This year, three teams were recognized in the Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award for their remarkable work in the categories of Go-To-Market, Operational Excellence, and Products and Technology. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the SAP awards and the winning projects that have earned their place as the best in the company.
SAP SE, the world-renowned software company, has recently awarded its top employees for their exceptional contributions to the company’s success. The Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award, SAP’s most coveted employee recognition, is presented to teams who have demonstrated excellence in innovation and achievement across various categories. The winners were announced in a virtual event that was attended by almost 50,000 employees worldwide.
After a rigorous evaluation process, three teams emerged victorious, each making a significant impact in their respective categories – Go-To-Market, Operational Excellence, and Products and Technology. The winners received recognition and honor for their exceptional projects, which were evaluated based on factors such as innovation, impact, and sustainability.
However, the SAP awards ceremony didn’t just end with recognition and accolades. The winning teams chose to donate their prize money of €10,000 each, for a total of €30,000, to two charitable organizations – the World Food Programme and Partners in Health. The chosen charities reflect SAP’s commitment to making a positive impact on society and the environment through sustainable practices and social responsibility. The donation will help these organizations continue their mission to address hunger, poverty, and health crises around the world, furthering the cause of social good.
The Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award is not just a recognition of excellence, but also a reflection of SAP’s values and culture, emphasizing innovation, diversity, and social responsibility. The winners have set an example for employees worldwide, inspiring them to strive for excellence and make a positive impact on society, aligned with SAP’s core values.
Winners of the Recent SAP Awards for Employees
SAP has developed the Midmarket Business Always-On Platform of EMEA North to streamline and personalize the process of connecting with prospects and customers. By simulating a conference center with multiple rooms and integrated analytics, the platform enables users to play demos, watch videos, ask questions, book meetings, and receive relevant follow-ups. Since its launch in 2020, the platform has generated over €80 million in the pipeline, acquired 60% net-new named customers, and facilitated more than 150 deals.
To expand its reach, the team plans to integrate the platform with other solutions beyond the EMEA North region. The team’s innovative approach reflects SAP’s commitment to diversity and social responsibility, which has earned them the Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award in the Go-to-Market Winner category. The team members are proud of the platform’s positive impact on the customers’ value journey.
On the other hand, the Harmonized Adoption and Usage Management (HAUM) project aimed to create a standardized framework for scalable and sustainable functional usage measurement, providing a holistic view of customers’ usage behaviors. The project developed the SAP Usage Analyzer platform to provide transparency on adoption and usage insights for SAP’s cloud customer base, which has been successfully rolled out to various teams.
The team plans to expand the platform’s capabilities and take adoption to the next level by providing proactive recommendations, KPI benchmarking, and mapping usage with end-to-end business processes. The team’s persistence and teamwork in realizing their vision were crucial in winning the Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award in the Operational Excellence Winner category.
Lastly, SAP Intelligent Agriculture won the Products and Technology category of the Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award. It is a cloud-based solution that helps agribusinesses optimize farm planning and reduce the use of resources such as water, fertilizer, and pesticides, using artificial intelligence and data science models. It also introduces feature-driven development supported by deployment with confidence and the new Industry Cloud Enterprise Agreement. SAP also plans to showcase the solution at SAP Sapphire Orlando by demonstrating the end-to-end food value chain using vegan ice cream as an example
