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SAP’s Company History

1972: Five former IBM employees launch a company called SAP. Their vision: to develop standard application software for real-time business processing. At the end of the first business year, SAP already had nine employees and a turnover of DM 620,000.

1973: The first financial accounting software is completd, the RF system. This forms the basis for the continuous development of other software components in what came to be known as the R/1 system.

1974: SAP demonstrates its flexibility for the first time. Within eight weeks, the RF system is converted from DOS to OS. There are already 40 companies on the reference list.

1976: SAP GmbH Systeme, Anwendungen and Produkte in der Datan Verarbeitung (Systems, Applications, and products in Data Processing) is set up as an auxiliary sales and marketing firm.

1977: The company headquarters moves from Weinheim to Walldorf.

1979: SAP starts to use its first own server, a Siemens 7738.Has €5,1 million revenue,60 employees and 50 customers in 2 countries.

1980: SAP moves into the company’s first building on Max-Planck-Strasse in Walldorf’s industrial park. The software development area and its 50 computers are now finally under one roof.The new data processing infrastructure is also built.

1982: SAP celebrates its 10th birthday. Its officers are already too small and the first building extension is built in record time.Over 250 companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland work with SAP software. Revenue reaches approximately DM 24 million, and the company has 100 employees. One of the company founders leaves the company.

1984: SAP takes on 48 new employees. This increase in personnel resources is brought about in particular by the further development of SAP’s modules (RK, PPS, and RP)

1986: SAP foundes its first country subsidiary in Austria. It also opens its first branch office inRatingen, near Dusseldof, Germany. SAP increase its capital stock from DM 500,000 to DM 5,000,000.

1992: SAP R/3 is relesed to the general market. Has €6,3 billion revenue,3.200 employees and 2.800 customers in 35 countries.

2000: 10 miloin users, 36,000 installations, 1,000 partners, and 22 industry solutions: SAP is the leadingglobal provider of e-business software solutions that integrate process within and beyond company boundaries.

2004: By the end of 2004 the new product has more than 1000 customers. In total, more than 24,000 customers in over 120 countries run 84,000 installations of SAP software.

SAP’s Employees

SAP’s distinctive atmosphere hits you in the moment you arrive. Applicants that visit SAP for the first time soon see why the company is so popular. The people here are relaxed and friendly, and the energy in the corridors makes you feel that you have entered a university campus.

An exemplary corporate culture

New employees are introducted to the SAP world through special orientation events, trainee programs, and a mentoring concept that ensures each employeehas partical guidance during this time.New employes, in perticular, can benefit from the tips and information provived by more experienced colleagues

Achievement orientation, creativity and innovation

The SAP culture offers a large amount of personel freedom. This freedom mptivates and inspires employees to develop and realize their ideas. Creative &innovative concepts are always welcome within the team and new ideas are supported.

Training through personal development

SAP employees know they need to be able to react flexibly to changes, and their knowledge always has to be up to date. Personal initiative is therefore taken for granted, as is acting responsibly as a representative of the company.  The SAP culture also means that flexible works time are utilizied to the best possible advantage and accepting responsibility at an early stage is seen as an incentive to perform.

SAP’s Customers and Partners

Bertelsmann                                        Exxon

     Sony                                         BMW

     Bosch                                       Coca-Cola

     Daimler Chrysler                       OSRAM

Colgate-Palmolive                      Honda

     Burger King                              Siemens

     Audi                                         etc.

     Nokia

     Nestle

Social engagement

As the leading global provider of enterprise software, SAP has a responsibility to ensure that iss business processes are smooth and transparent. However, SAP doesn’t just have responsilities to its customers and partners, buat also to society in general.

Corporate citizenship

SAP would like to play its part in the creation of a productive and transpatrent environment that is of benefit to everyone. SAP promotes partnerships and cooperation with all social organizations that also respect this goal, and is actively ngaged in social, scientific, and cultural activities.

Regional engagement

“Promote development – Seize future opportunities through innovation.” Under this motto, SAP supports organizations and institutes in the local area of its branch offices.  

Government relations

SAP therefore supports national and international programs that are customer-friendly, fair, reliable, and based on a market economy.

Sport sponsorship

Speed, precision, and tangible results are reasons behind SAP’s global leadership as a provider of enterprise software. Therefore, SAP supports competitive sporting events and the desire to be the best in agivem discipline.

Product Overview

History of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems :

In the 1970s, the concept of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) sytem didn’t exist.

In the 1980s, these systems came to be known as standars ERP systems. Since SAP had broken new ground in this area , it became the market leader.

In the 1990s, the internet began to grow rapidly. The companies developed new application s for the internet and the “new economy” was born. 

mySAP Solutions

mySAP Business Suite consist of individual SAP solutions. Each solutions has its own focus area and provides functions to map this area in a flexible and comprehensive way. All solutions are based on SAP NetWeaver technology.

SAP NetWeaver is divided into four areas:

People Integration

Information Integration

     Process Integration

mySAP ERP

It is imprerative today more than ever to ensure taht the business processes in an organization are integrated, streamlined, and transparent.

mySAP ERP, is designed in such a way that companies can implement only the business functions they need when they need them

mySAP ERP Financials

The aim of this solution is to utilize a company’s funds effectively and , therefore ,increase profitability in the long term.

mySAP ERP Human Capital Management

Every company has employees. They are important resources, and mySAP ERP HCM enables you to utilize them effectively toward the success of your company. 

mySAP Business Suite

If you want to remain competitive in the current economic climate, you have to be flexible and capable of changing to meet constant new demand from your customers.

mySAP Customer Relationship Management

mySAP CRM is a solution taht puts the customer first. The customer can contact companies through a number of communication channels.

mySAP Product Lifecycle Management

This solution offers functions for product development, product safety, quality, and maintenance.

mySAP Supplier Relationship Management

procurement over the internet and marketplaces are only two ways to optimize purchasing. Employees can use this solution to provide procurement with information about demand directly from their work centers quickly, easily, and effectively.

SAP Solutions for Small and Midsize Business

mySAP all in one, is a prepackaged, industry-specific version of mySAP Business Suite with built –in content, tools and methodologies for a cost effective , turnkey implementation.

SAP Business One

SAP Business One is an easy-to-use business and operational management solution for emerging and dynamic business ranging in size from 10 to several hundred employees.  SAP Business One provides the following advantages:

     Rapid impletation

Lower costs

Increased productivity and cost control

     Sound business decision

Scalability