GROW with SAP is not a product. It is a journey. It is a framework for helping a business digitally transform and streamline operations with the industry-leading SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition enterprise resource planning solution (ERP).
As the public cloud version of SAP’s flagship ERP solution, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition does it all: It unifies financial management with sales, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, human resources, and all of the other various business functions that make a successful organization tick. It supports a business today, and it also scales to support technological changes and rapid business growth later.
One challenge is getting started with S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, however. Even with it being an affordable, scalable backend solution for fast-growing small to mid-sized businesses, its complexity as an industrial-strength ERP still makes rollout feel daunting.
That’s where GROW with SAP comes in. The GROW with SAP program is a prepackaged version of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition that comes with best practices preconfigured and foundational technologies ready for use out of the box. This prepackaged ERP solution is paired with the SAP Activate methodology, templates, automation accelerators, and extra support for a faster rollout.
The idea behind GROW with SAP is to make the ERP adoption journey faster and more standardized for businesses that are using an SAP ERP solution for the first time. GROW with SAP helps a business roll out a complete, full-featured cloud ERP in as little as four to six weeks. This is in marked contrast to what came before when SAP ERP solutions of comparable strength often took six months to two years for a complete implementation.
The Meaning of GROW
While the “GROW” in GROW with SAP isn’t technically an acronym, it could be. Embedded in the word GROW are several key value propositions for businesses that adopt the solution. So let’s look at each letter in the context of how GROW with SAP can benefit a growing business.
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Gain Control
GROW with SAP helps a business streamline operations with real-time insights and unified processes, empowering you to make better business decisions.
When all company data is housed within a single cloud-based ERP system, visibility and control is increased. Businesses that use S/4HANA Cloud can establish and enforce unified processes that ensure standardized operating procedures that drive efficiency and cut down on manual errors.
By housing all business data in the cloud and making it accessible across applications, businesses also can see what’s happening within a business in real time and both automate processes and mine this data for accurate business planning.
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Reduce Complexity
Using S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, businesses can eliminate outdated, disconnected systems with a solution that’s modern, intuitive, and easy to implement.
Running operations on a single, unified ERP system significantly cuts down on system complexity. When all departments and business applications use a single system with shared data and a unified user interface, a patchwork of siloed or loosely connected business systems just can’t compete.
GROW with SAP removes the need for software patching and hardware maintenance, and the ongoing issue of keeping disparate backend systems talking with each other. S/4HANA Cloud just works, keeping everything standardized and together.
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Optimize Efficiency
The GROW with SAP solution drives productivity by automating repetitive tasks and standardizing workflows across your organization.
Everything within the SAP S/4HANA Cloud can be automated. This system-wide automation potential means that organizations can fully take advantage of automation across the business for levels of efficiency usually reserved for Fortune 500 companies.
Standard automation is configured and ready to use out of the box, and both the IT department and employees also can easily set up automation for more streamlined workflows.
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Win with Agility
Adapt quickly to changing market conditions with S/4HANA Cloud’s scalable, modular platform designed for growth.
The S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition platform is built around a small ERP core that hooks into modules and plugins that extend the solution. So your business can turn on or off functionality as needed, grab industry-specific features through the SAP Business Technology Platform marketplace, and quickly roll out custom applications that hook into the system. Of course, the platform also is infinitely scalable as a cloud-based solution hosted by SAP.
This modularity and scalability enable your business to try out new business models, adopt the latest technology innovation, and pivot easily as market conditions and business imperatives demand. SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition was built from the ground up for business agility and rapid change.
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See GROW with SAP in Action
It is safe to say that GROW with SAP and the underlying S/4HANA Cloud solution is a true game-changer for business. We’ve been helping businesses implement ERP solutions for more than 30 years as an SAP Gold Partner, and honestly GROW with SAP is a huge evolution in terms of flexible, powerful ERP deployment.
Learn more about how GROW with SAP can help your business by scheduling a demo or contacting one of our experienced ERP consultants at (801) 642-0123 or info@nbs-us.com.
