During the recently concluded SAP Sapphire 2022 event, the Mumbai-based global technology consulting company announced that the LTI Innovation Studio aims to help global enterprises expedite their digital transformation utilising SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and RISE with SAP — the German tech giant’s Business Transformation as a Service (BTaaS) signature cloud offering. According to SAP Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Partners Marc Rolfe, LTI delivers a rich heritage of SAP industry-centric and software-enabled innovations as a strategic SAP partner globally. He further added:

“LTI Innovation Studio for SAP Business Technology Platform in combination with LTI’s portfolio of service offerings for the RISE with SAP solution will help accelerate an organisation’s journey to becoming an intelligent enterprise while driving business value with digital innovations built on SAP BTP.”

Moreover, Larsen & Toubro Infotech’s strategic alliance with the German software vendor — spanning over two decades — empowers the IT consulting firm to get involved in the SAP S/4HANA Movement initiative that helps expedite the promotion and adoption of SAP S/4HANA, the enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for large companies. As an SAP customer, LTI has already implemented SAP S/4HANA in the cloud in 2018 intending to accelerate innovation and achieve the agility it needed at the time.

Leveraging Business Technology Platform by SAP

LTI Innovation Studio for SAP BTP supports digitalisation with readily available applications, micro-services, and a migration dashboard. The offering is  a combination of tools and features that automate business processes, making them more efficient by using SAP BTP technologies including SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP HANA, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), enterprise integration APIs, and user experience (UX) extensibility capabilities.

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Executive Vice President and Global Head of SAP Practice Vineet Moroney believes that the post-pandemic setting has made it crucial for every enterprise to run like a digital-native business. He explained:

“Many enterprises have made significant investments in SAP solutions and are now looking to accelerate their digital transformation journeys on top of such investments. LTI has an extraordinary record of innovating with SAP solutions. LTI Innovation Studio for SAP Business Technology Platform is our latest investment that allows businesses to accelerate their digital native transformation.”

Furthermore, the SAP Partner also leveraged SAP BTP to develop multiple SAP-certified industry cloud solutions that are now available to businesses all over the world through the SAP Store. The company’s extensive industry knowledge and sophisticated digital engineering enabled it to develop numerous  solutions that are applicable across a variety of business sectors, including engineering and construction, manufacturing, and the life sciences among others.

Last year, LTI unveiled a strategic alliance with DyFlex Solutions, an Australian business solutions, where they utilised SAP for Construction solutions to deliver rapid ERP implementations to the Engineering, Construction, and Operations (EC&O) industry. The collaboration between DyFlex Solutions and LTI’s group of software experts helped provide construction businesses in Australia with a unified enterprise platform to handle complex and industry-specific operations including project costings, scheduling, and performance management.

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Since its establishment in 1983, PIH Group of Companies has grown into being one of Qatar’s largest conglomerates with over 60,000 employees operating globally across a diverse range of interests in six industries. To realise its vision of becoming a “digital-first, data-driven” organisation, the company embarked on a large-scale digital transformation initiative using SAP software products and solutions. These include SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, and SAP Industry Cloud solutions and extensions based on SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP).

For Jasim Abdul Rahman, Group Chief Information Officer at PIH, the company’s strategy is geared towards taking a digital-first approach in order to evolve, expand, and grow. He further explained:

“Toward this objective, we wanted a solution that not only encapsulates existing businesses under a single digital framework but also provides the flexibility to equip our foray into newer industries in the future.”

Tapping Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI) as its solution framework implementation partner, PIH Group of Companies worked closely with the Mumbai-headquartered global technology consulting firm to take advantage of several IP-based engineering and construction (E&C) solutions such as engineering cashflow and supplier portal, project management cockpit for performance forecasts, and resource deployment tool.

According to the statement released, more than 250 processes were transformed as part of the digital transformation program, covering 63 entities across four business domains.

“LTI’s proven expertise in enabling disruptive digital transformation systems is globally acclaimed and together with SAP, our partnership has enabled PIH’s transformative journey,” Abdul Rahman added.

PIH Collaborates with LTI to Accelerate Digitalisation Utilising SAP Software Products

LTI’s strategic partnership with the German enterprise software giant, which spans more than 20 years, empowers the IT consulting company to participate in the SAP S/4HANA Movement program that helps facilitate the promotion and adoption of SAP S/4HANA. As an SAP customer itself, LTI completed the implementation of SAP S/4HANA on cloud in 2018 aiming to enable the innovation and agility it requires.

Additionally, the two companies’ extensive collaboration allows LTI to work directly with SAP’s industry teams to offer industry-specific solutions to its roster of customers. Reflecting on the digital transformation project with PIH Group of Companies, Sudhir Chaturvedi, President and Executive Board Member at LTI, said:

“The digital acceleration caused by the pandemic has brought the benefits of embracing disruptive technologies to the fore. Digitising the core can enhance process efficiency, customer satisfaction and reduce costs that together help in achieving business excellence. LTI’s rich heritage of experience in the engineering and construction industry and our robust partnership with SAP as a global strategic service partner makes us the ideal partner of PIH for this ambitious engagement.”

Meanwhile, Alaa Jaber, Managing Director for SAP Qatar and Fast Growth Markets, remarked:

“The current times emphasise the importance of agility, flexibility, and scalability for Qatar’s businesses to continue marching towards growth. PIH’s digital transformation with LTI stands out as an ideal testimony to showcase a proactive approach in embracing technology to help large businesses scale up with pace.”

Moreover, the SAP solutions implementation has so far allowed PIH Group of Companies to have a smooth flow of data, allowing for more accurate and fast decision-making across a diverse corporate environment, as well as business frameworks for new acquisitions, mergers, de-mergers, and partnerships. In April, PIH signed several cooperation agreements with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) to strengthen collaboration in the fields of air quality monitoring and establish a reputation management system in the ministry.

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