Since the launch of RISE with SAP in January, about 250 customers of all sizes from around the world have already added SAP’s latest concierge service to the Intelligent Enterprise in their company’s cloud transformation roadmap.
RISE with SAP, a Business Transformation as a Service (BTaaS) offering from software giant SAP, reflects the German company’s commitment to delivering flexible and scalable products and services that meet the evolving customer and partner needs. Driving innovation and business transformation while harnessing the power of the cloud, the subscription-based RISE with SAP offering continues to gain momentum globally and has recently added world-renowned organisations Energizer and the National Basketball Association (NBA) to its roster of customers.
Powering Energizer’s Finance Transformation
Energizer Holdings, Inc., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of primary batteries and portable lighting products, has partnered with SAP to support its finance transformation journey. The global company has selected RISE with SAP offering to help implement the SAP S/4HANA solution for central finance hosted on Google Cloud. Now part of the company’s cloud transformation roadmap, SAP’s RISE offering is anticipated to enable Energizer to operate more efficiently, manage future mergers and acquisitions, and support the company’s product strategy.
Dan McCarthy, Chief Information Officer at Energizer, said:
“SAP S/4HANA for central finance will help us automate essential business processes, improve customer service, and fuel innovation that grows our company’s leadership position globally. We selected RISE with SAP to begin our journey to SAP S/4HANA and maintain the freedom and flexibility to move at our own pace.”
The company operates through four geographic segments: North America, which consists of the United States and Canada; Latin America, which includes its markets in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific, which consists of its markets in Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
According to John Tully, SAP North America Senior Vice President and Managing Director of South Region, Energizer has a strong heritage of sustainability-focused innovation that has literally provided power to many facets of the world including medical devices, wearables, and entertainment. He emphasised:
“SAP announced RISE with SAP with innovators like Energizer in mind, helping our customers leverage SAP S/4HANA to fuel finance transformations and support future innovation,” Tully said.
Snehanshu Shah, Managing Director for SAP at Google Cloud, expressed the company’s support for Energizer’s digital transformation. Shah highlighted that moving critical SAP systems into a cloud environment empowers Energizer to build a foundation for future scale and innovation on the industry’s cleanest cloud.
SAP and Google Cloud recently announced an expanded strategic partnership that would enable RISE with SAP customers to execute business transformations, migrate critical business systems to the cloud and leverage Google Cloud’s services such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
Backing NBA’s Cloud Transformation Roadmap
World-renowned professional basketball league NBA has also selected RISE with SAP as part of its ongoing cloud transformation. Under the partnership with SAP, the global sports and media business will migrate its cloud-based SAP software environment, including SAP S/4HANA Cloud, to Microsoft Azure.
Krishna Bhagavathula, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President for the NBA stated:
“The NBA and SAP have a strong history together that we aim to build upon with this latest cloud-driven initiative. RISE with SAP is an important offering that will support the NBA’s cloud strategy and vision.”
SAP’s BTaaS offering is anticipated to support NBA’s strategy of modernising and consolidating critical business processes to deliver operational efficiency, power several direct-to-consumer and fan engagement initiatives, and support the league’s international growth strategy.
Lloyd Adams, SAP North America Senior Vice President and Managing Director of East Region, expressed SAP’s support to the NBA cloud transformation strategy through RISE with SAP. According to him, NBA is an industry innovator that has consistently delivered cutting-edge experiences for fans.
