SAP has been empowering organisations around the world to become intelligent, networked, and sustainable enterprises by leveraging technology solutions and best practices that help accelerate digital transformation. In the recently released SAP Global Communications, it was reported that 99 of the 100 largest companies worldwide have selected SAP while 85 of the 100 largest companies have become SAP S/4HANA customers. 

SAP acknowledges the contribution of its customers to mutually helping the multinational tech company achieve its mission of helping the world run better and improve people’s lives through awards and recognitions such as SAP Innovation Awards and SAP Quality Awards for Customer Success. In Japan, SAP recognises outstanding customers that embark on a modernisation journey leveraging SAP applications and advocate for digital transformation within and outside the organisation through the annual SAP Japan Customer Awards. 

Top 8 Companies Leveraging SAP Software Products

Eight customers were recognised across eight categories for their breakthrough digital transformation leveraging various SAP software applications and services in the recently announced SAP Japan Customer Awards 2021. (InsideSAP Asia often references articles from websites in other languages to bring you as much information as possible.) Three new categories were added in the awarding event namely SAP Concur, Mid-Market, and Transformation.

Okinawa City: Japan Society Category

In partnership with LINE corporation, Okinawa City implemented–for the first time in Japan– Qualtrics solutions and SAP Vaccine Collaboration Hub (VCH) to help manage the COVID-19 vaccination of its 11,000 citizens. The successful rollout of VCH resulted in better vaccine compliance and engagement with the people.

Aizu Sangyo Network Forum: Innovation Category 

Leveraging SAP S/4HANA, the company developed a Connected Manufacturing Enterprises (CMEs) platform for SMEs in the manufacturing industries that helped them achieve a significant 25{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} increase in productivity by standardising and automating internal business operations.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation: Japan Industry 4.0 Category

The company partnered with SAP Japan Labs for the SAP Industry 4.Now Hub TOKYO showcase that featured how FA robots, sequencers, industrial PCs, MES (manufacturing execution system), ERP, and E-Commerce can bolster digital transformation in the manufacturing industry.

Shiseido Co., Ltd.: Cloud Adoption Category

The company deployed SAP SuccessFactors to standardise personnel processes as part of Shiseido’s digitalisation. By adopting the SAP solution, the company’s global workforce was able to embrace the “PEOPLE FIRST” management principle as well as aggregate data and enhance governance control– essentially driving efficiency in global report creation.

Seibu Group: SAP Concur Category

The Japanese holding company that owns Seibu Railway and Seibu Bus has adopted SAP Concur to enhance employee experience, drive efficiency in operations, promote paperless transactions, and incorporate tax reforms to 33 out of its 45 companies in two years. 

Fujitsu Limited: Experience Management Category

In partnership with SAP-owned Qualtrics, the company rolled out the VOICE programme under the company-wide modernisation project Fujitsu Transformation to get the pulse of the employees and customers. In about a month of implementation, disparate indicators were unified and an NPS survey was conducted in over 30 countries– exemplifying the company’s transparency and intention to act on pressing employee concerns.

SOLIZE Corporation: Mid-Market Category

Supported by information technology company SIGMAXYZ Inc., SOLIZE adopted SAP S/4HANA cloud as part of its digital transformation strategy. Through SAP’s cloud-based solution, the engineering company was able to modernise its core and accounting system, enhance competitive management processes, and focus on operations powered by data for better field-management engagement. In addition, business integration, legal revisions, and new business responses such as new revenue recognition standards were realised with the adoption of SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

ITOCHU Corporation: Transformation Category 

Implementing SAP S / 4HANA Cloud as part of its global expansion project, the Japanese corporation known for domestic and overseas trading has eliminated existing modifications, achieved a 90{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} reduction on add-on functions, developed an ideal platform, and is continuously striving for business process automation.

SAP Japan intends to realise its medium- to long-term vision up to 2032 by being an indispensable partner for customer success and driver of digital transformation in the country.

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In 2019, Daiwa House Industry, Japan’s largest homebuilder and a prefabricated housing specialist, tapped Fujitsu Ltd., global information and communications technology equipment and services company, to help the company build an ERP system that will unify its growing group of 357 companies as well as strengthen overall governance across the organisation. Leveraging SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Daiwa House was able to have a two-tier ERP system with zero add-on development, reduced version upgrade costs, create development procedures templates, and standardise finance processes.

Following the successful SAP implementation project, Daiwa House Industry has renewed its partnership with Fujitsu for the management infrastructure system of the company with a focus on finance transformation. (InsideSAP Asia often references articles from websites in other languages to bring you as much information as possible.) Daiwa House’s finance modernisation project is centred on SAP S /4HANA and SAP S /4HANA for Central Finance to deliver deeper governance to the global construction firm through enhanced capabilities on financial information analysis and visualisation.

Starting as a pioneer of prefabricated housing, Daiwa House Group has massively grown since 1955, has become a highly-diverse construction and housing multinational company, and has been on the Fortune Global 500 list for 12 consecutive years. As of March 2021, the Japanese enterprise has grown to 444 companies employing over 48,000 professionals worldwide delivering its vision of co-creating “value for individuals, communities, and people’s lifestyles” by leading urban development and offering living services aside from building houses.

Addressing Growth Challenges with Digital Finance Transformation

Daiwa House’s expanding market footprint and scaling business growth driven by mergers and acquisitions and rapid globalisation has revealed emerging challenges. The company recognised the need for an IT platform to address pressing concerns on financial and non-financial information visualisation, governance and risk management, management resources utilisation across business divisions, and business management in regional offices.

Relying on Fujitsu’s SAP expertise to deploy SAP S/4HANA as the core of the Daiwa House’s digital transformation–anchored on three key interests namely link internal and external processes, drive speed, and innovate with the latest technology– the company is focused on the following:

• Real-time understanding of the financial status
• Faster decision-making capabilities 
• Enhanced operational efficiency and management plans as a result of automation in analysis and report creation

In addition, the multinational enterprise has also slated to deploy: 

• SAP S/4HANA for central finance to unify financial data across the organisation including overseas offices, acquired companies, and joint ventures. SAP S/4HANA for central finance enables companies to transform their financial data and modernise processes in a phased SAP S/4HANA ERP onboarding, which helps avoid disruption on multiple ERP legacy systems and reduce risk.

• SAP Central Finance Transaction Replication by Magnitude for SAP S/4HANA for timely accounting slip collection regardless of the system used. The solution connects central finance to distributed systems, allowing real-time visibility to third-party operational details and transactions for faster, more-cost-effective finance implementations.

• SAP Central Finance Data Harmonisation by Magnitude for SAP S/4HANA for master data identification and replication. The solution enables organisations to create powerful master data record that supports finance processes, accelerating governance and integration of master data from distributed SAP and third-party systems.

Daiwa House Industry and Fujitsu’s SAP project implementation will kickstart on August this year.

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Fujitsu Limited and Delphix, DataOps industry leader, have partnered to accelerate enterprise companies’ digital transformation through Delphix DataOps, the only data operations platform for the cloud that combines data compliance with on-demand data delivery. 

The partnership places Fujitsu Limited as a reseller of the Delphix DataOps platform and provider of installation support services to customers. This development is anticipated to enable businesses not only in Japan but worldwide to speed up cloud initiatives, simplify SAP HANA migration, and deliver new digital customer experiences faster than ever before.

Fujitsu Limited, a Japanese company that specialises in information and communication technology (ICT) headquartered in Tokyo, will leverage the Delphix DataOps platform to accelerate rapid application development across hybrid cloud environments and drive mission-critical digital transformations of its robust customer ecosystem. 

Recognising the power of data, the Delphix DataOps platform promises to be the next quantum leap in software development, analytics, and AI/ML by speeding the secure delivery of test data. Enterprises leverage the platform to fuel the high-stakes SAP HANA migration while lowering risk and, at the same time, avoiding disruption of core business operations.

Through the platform, Delphix help organisations build an agile SAP infrastructure by providing fast, secure access to data for business-critical projects. It modernises enterprises’ digital backbone, including databases and core business apps, to eliminate constraints and quickly release applications that engage and impact customers.

Delphix boasts of its capability to lower average project time for HANA implementations by 20{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}, saving millions of dollars.

Junichi Azuma, Corporate Executive Officer and EVP, Head of Private Enterprise Business in the Technology Solutions Business at Fujitsu Limited expressed his trust in Delphix. He said:

“Delphix makes things easy for anyone to execute quickly and safely when it comes to managing business data, which can improve development efficiency and quality in the development of mission-critical systems such as SAP and business applications using Agile and DevOps.” 

“By integrating Delphix’s solutions with our extensive knowledge and expertise, Fujitsu will contribute to expanding customers’ businesses and realizing their digital transformation,” Azuma added.

In general, enterprises are expected to keep up with an increasingly complex, competitive environment. As a global leader in innovative retail technologies and solutions, Fujitsu will be able to address the consumers’ demand for transformative experiences through this collaboration.

Jedidiah Yueh, Delphix CEO and Founder stated:

“Data sits at the heart of enterprise applications and transformation programs.” 

“As enterprises continue to innovate and migrate to the cloud, data management has become increasingly difficult and critical. With the Delphix data platform and Fujitsu’s global leadership and expertise, customers will have a powerful combination to drive successful transformations and ongoing innovation,” he added.

Delphix delivers fast, secure access to data for business-critical projects. Through the Delphix platform, multi- and hybrid cloud strategies are enabled, optimising software delivery, reducing costs, while maintaining a competitive edge.

About Delphix

Established in 2008, Deplhix is on a mission to revolutionise how organisations work on data through DataOps, a movement, comprised of a set of practices and technologies designed to break down barriers between data owners and data users. Delphix boasts of its Delphix DataOps Platform known to accelerate cloud, AI, and application development projects with fast and compliant data.

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