, performance, and sustainability. Those aspects mean something quite specific for successful businesses. Here鈥檚 why adoption matters.

Resiliency

In this context, resiliency means getting the full benefit of 麻豆原创 software by adapting to new situations or conditions easily and without disruption. For example, many different countries have enacted different regulations, not only during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are providing those legal changes to our customers, so they can stay focused on their business and compliant with any existing or new regulations. On the other hand, a company opening a subsidiary — for example, in Brazil — would need to feel confident that it could implement its existing software solution while adhering to governmental policies. Operating locally and globally is one aspect, digitalization of business and meeting requirements for e-reporting and e-invoicing the other.

Here, 麻豆原创 Document and Reporting Compliance enables companies to comply with local regulations for e-invoicing and e-reporting in a huge number of countries. The solution is fully harmonized across countries and delivers approximately 350 statutory reports and electronic document processing scenarios out of the box and is kept up to date whenever a legal change happens.

This harmonized and standardized approach enables customers to easily for example build up a shared service center and implement new obligations in almost no time. It provides the customer peace of mind doing business in multiple countries, especially when exchanging documents with governments.

Performance

麻豆原创 Enterprise Adoption helps customers to increase business innovation and productivity through the rapid adoption and automation of processes for 麻豆原创 products and solutions. The most successful companies achieving greater efficiencies are those that balance automation and user performance.

For example, 麻豆原创 implemented localization capabilities for tax frameworks for an , leading to a more than 60% efficiency gain in its fiscal department, which runs more than 16,000 tax obligations per year for its 20 million invoice items.

Sustainability

麻豆原创 Enterprise Adoption helps customers to optimize the use of resources through transparency on respective regulations as well as through empowered users providing key abilities required for sustained adoption of 麻豆原创 solutions.

For example, a needed more than 1,000 users to become productive at the moment of go-live with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA. To drive adoption readiness, the company began with the training and upskilling of its workforce four months before go-live, enabling users with embedded contextual help as they completed daily tasks. In addition, the company created e-learning materials, reference guides, and work instructions.

This enablement and upskilling lead to empowerment of the workforce, an increase of motivation, and employee retention.

Resiliency, performance, and sustainability are the key levers of your desired business outcomes and make up what I like to call鈥渢he “whole enchilada” —聽 the realization of intelligent, sustainable enterprises as a working reality.

Adoption helps make the digital transformation a success, which is why, as enterprises continue their digital journey, it is essential to aid with adoption and enablement throughout the lifespan of 麻豆原创 products, despite whatever future opportunities enterprises may face.

Eva Zauke is senior vice president and global head of 麻豆原创 Enterprise Adoption.

As companies continue their transformation to the Intelligent Enterprise, applying advanced technologies and best practices as part of integrated business processes, they can drive adoption and create business value by providing the skills needed to use these business processes and technologies effectively. This, in turn, can help accelerate digital transformation by helping employees work productively with these processes and technologies, under a new set of circumstances, sooner.

Applying advanced technologies is only one aspect of digitalization. When a business implements or updates a software solution, it also needs to adapt its business processes to go along with it. As the pace of digitalization increases, it will also increase the pace at which new business processes and introduced and existing processes are updated.

Business processes can vary depending on where a company is located. Multinational companies operating in several locations around the globe are faced with a diverse set of processes and procedures depending on local regulations. Every time there is an update from a governmental institution, processes need to be updated to stay compliant. And each time the processes are updated, employees need to adapt to them and adopt them to use them effectively.

So, how can businesses at all stages in their digital transformation drive adoption and achieve critical business outcomes? How can adoption help businesses realize value from their investment decisions?

One way is to implement software solutions that have built-in support for compliance with governmental regulations in all locations where a business operates. Businesses can use software to , which can lead to efficiencies. These real-time, essential software solutions in localized versions and in local languages can offer peace of mind and contribute to an organization鈥檚 resiliency, performance, and sustainability.

Additionally, providing enablement for users and employees across a wide variety of channels and as part of 麻豆原创 solutions, facilitated by digital adoption platforms such as 麻豆原创 Enable Now, businesses can provide their employees with the most up-to-date software, technology, and process documentation when and where they need it 鈥� right in the flow of their work and in the language of their choice.

During the COVID-19 pandemic especially, 麻豆原创 customers and partners were able to use 麻豆原创 Enable Now to support their digital transformations by enabling their users to embrace and apply the latest technologies. For example, a to help empower and cultivate a local workforce that was quickly able to adopt new technologies.

麻豆原创 has a long history of helping companies digitally transform, even in today鈥檚 extremely challenging environment, and remains committed to helping companies achieve the most impactful business outcomes with flexible and integrated services and solutions.

A digital transformation to an intelligent enterprise can help a business prepare to meet and overcome the challenges of today and tomorrow. By focusing on adoption throughout the digital transformation, a business can make the Intelligent Enterprise a working reality 鈥� moving beyond business processes to span the entire global footprint as well as its workforce 鈥� to make the digital transformation a success.

Eva Zauke is senior vice president and global head of 麻豆原创 Enterprise Adoption.

reported that 87% of companies are either currently facing skills gaps or expect gaps to emerge in the next five years, and the recently indicated that, on average, 40% of workers will require reskilling of six months or less. A lack of advanced upskilling programs can inhibit growth opportunities and hinder success. found that less than 20% of leaders feel their company has made 鈥渟ignificant progress鈥� in establishing an employee upskilling program.

I believe that the companies positioned for the greatest success are those that prioritize employees鈥� reskilling, upskilling, and continuous learning while recognizing the importance of meeting the learners where they are, empowering them, and providing a broad range of skills to help them succeed.

Providing the Right Knowledge at the Right Time

According to the same PwC survey, upskilling and reskilling programs 鈥� especially advanced ones 鈥� create positive impact across organizations, achieving outcomes that include:

• 60% stronger corporate workforce productivity
• 43% higher workforce productivity
• 37% greater business growth
• 51% greater innovation and accelerated digital transformation
• 35% reduction in skill gaps and mismatches

Truly advanced and effective upskilling offerings are those that offer the right information at the right time in the right work context. With the increased number of remote and distributed workers today, employees require self-led enablement鈥攁nytime and anywhere鈥攖o be in the driver鈥檚 seat for their own careers and learning journeys.

By regularly offering new and engaging content, businesses can empower employees to make digital transformation and upskilling efforts successful. Instead of sending an overload of information, it is critical to meet learners in their consumption mode鈥攚hen they are in an active learning mode and in the mindset to learn and absorb specific material. This can even empower them to share knowledge and collaborate with their peers.

To that end, 麻豆原创 solutions like offer agile, step-by-step guidance that meets every worker鈥檚 own pace and learning style. With the flexibility that 麻豆原创 Enable Now provides, organizations can customize learning environments and formats to fit how and when individuals learn best.

Moving Beyond New Technology

Technology adoption is crucial. The greatest software can only achieve the expected success when people use it to deliver new levels of business performance. To dramatically increase the speed of adoption, companies must provide next generation employee-driven learning. To support users with a simplified experience and instantly enable them on software usage without formal training, companies should provide dynamic step-by-step instructions and information.

What鈥檚 more, the need for upskilling and reskilling goes beyond product-related skills. Business skills are also necessary ingredients for productivity and broader success. With enablement strategies often already based on the technological aspects, advanced enablement programs stand out when they incorporate soft skills that enhance other elements of a working business environment鈥攂oth in person and virtual.

To further position users for success across work environments, companies must empower users with agency in their roles and skill sets. Organizations can support their people by providing guidance for specific business needs at the precise moment of need, particularly in the digital age. As such, 麻豆原创 has uniquely designed the 麻豆原创 Enable Now solution to cultivate key ingredients for success through its ability to produce or adapt any kind of enablement content in multiple formats.

Companies are also recognizing the value of continuous learning with 麻豆原创. According to Yuliya Kuratova, HRD, Alcohol Siberian Group (ASG), 鈥溌槎乖� Enable Now helps us guarantee that only trained users will work in our new system based on 麻豆原创 S/4HANA. Errors occur less, and our specialists feel more confident and in control.鈥�

Dirk Goette, head of Academy at itelligence AG, shared that the digital platform 鈥渁llows our consultants to complete training courses at their own pace without having to travel to a training center. The learning content is well structured and is being used by our consultants and customers alike.鈥�

Aakashi Sunil Shah, senior analyst at Capgemini, agreed that 鈥�麻豆原创 Global Certification gives more and better opportunities to individuals. There鈥檚 a certain level of recognition and respect among peers, professionally and personally.鈥�

Looking ahead, organizations undoubtedly require innovative technology, business innovation, and a talented, skilled workforce. 麻豆原创 will continue to strengthen the enablement of the 麻豆原创 user to meet business user needs with the critical ingredients for when, where, and how they learn and perform best.

In the end, it is the enabled user who makes digital transformation a success.

Eva Zauke is the senior vice president and global head of 麻豆原创 Enterprise Adoption.

is a free, intuitive, Web-based RFx management tool that empowers users to quickly create, execute, and manage sourcing events right from their desktops on Ariba Network, the world鈥檚 largest commerce network that connects more than 4 million buyers and sellers globally. Customers can sign up for free access to 麻豆原创 Ariba Start Sourcing and benefit from a special offer of up to five user licenses for this solution, including posting up to 90 sourcing events over 90 days, if they order 麻豆原创 Ariba Start Sourcing by July 31, 2020. However, to fully benefit from this offer, it is important that customers know how to use all the available features.

To provide support and help customers and partners make the most of the solution, a new, free open麻豆原创 course, , is now available. The course provides step-by-step guidance to help customers and partners navigate through the solution and explains how to smoothly upgrade to the full 麻豆原创 Ariba Strategic Sourcing portfolio and benefit from the highlights of the full 麻豆原创 Ariba Sourcing solution. Participants can access transcripts in various languages, participate in a course assignment, and get a record of achievement at the end of the course. Anyone can sign up for the course on open麻豆原创 鈥� only a valid email address is needed.

Customers can access the course content at their convenience, completing short videos ranging from five to 20 minutes in duration at their own pace. Topics covered in the course include how to navigate 麻豆原创 Ariba Start Sourcing, create and monitor a sourcing event, and create users 鈥� all the knowledge required to successfully source new suppliers and meet customer demands.

Find out more about the solution and .

To see what is available in the solution before requesting access, on open麻豆原创 now.

Chris Haydon is president of 麻豆原创 Procurement Solutions.
Eva Zauke is chief knowledge officer at 麻豆原创.

Today, as developments and innovation in technology constantly change our world and how we work, we are forced to more regularly tackle new learning curves and shift our mindset to one of continuous learning.

Technology companies need to keep up with this rapid pace of change and offer platforms to enable continuous learning for their various audiences. While many recognize the need to empower their employee base to learn new skills and stay up-to-speed with the latest trends, it is also equally important to provide learning opportunities for the future workforce as well as customers.

Cultivating a Future-Focused Workforce

When it comes to a company鈥檚 employee base, we have seen a tremendous focus on upskilling. As defines it, upskilling is about 鈥渢aking current skills and refining them鈥� 鈥� helping employees learn how to perform their jobs better amid disruption within organizations and industries. 鈥�,鈥� published by the World Economic Forum in 2018, indicated that 54 percent of all employees will require reskilling and upskilling by 2022. This past January, the World Economic Forum鈥檚 related report on the 鈥溾�� further underscored upskilling priorities across various professional fields.

However, we need to look at upskilling today as more than just another trend arising from companies鈥� digital transformations. Rather, it is a powerful opportunity to fuel sustained growth 鈥� both within a company and across the entire industry at large. By cultivating a future-focused workforce that places value on consistently upskilling, we can improve upon and even develop new core competencies while ensuring that the next generation is well prepared to join in.

Fostering Continuous Learning Among Customers

At 麻豆原创, we strive to help customers transform and become intelligent enterprises while also serving as a partner along the learning journey continuum to equip customers鈥� employees with all the tools and training resources they need to become 鈥渋ntelligent鈥� as well. While customers take steps forward to digitally transform their business processes to stay competitive within the market, they must also ensure that their employees are taking similar steps forward to learn the necessary skills for navigating these new processes.

This is where 麻豆原创 Learning Hub comes in. Unique in its ability to provide digital learning for all areas of the 麻豆原创 ecosystem, 麻豆原创 Learning Hub offers unmatched opportunities to build and maintain needed skills. Several different editions are available, including the professional, business, and solution editions. These have been developed 鈥� and are continually refreshed with new content 鈥� in order to match learners鈥� specific roles and levels of expertise. Complete with expert-led sessions, hands-on system practice, and social learning environments, the editions of 麻豆原创 Learning Hub cover the entire 麻豆原创 solution portfolio.

Additionally, to help integrate continuous learning into all kinds of lifestyles, each edition enables self-paced learning and can be accessed anytime and anywhere.

Empowering the Next Generation

Most recently, 麻豆原创 has tailored the new 麻豆原创 Learning Hub, enhanced student edition, to match the needs of today鈥檚 students. Created alongside the , this edition strengthens the company鈥檚 collaboration with universities, building on its mission to inspire and accelerate the next generation of talent and leadership.

The learning content of the enhanced student edition focuses on forward-looking technologies, combined with advanced digital and collaborative tools, as well as hands-on practice and the opportunity to earn an 麻豆原创 Global Certification digital badge. Featuring access to 麻豆原创 experts and key 麻豆原创 solutions 鈥� such as 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, 麻豆原创 Customer Experience solutions, and 麻豆原创 Analytics Cloud 鈥� the enhanced student edition of 麻豆原创 Learning Hub prepares students of any academic discipline for a career within the 麻豆原创 ecosystem.

In this uncertain and unprecedented moment in time, we are seeing how constant learning and the right knowledge of future-forward technologies are imperative to staying relevant in today鈥檚 job market. As students plan to enter the workforce in an evolving global landscape, having access to these kinds of forward-looking tech trainings will better help our world meet the demands of the future.

As students and current professionals progress through their 麻豆原创 careers, 麻豆原创 Learning Hub will continue to be there to foster new learning. 麻豆原创 is committed to propelling continuous learning opportunities for its employees, customers, and the next-generation workforce to usher in intelligent enterprises of the future.

For more information on 麻豆原创 Learning Hub, visit

Eva Zauke is the chief knowledge officer and head of 麻豆原创 Knowledge and Education.

Employees need to quickly adapt to new business models, processes, and technologies that drive a company鈥檚 success. The right skills can enhance employee performance and productivity and increase user satisfaction.

As organizations focus on providing the right training and enablement to their employees, 麻豆原创 is constantly developing its portfolio for a simple and effective learning experience. With offerings ranging from exhaustive in-depth training courses on interactive platforms to specific and quick skill development with microlearning options, 麻豆原创 provides training content to professionals, consultants, users, and students鈥攁nyone wishing to advance their knowledge.

Solution Support in Every Direction

麻豆原创 wants to empower a new generation of user assistance by offering specific help in the moment of need. Therefore, the company has been pursuing the goal of supporting solution adoption and enhancing customer value through , offering a wide range of embedded user assistance, such as guided tours, tutorials, explanatory pop-ups, or simulations. Users helping themselves results in higher productivity, greater compliance, and higher solution adoption.

With a newly integrated launchpad as well as new functions for learning need analysis and user experience management, 麻豆原创 Enable Now is becoming even more intuitive. Offering a much simpler and even more engaging user experience is pivotal in the current, fast-paced environment. 麻豆原创 Enable Now is already integrated within 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, 麻豆原创 Cloud Platform, 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors software, 麻豆原创 Customer Experience solutions, 麻豆原创 Integrated Business Planning, 麻豆原创 Digital Manufacturing Cloud, and, just recently, 麻豆原创 Fieldglass solutions. Here, customers that have been using 麻豆原创 Fieldglass software for services procurement and external workforce management can now use the Web assistant.

Simplified and Engaging User Experience

is the leading learning platform that enables users to build 麻豆原创 skills and keep them up to date with continuous enablement. Learners can also prepare for their .

The platform provides round-the-clock access to social and collaborative learning across all 麻豆原创 products relevant to the user鈥檚 specific role and skill level. People can learn in their own way and in their own time, accessing learning content from any location and having their learning progress monitored. A simplified and compelling learner experience comes with the new release of 麻豆原创 Learning Hub, enabling learners to study the 麻豆原创 product portfolio and stay current with the latest product innovations in an even more engaging way.

New e-learning formats for 麻豆原创 S/4HANA and 麻豆原创 Ariba solutions are now available along with , which helps students jump-start their careers, driving a simplified and compelling learner experience. Students can learn all about 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, 麻豆原创 Customer Experience, 麻豆原创 Analytics Cloud, and 麻豆原创 Internet of Things.

The adoption dashboard in 麻豆原创 Learning Hub gives customers a unified and integrated view on how their learners are using the platform. Customers can also monitor their key performance indicators (KPIs) to gain insights and drive decisions for their 麻豆原创 enablement planning. In addition, a mobile app for 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Finance that supports the self-onboarding and stay-current programs.

Learn from 麻豆原创 Experts Live and On Demand

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are available on , our award-winning, flexible learning platform designed for anyone interested in the latest innovations and strategies from 麻豆原创 or how to be successful in the digital economy. Whether professionals or students, everyone can access unrestricted learning content. Currently, more than 1 million unique learners use the platform.

The recently launched new podcast series,聽, will feature 麻豆原创 experts, course instructors, and thought leaders to share additional information to complement MOOCs on open麻豆原创. Users can get up to date quickly in a short time frame and benefit from personal experiences.

奥颈迟丑听, learners can watch self-contained videos to complement their knowledge about 麻豆原创 S/4HANA and 麻豆原创 Customer Experience, for example. Whether an expert or just getting started, users can choose the videos that appeal most to their individual learning goals. All videos are prepared and brought to viewers by 麻豆原创 experts.

One Easy Point of Access for All Information Needed

Valuable 麻豆原创 product documentation as well as relevant learning journeys can be accessed on . This is how 麻豆原创 users and 麻豆原创 professionals can easily find specific user assistance. With newly redesigned product pages, optimized visual features, and a search engine that allows users to find products and keywords and filter by categories, the portal now offers better navigation and readability.

As 麻豆原创 continues to update and simplify user experience on any learning-related platform, users will soon be able to customize their experiences in much more detail, benefiting from quick and time-efficient access to specific information and content.

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Eva Zauke is chief knowledge officer and head of 麻豆原创 Knowledge and Education.

Since 2013, open麻豆原创 has attracted more than 4.4 million course enrollments with 1 million unique learners continuing their professional development. Based on course surveys, 95 percent of learners confirm that the course content on open麻豆原创 will help them in their daily tasks. In addition, 98 percent of learners say that they are satisfied with the learning experience.

In launching open麻豆原创, 麻豆原创 was the first company to build its own massive open online course (MOOC) platform to deliver free courses globally, along with our platform partner at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI).

The MOOC format leverages proven and trusted digital classroom concepts with enhancements, including gamification and discussion forums to interact with other learners and experts. It also provides system access to get hands-on experience in an online delivery format.

The team behind open麻豆原创 works relentlessly to constantly deliver high-quality content in collaboration with product teams at 麻豆原创. Within each course, learners have the opportunity to provide feedback on the course content and platform, which helps the team constantly evolve the offering and ensure continued learner satisfaction.

But, open麻豆原创 offers even more. To complement the popular MOOC format, open麻豆原创 introduced two additional formats, open麻豆原创 Podcasts and open麻豆原创 Microlearning.

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Visit the to be a part of this huge community and learn about 麻豆原创 innovations directly from 麻豆原创 experts. We are proud to welcome more than 1 million unique learners to open麻豆原创. This success is our motivation to evolve learning around 麻豆原创 and serve increasing numbers of learners every day.

Eva Zauke is chief knowledge officer at 麻豆原创.