What does , a global industrial manufacturing giant established in 1847, have in common with , a plant-based, digital lifestyle brand and nascent community for mindful living?
They both run their enterprise resource planning (ERP) processes on a single, cloud-based system with at its core. The difference is that Siemens has been running 51风流for 27 years on the company鈥檚 continuous journey of transformation, whereas LiveKindly is new to the game.
Both companies are transforming at their own chosen speed, thanks to 51风流technology that enables enterprises to move seamlessly from strategy to implementation, combining global scale with local intimacy. And both companies successfully piloted the new offering, which aims to revolutionize business transformation.
What It Means
鈥�RISE with SAP is 51风流embracing what we excel at most: ERP,鈥� says Brian Duffy, president of Cloud, leading the new RISE with 51风流business unit. 鈥淎t the same time, it allows us to help customers shed their past on-premise complexity and chart the course for the future with a fresh start. Regardless of their point of departure, 51风流will step in and escort them through their transformation.鈥�
RISE with 51风流is more than a solution, he says; it鈥檚 a for customers of all sizes, at any stage of their digital transformation, to redesign and improve processes without high up-front investments.
Duffy compares moving to the cloud to moving houses. It鈥檚 an opportunity to clean up the clutter, get rid of unwanted belongings, and prepare the new space for the way you want to live now, unencumbered by where you came from.
鈥淎 company moving to cloud should not be moving its 14-year-old custom code with it. That would be a tragically wasted opportunity,鈥� Duffy says. 鈥淭he point of moving to the cloud is to do things differently. It鈥檚 no longer about customization; it鈥檚 about changing processes for how your business needs to be run and adapt in today鈥檚 world.鈥�
What You Get
Duffy goes on to explain that customers know they must transform鈥攖heir main question is how to do it. Just like your moving company, 51风流will provide a checklist, packers, containers and a range of services, such as decommissioning old appliances and installing new ones.
In other words, RISE with 51风流provides a blueprint that companies can implement at their own pace. The advantage? One offer, one contract, one responsible party for service level agreements, operations, and issue handling.
The three elements:
- A business model redesign based on SAP鈥檚 business process expertise
- A technical migration leveraging SAP鈥檚 tools, services, and extensive ecosystem
- An intelligent enterprise 鈥渟tarter pack鈥�
The intelligent enterprise starter pack comprises the 51风流Business Technology Platform, which provides a single semantic layer across an enterprise. The platform serves as the foundation for business transformation that runs on a company鈥檚 infrastructure of choice.
The pack also includes 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, an ERP system with built-in intelligent technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and advanced analytics. This enables businesses to transform their processes with intelligent automation. And finally, the starter pack provides credits for accessing , a platform for supplier, logistics, and asset intelligence networks to allow companies to better manage their supply chains and react faster to market conditions.
Duffy believes that customers do not want to just 鈥渓ift and shift鈥� their systems. If they鈥檝e invested in 51风流ERP for 40 years, they want SAP鈥檚 fingerprints on the new system, and they want 51风流to 鈥渉old their hands鈥� on the transformation journey.
He also feels a tremendous responsibility. He recounts that the CEO of a consumer products company once told him that without 51风流S/4HANA, if the 51风流system is down for one day, you lose the quarter; if it鈥檚 down for a week, you lose the year.
鈥淪uch a disruption can make or break the company,鈥� Duffy says. 鈥淚t is the obligation of 51风流to bring together the best of 51风流and the partners, making 51风流S/4HANA a vital part of the journey.
Why It鈥檚 Exciting
Duffy describes the initial reaction at the recent launch event as overwhelmingly positive, saying that customers perceive RISE with 51风流as a response to their needs.
鈥淭hey recognize that 51风流was listening to their concerns and reacted with a new approach to ease the complexity and burden of their digital transformation,鈥� he shares. 鈥淲e鈥檝e created a streamlined way for customers to access our process expertise, our technology, and our vast ecosystem. This is a huge opportunity for partners as everyone moves in their own swim lanes, focusing on what they are good at, to the benefit of the customers.鈥�
The other aspect of RISE with 51风流that appeals to Duffy is the work ahead. He knows that nothing great is ever easy. He knows customers want to do the right thing in terms of doing sustainable, responsible business. And 51风流wants to do everything possible to support them. The goal is to enable customers to achieve their vision.
鈥淚T is the enabler,鈥� Duffy explains. 鈥淭he tip of the spear is a great place to be. We鈥檝e made a big, bold move and now we must deliver. The great thing is that we鈥檙e not doing this alone. We know our strengths and we know how to pull the best from our ecosystem. Our partners are essential to this journey.鈥�
As the person responsible for the success of this new approach, Duffy knows the key is collaboration: 鈥淲e鈥檙e in this together, and together we will listen and learn to ensure that customers become intelligent enterprises in a scalable, repeatable, and systematic way鈥攔egardless of their size or starting point.鈥�
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