The SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud: A unique growth platform for medium-sized companies with big ambitions

Not for everyone, but for many
Are there instances where SAP’s Public Cloud Edition is not for you? Absolutely. If you have a high need for customised processes and bespoke solutions, you are probably likely to find the S/HANA Public Cloud Edition too rigid but even for these types of companies, there are extensible solutions involving exposing data to other cloud applications or developing custom solutions in SAP’s cloud platform-as-a-service, SAP Business Transformation Platform (BTP)

However, there are many instances where the S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition shouldbe the number one choice for your business:

• Medium-sized or niche companies with high growth ambitions typically find that the SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud provides exactly the scalability and leading practices they need to support their growth journeys.
• SAP S/4HANA also makes sense for smaller organisations with an ambitious, digital mindset.
• The SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud can also be an ideal solution for larger companies with small foreign subsidiaries where they need to deploy standard business processes (and still fully integrated with the “mother ship”, so to speak), but without the difficulties of setting up and customising an on-premise solution for each of the separate subsidiaries.
• And finally, large companies can also leverage the SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud for example to support a newly formed spin-off company and transition it away from the parent company’s systems.

Time to accelerate your growth
The gist of the story: For many companies wanting to grow their business, the SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud is a simple, intuitive, fast and proven way to implement a clean digital core that is ready to meet the goals of an evolving business.

For example, the Public Cloud allows you to…

• Simplify your systems landscape and core business processes, so you can spend more time on selling, partnerships and innovation.
• Dynamically access the latest SAP application suite on demand, for example SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba, SAP Customer Experience families and even third-party systems or your own extensions connecting via open APIs. You will also have access to a growing selection of tailored industry solutions – and you can easily connect to your business partners, for example if you have outsourced production or warehousing.
• Invest in a software suite where you know exactly what you get – and where you join a global community of high-growth companies who already know what “big and successful” looks like.
• Grow your company with the strongest possible financial backbone and clear visibility into your finance picture to support strategic decision-making as well as daily needs.
• Over time, take advantage of the full benefits of SAP software, for example to realise more value throughout your supply chain, engage your customers more meaningfully, empower the workforce in new ways, leverage AI capabilities, and ultimately develop the competitive edge you need as the digital business realm evolves.

Today, many large companies are already moving their SAP on-premise platforms to the cloud, harvesting the benefits of cost savings, scalability, simplification and rapid innovation. For small, medium-sized and niche companies that seek a flexible and rapid approach to support growth, SAP’s Public Cloud Edition can offer an even simpler way forward.

The best part: Companies canget started with leading core digital processes in weeks and months, rather than years. What usually takes time is organising and streamlining your data. Once you have done that, it is relatively easy to upload them into the cloud. Then select the processes you want to run – and the integrations you need, and you are essentially ready to start your journey. It is not that difficult, and we are here to help.