As an SAP Global Strategic Services Partner for over 25 years, HCL Technologies Ltd. has established an SAP practice that seamlessly integrates across the entire SAP portfolio and the Indian multinational company’s Digital Consulting, engineering services, IoT WoRKS™, and cloud infrastructure practices.
Long-standing SAP service and license resell partner HCL Technologies Ltd. has announced its latest innovation partnership with SAP that advances the Industry 4.0 by harnessing the power of the smart Internet of Things (IoT). Globally recognised as one of the leading companies with IoT expertise, HCL Technologies has collaborated with the German software enterprise giant to deliver new IoT packaged offerings and services led by its dedicated IoT business IoT WoRKS.
Sharing about the latest SAP – HCL Technologies collaboration, Sukant Acharya, Senior Vice President, IoT WoRKS, HCL Technologies, said:
“We are proud to be collaborating with SAP to create the next generation of intelligent warehouse offerings and services. HCL Technologies’ experience in enabling Industry 4.0 and connected business transformation programs, when paired with SAP’s expertise in supporting IoT applications during development and implementation, stands to benefit our customers in driving sustainable business transformation and growth.”
Reflected by the Noida, India-based Information Technology services and consulting firm’s vision “to be the best modern-SAP consulting partner in the industry”, the company’s SAP practice operates within its integrated solutions and services portfolio centred around deep technologies such as Digital, IoT, and Cloud as well as Infrastructure Management, and Engineering Services, among many others. HCL Technologies has more than 10,000 SAP consultants across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa to support its worldwide customers’ complex SAP transformation. The consulting firm was one of the early adopters of RISE with SAP and has also been recently named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain SAP Ecosystems Services 2021 Vendor Assessment.
HCL Technologies Ltd. Latest IoT Offerings
In the most recent collaborative partnership of HCL Technologies with SAP, HCL’s IoT WoRKS has introduced new service offerings that help accelerate next-generation intelligent warehousing. IoT WoRKS supports customers’ IoT transformation across different IoT adoption levels through service offerings anchored around ‘Define, Build, and Run’.
Harnessing the smart sensing capabilities and IoT edge of SAP IoT, IoT WoRKS packages IoT-led warehouse processes and offers the option to add relevant hardware like RFID devices or gateway servers for a seamless transformation. SAP IoT, part of SAP Business Technology Platform, enables customers to embed in and extend business processes leveraging IoT-enriched business insights to achieve transformative results.
Here are the two latest service offerings of HCL Technologies:
IoT-led Warehouse Processes
Leveraging SAP IoT, this service offering enables companies to drive efficiency and optimise their digital supply chain by automating the identification of handling units through radio frequency identification (RFID), validating the data, and posting business context information to SAP S/4HANA or other SAP warehousing solutions.
Remote Monitoring of Edge Hardware
This scalable offering harnesses HCL’s IoT and monitoring expertise, which helps customers achieve real-time monitoring of edge devices that, ultimately, results in lower downtime and drives productivity. The solution also provides a single UI to enhance the management of clusters and configurable alerts.
Priya Wenzel, SAP Global Vice President, Partner Ecosystem Success, Digital Supply Chain, expressed that SAP is looking forward to partnering with the Indian multinational to deliver Industry 4.0 solutions and technology powered by IoT. She derailed:
“While SAP offers the solutions and connectivity, enabling data-driven processes across the end-to-end supply chain, HCL Technologies delivers business and product expertise, coupled with an implementation approach focused on accelerating time to value with minimal effort and investment. Together, our goal is to deliver a connected, resilient and sustainable supply chain to our customers.”
