Business software leader SAP today boosted its drive in the SME market with the announcement that it is adding 60 SAP Best Practices offerings to deepen its industry- and geographic market-specific support of midsize companies.
Designed for SAP All-in-One solutions for midsize companies, SAP Best Practices offerings include "out of the box" integrated business processes, methodologies and documentation to help companies expedite solution implementation and improve operational excellence.
The new offerings target 60 new micro-vertical industry segments and will help companies in these segments draw on the proven expertise of SAP and its customer and partner ecosystem. Based on the latest release of SAP ERP, the additions extend the global reach of SAP Best Practices to 37 countries and 17 languages.
Says Derek Kudsee, head of SAP's SME operations in Africa: "Companies that are single-mindedly going for growth constantly look for ways to improve their operations and processes so that they can continue driving expansion.
"The best practices that SAP offers for specific industries provide South Africa's mid-size enterprises with a fast track to transforming their growth prospects. Being able to avoid piecemeal development around something like an accounting package can truly turbo-charge the prospects of a growth-oriented business," says Kudsee.
Defined by the business expertise of SAP and the collective experience of its partner and customer ecosystem, SAP Best Practices offerings enable customers to benefit from the company's more than 35 years of industry leadership in business applications. The new offerings allow companies to increase the speed and efficiency of implementations as well as the ability to focus on competitive differentiation by starting with pre-configured industry best practices out of the box. The new offerings enable end-to-end business process scenarios for specific industries such as process manufacturing, consumer products and professional services and are further available in specialised country versions to support customers in all operating regions of SAP.
Combining SAP business process expertise in serving the world's leading companies with the know-how of SAP All-in-One channel partners, SAP Best Practices offerings meet the resource, price and industry requirements of midsize companies while laying a scalable foundation for business growth. Together with SAP ERP, the offerings provide the business foundation that SAP All-in-One partners enhance further with their unique industry expertise and services to create qualified SAP All-in-One solutions. Midsize companies can choose from a broad micro-vertical portfolio of over 650 qualified SAP All-in-One partner solutions available in more than 50 countries. Further flexibility is built into the new offerings by leveraging the latest release of SAP ERP and the SAP NetWeaver platform. Based on enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) technology, the new version of SAP ERP enables growing businesses around the world to quickly deploy SAP ERP while lowering operating risks and providing the flexibility to fine-tune and tailor to a customer's specific requirements.
More than 9 600 SAP All-in-One customers around the world leverage SAP Best Practices to experience faster deployment and return on their investment.
"The SAP Best Practices portfolio addresses the process requirements and unique business characteristics of midsize companies operating in dozens of industries around the world," said Hans-Peter Klaey, president, SME, SAP AG. "Through continued collaboration with our channel partners, we will develop and deliver innovative SAP Best Practices offerings that help our customers realise shorter, more predictable and affordable implementations and increased operational flexibility."
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SAP is the world's leading provider of business software*. More than 41 200 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP applications - from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small and midsize enterprises to suite offerings for global organisations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including hi-tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP". (Additional information at http://www.sap.com.)
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