As businesses worldwide eagerly adopt the public version of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, the company’s cutting-edge enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP stands at the forefront of innovation. Its advanced solutions, harnessing new technologies and decades of industry best practices, promise a future of rapid and effective ERP implementation.
SAP offers two leading ERP implementation solutions: GROW WITH SAP and RISE WITH SAP. To determine which is best for your organization, it’s essential to understand GROW with SAP and how it varies from RISE with SAP.
What is GROW with SAP?
GROW with SAP is an ERP implementation solution by SAP for businesses transitioning from traditional industry resource planning techniques. Its services, solutions, and knowledge resources are designed to facilitate effective implementation.
This solution is created on the SAP S/4HANA Cloud public edition ERP and relies on artificial intelligence (AI) and decades of industry best practices. It offers preconfigured features that can be used to implement the SAP S/4HANA Cloud public edition rapidly.
GROW with SAP is a comprehensive solution and a reliable companion for novice cloud ERP implementers. It provides complete access to a well-established SAP community of experienced software developers, consultants, mentors, beginners, and users. With the SAP Business Technology Platform, this ERP implementation offering empowers you to optimize business processes and objectives through information and analytics, application development, automation, integration, and AI.
If you want to learn to implement an ERP solution for manufacturing in your business with minimal assistance from IT specialists, GROW with SAP is an ideal option. It offers numerous benefits, including training, efficiency, and optimized adoption.What is RISE with SAP?
RISE with SAP is an ERP adoption solution that allows you to migrate your traditional ERP information and processes to a cloud system without compromising or risking your data. It is a collection of customized ERP solutions, expert guides, transformative services, and business analytics that offer a personalized path to implementing a reputable cloud ERP system such as SAP S/4HANA Cloud public edition.
This process helps you grow your business and revenue with unique, industry-specific best practices. To optimize your ERP capabilities, you must have a clean core ERP implementation strategy.
This is where the RISE with SAP implementation process comes in handy. It enables you to quickly understand, improve, and streamline your processes at scale. RISE with SAP enables you to continuously improve your business by providing you with valuable insights that you can utilize to optimize your business processes.Compare the two options
Although GROW with SAP was designed for mid-sized businesses, some features are similar to those in RISE with SAP. For example, both processes provide continuous upgrades with no disruptions and are based on a three-system architecture: development, testing, and production. This means that changes and updates are first made in the development system, then tested in the testing system, and finally implemented in the production system, ensuring a smooth and controlled implementation process.
Both processes are designed to onboard users to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud implementation process. With these offerings, you can install all modules in the ERP suite.
If you’re wondering what SAP S/4HANA modules are, they’re the core components of the ERP software that help you streamline various aspects of your business. These modules include finance, which manages your company’s financial operations; logistics, which handles your supply chain and warehouse management; manufacturing, which oversees your production processes; procurement, which manages your purchasing activities; and more. Each module is designed to optimize and automate specific business functions.
Even though the two offerings have some similarities, they also have several significant differences. For instance, RISE with SAP is a custom-built, flexible, and fully solution-oriented offering. It targets existing SAP users running on previous SAP solutions and Net New Names with large or complex SAP cloud implementation needs, giving them the power to shape their ERP journey and feel empowered in their ERP implementation.
GROW with SAP, on the other hand, is leaner and more predictable, targeting users with specific budgets and expectations. This will help you implement your SAP cloud effectively. This implementation program allows you to get your business up and running in a matter of weeks.
GROW with SAP focuses on Net New Names, which refers to new customers who are not currently using SAP solutions and midsized enterprises. It is expected to keep evolving and accommodating new users. On the other hand, RISE with SAP can be used for hybrid and two-tier deployments in critical enterprise use cases such as affiliates, acquisitions, new incubation, and divestitures. It is better suited to existing SAP users still using previous SAP solutions and those requiring extensive or complex SAP cloud implementations.In Conclusion
When deciding on an ERP implementation strategy, businesses should consider their size, budget, complexity, timeline, and existing systems. Reaching your ERP objectives necessitates careful planning, whether you require a turnkey solution or a highly customized approach.
For more information on choosing your organization’s best SAP implementation path, contact Pinnacle’s Business Solutions’ ERP experts. Our consultants have hands-on expertise with SAP products and migrations. We can conduct an in-depth assessment and recommend the best solutions for your business requirements. Contact us today to start the conversation and take the first steps toward SAP S/4HANA success.
