As a growing number of Indian enterprises embark on their journey to the cloud, SAP digital transformation offerings, including RISE with SAP, are at the forefront of resilience, agility, and efficiency.
India continues to be one of SAP’s fastest-growing markets globally, according to Kulmeet Bawa, President and Managing Director at SAP Indian Subcontinent. The country’s cloud first mindset, abundant opportunities, and demographic dividend are among the reasons why the German tech giant considers it very important, Bawa said in an interview with ETGovernment.
SAP’s commitment to invest INR 500 crore (€55 million) in India is centred around delivering transformation in the cloud. The investment, which is projected to boost demand for cloud services in India, is also expected to increase local companies’ confidence in venturing into mid-market businesses.
As one of the leading business-to-business cloud providers, SAP’s investment and the introduction of other programs including RISE with SAP will work towards addressing customer demands in India.
During a SAPPHIRE NOW 2021 session, SAP APJ President Paul Marriott joined the SAP India MD to talk about the future of Indian businesses in a networked economy. Marriott stated:
“As India reopens and our businesses reopen, we are going to be shifting from surviving to thriving, and I believe now is truly the time to digitise. With RISE with SAP, we are taking the mission-critical processes and making them digital and in the cloud.”
Marriott further shared that accelerating cloud growth is essential to SAP’s overall strategy, adding that the company needs to “provide safe passage for every existing SAP ERP customer to RISE with SAP.”
“We will partner with the ecosystem and underpin all our innovation with our SAP Business Technology Platform to build new applications and drive innovation in Asia for the entire world,” he maintained.
Supporting Indian Enterprises through SAP Digital Transformation Solutions
Moreover, Bawa recognises that more Indian companies are deciding to run enterprise computing in the cloud now that digital transformation has become mission-critical than ever before. The SAP Indian leader stated:
“RISE with SAP is Business Transformation as a Service that serves as an enabler for companies to accelerate and simplify their transformations beyond just a technical migration and advance themselves digitally in their cloud journey.”
In addition, companies across all sectors in India are benefiting from successful digital transformation initiatives from SAP. One of these includes Vikran Engineering & Exim Pvt Ltd, a fast-growing engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company in the power sector. Since implementing RISE with SAP, the company’s Director Nakul Markhedkar said they were able to transform their business processes.
“In our endeavour to become a leader in EPC industries, it was important for us to streamline and set up our business processes in a way that helped us access all our projects anytime, anywhere. SAP’s cloud ERP solution provides us with that flexibility and enables us to seamlessly access all our business functions and data on a single platform in real-time,” Markhedkar further explained.
Meanwhile, vertically integrated pharmaceutical company RA Chem Pharma Ltd was also one of the first few to implement SAP’s Business Transformation as a Service offering. The company’s CIO Venkat Srinivas further shared:
“By adopting RISE with SAP, we have taken a significant step towards our digital transformation journey. This will enable us to build a strong foundation in India’s pharmaceutical industry and support our vision of providing quality, affordable and innovative solutions in medicine and treatment.”
Furthermore, the following enterprises are also leveraging RISE with SAP to gain greater flexibility and scalability in today’s fast-changing market conditions:
- Ola Electric Mobility Pvt Ltd
- Wakefit Innovations Pvt Ltd
- Neogen Chemicals Ltd
- KLT Automotive and Tubular Products Ltd
- Pacific Development Corporation Ltd
