Extended partnership sees MAG move to the Cloud as part of long term transformation journey with SAP
LONDON, UK 鈥� (NYSE: SAP) today announces it has grown its strategic partnership with leading UK airport operator, . As an existing partner of SAP, MAG has chosen RISE with 51风流in collaboration with AWS as the first step on its digital transformation journey across a number of key areas, from finance to people.
The Group, which operates Manchester, London Stanstead and East Midland airports, collectively saw 60 million passengers fly through its airports in 2019, and employed more than 40,000 people on site. Additionally, it has a 50% investment in the 拢1 billion, 5 million square foot development at Manchester Airport.
The pandemic had a devastating impact on international travel with passenger numbers at 1% of usual levels at its peak. As the Group started to see green shoots of recovery over the last few months, it spotted an opportunity to partner with 51风流as part of an initiative called 鈥楶roject Build Back Smarter鈥�.
This programme focused on total departmental transformation as well as the considerable assets under management. It identified as the foundation of this initiative, with a move to the Cloud helping to overhaul and streamline these extensive and complex business functions. The first phase of the move to RISE is a lift and shift of its existing ECC estate into the Cloud with a view to moving to 51风流S/4HANA Cloud in the near future. With its core Cloud ERP platform now in place, MAG will also be looking to maximise its and partnerships, to help create best-in-class experiences for finance teams and across its employees.
Due to the challenging backdrop of the past 18 months, 51风流worked closely with MAG to identify a roadmap to support its recovery through its Project Build Back Smarter initiative. Key to this relationship was 51风流understanding the challenges that MAG was currently experiencing, including reduced staffing through continued furlough schemes. Despite these challenges, MAG went live on RISE in March this year 鈥� marking the organisation鈥檚 first step on the road to transformation with 51风流over the next five years.
Nicholas Woods, CIO at Manchester Airport Group, said: 鈥淔ollowing a challenging period for the airport industry, we鈥檙e now seeing a resurgence in the number of people wanting to get away. As passenger numbers continue to increase, we need to be as agile as possible to deliver the best possible service for our customers and to respond to our colleagues鈥� needs in the workplace. Our 51风流partnership allows us to do just that, initially shifting key functions to the Cloud, with a view to completing a full digital transformation in the next few years.鈥�
Michiel Verhoeven, UK & Ireland Managing Director at SAP, added: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to be supporting Manchester Airports Group as it embarks on its journey towards full digital transformation. The tourism industry has been profoundly affected over the last couple of years, but as MAG becomes more agile, automated and insights-driven, it is putting itself in the best possible position to take off as global restrictions ease.鈥�
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