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Oct 22, 2024 | 
scmr.com | Etosha Thurman
As procurement and supply chain teams continue to adjust to inflation and cost pressures, the United States is gearing up for a significant presidential election. Regardless of the outcome, the results will undoubtedly impact businesses and supply chains—potentially driving global market volatility. C-suite executives are already highly attuned to geopolitical uncertainty.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
news.sap.com | Jörn Keller |Etosha Thurman |Jeff Collier |Baber Farooq
SAP Spend Connect Live returns next month to Las Vegas, and I can’t wait.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
news.sap.com | Baber Farooq |Gordon Donovan |Etosha Thurman |Jeff Collier
When it comes to creating intelligent solutions to meet business challenges among today’s complex accounts payable landscape, SAP has been moving the needle for decades.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
news.sap.com | Gordon Donovan |Baber Farooq |Etosha Thurman |Jeff Collier
The 2024 Economist Impact report highlights the strategic importance of procurement in managing risk and driving sustainability. As previously reported, procurement is gaining prominence in the C-suite, and it can play a critical role in driving resilience, including with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
news.sap.com | Etosha Thurman |Susan Galer |Thomas Saueressig
It is that time of year! Get ready for SAP Spend Connect Live in 2024 at the iconic Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, this October. Join your peers at the industry’s premier spend management event from October 14–16. Get ready for an impactful experience with breakout sessions, hands-on demos, powerful keynotes, and a celebratory finale in the City of Lights! This year, we are offering a special discount – keep reading to learn more about the event and registration deal.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
news.sap.com | Mayara Tabone |Megan O'Connor |Etosha Thurman
In today’s corporate landscape, promoting diversity and inclusion (D&I) is not just about meeting quotas – it is about harnessing the full potential of every individual. The Business Women’s Network (BWN) from SAP exemplifies this rationale, employing a multifaceted approach leveraging the power SAP technologies to drive tangible results. Here are five key focus areas and tactics that support the success of BWN’s D&I program.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
news.sap.com | Etosha Thurman |Tine Vandenbreeden
“I just never saw myself in tech.”This is what I heard during my discussion with the first cohort of SAP’s digital skills initiative, a program that helps equip underrepresented and underserved groups for a career in the tech industry through participation in a free SAP Certification course.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
headtopics.com | Etosha Thurman
Sponsor Content from SAP. Inflation, economic instability, materials and labor shortages, climate change—almost any disruption you can imagine is a pressure point that makes procurement and supply chain management exponentially more complex. As they grapple with continual disruption, sourcing and procurement leaders also have to manage ever-shifting strategies to control spending, address stakeholder needs, and reduce risk exposure.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
news.sap.com | Salvatore Lombardo |Lara Albert |Eugene Ho |Etosha Thurman
In just a few weeks, we’ll gather in Vienna, Austria, for SAP Spend Connect Live 2023. This is an extraordinary opportunity for SAP and its customers to come together to share ideas, experiences, and best practices that are helping businesses succeed. Personally, I am so excited to attend SAP Spend Connect Live because it’s an opportunity to continue the conversation we started earlier this year at SAP Sapphire about the innovations that will drive the future of procurement.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
news.sap.com | Lara Albert |Eugene Ho |Etosha Thurman
Today, businesses in nearly every industry face skill shortages that hiring alone won’t solve. In an era where rapid change is the norm, having the right skills today and building them for the future is key to closing the widening gap. In parallel, the rate of technological innovation continues to accelerate, forcing organizations to embrace new technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI), to achieve sustainable growth.
