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.

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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.