As a midsize business ripe for making it big, it makes sense to overhaul your technology systems for business management.
The mid-size market has, in fact, been characterized by a positive and optimistic outlook, serving as a fertile ground for unconventional innovations, innovative ideas and unique product-service combinations.
However, despite the rapid development of this market, many leaders in the mid-market sector face significant economic challenges at both the macro and micro level, such as inflation, disruptions in the supply chain, shortage of raw materials and a lack of skilled workers.
These challenges make it exceedingly difficult for them to maintain a steady pace of growth.
A critical growth strategy for mid-sized companies is to undergo digital transformation across the entire value chain, from production to sales. Digital transformation can help businesses save time, improve efficiencies, enhance customer experiences and ultimately increase profitability.
In order to achieve this, mid-sized companies are turning to growth-focused cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions as the next-generation solution.
It’s becoming increasingly common for mid-sized companies to adopt or plan to invest in ERP solutions. In order to succeed, businesses must prioritize technology and utilize ERP solutions to improve internal operations and enhance customer experiences.
SAP has recently introduced GROW with SAP, a solution aimed at providing a comprehensive cloud-based ERP suite to mid-market businesses.
The offering includes SAP S/4HANA Public Cloudalong with faster adoption services, pre-configured best practices, embedded AI, automation capabilities and SAP Business Technology Platform.
GROW with SAP has overlaps and differences with RISE with SAP and SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.
GROW with SAP has primarily been modeled on the lines of RISE for a parallel mid-market, there are some specific differentiators to enable the product-fit for this market.
As a midsize business ripe for making it big, it makes sense to overhaul your technology systems for business management.
The mid-size market has, in fact, been characterized by a positive and optimistic outlook, serving as a fertile ground for unconventional innovations, innovative ideas and unique product-service combinations.
However, despite the rapid development of this market, many leaders in the mid-market sector face significant economic challenges at both the macro and micro level, such as inflation, disruptions in the supply chain, shortage of raw materials and a lack of skilled workers.
These challenges make it exceedingly difficult for them to maintain a steady pace of growth.
A critical growth strategy for mid-sized companies is to undergo digital transformation across the entire value chain, from production to sales. Digital transformation can help businesses save time, improve efficiencies, enhance customer experiences and ultimately increase profitability.
In order to achieve this, mid-sized companies are turning to growth-focused cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions as the next-generation solution.
Streamline processes, automate workflows and provide real-time insights into business operations, allowing mid-sized companies to make better, data-driven decisions.
It’s becoming increasingly common for mid-sized companies to adopt or plan to invest in ERP solutions. In order to succeed, businesses must prioritize technology and utilize ERP solutions to improve internal operations and enhance customer experiences.
SAP has recently introduced GROW with SAP, a solution aimed at providing a comprehensive cloud-based ERP suite to mid-market businesses.
The offering includes SAP S/4HANA Public Cloudalong with faster adoption services, pre-configured best practices, embedded AI, automation capabilities and SAP Business Technology Platform.
GROW with SAP has overlaps and differences with RISE with SAP and SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
GROW with SAP is specifically designed to cater to the needs of medium sized businesses looking for a fast deployment option. It offers several significant benefits, such as –
GROW with SAP has primarily been modeled on the lines of RISE for a parallel mid-market, there are some specific differentiators to enable the product-fit for this market.
* This table is not an exhaustive list; it’s an April 2023 status, highly prone to changes, aimed to show the differentiation of the three offerings to give you an overview of the situation.
GROW with SAP is a targeted cloud ERP offering for small and mid-market players, with a clear roadmap, predictable pricing, and rapid implementation timeline. This move is expected to tap into the parallel mid-market demand, potentially driving the next wave of growth for the company, building on the success of RISE.
Furthermore, VC ERP provides a new market of implementation services for mid-sized businesses eager to move to the cloud. Accelerate your digital transformation journey with ERP-as-a-service offering.
Are you ready to transform your mid-market business into an intelligent enterprise? Get in touch with the best SAP Gold Partner in India, VC ERP Consulting today.
Whatsapp +254 111229970 (Kenya), Call +91 7948998911 (India), Call +1 469 915 6026 (North America) , +974 31239246 (MENA) or drop an E-mail at sayhello@vc-erp.com
The mid-size market has, in fact, been characterized by a positive and optimistic outlook, serving as a fertile ground for unconventional innovations, innovative ideas and unique product-service combinations.
However, despite the rapid development of this market, many leaders in the mid-market sector face significant economic challenges at both the macro and micro level, such as inflation, disruptions in the supply chain, shortage of raw materials and a lack of skilled workers.
These challenges make it exceedingly difficult for them to maintain a steady pace of growth.
A critical growth strategy for mid-sized companies is to undergo digital transformation across the entire value chain, from production to sales. Digital transformation can help businesses save time, improve efficiencies, enhance customer experiences and ultimately increase profitability.
In order to achieve this, mid-sized companies are turning to growth-focused cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions as the next-generation solution.
Growth Strategies for Mid-market Companies
Streamline processes, automate workflows and provide real-time insights into business operations, allowing mid-sized companies to make better, data-driven decisions.It’s becoming increasingly common for mid-sized companies to adopt or plan to invest in ERP solutions. In order to succeed, businesses must prioritize technology and utilize ERP solutions to improve internal operations and enhance customer experiences.
SAP has recently introduced GROW with SAP, a solution aimed at providing a comprehensive cloud-based ERP suite to mid-market businesses.
The offering includes SAP S/4HANA Public Cloudalong with faster adoption services, pre-configured best practices, embedded AI, automation capabilities and SAP Business Technology Platform.
GROW with SAP & RISE with SAP: An Introduction
GROW with SAP has overlaps and differences with RISE with SAP and SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.
- RISE with SAP is a more flexible and tailored offering that aims to provide a complete solution using cloud services from SAP. It targets the existing SAP customer base running on other SAP solutions.
- GROW with SAP is designed to be leaner, more straightforward, and more predictable. It includes well-structured SKUs to onboard customers and get them live in just a few weeks with a controlled budget and deliverables. This program is targeted at mid-size companies and Net New Names with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition.
GROW with SAP is Changing the Future of Mid-market Businesses
GROW with SAP is specifically designed to cater to the needs of medium sized businesses looking for a fast deployment option. It offers several significant benefits, such as –- Fast deployment of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
- Uncomplicated evaluation and deployment process
- Access to case studies and relevant data to assist customers in creating optimized rollout plans
- Continuous automation and innovation
- Ready-to-run cloud ERP solution for small and midsize companies
- Self-service acceleration tools and services
- Embedded SAP Build portfolio that includes low-code solutions built on SAP BTP for on-the-go automation
- Ready-to-go preconfigured processes
Choose the right path for your business: GROW with SAP vs RISE with SAP
GROW with SAP has primarily been modeled on the lines of RISE for a parallel mid-market, there are some specific differentiators to enable the product-fit for this market.
As a midsize business ripe for making it big, it makes sense to overhaul your technology systems for business management.
The mid-size market has, in fact, been characterized by a positive and optimistic outlook, serving as a fertile ground for unconventional innovations, innovative ideas and unique product-service combinations.
However, despite the rapid development of this market, many leaders in the mid-market sector face significant economic challenges at both the macro and micro level, such as inflation, disruptions in the supply chain, shortage of raw materials and a lack of skilled workers.
These challenges make it exceedingly difficult for them to maintain a steady pace of growth.
A critical growth strategy for mid-sized companies is to undergo digital transformation across the entire value chain, from production to sales. Digital transformation can help businesses save time, improve efficiencies, enhance customer experiences and ultimately increase profitability.
In order to achieve this, mid-sized companies are turning to growth-focused cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions as the next-generation solution.
Growth Strategies for Mid-market Companies
Streamline processes, automate workflows and provide real-time insights into business operations, allowing mid-sized companies to make better, data-driven decisions.
It’s becoming increasingly common for mid-sized companies to adopt or plan to invest in ERP solutions. In order to succeed, businesses must prioritize technology and utilize ERP solutions to improve internal operations and enhance customer experiences.
SAP has recently introduced GROW with SAP, a solution aimed at providing a comprehensive cloud-based ERP suite to mid-market businesses.
The offering includes SAP S/4HANA Public Cloudalong with faster adoption services, pre-configured best practices, embedded AI, automation capabilities and SAP Business Technology Platform.
GROW with SAP & RISE with SAP: An Introduction
GROW with SAP has overlaps and differences with RISE with SAP and SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
- RISE with SAP is a more flexible and tailored offering that aims to provide a complete solution using cloud services from SAP. It targets the existing SAP customer base running on other SAP solutions.
- GROW with SAP is designed to be leaner, more straightforward, and more predictable. It includes well-structured SKUs to onboard customers and get them live in just a few weeks with a controlled budget and deliverables. This program is targeted at mid-size companies and Net New Names with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition.
GROW with SAP is Changing the Future of Mid-market Businesses
GROW with SAP is specifically designed to cater to the needs of medium sized businesses looking for a fast deployment option. It offers several significant benefits, such as –
- Fast deployment of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
- Uncomplicated evaluation and deployment process
- Access to case studies and relevant data to assist customers in creating optimized rollout plans
- Continuous automation and innovation
- Ready-to-run cloud ERP solution for small and midsize companies
- Self-service acceleration tools and services
- Embedded SAP Build portfolio that includes low-code solutions built on SAP BTP for on-the-go automation
- Ready-to-go preconfigured processes
Choose the right path for your business: GROW with SAP vs RISE with SAP
GROW with SAP has primarily been modeled on the lines of RISE for a parallel mid-market, there are some specific differentiators to enable the product-fit for this market.
| Particulars | SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud | RISE with SAP | GROW with SAP | Description |
| Basics | A ready-to-run cloud ERP that delivers the latest industry best practices and offers continuous innovation. Full SaaS ERP Continuous Upgrades Extensibility Delivered by SAP, with VC ERP integrations | Highly flexible, included in base and premium BPA Build Process Automation Digital Supplier Network (Ariba) AIN Asset Intelligence Network Signavio PM Business Process Insights BPI Disaster Recovery capabilities Test and Data Refresh options | SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud | These services are part of the SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud so for any of the offerings; Baseline Activation Service (Activation of foundation scope in 30 days max using predefined bundle) are part of the standard SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud so it’s included in all 3 offerings: Fixed scope and price One legal entity Finance (Accounting and Financial Close, Operations, Treasury, etc.) Sourcing and Procurement (Supplier Management, Sourcing and Sourcing and contract management, Procurement, or Invoice management) Sales (Order and contract management) Supply Chain (Order processing, Inventory) Activation Accelerators (Templates and automation accelerators for configuration, migration, and testing) |
| Targeted for | Existing SAP customers, Large Enterprise Tier 1 (ECC customers) and Tier 2 (ECC or S/4HANA customers with subsidiaries or acquisitions) | |||
| Editions | Base and Premium Base (Procure to Pay, Order to Cash and Finance fundamentals + BTP Process Automation , CPEA Credits) Premium Same as Base + BTP Build Apps (low Code/No code) + Finance Accelerators | Base and Premium Base with basic finance capabilities and BTP usage Premium Same as Base with enhanced Finance for more prominent mid-market companies. | ||
| AMS | VC ERP | VC ERP | End User Support (Incident Management and Issue Resolution) AMS Managed Services Advisory (Strategy, Roadmap, Business Consulting) Continuous Innovation Services (e.g. iRPA, AI/ML, Industry Cloud Extension) AMS (Content Management, Release Management, Process, Scope Expansion) Functional Technical AMS (Extensibility Framework, Cloud Development & Integration) Data Management & Services Analytics / BI Testing / Test Management Content Management & Extensibility Framework Cloud Application Lifecycle Management | |
| Extensibility | BTP API Business Hub SAP Endorsed Apps SAP Solution Extensions Side By Side Extensibility (like Custom ABAP Development ADT) BTP ABAP Environment | |||
| CPEA | Yes | Yes | Cloud Platform Enterprise Agreement (CPEA) is Cloud Credit for customers where they don’t need to license an SAP BTP service individually. Cloud credits entitle flexible usage of all consumption-based services, with no need to define which services customers will use | |
| Learning Journeys | Included | Included | BTP Learning Journeys Extensibility Advisory Integration App Dev and Automation learning Side by Side extensions with BTP SAP Analytics cloud learning journey |
* This table is not an exhaustive list; it’s an April 2023 status, highly prone to changes, aimed to show the differentiation of the three offerings to give you an overview of the situation.
Explore the Next Wave of Cloud ERP with VC ERP Today!
GROW with SAP is a targeted cloud ERP offering for small and mid-market players, with a clear roadmap, predictable pricing, and rapid implementation timeline. This move is expected to tap into the parallel mid-market demand, potentially driving the next wave of growth for the company, building on the success of RISE.
Furthermore, VC ERP provides a new market of implementation services for mid-sized businesses eager to move to the cloud. Accelerate your digital transformation journey with ERP-as-a-service offering.
Are you ready to transform your mid-market business into an intelligent enterprise? Get in touch with the best SAP Gold Partner in India, VC ERP Consulting today.
Whatsapp +254 111229970 (Kenya), Call +91 7948998911 (India), Call +1 469 915 6026 (North America) , +974 31239246 (MENA) or drop an E-mail at sayhello@vc-erp.com
