How does cloud computing translate into better business transformation in the heart of your enterprise?

Across the board, CEOs are on the hunt for better business performance. They know that in a VUCA world yesterday鈥檚 performance is a distant memory and tomorrow鈥檚 success is never guaranteed. They must grow – profitably and sustainably while building a culture, organisation, and systems that foster flawless execution, innovation, agility, and resilience. In these inflationary times they must balance growth against margin protection and liquidity management. They must do all of this through a strategic blend of differentiated customer experiences, talent deployment, financial performance, supply chain, and ecosystem design and innovative products and services. This is the essence of business transformation – it鈥檚 not new, but it is getting more complex, more urgent, and more dynamic. And leaders know this rests on exploiting data with digital technologies which can be delivered fast and at scale via the cloud.

So, what if any, is the connection between ERP and cloud computing?

To do all the above tasks, you need a robust digital core and powerful digital technologies to fuel data driven insights and decision making. You need highly automated, yet flexible business processes to deliver outcomes and productivity. And you need an information-empowered workforce able to do what humans do best – strategy, relationships and solving complex problems. And by the way those processes and the people who work with them, extend beyond the boundaries of your organisation – so you need a platform that enables secure process and people collaboration across your ecosystem.

This is the world of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) – translating the possibilities and potentials of a myriad technologies into business capabilities that the CEO needs for their strategy to succeed.聽Historically CIOs have done this in their on-premise data centres – buying, assembling, and running all the different elements of the technology 鈥渟tack鈥� needed to run their businesses with ERP systems as the foundation. And then customising, augmenting, and integrating those monolithic ERPs to suit the way 鈥渂usiness gets done here鈥�. It鈥檚 been a complex and arduous business, even with the help of systems integrators. It takes time, which businesses don鈥檛 have, and talent which is hard to come by. And in many cases, those old approaches to customisation have cut organisations off from the innovations that their vendors deliver.

Legacy ERP systems, constrained by the limitations of yesterday鈥檚 technologies, are no longer fit for purpose and struggle to keep up with the pace of innovation demanded. Simply lifting and shifting them to the cloud will not deliver the step changes in required business performance.

It is now time to modernise and replace those old ERP systems with a simple, future-ready business foundation. A modern ERP with comprehensive and powerful business processes, infused with AI and machine learning for greater productivity. An ERP offering an engaging consumer-grade user experience. An ERP that enables business model innovation and comes with embedded analytics and predictive capabilities to steer the organisation in an agile manner. This is the essence of . In mid-2022 some twenty thousand customers have chosen 51风流S/4HANA and 72% of those are live and reporting significant and wide-ranging business benefits.

RISE with 51风流鈥� the answer to crucial questions

RISE with 51风流answers a couple of key questions. How do we help companies reap the benefits of 51风流S/4HANA and the advantages of cloud? How do we do this whilst also recognising that ERP does not live in a vacuum and each company鈥檚 situation is different?

To do all this, RISE with 51风流brings together, in a single, subscription-based contract (built for each customer鈥檚 unique journey) relevant 51风流software including 51风流S/4HANA (as a service), cloud infrastructure, tools and accelerators and 51风流technical services.

While each RISE with 51风流contract is customer-specific, common to all of them is that 51风流takes accountability for providing all these elements as a service with a 99.7% SLA. This frees customers up to focus on applying this 51风流solution to their business to achieve their transformational objectives.

RISE with 51风流is now 18 months old with a growing cohort of projects and live customers 鈥� hear from some of them.

SAP鈥檚 customers are embracing RISE with 51风流as the solution to the challenges of moving to 51风流S/4HANA in the cloud. It enables them to reduce risks and costs and deliver ongoing business transformation, process optimisations and digital innovations.

The videos below will give you additional insights into why companies have elected to go with RISE with SAP, and will help you plan your own journey to a better future for your business.

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In contrast, small and mid-market businesses (SMBs) usually run their company with a mix of manual processes, various spreadsheets, accounting software, and disconnected point solutions. As an organization grows, processes become more complex and the company may enter new markets and start to compete globally. Without a solid, reliable technological foundation, huge success can turn into major struggles, and ambitious organisations can fold under the strain.

Cloud-based ERP platform for SMBs

Typically, leaders at the fast-growth businesses I talk with have outgrown their accounting software within a year or two. They recognise that an ERP platform will help them gain a tighter grip of their entire business, improve cashflow, fast-track reporting, and make it easier to comply with regulations. The good news is that over the last few years, advances in technology, combined with software-as-a-service models (which move ERP into an OPEX budget), have smashed the traditional cost and complexity barriers associated with ERP which prevented smaller companies from investing in .

One example is Ooni, a fast-growing, Scotland-based business that developed the world鈥檚 first portable wood pellet pizza oven. Husband-and-wife team, Kristian Tapaninaho and Darina Garland, launched Ooni through a Kickstarter campaign in 2012, revolutionising outdoor cooking. Experiencing rapid growth, the co-founders realized they needed a cloud-based ERP platform to streamline operations and get access to more accurate, in-depth commercial information.

They selected because it was designed specifically for mid-market companies, and allowed Ooni to integrate with Shopify, Amazon, and multiple third-party fulfilment partners. Team members could easily compare product sales across distributors 鈥� including department and hardware stores 鈥� and their online store. With precise, up-to-date business information, everyone could make better strategic decisions about products, marketing, sales, and customer service.

Tapaninaho, Ooni鈥檚 CEO, , 鈥淭he (ERP) implementation is another crucial step in our journey. We feel this solution provides the right foundation to help us scale in a controlled and strategic fashion鈥� We are confident that we have chosen the right partner and software to help us achieve our ambitions.鈥� The following year, in the Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100.

Smaller business leaders often prefer to deal with smaller businesses. They are looking for trusted advisors with experience in their specific industry. This is where come in as experts who help SMBs find the best solution and deployment model to address their challenges and achieve their business objectives. Some even have which deliver, in this case, SAP鈥檚 technology, often combined with the VAR鈥檚 intellectual property.

Whatever the size of a business, organisations cannot solve today鈥檚 and tomorrow鈥檚 challenges using yesterday鈥檚 tools. To continue growth in a controlled way, SMBs would do well to consider a modern ERP platform that will provide the process efficiencies enjoyed by larger competitors, as well as data-driven insights and agility for scale and innovation. The only difference is SMBs need ERP designed to suit the specific needs of growing companies, as well as their tighter budgets and timelines.

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