March 15, 2022 – SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE, a world-leading provider of software solutions for digital transformation processes and automated data migrations in the SAP environment, has achieved certification of its BLUEFIELD™ Powered by CrystalBridge solution from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

PwC has comprehensively audited the SNP solution BLUEFIELD™ Powered by CrystalBridge. For the certification, SNP simulated a selective transformation from SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) to SAP S/4HANA with many demos. The auditors monitored the process during the audit and confirmed the procedure. For this purpose, SNP demonstrated a wide range of transformation scenarios. In addition to the result of the audit, the audit report also contains a comprehensive description of SNP’s software and approach, explaining how transformations are performed with BLUEFIELD™ Powered by CrystalBridge.

The audit was conducted in accordance with the International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000 (Revised).

Gregor Stöckler, chief operating officer, SNP, said, “SNP is delighted that PwC was able to complete the audit of the BLUEFIELD approach that we developed and established in the market as well as our transformation software. The audit report summarises the auditors’ findings on the suitability of SNP’s procedure and on the fulfilment of the transformation objectives to serve as proof for our customers. It provides even more transparency for SAP user companies, letting them take full advantage of the added value SNP’s leading solution offers for SAP-centric transformations.”

There used to be two classic migration approaches in the SAP market: greenfield, primarily for new implementations of SAP solutions; and brownfield, primarily for the transformation of existing SAP landscapes. SNP developed a third approach many years ago: BLUEFIELD™. To achieve this, SNP combined the two classic approaches by selecting the best parts of greenfield and brownfield. Today, BLUEFIELD™ is a globally established approach within the SAP community that serves as a solution for existing SAP customers.

After completing over 14,500 projects, SNP knows that business transformations can be complex and sometimes even mission-critical. Currently, there is high demand for scenarios involving mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and moves to SAP S/4HANA and the cloud. These scenarios impose high requirements on the quality of the software that implements such change processes.

With this in mind, SNP had its BLUEFIELD™ approach and CrystalBridge transformation software audited with regard to the following key transformation objectives: the transformation is complete and correct according to the customer’s specifications; the migrated data is consistent; and the transformation is fully documented in an understandable way. Now, the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has recently “certified” SNP’s approach and transformation software.

With this in mind, SNP had its BLUEFIELD™ approach and CrystalBridge transformation software audited with regard to the following key transformation objectives: the transformation is complete and correct according to the customer’s specifications; the migrated data is consistent; and the transformation is fully documented in an understandable way. Now, the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has recently “certified” SNP’s approach and transformation software.

About SNP

SNP is a world-leading provider of software for managing complex digital transformation processes. Instead of traditional IT consulting in the ERP environment, SNP offers an automated approach using specially developed software: The Data Transformation Platform CrystalBridge® and the SNP BLUEFIELD™ approach allow companies to restructure and modernize their IT landscapes much more quickly and securely as well as migrate to new systems or cloud environments more securely. This gives customers clear qualitative advantages while at the same time reducing their time and costs.

The SNP Group has around 1,600 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, and generated preliminary revenues of around EUR 166 million in the 2021 fiscal year. It serves multinational companies in all industries. SNP was established in 1994, went public in 2000, and has been listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since August 2014 (ISIN DE0007203705). Since 2017, the company has been trading as a European company (Societas Europaea/SE).

More information is available at www.snpgroup.com

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SNP’s data transformation platform CrystalBridge® and BLUEFIELD approach selected for series of S/4 transformations for Astra Group’s automotive companies

Heidelberg, Germany | Singapore | Jakarta, Indonesia, October 29, 2021 – SNP Transformations SEA Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE (the SNP Group), a world-leading provider of software solutions for digital transformation processes and automated data migrations, has completed a successful SAP S/4HANA go-live with a move to the Azure Cloud for PT United Tractors Tbk, the largest heavy equipment provider in Indonesia, in collaboration with PT Astra Graphia Information Technology (AGIT). Following this success, the Astra Group has selected SNP and AGIT for multiple SAP S/4HANA transformation projects this year.

United Tractors, a subsidiary of PT Astra International Tbk (Astra), one of Indonesia’s largest and leading business groups, was gearing up to expand its business by implementing a synergy-based and diversified business model in various business units. The associated digitalization involving the migration to the new SAP S/4HANA business suite with lower cloud operating costs was identified as a priority to support business growth, influence the company’s ability to adopt next-generation business processes, and enable it to make informed decisions quickly based on real-time insights. The need of the hour was a reliable, time-efficient and cost-saving approach, accommodating the highest flexibility regarding the coverage of data transformation requirements and with minimal downtime.

Lie Gunadi, Corporate Strategic and Technology Division Head, PT United Tractors Tbk, says, “As part of United Tractors’ digital transformation journey, the company planned to upgrade its existing ECC 6.0 (on-premises) to significantly improve its operations via a host of optimization strategies. A rapid implementation to move the core business system to S/4HANA and the cloud was imperative to manage demand for innovation, customization and transparent real-time analysis, ensuring business agility – an essential aspect for staying at the top in today’s increasingly intense market environment. Apart from resolving the data transformation challenges, SNP’s CrystalBridge^® and BLUEFIELD approach delivered as per United Tractors’ ambition for a leaner, higher-performance S/4HANA target system in Azure. A high degree of automation and reliability combined multiple projects simultaneously and reduced the data footprint with selective data migration, lowering TCO at minimal downtime and risk and achieving a single go-live within budgeted timelines. Thanks to SNP, we are on an accelerated path to becoming an agile intelligent enterprise.”

Gerald Faust, Managing Director and CEO, Asia Pacific and Middle East, SNP Transformations SEA Pte Ltd., adds, “SNP is delighted to be part of United Tractor’s strategic endeavor to become an intelligent enterprise with an automated and accelerated transformation to SAP S/4HANA as they transformed their data, business and systems from on-premises to Azure. In the wake of this success, SNP has been engaged to extend its proven expertise to more automotive and heavy equipment companies, dealing with Komatsu, Daihatsu, Toyota, Honda and others within the Astra Group. SNP’s approach supports business growth and paves the way for integrating emerging technologies including big data, embedded AI, in-memory HANA database and real-time analytics.”

Widi Triwibowo, President Director, AGIT, comments, “As a strategic IT arm of the Astra Group, we combined our expertise with SNP to significantly drive United Tractors’ operations, leading the industry through a host of digital, data transformation and cost optimization strategies with an outlook for business continuity and agility. SNP’s software-centric data transformation platform CrystalBridge^® and selective data migration approach BLUEFIELD, which flexibly combines the best of Greenfield (new implementation) and Brownfield (system conversion) approaches, offered a low-risk acceleration of the S/4HANA transformation to the Azure Cloud through automation and specialized data visualization. The proven, reliable methodology combined multiple projects – New GL, Business Partner and Unicode conversion – delivering clear advantages in terms of costs, system downtime and project runtimes.”

Together, AGIT and SNP are implementing a series of business-critical SAP S/4HANA transformation projects for the Astra Group of companies across the heavy equipment and automotive divisions in the region. Their collaboration focuses on business and IT transformation projects specific to SAP environments, providing a repeatable industry standard joint offering in the Astra Group and the Southeast Asian market.

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About PT United Tractors Tbk

United Tractors is a subsidiary of PT Astra International Tbk (“Astra”), one of Indonesia’s largest and leading business groups with a network of services spanning various industries and sectors. Since September 19, 1989, United Tractors has become a public company by listing its shares on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (formerly the Jakarta Stock Exchange and the Surabaya Stock Exchange). Astra owns 59.5{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} of United Tractors, with the remaining shares owned by the public. Today United Tractors has developed into one of the major players in the domestic sector and industry, through five business pillars, namely Construction Machinery, Mining Contractor, Mining, Construction Industry, and Energy.

The construction machinery business unit, known as United Tractors, is the largest heavy equipment provider in Indonesia. As the sole distributor of Komatsu, UD Trucks, Scania, Bomag, and Tadano, United Tractors provides heavy equipment, trucks, cranes, and busses used in industrial construction, energy, mining, agriculture, forestry, as well as material handling and transportation. For more information visit: United Tractors.

About SNP

SNP is a world-leading provider of software for managing complex digital transformation processes. Instead of traditional IT consulting in the ERP environment, SNP offers an automated approach using specially developed software: The Data Transformation Platform CrystalBridge^(R) and the SNP BLUEFIELD^TM approach allow companies to restructure and modernize their IT landscapes much more quickly and securely as well as migrate to new systems or cloud environments more securely. This gives customers clear qualitative advantages while at the same time reducing their time and costs.

The SNP Group has around 1,600 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, and generated revenues of around EUR 144 million in the 2020 fiscal year. It serves multinational companies in all industries. SNP was established in 1994, went public in 2000, and has been listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since August 2014 (ISIN DE0007203705). Since 2017, the company has been trading as a European company (Societas Europaea/SE). More information is available at www.snpgroup.com.

About PT Astra Graphia Information Technology (AGIT)

AGIT is a Digital Service Provider, presenting the concept of One Stop Solution on Digital Services. Since 1983, AGIT is part of PT Astra International Tbk Group, a conglomerate in Indonesia that currently has 238 subsidiaries and affiliated companies with 7 business fields (automotive, financial services, heavy equipment, agribusiness, information technology, infrastructure & logistics, and Property). AGIT itself is 100{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} owned by PT Astra Graphia Tbk.

As a Digital Service Provider, AGIT has transformed its business not only focused on providing ICT infrastructure and application-related services but rather on what we refer to as One-Stop-Solutions on Digital Services, both in on-premises and cloud infrastructure models. We carry the concept of digitalize things, to help and assist our customers in digital transformation through the application of digital technology & digital solutions. We have four main pillars in our Digital Solutions Portfolio covering all the journeys required to undertake digital transformation ranging from Digital Strategy, Digital ICT Foundation, Digital Platforms and Digital Services. For more information, visit Astra Graphia Information Technology (ag-it.com).

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Heidelberg, Germany / Mumbai, India, September 29, 2021 – SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE, a world-leading provider of software solutions for digital transformation processes and automated data migrations in the SAP environment, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization have entered into a global partnership agreement, aimed at driving business transformations for global organizations.

Through this strategic global partnership, SNP and TCS will jointly conceptualize, build, and help enterprises transform through an automated and software-based approach by using SNP CrystalBridge®, a data transformation platform. TCS will leverage its contextual knowledge and expertise in digital technologies to augment SNP CrystalBridge® and accelerate client business transformation journeys.

Akhilesh Tiwari, Global Head, Enterprise Application Services, TCS, said, “Together, TCS and SNP have delivered many customer successes and we are delighted to expand this partnership further. TCS’ intellectual property and SNP’s software combined with our collective knowledge create a unique competitive differentiation and will enable measurable business outcomes for customers as well as accelerate their business transformation journeys and drive purpose-led growth.”

Michael Eberhardt, CEO of SNP, adds: “We have worked with TCS successfully for various customers in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing and mining industries. Now we are consolidating our cooperation through a strategic global partnership. This allows us to bundle our expertise even better, which benefits our customers worldwide. Our software optimally complements TCS’ service offering, and we are proud that TCS will use our CrystalBridge® software for SAP transformation projects. Together, we will support global companies in business transformations such as mergers and acquisitions, cloud migration, or SAP S/4HANA implementations. We have strong interest from the market and look forward to collaborating on many future projects.”

“The partnership with TCS is another important step in our partner strategy,” emphasizes Lutz Lambrecht, Vice President of SNP Global Partner Management. “Alliances with strong partners help customers worldwide to implement very complex IT and business transformations quickly and securely. But they also ensure that we will be there to support them in the face of future challenges. After all, our long-term goal is to share knowledge and work together with our partners on new solutions using our platform approach, so that we can continue to meet changing requirements in the future.”

TCS helps customers evaluate newer digital offerings such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP® Customer Experience solutions, SAP SuccessFactors® solutions, SAP Ariba® solutions, and SAP® Business Technology Platform, to define their roadmap, architecture and strategy. TCS’ innovation and demo centers in Cincinnati-US, Paris-France, Mumbai-India and Tokyo-Japan help customers gain a first-hand experience of SAP’s new products and global innovations through a digital transformation ecosystem. TCS leverages its intellectual property and assets such as TCS Enterprise Navigator, TCS Crystallus and TCS ConvertCore as part of a comprehensive approach to modernize enterprise businesses, helping them shape business ecosystems and adopt new business models in their perpetual growth and transformation journeys.

Over the next few months, TCS and SNP plan to host a virtual webinar to showcase their joint capabilities and customer case studies.

About SNP

SNP is a world-leading provider of software for managing complex digital transformation processes. Instead of traditional IT consulting in the ERP environment, SNP offers an automated approach using specially developed software: The Data Transformation Platform CrystalBridge® and the SNP BLUEFIELD approach allow companies to restructure and modernize their IT landscapes much more quickly and securely as well as migrate to new systems or cloud environments more securely. This gives customers clear qualitative advantages while at the same time reducing their time and costs.

The SNP Group has around 1,600 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, and generated revenue of around EUR 144 million in the 2020 fiscal year. It serves multinational companies in all industries. SNP was established in 1994, went public in 2000, and has been listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since August 2014 (ISIN DE0007203705). Since 2017, the company has been trading as a European company (Societas Europaea/SE).

More information is available at www.snpgroup.com.

About Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that has been partnering with many of the world’s largest businesses in their transformation journeys for over 50 years. TCS offers a consulting-led, cognitive powered, integrated portfolio of business, technology and engineering services and solutions. This is delivered through its unique Location Independent Agile delivery model, recognized as a benchmark of excellence in software development.

A part of the Tata group, India’s largest multinational business group, TCS has over 500,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 46 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $22.2 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 and is listed on the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) and the NSE (National Stock Exchange) in India. TCS’ proactive stance on climate change and award-winning work with communities across the world have earned it a place in leading sustainability indices such as the MSCI Global Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Emerging Index. For more information, visit www.tcs.com.

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Heidelberg, Germany | Singapore | Sydney, Australia, August 5, 2021 – Think180 Pty Ltd., a leading SAP Silver Partner headquartered in Australia, has signed a Silver Partnership deal with SNP Transformations SEA Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE (SNP SE), a world-leading provider of software solutions for digital transformation processes and automated data migrations, to license and distribute SNP software in the strategic and fastest growing Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

The alliance combines the business focused expertise of Think180’s SAP specialization with SNP’s software centric data transformation platform CrystalBridge® and selective data migration approach SNP BLUEFIELD, that flexibly combines the best of Greenfield (new implementation) and Brownfield (system conversion) approaches.

This will offer a repeatable factory tactic for accelerated SAP transformation in business-critical scenarios such as SAP S/4HANA, cloud migrations, mergers & acquisitions, carve-outs, interface discovery or operational transfer pricing amongst others. The packaged solution bundled with one-stop shop end-to-end software plus service aims to reduce enterprises’ total cost of ownership and offer a faster ROI on their projects in the region.

John Schultz, CEO, Think180, Australia, said, “We are excited to join forces with SNP’s automated software-based approach taking our SAP business enablement expertise to the next level in the Asia Pacific region. We have a long history of delivering our clients SAP solutions that transform business processes, drive new thinking, and utilize the latest technologies. Our partnership with SNP provides our valued clients with a new dimension of fast, secure and low-risk standardized SAP transformations, targeting the small and medium size enterprises segment apart from SAP’s general business and large enterprise segment in the region. With a full visualization of the entire SAP ERP system and flexible simulation of various SAP transformation scenarios through CrystalBridge®, we will be able to offer selective data and process optimizations and simultaneously combine multiple projects into a single go-live, thus ensuring faster ROI with minimal business disruption.”

In an official announcement, Gerald Faust, Managing Director & CEO, Asia Pacific and Middle East, SNP Transformations SEA Pte Ltd., added, “SNP’s strategic focus on the promising and fastest growing APAC region* in SAP transformations is reinforced with our partnership with Think180 Australia‘s proficiency in delivering clients’ business focused SAP solutions. Driven by our synergies for innovative software centric SAP transformations, our factory approach offers a simple, predictable, and reliable package designed to map diverse scenarios even with varying complexities. With our well-established successful competency in delivering several end-to-end SAP landscape transformation projects such as S/4HANA, Cloud migration, merger and carve-out in the APAC region with speed, agility, minimum downtime, reduced risk and costs, we are excited to work with Think180 for our clients on their journey to become an intelligent enterprise.”

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Source: *Asia-Pacific remains one of the fastest growing regions for wealth with 168,567 UHNWIs expected by 2025 (knightfrank.com.sg)

About Think180 Pty Ltd.

Think180 are SAP Asset, Work and Project Specialists, optimising your business through intelligent solutions and processes.

Using smart technology like machine learning, in conjunction with SAP technologies, Think180 uncovers intelligent solutions that drive indisputable process efficiencies. Our intelligent, 180-degree way of thinking allows us to solve all your challenges across work execution, asset management, project management, regulatory compliance, analytics, managed services and intelligent migrations and conversions.

We have been solving client challenges Australia wide for over twelve years. Our empathetic and highly-skilled team are totally understanding of your frustrations and will deliver an exceptional customer experience while solving the problem at hand.

For more information, visit: Think180 » SAP Silver Partner in Adelaide, South Australia

About SNP

SNP is a world-leading provider of software for managing complex digital transformation processes. Instead of traditional IT consulting in the ERP environment, SNP offers an automated approach using specially developed software: The Data Transformation Platform CrystalBridge^(R) and the SNP BLUEFIELD^TM approach allow companies to restructure and modernize their IT landscapes much more quickly and securely as well as migrate to new systems or cloud environments more securely. This gives customers clear qualitative advantages while at the same time reducing their time and costs.

The SNP Group has around 1,600 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, and generated revenues of around EUR 144 million in the 2020 fiscal year. It serves multinational companies in all industries. SNP was established in 1994, went public in 2000, and has been listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since August 2014 (ISIN DE0007203705). Since 2017, the company has been trading as a European company (Societas Europaea/SE).

More information is available at www.snpgroup.com

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This partnership had already successfully delivered SAP transformation projects including an ECC migration and move to the cloud with the Near Zero Downtime methodology before the formation of this strategic alliance. These business-critical project implementations have simplified the complex digital transformation of data and processes for several industries including a lifestyle retailer, a pharmaceutical company and a leading paper manufacturer in Indonesia. The duration of the contract will be until the end of 2023 with a reinforced focus on SAP® S/4HANA transformations.

In an official announcement, Gerald Faust, Managing Director & CEO, JAPAC, SNP Transformations SEA Pte Ltd., commented, “SNP’s strategic focus on Indonesia is based on the current government’s mandate to transform Indonesia into an Industry 4.0 economy. The country is on track to become a $2 trillion economy in the next five years and a top 10 economy by 2030 or earlier with the agenda for progress, innovation and growth. We are pleased to formalize our existing go-to-market collaboration with Soltius armed with established experience and a solid understanding of this market. We have developed end-to-end software-driven solutions that address the pain points related to data transformation in complex projects such as SAP S/4HANA, mergers or cloud migrations fully remotely. SNP’s CrystalBridge® software with the Near-Zero Downtime methodology has been very well received by the Indonesian customers. This alliance will offer real-time analytics, selective data and process harmonization, and the ability to minimize your cloud and data footprint, thus ensuring faster ROI with minimal business disruption and risk.”

Budi Lesmana Halim, President Director of PT Soltius Indonesia added, “We are excited that together with SNP’s automated software-based approach, we can deliver fast, secure and low-risk SAP projects to our customers. With visualization of the entire SAP ERP system and tailored migration paths through CrystalBridge®, we enable our customers to have a higher confidence level in completing the mission-critical SAP projects efficiently and within an optimal timeframe to ensure business continuity.”

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ECC migration and move to the cloud with the Near Zero Downtime methodology

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The partnership brings the dual advantage of Cloud4C’s AIOPs and DevOps-driven Managed Services expertise in SAP S/4HANA along with SNP’s BLUEFIELD approach powered by CrystalBridge® automation software. With this, enterprises can launch multiple projects and migrate selective data in one go, on any cloud environment – public, private or hybrid. Cloud4C brings in global best practices in comprehensive cloud readiness assessment, security and regulatory compliance adherence, and cost optimization. The minimum duration of the contract is until the end of 2023.

Michael Eberhardt, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at SNP, commented, “Cloud-based modernization of SAP environments is a cornerstone of digital transformation, forming the basis for economic success on an unprecedented, accelerated path of business agility, continuity and innovation. A move to the cloud is increasingly becoming an integral consideration for strategic business- and technology-critical scenarios like SAP S/4HANA, mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs and infrastructure costs. We are pleased to partner with Cloud4C, taking our core capability in SAP landscape transformations to a new level globally. With our joint proposition, enterprises can rely on our selective data and process harmonization ability to minimize their cloud data footprint, thus delivering customer value through high-performance software for maximum project speed, accuracy and efficiency with minimal disruption and risk.”

Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Founder and CEO, Cloud4C, said “We are delighted to partner with SNP as their cloud evolution partner providing end to end cloud managed services for enterprises. Our customers will now have a viable alternative to transform their most complex SAP deployments into next-generation integrated environments with Cloud4C migration factory framework, SNP’s advanced software and global talent pool. Together, we will be able to help our customers embark on a cloud transformation journey through SAP Cloud Managed services, SAP S/4HANA transformation, Application Management Services (AMS) with reduced TCO powered by AIOps, Single interface for Platform Management.” He further added, “With our Cloud value assessment including TCO analysis, compliance/regulatory and security assessment, special attention to the availability of key services, enterprises will be able to achieve their business/technology objectives through our innovative cost models and gain Total Cloud Control.”

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Heidelberg | Singapore | Sydney, October 8, 2020 – SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE, a leading global provider of digital transformation solutions specifically for SAP^® landscapes, today announced that its Japan and Asia-Pacific (JAPAC) subsidiaries, SNP Transformations SEA Pte Ltd. and SNP Australia Pty Ltd. have been awarded SAP^® Recognized Expertise in SAP S/4HANA^®, which makes them one of the first companies to achieve this designation in Singapore and Australia.

The designation was granted to SNP companies in SEA and Australia based on the company’s demonstrated expertise and skills in SAP S/4HANA and the successful completion of SAP Recognized Expertise requirements in the SAP^® PartnerEdge^® program.

“As an SAP Gold Partner, we are proud to stand out among the market players and send a reinforced business value proposition to customers and the SAP Ecosystem with an SAP Recognized Expertise designation in S/4HANA,” commented Gerald Faust, Managing Director and CEO at SNP JAPAC. “This is a proof point of SNP’s established performance and competency in SAP S/4HANA transformations and our ambition to accelerate the MOVE across the region. Our projects with BLUEFIELD approach involving Selective Data Transition powered by CrystalBridge® are a testimony to our expertise in delivering end-to-end SAP landscape transformation projects with speed, agility, minimum downtime, reduced risk and costs, and fully remotely. CIOs and decision-makers are realizing more and more that only automated software-based solutions can close the gap between business strategy and IT execution to help ensure business agility and continuity.”

SAP Recognized Expertise is a designation given to organizations by SAP for their excellence in focused solutions or industries. This designation recognizes the expertise and competencies of SNP and differentiates it from other players in the market. The requirements include having trained and certified consultants with successful project competency in this strategic focus area and a track record of customer success and satisfaction. This designation also helps customers better understand an SAP partner’s key expertise.

Some of the successful SAP S/4HANA projects in the region include:

• The first SAP S/4HANA implementation in Australia pioneered by NSW Land Registry Services using SNP BLUEFIELD
• Coles’ SAP S/4HANA launch of its financial core in only five months
• First SAP S/4HANA Transformation Launch by Inventia Healthcare Ltd in India Using SNP BLUEFIELD
• Mining Behemoth ABM Group Leads the first SAP S/4HANA Digital Transformation Powered by SNP BLUEFIELD in Indonesia

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This Platinum Partnership combines the digital transformation capabilities of Fujitsu, a strong global brand with deep expertise in manufacturing, retail, financial services and other industries as well as SAP, with the unrivalled experience of the SNP Group, the world’s leading provider of data transformation software in the SAP environment.

Outdated and complicated core systems often become a bottleneck for digital transformation (DX). As the deadline for the maintenance cutoff for SAP ERP 6.0 approaches, existing SAP users are advised to complete the conversion from SAP ERP 6.0 to SAP S/4HANA and to start moving to the next-generation ERP platform in order to become more intelligent by also taking full advantage of advanced technologies such as the IoT and AI. Fujitsu’s expertise combined with SNP’s BLUEFIELD approach will enable SAP users to complete this S/4HANA conversion process at an unprecedented speed and agility, and with minimum risks while ensuring business continuity.

Under this partnership, SNP will provide technical know-how of its BLUEFIELD approach to Fujitsu to perform S/4HANA conversion and data transformation projects. Fujitsu will also resell licenses of CrystalBridge®, the data transformation software platform of SNP, which consists of a wide range of modules that automate the analysis, data transition and tests. CrystalBridge® builds on technical expertise accumulated over 26 years of SNP’s data transformation business. Thanks to this platform, which conducts a full analysis of customers’ systems and processes and systematizes everything about the transition, conversions to SAP S/4HANA can be completed in as little as six months (on average a 75{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} reduction compared with the conventional conversion approach) while minimizing downtime.

Michael Eberhardt, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at SNP said, “We are excited to partner with Fujitsu given their global presence and professionalism, their leading technical approach, and their strong industry capabilities. This partnership underpins the fact that our software- and partner-centric strategy resonates well with the increasing market demand for automated software-based data transformations. By using our transformation platform CrystalBridge^®, Fujitsu will be able to accelerate their customers’ digital transformation journeys while offering the agility to respond quickly to changing market needs. SNP, on the other hand, will strengthen its presence across all key global economic regions and become even more globally accessible for the benefit of its partners and clients.”

Shunsuke Onishi, Corporate Executive Officer, Head of Private Enterprise Business and Head of Global Services Business Group at Fujitsu Limited stated, “In order to remain competitive amidst the uncertainties of this unprecedented global pandemic, it’s becoming more critical than ever to build and maintain a robust business foundation to respond quickly to unexpected changes. Leveraging SNP’s technology with a strong global partnership will position Fujitsu to achieve optimal business infrastructure reform and modernization utilizing SAP’s solutions, which represent the de facto standard for enterprise applications. This move will also allow us to accelerate structural reforms for growth including mergers, integration, and carve-outs. Fujitsu aims to become a go-to partner for customers seeking to embrace digital transformation, delivering ever greater, tangible value to customers along their DX journeys.”

Through this partnership, Fujitsu will provide CrystalBridge® to its customers with favorable license pricing and will perform S/4HANA conversion and data transformation projects. Fujitsu and SNP will also work together to develop a business plan and marketing strategy to maximize the impact of this partnership. Prior to this partnership, SNP established SNP Japan on February 28, 2020. The Platinum Partnership agreement with Fujitsu will allow SNP to accelerate its business for Japanese and global companies. Meanwhile, Fujitsu will offer BLUEFIELD-based SAP S/4HANA conversions powered by CrystalBridge® starting in early October, supporting and accelerating the DX of its customers. Fujitsu aims to achieve a sales target of JPY10 billion (30 cases) globally by 2022 through this partnership.

By combining SNP’s BLUEFIELD approach and Fujitsu’s experience in manufacturing, retail and other industries as well as SAP, Fujitsu and SNP will provide the best solution that responds to the need of their customers to build a solid platform for DX while navigating around the unclear economic climate under COVID-19.

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Multiple M&A business scenarios driving ERP carve-out projects include:

• Legal entity or business assets sale
• Integration of an acquisition following company or asset acquisition
• Entity sale following an acquisition
• Corporate merger or split
• Selective carve-out of legal entities into a new SAP system
• Selective carve-out and merge into existing SAP system and chart of accounts

Why Data Transformation is the “Big Deal” in M&A and Carve-out deals?

Mergers or Carve-outs are incredibly complex projects by nature – that pose a particular challenge for the IT department. Often more than half the synergies available in a merger are related to IT. The key post-transaction reason M&A activities fail to deliver their expected value is a failure to properly integrate the technology. Besides standardising and restructuring IT systems, the focus is on data during system mergers or when a division is separated from an existing organisation. Which data must, can or may be migrated, and which historical data should be archived? There are many aspects to consider and many rules to follow. Data selection and migration at such a high level can become unnecessarily time-consuming if carried out incorrectly. 

Typical business and technical challenges involve: 

• Different architectures in the systems you want to merge
• Adapting applications, data and processes
• Visualising how the spin-off will affect your IT landscape
• Legal restrictions on data transfer, accurate data selection and deleting data in the source system
• Standardising organisational structures and designing a detailed project roadmap
• High data volumes
• Taking in-house developments into account and avoiding downtimes
• Different country-specific procedures in finance, controlling, materials management, sales and production
• Intra-transparent System Landscape comprising interfaces, organisational structures, functional usage

Thus, executing data migration, the centre piece of all transformations is often the most daunting aspect. The considerations are: how to make it simple, fast and secure with minimum business disruption in the remote-first world today. Organisations need support in every phase from due diligence, transitional agreement (TSA) support to audit trails with state-of-the-art software and services – for a successful outcome.

Yet the journey does not have to end in uncertainty if you plan it in advance and with the right partner. Complex projects such as mergers, carve-outs are now possible with minimum risk thanks to automated software approach – ensuring that you reach your goal securely. The software’s precise predictions allow you to plan transformation projects in detail along with accurate cost estimates. In addition, it can greatly reduce system downtime, an important cost factor, using the near-zero downtime method, therefore keeping your ongoing business operations largely uninterrupted. Unlike manual mergers, software automated mergers are much less error prone and consume fewer resources. Furthermore, the standardised process from planning to implementation has a positive effect on lead times and the project duration. All in all, rapid implementation ensures the agility of your company – an essential aspect for staying at the top in today’s increasingly competitive market environment.

Did you know that: 

• Data migration for even the toughest M&A scenarios and post-merger integrations can now be done in 24 hours or less? 
• You can successfully implement an SAP Carve-out project with complete system split in 3-4 months?

How? With automation. In 2015, SNP software was deployed to successfully split one of the world’s largest technology companies’ SAP Landscape and 50 TB database — five times that of the entire U.S. Library of Congress — into two separate, publicly-traded instances in 36 hours! SNP software merged two companies to form one of the world’s largest chemical companies. SNP has delivered some of the world’s largest and most complex SAP merger and carve-out projects. Our clients trust us to automate and accelerate their SAP transformations through SNP BLUEFIELD approach powered by CrystalBridge® – The Data Transformation Platform with Near-Zero Downtime. The essence of over 25 years of experience with 12,500 successful transformation projectsprovides a level of insight and control that can’t be achieved with traditional methodologies to “Keep the lights on”!

The one-stop shop end to end transformation solution supports customers and partners through 360 degree project preparation, system analysis, roadmap creation, running the transformation, going live and post-support like SAP Managed Services. The SAP ecosystem trusts BLUEFIELD approach to:

• Merge enterprises and systems: fast, secure and remotely – without business disruption.
• Reduce the usual time window for your M&A, Carve-out projects by up to 75{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}.
• Ensure faster ROI and risk-free implementation 
• Save up to 70{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} of the time, effort, and cost of your project, compared to traditional methods
• Achieve a carve-out with minimum risk and costs after the sale of a business unit
• Provide an efficient system within budget for the carved-out unit
• Secure, legally compliant data transfer to the buyer of the divested unit
• Adhere to due diligence issues
• Reduce the complexity of your SAP project through best of breed selective data migration scenarios
• Collapse multiple projects into one project with reduction of test cycles as well as downtime
• Offer flexibility to go-live on the day of your choice
• Move your operations to the SNP Cloud or partner clouds if desired

CLICK HERE to meet a BLUEFIELD Transformation Expert to “Keep the best Transform the rest”!

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SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE, a leading global provider of SAP® landscape transformation solutions, has been selected by Inventia Healthcare Limited, India for the implementation of its SAP® S/4HANA project. This is the first next generation enterprise conversion in India utilizing SNP BLUEFIELD, enabling an automated transformation to the SAP® S/4HANA digital core.

Inventia’s strategy is to maintain high agility in the competitive pharmaceutical industry by making rapid changes in its technology landscape, while keeping data secure and processes compliant. The company was exploring a fast upgrade of its existing on-premise SAP ERP 6.0 EhP7 to S/4HANA 1909 in the AWS Cloud platform.

In an official statement, Ms. Rajat Mittal Shah, Director of Information Technology at Inventia Healthcare, said,

“We are pleased to engage SNP and their BLUEFIELD approach powered by CrystalBridge® as the key partner in our digital transformation strategy to move to SAP® S/4HANA in less than six months to achieve Inventia’s business goals, leading the pharmaceutical industry in the region.”

From a technical perspective, Mr. Mukund KS, General Manager of IT, explained,

“We require a highly automated selective data migration approach that reduces the overall project effort, timescales and risks. The key selection criterion for BLUEFIELD was the flexibility to pick the best data and processes to transform in order to get the value of S/4HANA right away. With its BLUEFIELD approach, SNP could execute this project because of its decades of success with business transformations and proven ability to deliver multiple projects in a single step within just a few months with minimal business downtime, cost and risk.”

“In the S/4HANA preparation phase, we could scan and analyze the source landscape, plan and simulate the configuration of the desired target landscape, and compare different transformation scenarios using CrystalBridge® – SNP’s automated end-to-end business transformation platform – for an accurate outcome,” Mr. Mukund KS added.

Dr. Oswin Hartung, Managing Director at SNP Transformations SEA Pte. Ltd., said,

“We are excited about this first S/4HANA BLUEFIELD breakthrough project with Inventia in the promising Indian market. The tasks ahead of us involve selective data migration to the new SAP S/4HANA target system, time slicing the data modules, organizational entities and aligning interfaces. We will ensure that all application functionality is converted to the latest S/4 release and remove the risk of problems caused by master and transaction data that sometimes cannot be converted. The market is convinced that an automated software approach like BLUEFIELD is imperative to ensure maximum speed, accuracy and efficiency for complex data migrations in a permanently changing world.”

About Inventia

Inventia Healthcare Ltd is a pharmaceutical development and manufacturing company headquartered in Mumbai, India with over 30 years of operations. Its focus is on development of value added oral solid dosage formulations “OSDF”. Inventia has fully integrated manufacturing support systems at Ambernath which is approved by prominent regulatory authorities. The facility is focused on manufacturing of value added OSD including capsules, tablets, DC Granules and pellets.

With an ever-growing portfolio of niche products, Inventia’s presence has progressively increased to 28 countries globally. The company intends to leverage its existing relationships and our business experience to explore opportunities in the high growth injectables business. Inventia also intends to leverage its capabilities to explore growth opportunities in the nutraceuticals segment by developing and manufacturing branded nutraceutical ingredients as well as finished nutraceutical products in the domestic and international markets. For more information visit www.inventiahealthcare.com

About SNP 

SNP SE helps organizations transform their business models and take advantage of the opportunities arising from digitalization with its own solutions. Its software and services make it easier to implement technical or commercial changes in business applications and allow customers to automate this process. 

The unique BLUEFIELD approach and the world-leading SNP business transformation platform CrystalBridge® have laid the foundations for the company to set an industry standard for automated data transformation. SNP specializes in automatically analyzing, implementing and tracking changes in IT systems. This approach greatly improves quality while significantly reducing costs, risks and the time required to complete complex transformation projects while observing the highest compliance and security standards. 

The SNP Group has around 1,400 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, and generated revenue of around EUR 145 million in the 2019 fiscal year. It serves multinational companies in all industries. SNP was established in 1994, went public in 2000, and has been listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since August 2014 (ISIN DE0007203705). Since 2017, the company has been trading as a European company (Societas Europaea/SE). 

More information is available at  www.snpgroup.com

This article is sponsored by SNP

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