In a groundbreaking step towards digitalization and intelligent transformation, XCMG Machinery has recently established long-term strategic alliances with IBM and SAP. This joint initiative promises to uplift the company’s competitive edge, fostering international business growth, and driving the construction of a globally recognized enterprise.

In a world where technological advancements drive economic progress, the power of intelligent and digital transformation is the cornerstone of the industrial revolution and business innovation. XCMG’s Chairman, Yang Dongsheng, emphasized this concept when expressing his company’s readiness to leverage the renowned digital transformation services of IBM and the operational optimization expertise of SAP. As both IBM and SAP bring their unique skill sets to the table, this collaboration is anticipated to propel XCMG towards achieving its goals of high-quality development.

This partnership will utilize IBM’s exclusive technologies and profound experience in spearheading intelligent digital transformations. The alliance will span across various management and governance scopes, such as R&D, supply chain logistics, marketing and service, financial management, human resources, and corporate governance.

Li Yujing, a senior partner at IBM Consulting Greater China, underlined the prestige of this partnership, stating that XCMG isn’t just a leading figure in China’s construction machinery industry, but also a benchmark for technological innovation and high-quality growth. He expressed the pride IBM feels in supporting XCMG’s strategic endeavors, combining their expertise in digital transformation and their knowledge of the construction machinery industry to accelerate XCMG’s growth.

Elevating XCMG’s Transformation Journey with SAP and IBM

Over the past 15 years, XCMG’s partnership with SAP has yielded significant results in the realm of information construction, thus enabling XCMG’s industrial transformation and high-quality growth. This longstanding collaboration has been epitomized by the signing of the “Industry 4.0” cooperation agreement in 2015, which solidified their shared commitment to technological advancement.

As XCMG and SAP renew their strategic collaboration, it is envisaged to turbocharge XCMG’s intelligent transformation agenda. SAP will deploy its advanced digital technologies and deep-rooted industry experience to optimize various areas of XCMG’s operations. This includes global marketing and services, supply chain management, intelligent manufacturing, finance, human resources, data governance, and sustainable, green development.

Dr. Huang Chenhong, SAP Global Executive Vice President and SAP Greater China President, shared his excitement about deepening this longstanding partnership. He assured that SAP would exhaust all its global resources, offering innovative solutions and mature practices to support XCMG’s transformation into a pilot Chinese enterprise that is data-centric, interconnected, and green.

By aligning with industry leaders IBM and SAP, XCMG Machinery sends a clear signal to the industry about its readiness to embrace the digital age, leverage technological breakthroughs, and retain its global leadership position. As XCMG navigates its way towards a “high-end, intelligent, green, service-oriented, and globalized” business model, these strategic partnerships stand as a testament to the company’s commitment to evolution, adaptation, and growth in the face of technological advancements.

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Geared towards driving faster business transformation time-to-value, SAP and IBM’s Evolution Partnership accelerates industry innovation through industry-specific data value offerings, advances customer and employee experiences, and provides flexibility to run customers’ workloads in various cloud landscapes. Additionally, IBM was among the numerous SAP strategic partners that have expressed early support to the German enterprise software company’s RISE with SAP solution — a milestone offering that aims to propel customers’ holistic transformation into an intelligent enterprise.

The two tech giants have worked together to co-develop several industry offerings that leverage artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and analytics and complement SAP’s latest Business Transformation as a Service (BTaaS). As RISE with SAP continues to gain momentum in Asia, SAP and IBM’s shared commitment to empowering customers to achieve end-to-end transformation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic forges ahead.

In India, Puravankara Limited, one of the country’s largest real estate developers, has tapped IBM Global Business Services (GBS) and SAP to accelerate the organisation’s journey to the cloud through RISE with SAP. Kamal Singhani, Country Managing Partner at IBM Services in India/South Asia, has commented on the latest customer win, saying:

“By leveraging our deep consulting expertise and access to technological innovations, Puravankara will be able to fast-track their digital transformation journey, create intelligent workflows to drive the efficiency and agility needed in their dynamic industry landscape.”

Driving Digital Transformation with SAP and IBM

Intending to utilise the power of cloud and enable seamless business processes, IBM will incorporate the SAP cloud environment with Puravankara’s ERP system. The real estate firm, which has a strong market reach across India and an overseas presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Sri Lanka, aims to implement an intelligent suite of solutions to increase operational agility and business efficiency while achieving unprecedented growth.

Through extensive digitalisation, Puravankara Ltd. aspires to monitor real-time market movements and obtain immediate and actionable insights across its project development. The project with SAP and IBM is anticipated to redefine the core objective of the enterprise’s digital strategy and optimise existing processes to elevate customer experiences.

Ashish Puravankara, Managing Director at Puravankara Limited, said that the company has always been a pioneer of major developments in the real estate industry as a resilient business entity. He added:

“Over the last year, as operational challenges took a new form, our primary focus was to build an enterprise that leads the future of work and advances customer success. By collaborating with IBM to deploy SAP, we will modernise our business capabilities and solve on-ground bottlenecks with ease while setting precedence in this highly competitive industry.”

Puravankara Limited Leverages RISE with SAP

Puravankara Ltd. worked closely with IBM to implement the SAP RISE program — an integrated cloud ERP system aiming to revolutionise the company’s business transformation. In addition, a strategic sourcing solution from SAP called Ariba Sourcing will also be used by IBM to automate and streamline crucial functions in sourcing indirect and direct commodities.

Subramanian Ananthapadmanabhan, Vice President – Mid-Market at SAP Indian Subcontinent, maintained:

“With our RISE with the SAP solution, we accelerate our customers’ transition to the cloud and enable them to become future-ready organisations. By adopting RISE with SAP, Puravankara has taken another step towards serving its customers better with digital tools and technologies. SAP along with IBM is empowering Puravankara to lead the charter in the real estate segment by creating unique landmarks and community living of the highest standards for its customers.”

Moreover, the IBM ASCEND framework, which is used to deliver SAP S/4HANA migration projects, was also leveraged to bring in more efficient delivery execution, reduced maintenance risks, and higher quality operations. The methodology combines the SAP Activate innovation adoption approach and IBM’s best practices, such as organisational change management and leading project management tasks.

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