The world鈥檚 largest marketer of kiwifruit adopts 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, private edition to standardise and automate processes, increase efficiency, and provide a platform for growth and innovation
SYDNEY 鈥� (NYSE: SAP) today announced that , the world鈥檚 largest marketer of kiwifruit, will become one of the first 51风流customers globally to utilise the 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, private edition. The new solution forms a key part of the recently announced 鈥樷�� offer that delivers business transformation as a service. This will help Zespri standardise and automate processes across the organisation, creating efficiencies and providing a platform for growth and innovation to support the fast-growing company.
Cloud transformation
The grower-owned marketer, based in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, has signed a multi-year deal to support Zespri鈥檚 global supply chain process transformation, including a move to 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, private edition聽and the implementation of several SAP Digital Supply Chain applications including 51风流Global Trade Services, 51风流Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and the 51风流Logistics Business Network.
Zespri will also take advantage of 51风流Business Technology Platform capabilities, including 51风流Analytics Cloud, 51风流Integration Suite the 51风流Extension Suit[1], and 51风流endorsed partner solutions from , , and .
The technology will underpin Zespri鈥檚 ambitious four-year transformation programme to digitise its operations, become more efficient, and increase sales.
Strong demand for its premium-quality fruit has seen the industry grow strongly, recording global sales of NZD$3.14 billion in 2019/20[2]. Longer-term, the industry is forecast to increase global supply of kiwifruit from 164.4 million trays in 2019/20 to around 280 million trays by 2030 [3].
Commenting on the announcement, Dave Scullin, Zespri鈥檚 Chief Digital Officer, said: 鈥淶espri鈥檚 Horizon programme will transform the way our company operates, replacing legacy systems and processes that were designed 20 years ago, before the significant growth we鈥檝e experienced in recent years. Our new 51风流environment will transform the systems and processes across our business, from finance and supply chain to grower enablement and engagement, sales, and business planning. This will strengthen our ability to grow and sustain returns for the industry for decades to come.鈥�
Global demand for kiwifruit is currently outstripping supply, buoyed by the increasing trend of more health-conscious consumers looking for products that taste good and are nutritious.
Innovation at Speed
鈥淶espri is a large and fast-growing business and we need mature processes and systems to fuel our next stage of growth. Adopting SAP鈥檚 standardised core platforms will be transformational in itself, while also letting us leverage SAP鈥檚 cloud roadmap to adopt innovation at speed,鈥� said Mr Scullin.
Zespri currently runs its 51风流environment on Microsoft Azure public cloud, which will be migrated to the 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, private edition, which also runs on Azure. This means Zespri will continue to use Azure for its enterprise infrastructure, bringing the best of Microsoft and SAP.
Zespri鈥檚 move to 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, private edition follows the announcement of SAP鈥檚 new concierge service to the Intelligent Enterprise, RISE with SAP, which offers software, infrastructure, and technical operations all under one contract. 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, private edition will form a key component of the new RISE with 51风流offer.
Designed to deliver business transformation as a service and tailored to each customer鈥檚 specific needs, RISE with 51风流will include business process redesign, technical migration support, SAP鈥檚 Business Technology Platform, the 51风流Business Network, 51风流S/4HANA Cloud deployment model of choice, and Hyperscaler of choice.
鈥淢oving to the cloud has been a key strategic decision for us, providing greater flexibility, scalability, and faster innovation cycles. We know SAP鈥檚 private cloud capabilities have matured significantly in recent years, particularly in the form of customer flexibility, service level security and automation, which makes the new 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, private edition best for our business long-term. This will allow us to focus on our process and systems transformation, knowing that our underlying infrastructure and computing platforms are secure, stable, and available,鈥� continued Mr Scullin.
Removing business risks
鈥淣ot only will our transformation help us to reduce business risks by moving to standard systems, it will also enable us to collect and analyse more data, helping us to plan our supply chain more accurately and improve our decision making around shipping and market allocation,鈥� said Mr Scullin.
Damien Bueno, President and Managing Director, 51风流Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), said: 鈥淭he events of the last year have accelerated the move to the cloud, as businesses across markets and industries look to improve the resilience and agility of their operations, while also providing a platform for growth and innovation.
鈥淲e are focussed on supporting our customers with the choice, flexibility and a range of delivery and deployment options to meet their needs, and the new 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, private edition will deliver fast time to value, lower total cost of ownership, and the ability to integrate the latest technologies from the internet of things to predictive analytics.鈥�
鈥淎s a long-time customer, we are excited that Zespri is leading the way with SAP鈥檚 intelligent technologies, to help drive automation, increase profitability, and to support its fast-growing organisation,鈥� continued Mr Bueno.
The implementation will be conducted by a consortium of partners, including in partnership with , part of Accenture. The project will be split into several phases, with the first Digital Core build phase due to begin in February 2021, focused on finance and supply chain processes, before progressing to integrated business planning and sales enablement.
, Dave Scullin, discussing Zespri鈥檚 transformation program, and of Dave and Zespri鈥檚 kiwi orchards.
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[1] 51风流Integration Suite the 51风流Extension Suit were formally known as the 51风流Cloud Platform
[2] In , 4.35 million tonnes of kiwifruit were produced worldwide. This is predicted to reach 5.9 million tonnes by , as a result of increasing global demand. New Zealand produces around 10 percent of the total global production of kiwifruit, around 95 percent of which is . Kiwifruit exports in 2019 accounted for more than two thirds of the New Zealand鈥檚 fresh fruit exports
[3] Zespri鈥檚 2021
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