Introducing the Customer Journey to the SAP Business Suite

SAP Business Suite is the one joint destination for our customers, but there are two distinct journeys to get there. While RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP may have originated as part of the purchasing process, the focus today is shifting, from what is bought to the transformation journey itself. What’s changing is not the core product, but the way SAP guides organizations through their transformation. RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP represent two distinct journeys toward adopting SAP Business Suite, tailored to meet organizations wherever they are in their transformation.

Many organizations are currently running on-premise ERP systems, including SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, or earlier versions. RISE with SAP enables the transformation success of our existing customers, helping them innovate and thrive at scale. It offers a structured path to modernize their business with SAP Business Suite, with multiple options available depending on the customer’s current landscape and specific requirements.

One path is to start fresh with SAP Business Suite Packages.

Another option is a hybrid approach that combines SAP Cloud ERP Private with an optional two-tier setup, where subsidiaries or other parts of the business use SAP Cloud ERP alongside other SAP Business Suite solutions.

Organizations starting fresh with SAP can follow the GROW with SAP journey, a streamlined entry point into SAP Business Suite. This journey is ideal for companies seeking rapid deployment, standardized best practices, and the scalability to grow as their business evolves.

Both journeys are supported by flexible, commercial models to meet the customer’s unique needs, ensuring a seamless cloud journey. In the same way, we make sure that each journey is supported by proven methodologies, advanced tools, and expert guidance to unlock the full potential of SAP Business Suite.

The RISE with SAP journey helps our existing ERP customers transform their current systems to SAP Business Suite. This journey includes a proven methodology, leading tools such as SAP Signavio, SAP LeanIX, and WalkMe, and services designed to adhere to SAP’s clean core principles, making businesses more agile and ready for innovation. Guided by an Enterprise Architect, customers receive support in aligning IT architecture with business strategy and operating models, ensuring a smooth transformation and adherence to clean core principles to maximize business outcomes. The enhanced SAP Cloud ERP Private package is designed to support our existing customers even further in their transformation journey, bringing business applications, transformation tools and services, and cloud optimization and extensibility services closer.

The GROW with SAP journey is designed to bring SAP Business Suite to new customers. This journey simplifies the onboarding process by providing prepackaged and pre-integrated modules that cover all essential business capabilities. These modules are offered at transparent, usage-based pricing. Moreover, GROW with SAP supports businesses in scaling efficiently and effectively, empowering them to use the full potential of SAP Business Suite from the outset. As customers expand their operations, they may be eligible to take advantage of transformation incentives which are strategically designed to support moves from on-premise and private cloud solutions, as well as certain third-party solutions, to fully integrated public cloud successors. This approach ensures that new customers can seamlessly adopt and expand their SAP footprint, reaping the benefits of robust, integrated solutions that drive growth and innovation