REGIONAL STRENGTHS AND NEEDS

• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): New developments from SAP Labs Palo Alto and Tel Aviv and the Walldorf Corporate Research Team have enabled mySAP Supply Chain Management customers to complete transactions via radiofrequency devices, providing important flexibility in warehouses and factories.
• SAP xRPM: SAP Labs Palo Alto was instrumental in the development of SAP xApp Resource and Program Management (SAP xRPM). As one of the first in a series of SAP xApps, or cross-applications, SAP xRPM brings together a variety of business processes to help companies optimize the assignment of employees to complex projects and the utilization of resources and skills.
• Asian languages support: Adapting SAP solutions for the complexities of the double-byte Asian languages is in the capable hands of SAP Labs Tokyo. SAP Labs Tokyo is also working on SAP Mobile Infrastructure, a part of SAP NetWeaver, and contributed groundbreaking work on SAP Global Trade Services.
• Regional requirements in China: SAP Labs Shanghai develops solutions that accommodate the unique family of languages and the changing economic structures in the People's Republic of China. For example, SAP Labs not only contributed to the development of generic SMB solutions for SAP Business One and mySAP All-in-One, it also tailored versions to meet the special needs of China's large and growing base of entrepreneurial companies.

These and other SAP Labs innovations are far more than bluesky research projects. They are practical, immediately applicable, and focused on the real-world needs of SAP customers.