Future-Proof Scaling Businesses: The Right Solution for Growth

For growing businesses, the rewards of success are often met alongside increasing complexity. New demands – more customers, more data, more processes – require an assessment of the tools and systems currently in place, and if they are enough to drive the business forward. 

Finance leaders may find themselves hindered without real-time visibility into cash flow and forecasting. Operational teams may face inefficiencies and bottlenecks preventing the ability to meet, or project, rising customer demand. Meanwhile, executives need timely, accurate insights to make strategic decisions.

For a growing business to scale effectively they must evolve and adopt solutions that not only meet current needs, but can flex to support future expansion, and drive both innovation and competitive differentiation. That solution is a modern core or ERP (enterprise resource planning) platform that is rightsized and tailored to the specific needs of a growing business.

Enter SAP: Enabling the Future of Scaling Business

Many know SAP from its history with large, global enterprises across a variety of industries.  SAP has levered that experience into next-generation cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA. The solution not only serves as an organization’s digital core but positions them to take advantage of advanced technologies including IoT, AI, machine learning, and more. 

Moreover, SAP has developed options for adopting SAP S/4HANA so businesses can find the one that best meets their business needs. In particular, its public cloud version – branded GROW with SAP – is specifically designed to address the challenges faced by scaling businesses. It enables streamlining of operations, real-time insights, and data-backed decision-making – all at cost base that is rightsized.

Let’s dive into GROW with SAP, its components and benefits, and help determine if it’s right for your business. Finally, we’ll discuss how organizations can leverage the services, knowledge, and expertise to make the promise a reality.

What is GROW with SAP?

SAP describes GROW with SAP as “a complete offering of solutions, adoption acceleration services, community, and learning so that companies can successfully adopt cloud ERP.” It’s designed for businesses and other organizations that are growing at a rapid pace. GROW with SAP ensures a cost-effective, simple, and speedy implementation of S/4HANA on a ready-to-run public cloud ERP model, allowing users to modernize with predictability and start realizing business-changing results in a short timeframe.

What are the Key Components of GROW with SAP? 

The four main areas of GROW with SAP are technology, adoption acceleration services, community, and learning. 

The technology consists of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition (modern ERP) and SAP Business Technology Platform (innovation platform). Adoption acceleration services include processes based on proven, industry-specific best practices and methodologies, cloud adoption tools, change management, and optimized costs. The community and learning resources allow users to learn from a collaborative group of SAP experts, partners, and customers.

Is GROW with SAP Right for Your Business?

Grow with SAP is designed for companies that are:

• Tired of disjointed systems and data silos that slow down decision-making
• Looking for more real-time visibility into their business performance
• Searching for a solution that scales as they grow
• Eager to leverage modern technologies to improve efficiency and drive innovation
• In need of upping their technology game but in a cost and resource appropriate way
• Working within a defined budget. 

If any of these situations sound familiar, GROW with SAP might be the right option for a growing organization.

How Does GROW with SAP Benefit the Scaling Business?

Adopting GROW with SAP provides the businesses with several key advantages:

• Real-Time Insights: Scale the business seamlessly by leveraging real-time, informed decision-making and adapting to changing market conditions
• Operational Efficiency: Standardize operations on proven industry best practices and methodologies to reduce risk and downtime
• Proactive Strategy: Gain maximum return on SAP investments while leveraging the latest functionality such as advanced analytics to mitigate risk, anticipate trends, and seize opportunities faster
• Long-Term Growth: GROW with SAP is designed to evolve alongside a business, ensuring that systems continue to support growth without interruptions.

GROW with SAP empowers organizations to tap into the power of SAP’s flagship S/4HANA ERP faster, with an accelerated implementation in a matter of weeks. It also leverages SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) to increase innovation and harness the power of next-gen technologies, including AI, advanced analytics, and more. 

Get Started with a Trusted Advisor

GROW with SAP might be a great fit for your business, but you may be hesitant to move forward because you don’t have the in-house expertise to consider, implement or manage S/4HANA. That’s where Navisite, part of Accenture comes in.

Navisite, a recognized SAP Gold Partner and Partner of Excellence, has been guiding businesses through their digital transformation journey for more than 25 years, empowering companies to take full advantage of modern cloud ERP to drive innovation and competitive differentiation. Customers spanning industries rely on deep business, technical, and functional expertise and experience to modernize businesses quickly, seamlessly, and without surprises. 

GROW with SAP Services from Navisite provides an end-to-end software and services bundle for S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, including technology and application licenses offered via a subscription model, implementation services, and post-implementation managed services and support. Navisite’s comprehensive GROW with SAP services include: 

Solution Strategy and Design

• Readiness assessment
• GROW with SAP solution planning, strategy, and blueprint designs 
• Technology framework and detailed delivery roadmap to improve process efficiency, meet business objectives, and reduce total cost of ownership

Implementation Services

• Expert team of certified SAP professionals 
• Proven methodology for executing implementations on time and on budget
• Repeatable and low-cost capabilities
• Flexible delivery model
• Integration with legacy and third-party business solutions

Post Implementation Managed Services and Support 

• Comprehensive functional and technical managed services
• Management, maintenance, and optimization 
• Governance and supplier management

By following best practices refined over years of experience, Navisite minimizes risk and downtime during implementation, maximizing uptime and operational efficiency.

Your Next Phase Starts Here

When choosing Navisite, part of Accenture for a GROW with SAP journey, organizations can expect fast, streamlined, and cost-effective implementations, allowing them to quickly see transformative business results. Navisite experts possess the expertise, best practices, and frameworks needed to implement, manage, and optimize the adoption and ongoing success of an ERP like GROW with SAP. Begin the journey to a modern, cloud-based ERP today – our team is ready to help you grow.