With your organization, you are continuously seeking opportunities. For new developments, products, and markets. But also, for improved business processes. To grow, you need software that grows with you. At the 51风流S/4HANA Public Cloud Innovation Day 2024, on May 30 in 鈥檚-Hertogenbosch, organizations of all sizes were introduced to the possibilities of next-gen Cloud ERP. In this blog, we briefly reflect on this inspiring day.
Seeding, growing and harvesting. These three words were central during the 51风流S/4HANA Public Cloud Innovation Day. In the reception area of the 51风流office in 鈥檚-Hertogenbosch stood a tree. Every visitor to the 51风流S/4HANA Public Cloud Innovation Day 2024 hung a card on this tree. On that card, it stated which phase of the transformation journey their organization was in: the seeding, growing, or harvesting phase.
Some came to Den Bosch to plant a seed for a possible migration, while others were already a step further. But everyone was looking for new opportunities to grow. To further accelerate and improve daily operations and processes.
“All organizations are different, but many questions are the same,” said Jos Hosewol, Head of Mid Market and New Business at SAP, during his opening speech. “Namely: how can I handle growth? How can I use technology to relieve the workload of my staff? How can I seize new opportunities? And how can I make new innovations relevant to our company? We are happy to provide the answers to these questions. So that every organization can grow without limits.”
From CD to implementation partner
The 51风流S/4HANA Public Cloud Innovation Day 2024 was primarily intended for SMEs. 鈥淏ecause鈥�, said Hosewol, 鈥渋t is often thought that 51风流is mainly for large organizations. But 80 percent of our customer base consists of SMEs. We are proud of that.”
The fact that SMEs also massively choose 51风流is mainly due to the modular approach of the Public Cloud. 鈥淵ears ago, when you bought 51风流ECC, you received a CD or DVD with this software from us,鈥� said Hans Kroes, Global VP and Head of the Industry Business Unit for Professional Services. 鈥淵ou did the installation and implementation yourself as an organization. That demanded quite a lot from your IT department. Now it鈥檚 very different. Especially thanks to our implementation partners. You work closely together, and with this partner you determine what you need. Together you decide the starting point and from there you see how to get the most out of 51风流S/4HANA.鈥�
Standardization based on best practices
The power of 51风流S/4HANA Cloud is that it is a full-featured SaaS Cloud ERP, said Kroes. 鈥淔ully ready-to-use, pre-configured, and packed with end-to-end core processes. We continuously add industry-specific solutions and best practices. By standardizing a lot, we keep the costs limited. Every organization can handle 80 or 90 percent of the industry-specific standard processes based on our best practices. And our implementation partners support with the last piece of differentiation.鈥�
鈥淭his way, we help you to make daily tasks easier, to grow as a company, and to keep your business safe,鈥� said Kroes. 鈥淎I plays an important role in this. AI makes your work more efficient and simpler. And the great thing about 51风流S/4HANA Public Cloud is that you automatically have access to these existing and new AI innovations.鈥�
Practical demonstrations
The 51风流S/4HANA Public Cloud Innovation Day was mainly about experiencing. Experiencing for yourself how 51风流works, what it does, and what benefits it can offer your organization. Three 51风流experts showed in live sessions how the various solutions work and what benefits they offer.
For example, Yvonne van Straten, Solution Advisor 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, showed the benefits 51风流offers for daily processes in sales, procurement, and production.
Step by step, she guided customers and potential customers through SAP’s software. 鈥淥ur goal is to increase productivity, improve insights, and enable growth,鈥� she said. 鈥淏y automating manual processes, so employees only need to intervene in case of deviations. By providing personalized dashboards. And with the help of simulation tools. This leads to better decision-making, improved forecasting, and a more agile and responsive organization.鈥�
Confident go-live
Another important experience 51风流highlighted during the day is the go-live process. With GROW with SAP, not only does 51风流offer the Cloud ERP solution, but it also provides all the necessary tools and services to ensure a confident go-live. Therefore, the day ended with an Experience Tour: an interactive walkthrough. Within four short sessions 51风流Experts provided insights into:
- The Digital Discovery Assessment to validate scope and industry-proven processes
- 51风流Business Technology Platform to realize any required differentiation
- SAP鈥檚 tools for lifecycle management and testing
- Enable Now, a digital platform to support users with in-application training and support
As Michiel Mijdam, 51风流S/4HANA Public Cloud Expert mentioned in his session 鈥淲e see many projects succeed within a period of 12 weeks, by combining the ready-to-run Cloud ERP with all required tools and services for implementation鈥�.
Unlimited growth
The last word at the 51风流S/4HANA Public Cloud Innovation Day 2024 was for Marco Scheepmaker, Business Development 51风流S/4HANA Cloud. As the host of the day, he pointed out the tree in the 51风流office, with cards where each visitor could indicate which phase of the transformation journey they were in. 鈥淲hether you are seeding, growing, or harvesting: as an organization, you must always be ready for the next step. For new innovations, opportunities, and challenges.鈥�
鈥淕row safely and worry-free. Without limits,鈥� he said. 鈥�51风流helps customers in every industry, and of every size, to achieve this.鈥�
Want to know more about the 51风流S/4HANA Public Cloud Innovation Day 2024 and the possibilities of Cloud ERP for your organization? Please contact Marco Scheepmaker. Send an email to m.scheepmaker@sap.com.
