The award highlights PwC’s outstanding achievements in the fields of RISE with SAP S/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, and Intelligent Spend and Business Network. This recognition underscores the strong partnership between SAP and PwC in helping customers adopt innovation, achieve rapid results, and run their businesses more efficiently with SAP solutions.

SAP and PwC have a long-standing global strategic partnership, collaborating to deliver innovative solutions and services to customers across various industries. As one of SAP’s top Global Strategic Service Partners, PwC has been instrumental in supporting digital transformation projects for customers in the Asia Pacific Japan region, including key markets such as Japan, South Korea, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. The partnership also leverages PwC’s deep industry expertise and strong technology capabilities to help organizations harness the power of SAP solutions and drive business success.

Pushing Boundaries with SAP Technology

PwC’s success in driving customer adoption of autonomously driven SAP solutions can be attributed to its ability to leverage global connectivity, industry expertise, innovation, and strategic partnerships. Michael Rasch, Partner and Global SAP Alliance Leader at PwC Germany, emphasized that this recognition reflects the team’s capability to push the boundaries of what is possible with SAP technology and deliver the best value to clients. PwC remains committed to providing cutting-edge solutions that empower businesses in the Asia Pacific region and beyond.

Furthermore, the SAP Partner Excellence Awards nominations are based on internal SAP sales data, with a committee of regional and global SAP representatives determining the winners in each category. The awards cover various categories, including overall sales, innovation, technology, services, and solution-specific areas. PwC’s achievement in winning the awards for RISE with SAP S/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, and Intelligent Spend and Business Network also demonstrates their expertise and success in these critical areas.

Driving Cloud Transformation and Innovation

Utkarsh Maheshwari, Chief Partner Officer at SAP Asia Pacific Japan, highlighted the increasing integration of SAP partners into their business and the crucial role they play in driving cloud transformation and innovation. With the rapid emergence of new technologies like generative AI, cloud transformation has become essential for organizations of all sizes to seize opportunities and accelerate business success. The SAP Partner Excellence Awards not only celebrate partners’ achievements in traditional areas of sales and performance but also recognize their contributions to the phenomenal growth of SAP’s cloud business across solutions and their unique IP in driving customer innovations.

Moreover, PwC’s focus on being a “business integrator” rather than just a “system integrator” sets them apart in the Thai market, according to Jirapol Tangtatswas, Consulting Partner at PwC Thailand. By providing comprehensive support and leveraging the professionalism of their team, PwC assists clients in maximizing their investments through digital transformation across organizations. The firm’s approach involves assessing clients’ needs, developing ERP systems, and identifying new opportunities for digital transformation. PwC’s global network also allows them to bring insights and best practices with high standards to introduce optimal processes to their Thai clients.

Recognition as an Outstanding SAP Asia Pacific Japan Partner

The SAP APJ Partner Excellence Award 2024 presented to PwC is a testament to their outstanding contributions in driving digital transformation for businesses using SAP solutions. Through their strong partnership with SAP and deep industry expertise, PwC has successfully supported customers in adopting innovation, achieving rapid results, and running their businesses more efficiently. As organizations continue to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape, partnerships like the one between SAP and PwC will be crucial in helping businesses harness the power of cloud transformation and innovation to achieve long-term success.

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In 2019, Yamaha Motor made a noteworthy decision to adopt SAP products as the foundational pillar of its DX strategy. Recognized as a global standard, these products have played an instrumental role in Yamaha Motor’s digital reforms. The goal? To further standardize and streamline operations across the world, thereby fostering a culture of data-driven management.

The specific product at the heart of this strategy is SAP BPC. This solution has also been operationalized globally, marking a departure from Yamaha Motor’s traditional cumulative budget process. Now, both the head office management team and the head office business division heads formulate management or business scenarios. Additionally, these scenarios form the basis upon which future budget targets are set, creating a significantly more streamlined and efficient KPI commitment-based budget process.

Collaborating with PwC Consulting and SAP Japan

PwC Consulting and SAP Japan have also been instrumental in facilitating Yamaha Motor’s remarkable shift. As two highly experienced entities, they have provided invaluable guidance in the implementation of SAP BPC, leveraging their deep expertise and tried-and-tested methodologies. (InsideSAP Asia often references articles from websites in other languages to bring you as much information as possible.) 

With a proven record in supporting SAP BPC implementations in Japan and globally, PwC Consulting has been a key player in making Yamaha Motor’s shift to SAP BPC a reality. From aiding in the design and implementation of new budget systems and KPIs to solving challenges related to speed, visualization, and accuracy, PwC Consulting has been integral throughout the process. The consulting firm has also addressed issues with individually optimized operations and systems, resulting in new standard operations and systems that are deployed not only by Yamaha Motor but globally.

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation: A Springboard for Yamaha Motor’s Future

Moreover, Yamaha Motor’s adoption of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is not perceived simply as a current project but as a crucial stepping-stone towards fulfilling its long-term vision. Drawing on the theme of “Using simplicity to make Yamaha Motor stronger,” the company is building upon its new management foundation by emphasizing digital marketing, aggressive development of connected products, and customer-centric business practices.

Armed with a robust R&D system specializing in digital technology, Yamaha Motor is also in a prime position to co-create with society and customers, thereby shaping the future. The ultimate goal? To accomplish the company’s long-term vision for 2030 – “ART for Human Possibilities” – and create a happier world.

In conclusion, Yamaha Motor’s transformation, underpinned by the SAP Business Planning and Consolidation system, symbolizes the company’s commitment to innovation and efficiency in a digital age. With the support of PwC Consulting and SAP Japan, Yamaha Motor is poised to accelerate its global operations, standardize processes, and realize its visionary goals. Amid the fast-evolving business landscape, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation serves as the backbone of Yamaha Motor’s ambitious DX strategy.

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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

This article is sponsored by SNP

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