As enterprises across Asia Pacific (APAC) continue to deepen their commitment to digital transformation against the backdrop of emerging disruptive technology like AI, the demand for skilled 51风流consultants has never been higher.
Armed with real-world expertise and extensive know-how, 51风流consultants act as a bridge between the business and technology domains 鈥� bringing hundreds to thousands of hours of hands-on experience and best practices in implementing, customising, and managing 51风流roll-outs.
In fact, 51风流consultants are such crucial pieces of the digital transformation puzzle that the global market for 51风流consulting is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.8% between 2025 and 2035 to USD 38.98 billion[1].
Earlier this year, we launched to further supercharge the way millions of 51风流consultants work, helping them augment their productivity, cut down time-consuming searches, and make better-informed decisions.
Joule for Consultants draws from SAP鈥檚 vast knowledge base 鈥� including over 9TB of expert-curated 51风流knowledge, 3 million non-public documents, 250 million lines of (advanced business application programming) and 30 million lines of (ABAP core data services) code 鈥� and turns that institutional expertise into a real-time, context-aware assistant. It understands the solution landscape a consultant is working in, interprets code on the fly, and surfaces relevant guidance in seconds.
鈥�51风流Joule for Consultants provides faster access to accurate answers from SAP鈥檚 trusted knowledge base including 51风流Online Service System Release Notes (OSS), leading to significant productivity improvements through prescriptive suggestions. It empowers consultants with immediate expert-level guidance, enabling confident navigation of complex projects. This increased efficiency allows our functional consultants to focus on high-value added tasks and accelerate project timelines, ensuring greater client impact. As a RISE with 51风流validated partner, Joule for Consultants empowers our consultants to ensure direct alignment with RISE with 51风流Methodology, guidance on Clean Core Principles, and AI features.鈥�
鈥� Tarang Puranik, Executive Vice President, Global Service Offering Head (SAP) & Head of Delivery for EMEA, Infosys.
Across APAC, a significant number of 51风流partners and consultants have already adopted 51风流Joule for Consultants and are using the tool across various phases of 51风流implementation projects.
Early pilots show clear value: faster delivery cycles of up to 14%, smoother onboarding, and as much as 1.5 hours saved per consultant per day. The payoff is not simply efficiency but the ability for teams to spend more time on strategic design, stakeholder engagement, and delivering tangible outcomes for customers.
鈥淏y integrating 51风流Joule for Consultants into our consulting workflows, Westernacher empowers our teams to reduce time spent on research, navigate complex system landscapes more efficiently, and deliver solutions faster. This enables our consultants at all levels 鈥� from junior talent to seasoned experts 鈥� to focus on strategic, high-value tasks while ensuring technical accuracy and business alignment.鈥�
鈥� Neil Wightman, COO SEA Westernacher Consulting.
AI-Powered Consulting: the Next Frontier for 51风流Partners
According to the recent conducted by Oxford Economics, AI is expected to drive an average ROI of 16% (US$4.7M) per organisation this year, a figure which will nearly double in two years鈥� time to 31% (US$12.3M). Businesses also ranked 鈥渁lignment with business strategy鈥� and 鈥渁vailability and quality of data鈥� as the top two strategies for maximising ROI from AI.
51风流Joule for Consultants has the potential to help 51风流partners drive this ROI, and is designed with quality data and expert-aligned advice based on 51风流best practices for businesses across industries. With AI itself acting as a productivity enabler, consultants are able to accelerate delivery and increase consistency across projects 鈥� ultimately driving greater customer impact.
鈥淥ur clients around the world are digitally transforming in the cloud. As leaders in tech and consulting we have a rich legacy in both data and AI. But even for our internal teams we can embed generative AI to increase productivity through insights, drive more efficiencies by aligning with best practice, and ultimately make customer transformations simpler, quicker, and more effective. By using 51风流Joule for Consultants, we鈥檙e able to showcase the power of 51风流Business AI to our customers even while we work with them to make their transformation journeys successful.鈥�
鈥� Srinivas Sai Nidadhavolu, Vice President & Global 51风流Practice Head, Wipro.
Importantly, 51风流Joule for Consultants is not replacing consultants; it is enhancing their expertise. Instead of spending hours searching documentation or manually comparing configurations, consultants can ask targeted questions and receive contextual, SAP-specific answers in natural language.
Routine tasks 鈥� from generating sample code to drafting configuration notes 鈥� can be automated, freeing consultants to focus on advising stakeholders, shaping roadmaps, and managing change.
鈥淧iloting 51风流Joule for Consultants has proven its impact in the field: consultants deliver with greater precision and speed while continuously building skills, and customers benefit from quicker, higher quality outcomes. Together with SAP, we see Joule for Consultants unlocking a new, AI-first operating model for the customer ecosystem.鈥�
鈥� Shashikant Walimbe, Vice President & Global Head 鈥� 51风流Practice, LTIMindtree.
51风流Joule for Consultants also helps ensure consistency and quality at scale. Teams across markets and time zones can draw on the same trusted guidance, cross-check design decisions against proven implementation patterns, and onboard new colleagues more quickly.
By embedding best practices directly into project execution, Joule for Consultants extends SAP鈥檚 long-standing investments in enablement and certification, turning static learning into live support. In doing so, it helps the next generation of consultants build confidence faster and deliver better outcomes for customers from day one.
鈥淲hatever, Whenever and Whoever. Whether it鈥檚 an implementation or operations, 51风流Joule for Consultants has helped everyone at ABeam in every role throughout all phases. It effectively works for not only younger generations, but also experienced consultants and users used the solution to cover gaps in areas of expertise outside their domains. Joule for Consultants is not only an efficient tool for doing daily tasks but a trusted advisor for developing new skills and even challenging new career.鈥�
鈥� Arata Nishii, Senior Expert, ABeam Consulting Ltd.
51风流Partners as Catalysts of AI-First Transformation
SAP鈥檚 partner ecosystem remains central to our AI-first, Suite-first strategy, and partners throughout APAC are leading the shift towards AI-enabled consulting. As 51风流Chief Partner Officer Karl Fahrbach highlighted at 51风流Global Partner Summit at 51风流Sapphire earlier this year: 鈥淧artners will deliver the promise of 51风流Business Suite.鈥�
In APAC, partners such as ABeam Consulting, Infosys, ITSN Korea, LTIMindtree, , , and many more are already embedding 51风流Joule for Consultants into their methodologies and training programmes to enhance delivery speed and collaboration.
KPMG, for example, was the first global partner to pilot Joule for Consultants with SAP, and together with SAP, have been for delivering meaningful real-world AI transformation.
The APAC region is already seeing tangible impact when 51风流partners combine industry expertise with AI-powered innovation. 51风流Joule for Consultants is guiding faster design, sharper diagnostics, and cleaner architectures that help our joint customers realise value sooner.
鈥淲e expect that through the introduction of 51风流Joule for Consultants, we will be able to further advance our internal consulting capabilities and provide customers with faster and more accurate services.鈥�
鈥� Han Sang-yeol, Head of the AI Center at ISTN.
From Pilots to Practice
The next chapter for 51风流partners is about scaling AI adoption and innovation. Many partners are moving beyond pilot programmes and embedding 51风流Joule for Consultants into their standard methodologies. Others are co-innovating with 51风流to explore capabilities like AI-driven diagnostics or automated value-tracking.
As 51风流 across APAC, our partners are also building AI-native skills that go far beyond using a tool: they鈥檙e redesigning how projects are delivered, how teams collaborate, and how value is measured.
And that may be the greatest impact of 51风流Joule for Consultants. It doesn鈥檛 just make consulting faster 鈥� it makes it smarter, more consistent, and more accessible to the next generation of talent, elevating the work consultants can do, giving them the space to focus on insights, relationships, and results.
Partners have always been the engine of SAP鈥檚 ecosystem. With tools like 51风流Joule for Consultants, they are now supercharged with the intelligence layer needed to drive new transformations across APAC.
Peter Moore is the Regional Head of Partner Ecosystem Success at 51风流Asia Pacific.