According to SAP Indian Subcontinent President and Managing Director Kulmeet Bawa, India has been leading all countries in terms of SAP growth. In an interview with Mint, he said that India was the top Asia-Pacific (APAC) business region for seven consecutive quarters. Bawa went on the say that for the eighth straight quarter, India will have the greatest growth rate and largest contribution to the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) business.

Detailing more about the country’s contribution to RISE with SAP, Bawa shared:

“Globally, we’re contributing 13-15% to SAP’s RISE business division (Cloud ERP), which is big for a country the size of India. We’ve doubled our cloud customers in the past two years.”

The SAP RISE program is a cloud-based, subscription-based service that helps businesses accelerate their digital transformation journey. It provides access to a suite of tools and services that can help businesses optimize their operations, drive innovation, and improve customer experience.

As the SAP Indian Subcontinent MD put it, RISE with SAP is the preferred method for clients to move SAP workloads to the cloud. With hyperscaler cloud providers merely offering the underlying infrastructure, he said this has helped SAP expand and accelerate its growth.

“Yes, there is hybrid cloud adoption, and there are firms running on more than one cloud solution, but most are looking to standardize. Clients want agility and a single point of contact to deal with it,” Bawa added.

The year 2022 marked a tipping point in India’s embrace of cloud computing. SAP still sees India as a key market in terms of both business and innovation. Engineering, construction, life sciences and pharma, consumer packaged goods and retail, and information technology and related services (IT-ITeS) are just few of the areas that have seen rapid adoption of cloud computing.

SAP had massive expansion across all market segments, from the large segment to the small and medium-sized enterprises. Big companies like Mahindra & Mahindra, Wipro Limited, and HCLTech have all migrated their key digital operations to the cloud. Another Indian company that has recently utilized RISE with SAP to change its digital scene on the cloud is Best Value Chem Private Limited.

Best Value Chem Pvt Ltd Selects SAP RISE Program for Transformation

RISE with SAP provides an intelligent, integrated and comprehensive solution that helps organizations like Best Value Chem Private Limited overcome business challenges and unlock their true potential. The power of the cloud allows for real-time data collection and analysis, which in turn helps business leaders make more informed decisions.

Commenting on Birlasoft Best Value Chem Private Limited’s collaboration for the RISE with SAP implementation, and VeRajeev Singh, Vice President and Head of Midmarket at SAP Indian Subcontinent, said:

“Cloud technology is now mission-critical for businesses of all sizes and industries. And it is our partners like Birlasoft who are accelerating this growth trajectory for customers such as Best Value Chem. We’re extremely excited to become an integral part of this journey, that they’ve chosen towards excellence through SAP for digital transformation.”

Best Value Chem Private Limited’s Finance, Procurement, Production Planning, Sales, and Quality Management have all benefited from SAP Partner Birlasoft’s deployment of RISE with SAP, which has simplified and modernized the company’s processes. In only a span of five months, the full migration was completed.

Shaju CO, CEO at Best Value Chem Private Limited, highlighted that Birlasoft was selected as BVC’s digital transformation partner due to the company’s prominent position in the market. He believes this will help the corporation achieve more transparency, productivity, accountability, and financial security.

Because of the SAP transformation project, Best Value Chem Private Limited is now able to operate more flexibly, quickly, and productively. By integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies and establishing solid reporting systems, it also assisted in developing a foundation for the intelligent business process.

Further explaining why they chose RISE with SAP and what benefits the platform has provided so far, the CEO detailed:

“BVC has achieved a major milestone with the implementation of RISE With SAP. With this, we are glad to commence our digital transformation journey. Having a legacy of 25 years, BVC needed a robust, innovative, and resilient solution to give us an edge in the coming years.”

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Birlasoft Ltd., the global IT services subsidiary of the CK Birla Group, helps enterprises both globally and locally with their productivity needs. The tech firm aims to provide an effective way of managing the speed of their clients’ development process, allowing them to grow faster, make more revenue, and operate more efficiently.

As an SAP Partner, Birlasoft also helps companies measure and benchmark their performance through a range of different metrics, such as best-in-class key performance indicators (KPIs), templatized industry solutions that are designed to work with specific industries or scenarios, as well as a proprietary intelligent automation platform that is tailored to deliver targeted support and services.

Furthermore, Birlasoft also helps its customers stay lean by focusing on program execution following the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control approach. This intends to ensure fast and agile implementations that will help businesses stay competitive in today’s market.

Last July, Birlasoft announced that it has successfully finished the whole migration from its SAP S/4HANA on-premises environment to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The project was completed within six months and was implemented across over 20 countries where Birlasoft’s business is currently in place. Aside from being a landmark achievement for the company, it is also a significant time for customers of all sizes who are seeking to take advantage of the new cloud platform RISE with SAP.

Commenting on the company’s latest digital transformation project, Shreeranganath Kulkarni (SK), Chief Delivery Officer at Birlasoft, said that Birlasoft has diligently kept up with the times and is now in the position to guide businesses toward digitizing themselves. The rapidly shifting nature of the IT landscape over the course of the last two years has offered plenty of opportunities for businesses to accelerate their transition to the cloud.

“RISE with SAP has been the best way forward in that regard. I’m confident that this extended partnership will lead our business transformation journey and enable us to serve our stakeholders better,” he further explained.

Implementing RISE with SAP for Migration to the Cloud Environment

Birlasoft focuses on providing domain-specific, enterprise level and digital technology solutions to reimagine business processes for customers. Just like SAP, the company is committed to delivering comprehensive software and services to improve business efficiency across various sectors.

With the introduction of RISE with SAP — the German tech giant’s Business Transformation as a Service (BTaaS) signature cloud offering — Birlasoft has been able to streamline and modernize its operations, providing a variety of services that include total records management, cash-management solutions, data management solutions, integration services for SAP deployment, and HR solutions to drive innovation across the company.

Moreover, Birlasoft’s digitalization strategy is also an important component of the company’s long-term business plan that has been enhanced with recent acceleration and adoption of cloud computing technologies. Such a strategy has led to better operational efficiencies, which is why the company’s latest implementation of the RISE with SAP solution was deemed successful.

Anand Raisinghani, Vice President and Head of Professional Services, BFSI, Telecom & Media, SAP Indian Subcontinent, shared that as the company works to expedite its expansion into the cloud, RISE with SAP remains fundamental to the strategy it employs. He added that SAP Partners, including Birlasoft, play an important part as change agents, helping to create momentum through transforming enterprises of varying sizes and types.

“The joint alignment between Birlasoft and SAP will help our customers embrace agility, flexibility, and productivity in their day-to-day operations and performance on the cloud,” he concluded.

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