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Croonwolter&dros Achieve ERP Success in Record Time with SAP
For many organisations, an ERP implementation in under a year and a half is unthinkable. Yet Croonwolter&dros achieved exactly that in a complex environment involving thousands of projects, managed services, and critical infrastructure.
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Building Smarter with Fewer People: How SAP Contributes to the Productivity Agenda
The Netherlands is on the brink of a fundamental productivity leap. This is evident from the recently published parliamentary letter Productivity Agenda by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. The message is clear: to safeguard our prosperity in a society facing ageing demographics, climate goals, and growing international dependency, we must achieve more with fewer people. For the construction sector—which faces a structural labour shortage and plays a pivotal role in societal challenges such as housing and the energy transition—this is a clear call to action.
Preventing SAP S/4HANA Implementation Errors
Since the first release of SAP S/4HANA in 2014, SAP's latest ERP solution has undergone significant development. What started as Simple Finance, a 'next-gen' financial solution, has now become a completely revolutionary ERP system. Although the system is certainly not new, in practice incorrect implementation choices are sometimes made.
How to get the Most Return from Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
After implementing the key business processes in an ERP system, the logical next step is to further optimize these processes. Organizations look to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as a solution to automate common processes. This reduces employees' repetitive tasks, allowing them to focus on important tasks that add value to the organization.
RISE with SAP Makes Cloud Transition Easy
Transferring a business-critical system such as SAP from on-premise to the cloud does not happen overnight. Organizations want to be able to switch without disruption, achieve the promised financial business case and innovate faster. From the employee's perspective, no change should be noticeable; for the employee, the data must be available. On-premise or online does not matter. For the IT department, this is more complex; with networks, availability and technical changes, a plan is needed. With RISE with SAP, the implementation side becomes easier than ever. RISE with SAP removes barriers through a simple step-by-step plan with which every organization can benefit from the benefits of cloud. RISE with SAP simplifies transition to the cloud in three steps, fully guided by SAP: Step 1. Business Process Intelligence Step 2. Business Case Step 3. Integrate with cloud environment Step 1. Business Process Intelligence The first step to the cloud is a comprehensive analysis of the processes. You could almost call it an ERP tradition, but there is an important change in approach in the approach of RISE with SAP: it is done via intelligent tooling instead of intensive workshops, interviews, observations and analyses. The goal is to adapt the business processes to the S/4 HANA standard. This phase gives you insight into the delta between current SAP use and the fit-to-standard at S/4 HANA. This translates into less customization, easier maintenance and faster implementation. In addition, the way is clear for future intelligent solutions, such as Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA), which are supplied as standard by SAP. Step 2. Business case If it is clear what can be directly supported and what adjustments are required within the business processes, the costs can be made transparent. RISE with SAP contains standard tools that provide immediate insight into how much work the implementation requires. The custom code analysis tool immediately makes it clear how many deviations from the standard there are in the current system. Based on this data, you know in advance where you stand and where the impact and change will be per user group. This means you know at an early stage which departments need extra attention. Transformation tactics can be used to help organizations and departments with this change. Finally, the figures for hosting via cloud at SAP also become clear compared to the current costs of an on-premise hosting construction. Step 3. Integrate with cloud environment Within RISE with SAP, technical management of the environment is in the hands of SAP itself. As a customer, you choose the cloud in which your software runs (Google Cloud or Amazon Web Services). SAP integrates with that environment and ensures that the ERP system continues to run. Emixa is the point of contact for issues. Whether this concerns user support or direct contact with SAP: Emixa remains the first point of contact. Emixa also supports the transition to S/4 HANA and all technologies and processes that are implemented during this process or afterwards. SAP Business Technology Platform The switch to SAP's cloud solution provides direct access to the SAP Business Technology Platform. Within this platform there is a SAP Store for (Fiori) apps. The store contains both third-party apps and those offered by SAP itself. This allows future apps to be selected and added quickly and securely by authorized employees. The SAP Fiori launchpad ensures that employees have only one login portal for all ERP-linked systems. The SAP Business Technology Platform also supports integrations with other software products, such as low-code solutions to support innovative and new process developments. By dividing the management of your landscape into mode 1 and mode 2, you can experiment with these innovations safely and quickly. Move to the cloud with RISE with SAP Switching to the cloud seems like a big step. Thanks to RISE with SAP, this is not so bad. The new implementation approach and the tooling to identify the required work in advance makes the transition easy. For employees, it doesn't matter where the data comes from, as long as it is there. Life becomes easier for administrators thanks to RISE with SAP. Just as important: organizations increase their performance and agility to switch. And these are qualities that an organization needs in today's rapidly changing world. Get in touch Ready to make a business change? At Emixa, we'd be glad to share our comprehensive insights. Contact us to discover how our approach can help your organization thrive in the cloud era. Let's embark a journey towards enhanced efficiency and effectiveness together! Patrick Beks As Director Technology and innovation Patrick plays a crucial role in driving technological innovation, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and maintaining Emixa's competitive edge in the market.
SAP re-certifies Emixa Enterprise Solutions as a Partner Center of Expertise
Global ERP giant SAP has re-certified Emixa Enterprise Solutions as a Partner Center of Expertise (PCOE) in the Netherlands. The consulting firm, headquartered in Den Bosch, a city in between the larger cities of Utrecht and Eindhoven, is specialised in process and IT consulting and has carried the PCOE status since 2012. At the time, it became one of the first consultancies in the Benelux to be handed the status.