This month, SAP released its Q1 2022 financial results highlighting the steady acceleration of its business driven by its cloud offerings, particularly SAP S/4HANA Cloud, which was expedited by RISE with SAP following its release in January 2021. Since its introduction, the Business Transformation as a Service product has transformed organisations from a wide range of industries around the world, ranging from sports to automatic vehicles and energy power corporations, among many others. As part of its ability to harness the power of cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), the comprehensive solution also includes analytics, business process intelligence (BPI), and SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) capabilities, which allow customers to become sustainable, intelligent enterprises.

In Taiwan, global tire supplier TaiZhou Zheng Xin Rubber Co., Ltd. and leading football shoe manufacturer Zhiqiang International Co., Ltd. announced that they tapped SAP to further accelerate their business process transformation. Deploying RISE with SAP, both of their projects will be centered on SAP S/4HANA Cloud, the German enterprise software giant’s next-generation ERP. (InsideSAP Asia often references articles from websites in other languages to bring you as much information as possible.)

China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and other countries are among TaiZhou Zheng Xin Rubber’s operating sites. Putting a strong emphasis on the requirements of business transformation while optimising the global layout, the company selected RISE with SAP to streamline the overall production process, and increase the productivity of their manufacturing operations. Global bases have been linked together to gain immediate insight into worldwide market trends and industrial business opportunities, among other things.

Increasing the SAP Cloud Customer Base in Taiwan

Leading surface mount technology (SMT) supplier Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp. completely upgraded its digital core, integrated SAP S/4HANA, and cloud-based technologies such as SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation (SAP iRPA). When it comes to the manufacturing process, Big Data has been utilised to connect global operational bases and comprehend market dynamics and business prospects in real time.

Meanwhile, Zhiqiang International Chairman Chen Weijia said that their company adopted a lean production process thinking to effectively control costs and improve gross profit margins. Chen further explained:

“In order to continuously improve core competition and to strengthen the management efficiency of overseas factories such as Vietnam and Cambodia, and break the information silos, we work with SAP to upgrade the digital core, fully import SAP S/4HANA cloud ERP, and accurately aggregate production, sales, finance and other data from various ends.” 

According to Zhiqiang International, the SAP transformation project has so far achieved the following results:

• Effectively calculate operating costs
• Reduce production processes
• Eliminate unnecessary waste
• Improve decision-making to implement production stability, speed and flexibility

Chen Zhiwei, SAP Global Vice President and General Manager of Taiwan, noted that Zhiqiang International can depend on its well-built cloud digital core to implement zero-day and zero-distance insights and grasp market business opportunities in real time. He added:

“Taiwan has many global hidden champions who are quietly cultivating niche markets, just as Zhiqiang International specialises in football shoe manufacturing and occupies a leading position in the world.”

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SAP cloud solutions have been instrumental in accelerating the German multinational’s cloud strategy, as evidenced by the company’s Q4 2021 and full-year financial report. According to SAP CEO and Executive Board Member Christian Klein’s earlier statement, the increasing number of organisations banking on SAP products and services to achieve a holistic business transformation and successful cloud migration is a testament to the company’s commitment to accelerating the use of cloud. 

The enterprise software giant has not only exceeded the top end of the group’s forecast for software and cloud earnings but has also seen massive support for its complete enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, which was propelled by RISE with SAP following its release in January last year. Since its launch, the BTaaS product has helped organisations from across different industries worldwide — ranging from sports to automatic vehicles and energy power companies. Aside from harnessing the power of cloud ERP, the comprehensive solution also provides analytics, business process intelligence (BPI), and SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) capabilities to transform customers into sustainable, intelligent enterprises and help them achieve meaningful business outcomes.

With industry-specific solutions that leverage innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics, SAP has continuously assisted organisations across the globe in running their businesses more efficiently. During the SAP Japan Customer Awards 2021, numerous customers were recognised for their efforts to embark on a transformational journey. These include SOLIZE Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and Shiseido Co., Ltd., all of which began their breakthrough digital transformation in 2021 by utilising SAP’s wide range of cloud software applications and services.

Marubeni, Human Holdings Among the Latest SAP Cloud Customers in Japan

This month, Japanese companies Marubeni Corporation, a major integrated investment and trading business conglomerate, and Human Holdings Co., Ltd., a firm engaged in education, nursing care, and human resources-related businesses, have teamed up with SAP to scale their operational expansion and further expedite business process transformation. Implementing the signature offering RISE with SAP, both projects involving the new additions to the SAP cloud customer list will be centered on SAP’s next-generation ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

According to Marubeni Corporation, it has become increasingly difficult for its SAP ERP system to expand and upgrade its functionalities because of repeated add-on extensions since its inception in 2000. (InsideSAP Asia often references articles from websites in other languages to bring you as much information as possible.) With this, SAP S/4HANA Cloud was chosen by the company’s Information Planning Department in order to digitise its entire business operations, enable further innovation, and develop a stable platform for the future. RISE with SAP is now the core system platform for the group’s subsidiaries abroad.

Moreover, Marubeni intends to speed up and simplify the data migration and data management processes with the help of tools provided by SAP Partners Syniti and Tricentis. The organisation’s information subsidiary Marubeni IT Solutions Co., Ltd. is in charge of system introduction projects using the Fit to Standard approach and leveraging Syniti’s SAP Advanced Data Migration tools and Tricentis’ SAP Application Testing Solutions.

Meanwhile, Human Holdings Co., Ltd. has also deployed RISE with SAP to address the company’s mission-critical requirements of adding value to existing businesses, and creating new opportunities by aggregating, analysing, and utilising a wide range of management data. (InsideSAP Asia often references articles from websites in other languages to bring you as much information as possible.) It has partnered with Focus Systems to implement SAP’s comprehensive solution, taking into account its extensive proposal-making experience, which includes expertise in public cloud-based ERP and business flow enhancements.

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