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Equipping Youths with Digital Skills in PH #SAPPhilippines #SAP

SAP helps bridge skills gaps for the next generation of leaders through its University Alliances Program
February 15, 2023 — In today’s digital world, organizations have been continuously embracing and adopting modern technologies in their business practices to stay competitive. With this reality, businesses require digital skills not only from their current workforce but from the next generation of IT professionals.
According to a recent study by Asian Development Bank (ADB) and LinkedIn, basic computer knowledge and skills are required from eight out of 10 hired applicants, and four out of 10 with extensive digital literacy in Asia and the Pacific. This situation is also the same in the Philippines. Simple digital skills were needed from six out of 10 hired Filipino jobseekers and two out of 10 with advanced skills.
Meanwhile, with the plans laid by the current administration, promoting digital literacy through upskilling young Filipinos, particularly their digital skills, is also deemed critical since the country continues to strengthen its digital transformation initiatives.
“As the demand for digital skills increases, we believe that education is the key to achieving the country’s digital transformation goals. Educational institutions must be able to equip their students with the right knowledge and digital skills before they enter the workforce. Not only will it help them have more opportunities in the professional world, but it will also give them the ability to help public or private organizations innovate for business success,” said Rudy Abrahams, Managing Director of SAP Philippines.
To assist in bridging the gap and build the next generation’s digital skills for more opportunities in the professional world, SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) continues its mission to help the world run better and improve people’s lives by helping strengthen the future IT workforce through its University Alliances Program (UAP) in the country.
With more than 160 university members across the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), this initiative aims to enable faculty and teachers to hone the youths’ digital skills by introducing the latest technologies and methodologies with SAP solutions. Membership in this program grants access to SAP software. It also aims to help partners to learn best practices for integrating program resources into teaching and be inspired to partner with the SAP ecosystem of customers and partners.
In the Philippines, there are now at least 23 universities that are part of the program. Among these institutions is the Mapua University, one of the top IT schools in the country.
“Mapua University has been a member of the SAP UA Program since 2010. Our membership to this program allows us to equip our students with necessary digital skills that they can use to jumpstart their career and thrive as IT professionals,” said Ariel Kelly Balan, Dean of the School of Information Technology Mapua University.
Empower faculty members’ skills and knowledge with Train-the-Trainer workshops
For universities to educate students with modern digital skills, faculty members are provided with Train-the-Trainer workshops conducted by members of SAP Next-Gen Chapters. These are lighthouse educational institutions selected to be multipliers of the University Competence Centers (UCCs) and
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SAP NOW Southeast Asia showcases innovative customers with future-proof visions: Aboitiz InfraCapital, Changi Airport Group, Petrosea and Visa

Verena Siow, President and Managing Director, SAP SEA.
SAP showcased a range of innovations with customers and partners, including Aboitiz InfraCapital, Changi Airport Group, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Petrosea, ST Logistics, and Visa at its flagship SAP NOW SEA event in Singapore today.
The event, hosted at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, brought together over 1000 customers, partners, and technology experts from around Southeast Asia (SEA) to discuss recently announced SAP solutions like green ledger carbon accounting and Business AI, and spotlight how organizations are leveraging SAP solutions and business networks to future-proof their businesses.
Speaking at SAP NOW SEA, a range of companies shared their inspiring transformation journeys, including:
- Visa is collaborating with SAP to streamline and simplify business-to-business (B2B) payments for enterprises of all sizes. The collaboration, led out of Asia Pacific, will embed payments into the SAP ecosystem through SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and deliver capabilities that help businesses route commercial payments to suppliers, whether or not they accept card payments.
- Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), a leading infrastructure company became the first business in the Philippines to implement RISE with SAP, streamlining its operations and consolidating its enterprise resource planning systems under SAP.
- A leader in the supply chain industry, ST Logistics chose RISE with SAP, SAP SuccessFactors, and SAP BTP to power its three-year digital transformation plan, drive operational excellence, and accelerate sustainable growth. 4
“Our mission in SEA is to uplift the lives of our region’s 700 million people. At SAP, we are doing that in three ways – boosting innovation through new ideas like business AI, driving sustainable outcomes by investing in carbon accounting and the green ledger, and helping businesses future-proof their infrastructure for resiliency in the cloud,” said Verena Siow, President and Managing Director, SAP SEA.
The event follows the announcement of SAP’s Asia Pacific Q2 2023 earnings, noting significant cloud growth and highlighting new SEA customer wins and go-lives including Visa, Singtel, FGV IFFCO, and Aboitiz InfraCapital.
Driving future-readiness with SAP partner ecosystem for the AI economy
SAP reinforced its commitment to partner innovation at SAP NOW SEA, helping businesses solve their most pressing challenges in the AI economy. SAP welcomed Snehanshu Shah, Managing Director for SAP at Google Cloud, to provide more details on SAP’s expanded partnership with Google Cloud. The partnership introduces a comprehensive open data offering that unites SAP with Google Cloud’s Data and Analytics Technology, unleashing the power of business data and advancing enterprise AI development.
B Capital Group, a venture capital firm co-founded by Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly, and which invests in technology start-ups across the world, announced today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SAP in Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) to help startups scale through technology innovation. Under the MoU, B Capital portfolio companies will gain access to SAP’s industry expertise and global business networks to accelerate innovation, including areas such as AI and automation.
Asia’s leading communications technology group Singtel, also announced today that they are collaborating with SAP to offer an end-to-end 5G Intelligent Edge Aggregator (IEA) solution to further
enable enterprises to gain real-time intelligence and insights to help them make critical business decisions. The solution, powered by SAP BTP, will be developed for computer vision, workplace safety, and last mile delivery use cases, creating a framework that industry players and customers can easily adapt and integrate with their backend systems and processes.
“It is clear we are at an inflection point, and the best way to Transform Tomorrow, Today, is through continual innovations: bringing expert partners, including customers themselves, together to collaborate and tap the power of the collective to thrive in the SEA digital economy,” added Siow.
About SAP
SAP’s strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: SAP customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers’ businesses into intelligent enterprises. SAP helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want – without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improve people’s lives. For more information, visit www.sap.com.
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#SAP #DelMontePH Enabling Sustainable Supply Chains Key to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Iggy Sison, chief sustainability officer of Del Monte Philippines, Gunasekar Gurusamy, sustainability solution advisor for SAP Asia Pacific and Japan, and Simone Pigason, head of digital supply chain of SAP Southeast Asia.
Sustainability has become a necessity for organizations in today’s world as more consumers seek sustainable brands, investors consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives for investment decisions, and governments increase their regulations.
A recent report by Kyndryl revealed that 77 percent of Southeast Asian businesses are concentrating on ESG initiatives. One of the growing efforts made by organizations involves mostly the decarbonization of their supply chains. According to the UNGC-Accenture CEO study, 60 percent of carbon emissions worldwide come from organizations’ supply chains.
In a virtual event conducted by the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) in partnership with SAP SE (NYSE: SAP), titled “Enabling Sustainable Supply Chains”, SAP leaders, joined by Del Monte Philippines, shared how to reduce emissions in the supply chain and leverage data and technology to achieve sustainability goals.
Decreasing Emissions on the Three Scopes
Companies’ carbon emissions are divided into three scopes. This includes Scope 1, which is emissions from businesses’ own operations; Scope 2, which involves emissions from purchased utilities from third parties like electricity; and Scope 3, which covers all the other emissions in the entire value chain. This ranges from employee commute to consumer behavior when using the company’s products, among others.
During the event, Iggy Sison, Chief Sustainability Officer of Del Monte Philippines, imparted the brand’s initiatives to realize a net zero carbon emissions goal in the three scopes. “The company is now shifting third-party delivery transport to double-decker trucks to reduce emissions. Aside from that, our goal is to decrease emissions at our production facility by 3 percent per year, install solar power in our plant and plantation, expand measurement to include Scope 3 emissions, and more.”
Leveraging Data and Technology for a Clear Path Forward
However, for businesses to have a clear sustainability journey, Simone Pigason, Head of the Digital, Resilient, and Sustainable Supply Chain of SAP Southeast Asia, remarked that organizations need to address three key challenges. “Organizations must first have the ability to record their ESG data across the entire value chain to measure and ensure progress. Then, they need a robust platform that can cater to reporting needs across diverse regulatory bodies and frameworks. And finally, they must use different solutions to embed the insights gathered from the datasets into the business processes.”
Pigason then added, “Data enables businesses to forecast demand accurately to avoid unnecessary waste, especially with supply chain disruptions. Aside from increasing carbon emissions, overproduction can cause additional warehouse inventory, spoilage, and more.”
Developing Sustainable Supply Chains Now and In the Future
To help businesses kickstart their sustainability journey, Sison shared that organizations must first define their stakeholders, such as consumers, employees, and investors, among others. “After identifying these elements, companies need to determine what is a key concern for these stakeholders and prioritize the things to address. That is an important process to ensure that the sustainability initiatives are relevant, responsive, and proactive,” he added.
Meanwhile, Pigason encouraged companies to continue the conversation about sustainability in supply chains. “Talking more about sustainability can expand discussions from Scope 1 and 2 to 3. Businesses will also know where their baseline and where to start in the three scopes,” she added.
Rudy Abrahams, Managing Director of SAP Philippines, agreed on how organizations can begin developing sustainable supply chains. He emphasized the significance of sustainability now and in the future to businesses. “Sustainability can improve organizations’ profitability because businesses are reducing emissions, energy costs, and more to help the planet. Aside from that, it also helps in increasing brand value for shareholders, customers, and even employees while adhering to regulatory compliance and improving ancillary revenue streams.”
To assist businesses in strengthening their sustainability initiatives, SAP has been offering solutions like the Sustainability Navigator Tool. This solution helps businesses identify their sustainability challenges in three dimensions. This includes climate action, circular economy, and even social responsibility. It also provides solutions that can help organizations address the challenges using specific toolsets.
Visit the SAP News Center. Follow SAP on Twitter at @SAPNews.
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#SAP #DelMontePH Enabling Sustainable Supply Chains Key to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Iggy Sison, chief sustainability officer of Del Monte Philippines, Gunasekar Gurusamy, sustainability solution advisor for SAP Asia Pacific and Japan, and Simone Pigason, head of digital supply chain of SAP Southeast Asia.
Sustainability has become a necessity for organizations in today’s world as more consumers seek sustainable brands, investors consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives for investment decisions, and governments increase their regulations.
A recent report by Kyndryl revealed that 77 percent of Southeast Asian businesses are concentrating on ESG initiatives. One of the growing efforts made by organizations involves mostly the decarbonization of their supply chains. According to the UNGC-Accenture CEO study, 60 percent of carbon emissions worldwide come from organizations’ supply chains.
In a virtual event conducted by the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) in partnership with SAP SE (NYSE: SAP), titled “Enabling Sustainable Supply Chains”, SAP leaders, joined by Del Monte Philippines, shared how to reduce emissions in the supply chain and leverage data and technology to achieve sustainability goals.
Decreasing Emissions on the Three Scopes
Companies’ carbon emissions are divided into three scopes. This includes Scope 1, which is emissions from businesses’ own operations; Scope 2, which involves emissions from purchased utilities from third parties like electricity; and Scope 3, which covers all the other emissions in the entire value chain. This ranges from employee commute to consumer behavior when using the company’s products, among others.
During the event, Iggy Sison, Chief Sustainability Officer of Del Monte Philippines, imparted the brand’s initiatives to realize a net zero carbon emissions goal in the three scopes. “The company is now shifting third-party delivery transport to double-decker trucks to reduce emissions. Aside from that, our goal is to decrease emissions at our production facility by 3 percent per year, install solar power in our plant and plantation, expand measurement to include Scope 3 emissions, and more.”
Leveraging Data and Technology for a Clear Path Forward
However, for businesses to have a clear sustainability journey, Simone Pigason, Head of the Digital, Resilient, and Sustainable Supply Chain of SAP Southeast Asia, remarked that organizations need to address three key challenges. “Organizations must first have the ability to record their ESG data across the entire value chain to measure and ensure progress. Then, they need a robust platform that can cater to reporting needs across diverse regulatory bodies and frameworks. And finally, they must use different solutions to embed the insights gathered from the datasets into the business processes.”
Pigason then added, “Data enables businesses to forecast demand accurately to avoid unnecessary waste, especially with supply chain disruptions. Aside from increasing carbon emissions, overproduction can cause additional warehouse inventory, spoilage, and more.”
Developing Sustainable Supply Chains Now and In the Future
To help businesses kickstart their sustainability journey, Sison shared that organizations must first define their stakeholders, such as consumers, employees, and investors, among others. “After identifying these elements, companies need to determine what is a key concern for these stakeholders and prioritize the things to address. That is an important process to ensure that the sustainability initiatives are relevant, responsive, and proactive,” he added.
Meanwhile, Pigason encouraged companies to continue the conversation about sustainability in supply chains. “Talking more about sustainability can expand discussions from Scope 1 and 2 to 3. Businesses will also know where their baseline and where to start in the three scopes,” she added.
Rudy Abrahams, Managing Director of SAP Philippines, agreed on how organizations can begin developing sustainable supply chains. He emphasized the significance of sustainability now and in the future to businesses. “Sustainability can improve organizations’ profitability because businesses are reducing emissions, energy costs, and more to help the planet. Aside from that, it also helps in increasing brand value for shareholders, customers, and even employees while adhering to regulatory compliance and improving ancillary revenue streams.”
To assist businesses in strengthening their sustainability initiatives, SAP has been offering solutions like the Sustainability Navigator Tool. This solution helps businesses identify their sustainability challenges in three dimensions. This includes climate action, circular economy, and even social responsibility. It also provides solutions that can help organizations address the challenges using specific toolsets.
Visit the SAP News Center. Follow SAP on Twitter at @SAPNews.
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