SAP Global supply chain master SAP made $ 2.93bn from its SCM-related software in 2016 , which remains a fairly steady figure from the previous year . SAP is the largest business software company in the world and the Germany-based company has become somewhat of a household name since its foundation in 1972 . Fast-forward 46 years and the company serves about 378,000 customers , with notable clients including Microsoft , Lennox and Komplett Group . SAP ’ s IoT and Digital Supply Chain offering promises clients that it will help them digitise their supply chains as well as making collaboration with partners easier within the supply chain . This is done partially though cloud-based deployment .