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SAP on public or private cloud: Choosing the right path to support your business

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Whatever your starting point, PwC can help

We help customers in many different scenarios unlock value from SAP solutions on both public and private cloud. The most common cases are:

  • Companies eager to migrate off an old SAP system
  • Companies taking a “two tier” approach – keeping their core businesses on private cloud, while moving decentral, smaller subsidiaries or entities to public cloud to boost agility
  • Clients moving their entire businesses to public cloud to accelerate innovation
  • Companies aiming to get an implementation back on track
  • Organisations that migrated to SAP Cloud ERP Private swiftly as SAP terminates support for its older ECC applications, but are now looking to unlock more value
  • Mid-size companies looking for a scalable ERP with ready-to-run business processes and built-in AI

Wherever you’re coming from, we’ll help you choose the right path to enable your business to thrive in the short and long term.

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Choosing the right ERP option

SAP has set out its vision for the future of business – the Autonomous Enterprise – where AI and humans work in harmony to drive real business results. AI agents and assistants automate core business processes, while humans steer, oversee, and enforce governance and compliance at every step.

For many clients, this vision feels very distant to where they are today. Clients considering or already working on ERP transformations are asking us how they should adapt their plans to get closer to the Autonomous Enterprise vision.

Our answer: we will work with you to develop a plan that best suits your specific business needs and circumstances.

We help you:

  • Select the best option for your business, which might be private cloud, public cloud, or a combination of both
  • Review and prioritise SAP’s new technology announcements to decide which to incorporate into your plans and when
  • Navigate key considerations that you will encounter whichever path you choose, such as:
    • Building your data strategy.
    • Establishing a clean core for your ERP so that you can take advantage of future functionality as it’s released.
    • Preparing your business to become more autonomous.
    • Streamlining and automating your business processes.
    • Shaping your future workforce – remapping people’s skills and redesigning your organisational structure to build an adaptive, augmented workforce that harnesses AI and automation to meet your business goals.
    • Keeping a firm handle on risk, governance and compliance.

Using other SAP technologies to drive value from data and AI

Alongside supporting your ERP transformation, we help you take advantage of other SAP technologies to benefit your business, such as:

  • SAP Business Data Cloud, which provides a central place for all enterprise data – structured and unstructured, SAP and non-SAP – to deliver greater visibility and a robust foundation for AI
  • SAP Business AI Platform – an enterprise AI foundation that brings together AI, data, process context and governance, so you can build, integrate and run AI to deliver real business impact
  • Joule, SAP’s AI solution that serves two important purposes:
    • Managing the AI assistants and agents that run end-to-end business processes
    • Acting as a powerful AI copilot – letting employees interact with business processes and data using natural language and get instant answers to drive better business decisions.
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Supporting customers on their transformation journeys

Take a look at this video to hear from Martin Paul, Global SAP Alliance and Competence Leader, and Neil Morton, Global SAP Alliance Director, as they discuss how PwC is helping customers on their journey from ECC to SAP Cloud ERP.

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RISE and GROW with SAP are the journeys to get you there

There are two main routes to modernising your ERP:

  1. The RISE with SAP journey moves on-premises SAP ERP systems to private cloud (SAP Cloud ERP Private), letting you retain the custom functionality your business needs. You can then tailor your transformation as you modernise your business with SAP Autonomous Suite.
  2. The GROW with SAP journey moves you straight to SAP Cloud ERP – SAP’s public cloud, ready-to-run enterprise management solution that comes complete with built-in automation, embedded AI, real-time reporting and robust business processes. The aim is to start quickly with the essentials, then gradually implement additional parts of SAP Autonomous Suite to unlock more value.

Why PwC?

  • We provide you with deep expertise in SAP, AI, business transformation, tax, legal, industries, business functions, processes, and much more, so you get holistic support to meet your business needs
  • Our deployment assessment helps determine whether private or public cloud is the right fit for your business, and identifies potential implementation challenges so we can address them upfront
  • Our goal is always to provide the best advice and support to meet your business objectives

Interested?

Learn more by clicking the links below or contacting the team.

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Marc Bourdé

EMEA SAP Alliance Leader, PwC United Kingdom

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Alexander Hartwig

Partner, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Leader, PwC Germany

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