SAP’s industry cloud solutions built on SAP BTP and running on the cloud infrastructure of its hyperscaler partners extend the Intelligent Enterprise strategy into the industry space. The industry cloud portfolio is designed to address specific core business needs of customers within their industries, including those in the automotive industry.
MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH (MHP), a process supplier and a subsidiary of Porsche MHP, has recently formed an alliance with software enterprise SAP to co-innovate for go-to-market, state-of-the-art industry cloud solutions to address all aspects of mobility. Employing a greenfield approach and leveraging SAP’s industry cloud, the joint strategy aims to tackle today’s fast-evolving megatrends of Connected Mobility, Autonomous Driving, Shared/Serviced Mobility, and E-Mobility.
“Mobility is a matter close to my heart. I am therefore delighted that we at MHP are planning to drive forward the exciting topic of industry cloud for mobility together with SAP. What particularly excites me about this is that we work together across several industries and put the customer at the center,” said Andreas Barth, Head of Markets and Member of the Board of Management at MHP.
MHP is one of the leading consulting firms focused on the automotive industry (manufacturers, suppliers, dealers, and importers), providing management and IT consulting services to its customers in Germany, the UK, the USA, China, Romania, and Israel. As a long-term SAP Gold partner in the SAP PartnerEdge program, the consulting firm has a proven, decade-long track record in automotive and mobility digitalisation, developing solutions based on SAP software and technologies.
Joining Forces to Build Industry Cloud Solutions for Mobility
Under the partnership, MHP and SAP will focus on developing solutions for Fleet Management, Load Management, Battery Lifecycle Management, and Mobility-as-a-Service as well as tap OEMs, energy providers, and startups to be co-innovation customers. Customers are given the opportunity to join the discussions on plans for delivery of future-proof mobility solutions, fast integration, and global scale of this new Mobility O.S. This initiative, ultimately, gives the participating customers the fortuity to contribute and influence the development of solutions that will integrate into the their SAP ecosystem.
Hagen Heubach, Global VP, Head of Automotive Industry Business Unit at SAP, stressed the growth opportunity in the modern automotive industry, with more than 80 percent of automobile manufacturers expressing commitment to electrifying their lineup in the near future and some intending to go all-electric within the next decade. He commented:
“MHP is working closely with SAP to develop plans to help deliver the promise of the intelligent enterprise to customers in the mobility industry. MHP plans to do this by combining its industry innovation with deep industry domain expertise and industry business services for the fast-growing market of mobility solutions.”
For almost five decades, SAP has been providing solutions for the automotive industry– with 15 top car manufacturers with the highest production in the world running SAP software. Now with SAP’s industry cloud, co-innovation partners and customers are able to deploy new business models to help capture opportunities for future mobility and accelerate their journey to becoming intelligent enterprises.
Extending Partnership to SAP.iO
Furthermore, this latest partnership shines a spotlight on the recently launched SAP.iO Mobility Cohort. SAP.iO Foundry Munich and MHP will be collaborating for the new accelerator program to support the nine B2B software startups to address customer objectives and challenges in the mobility sector. Throughout the program, the cohort will focus on multiple strategic areas including connectivity in transport and fleet management, battery charging, and autonomous driving.
“For sustainable, emission-free mobility, we need the innovative power of startups and the resources and opportunities of large corporates. SAP.iO Foundry Munich combines both in their new mobility program, and we at MHP are pleased to be able to actively support and promote the startups to make a joint contribution to a better future,” said Marcus Wieland, partner and strategic lead for future mobility at MHP.
