SAP S/4 HANA Archives - InsideSAP Asia https://insidesap.asia/tag/sap-s-4-hana/ The independent resource for SAP professionals in Asia Thu, 21 May 2020 04:44:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://insidesap.asia/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-InsideSAP-Asia-logo-SQUARE-32x32.png SAP S/4 HANA Archives - InsideSAP Asia https://insidesap.asia/tag/sap-s-4-hana/ 32 32 SAP and Microsoft Partnership Reaches Thailand https://insidesap.asia/sap-and-microsoft-partnership-reaches-thailand/ https://insidesap.asia/sap-and-microsoft-partnership-reaches-thailand/#respond Thu, 14 May 2020 21:00:19 +0000 https://insidesap.asia/?p=8892 SAP and Microsoft partnership has been harnessed back in 2017 when the tech giants’ CEOs Bill McDermott (former SAP CEO) and Satya Nadella announced the further integration of their cloud offerings with SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud to be offered on Microsoft Azure, allowing customers to run the suite in a secure, managed cloud.  After entering an […]

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SAP and Microsoft partnership has been harnessed back in 2017 when the tech giants’ CEOs Bill McDermott (former SAP CEO) and Satya Nadella announced the further integration of their cloud offerings with SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud to be offered on Microsoft Azure, allowing customers to run the suite in a secure, managed cloud. 

After entering an extensive three-year deal to accelerate customer adoption of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Cloud Platform on Microsoft Azure late last year, SAP and Microsoft partnership will inevitably be felt globally. Just recently, SAP Thailand and Microsoft Thailand have partnered to deliver superior SAP ecosystem experience on Microsoft Azure.

To help SAP customers innovate faster with agile infrastructure to support dynamic business despite the global pandemic, SAP and Microsoft leverage the Microsoft Azure cloud platform to facilitate customers’ smoother transition to SAP S/4HANA. Customers would be able to quicken their digital transformation and run the business accordingly in the New Normal with first-class tools and platforms that support effective and efficient management of business assets and operations. 

Verena Siow, Managing Director of SAP Indochina, said:

“Our work with Microsoft makes the migration journey to S/4HANA much easier with a more agile deployment process that fully leverage the capabilities of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure. We are very excited to deliver an even better experience for customers in Thailand through strategic and partnership network alignments with Microsoft, ultimately giving customers simpler and more convenient ways to order, deploy, maintain, and learn to master SAP solutions on Azure.”

Project “Embrace” on Microsoft Azure

Project “Embrace”, a joint global initiative to simplify and modernise the customers’ journey to the cloud, carries over in Thailand. SAP and Microsoft’s extensive go-to-market partnership in the country covers every stage of a customer’s transition to the cloud, from conceptualization to sales. Consequently, it will accelerate the adoption and innovation of joint innovations from the tech giants and at the same time bring optimal business results to customers. 

Through project “Embrace”, SAP and Microsoft, with a global network of system integrators, offer holistic bundles with unified reference architectures, road maps and market-approved journeys for customer’s seamless transition to the cloud. To ensure smoother migration of SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA customers from on-premises to the public cloud, Microsoft will re-sell components of SAP Cloud Platform together with Azure. 

The collaboration is also anticipated to work on future deployment and migration of existing direct SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud customers leveraging hyperscaler infrastructure. However, SAP continues with its longstanding policy of supporting choice for those customers who request alternatives based on business requirements.

In essence, project “Embrace” provides customers with:

  • A simplified move from on-premise editions of SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA for customers with integrated product and industry solutions through industry market bundles.
  • Collaborative support model for simplified resolution through a combined support model for Azure and SAP Cloud Platform
  • Jointly developed market journeys to support customer needs with the help of SAP and Microsoft system integrator partners.

SAP on Azure Kickstarter Program

In the same vein, SAP on Azure Kickstarter Program taps new customers looking to explore an SAP implementation on Azure to enter a pilot deployment phase at zero cost.

Dhanawat Suthumpun, Managing Director, Microsoft Thailand stated:

“SAP and Microsoft’s partnership has brought together our capabilities at all levels – from the senior leadership to engineering experts and support teams – to take the SAP experience to the next level on Azure.” 

“Through the Kickstarter Program, we are offering businesses a chance to experience the class-leading performance and capabilities of SAP solutions together with powerful, dynamic infrastructure on Azure in a trial phase with no initial investment, allowing them to discover new ways to operate at optimal efficiency with the flexibility to handle everything from major downtimes to peak demand,” Suthumpun added.

Mike Chan, General Manager for Cloud and Enterprise, Microsoft Asia Pacific, shared: 

“With joint support and dedicated engineering capabilities from SAP and Microsoft, we are able to offer the best SAP experience on Azure with simpler ways to try and acquire new solutions, faster and more convenient deployment, and less turnaround time for support requests.”

“We are also able to provide blueprints that make it easier to achieve an optimal deployment of SAP apps on Azure with reference architecture specifically for each industry – such as finance, oil, and gas, retail, or healthcare – and full compliance with industrial and regulatory standards in these fields,” he detailed.

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Knoa Software Supports SAP S/4 HANA Migrations https://insidesap.asia/knoa-software-supports-sap-s-4-hana-migrations/ https://insidesap.asia/knoa-software-supports-sap-s-4-hana-migrations/#respond Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:36:32 +0000 https://insidesap.asia/?p=8505 Knoa Software, a New York City-based user experience management company, expressed support for SAP S/4 HANA migrations using its deployments. Yahoo Finance reported that Knoa Software, one of the leading providers of user experience management (UEM) software. The company has announced in early February that they will be supporting the SAP S/4 HANA migrations and maintaining the momentum […]

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Knoa Software, a New York City-based user experience management company, expressed support for SAP S/4 HANA migrations using its deployments.

Yahoo Finance reported that Knoa Software, one of the leading providers of user experience management (UEM) software. The company has announced in early February that they will be supporting the SAP S/4 HANA migrations and maintaining the momentum for the SAP User Experience Management. It will be done through cloud-based Knoa deployments. The support provided by Knoa later resulted in a boost in cloud revenue for the company.

Customers have confirmed that they have received a return on investment (ROI) and have also documented their success.

One of their successful deployments includes the AES Corporation, a Fortune 500 company. AES Corporation’s business involves the generation and distribution of electricity on a global scale.

At the ASUG held on October 3, 2019, AES has shared how they leveraged the SAP User Experience Management application by Knoa, which was running on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, in accelerating the migration of its existing ERP systems to SAP S/4 HANA. It has helped AES in building the foundation for its digital transformation project.

AES Corporation needed an advanced analytics application that will help them define their migration priorities. They also needed an efficient tool to isolate existing redundancies and to enforce standards that will govern the new system. Following the migration, the company shared how they have streamlined their deployment time, reduced and managed costs, and boosted user adoption. 

Another company that benefited from the Knoa deployments is AGL, electricity, gas, solar, and renewable energy specialist based in Australia. Their customer base includes homes and businesses.

AGL’s energy accounts make up approximately 20{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} of Australia’s electricity generation. The company utilise data-driven insights in developing employee training and improving customer interactions for its business applications.

Recently, a premier global market intelligence firm, IDC, leveraged the SAP UEM by Knoa in conducting an extensive study of organisations. In their study, they showed how organisations achieved significant ROI for their business with SAP UEM by Knoa. Some of the results include five months of payback period, 30{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} more efficient management of business processes, and 15{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} average gross productivity gain.

The CEO of Knoa, Brian Berns, shared that SAP UEM by Knoa continues to drive the productivity of employees and facilitate SAP S/4 HANA migrations. They also want to continue supporting SAP’s focus on experience management.

Berns proudly shared how their customers have confirmed the value of the Knoa solution and have shared their excitement following Knoa’s validation.

He also added:

“The SAP S/4HANA customer base is extensive, so we hope to see significant growth in 2020.”

SAP UEM by Knoa aims to deliver enterprises complete visibility of employee interactions with the SAP enterprise software for enterprises. It highlights the application usage, measures user adoption, and engagement levels, and also provides insights to improve process and workflow.

This efficient tool has helped organisations from various industries and locations as they make a move to the SAP S/4 HANA and the SAP HANA database.

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Coop Sweden Partners with Tata Consultancy Services https://insidesap.asia/coop-sweden-partners-with-tata-consultancy-services/ https://insidesap.asia/coop-sweden-partners-with-tata-consultancy-services/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:40:18 +0000 https://insidesap.asia/?p=8442 SAP Pinnacle Awards receiver for four consecutive years, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian multinational IT service and consultancy company, announced its partnership with Coop Sweden. Tata Consultancy Services established its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. At present, it has more than 149 offices across 46 countries. In mid-2019, TCS partnered with SAP Leonardo in launching […]

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SAP Pinnacle Awards receiver for four consecutive years, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian multinational IT service and consultancy company, announced its partnership with Coop Sweden.

Tata Consultancy Services established its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. At present, it has more than 149 offices across 46 countries.

In mid-2019, TCS partnered with SAP Leonardo in launching an Intelligent Field Inventory Management Solution, which will be beneficial in streamlining the logistics and supply chain management of surgical kits to hospitals. The success of this solution is one of the many proofs of TCS as a reliable SAP partner in delivering solutions that leverage the power of the latest technologies.

In an article published on its website, TCS reported its latest partnership. Tne Indian multinational IT company has announced its collaboration with Coop Sweden, one of the largest grocery and retail providers in the country. TCS will help the hypermarket company in accelerating its business’ digital transformation program by introducing agile ways of doing work and embracing new automation technologies. 

The partnership is expected to help the business in delivering a consistent customer experience for both its digital and physical platforms. The retail company also sees the collaboration as a way to prepare for the business’ future by addressing its digital needs. TCS will help Coop Sweden’s SAP S/4HANA Retail platform by leveraging the newest automation technologies and new applications.

Liselotte Andersson, the CIO of Coop Sweden, shared how the transformation helped the company, noting that, at present, the company has more than 800 locations in Sweden alone and that managing a complex portfolio of retail IT-systems will be a challenge.

Andersson said that a strategic partner to help them would be beneficial in improving customer and employee experience. She shared how TCS’ proven track record in delivering solutions for the retail sector made the consultancy company a natural choice to meet Coop Sweden’s digital needs. She also noted TCS’s close partnership with the German software company, SAP, and their experience in delivering HANA digital platform.

She said:

“… TCS’ close partnership with SAP will enable us to harness the true value of the HANA digital platform. We look forward to enjoying the benefits of this partnership.”

Meanwhile, Avinash Limaye, the Country Manager for Tata Consultancy Services Sweden, shared that grocery and retail businesses have access to opportunities in serving customers. 

Limaye expressed delight in partnering with Coop Sweden and leveraging TCS’ expertise in technologies such as automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT).

He said:

We are delighted to partner Coop in transforming every element of its farm to fork value chain leveraging our deep domain knowledge and our expertise in AI, IoT, and automation.”

TCS also shared that it has established a close working relationship with some of the leading companies across industries in Sweden, such as financial, retail, and telecommunications. These companies include Ikea, the global furniture and home accessories company; the postal company, PostNord; the financial services company, Nordea; the processing and packaging solutions company, Tetra Pak, and the network telecommunications company, Ericsson.

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