Preparing for RISE with SAP

What is Rise with SAP RISE with SAP represents SAP’s Business Transformation as a Service (BTaaS) framework, aimed at facilitating and accelerating your business transformation. The goal? To create a more efficient, seamless, and resilient operational approach. This article outlines essential steps for preparing to adopt RISE with SAP and ensuring its success.

Why Consider RISE with SAP?

The RISE with SAP offering merges cloud services, SAP software solutions, infrastructure services, and managed services. This comprehensive strategy focuses on modernizing operations and leveraging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Benefits of adopting RISE with SAP include:

• Simplified IT Management: Enjoy integrated management with comprehensive support, reducing the number of contact points with SAP.
• Enhanced Operational Agility: Utilize cutting-edge technologies and features from SAP, such as the SAP Integration Suite, to improve responsiveness.
• Cost Optimization: Reduce management and maintenance costs by integrating cloud services, software solutions, and managed services into one offering.
• Access to Innovation: Leverage application development opportunities to drive innovation.
• End-to-End Security: Benefit from orchestrated IS security managed by SAP.

Establishing a Strong Foundation

The prerequisites for implementing RISE with SAP depend on your organization’s specific needs. However, regardless of your objectives, it’s crucial to consider the following factors.

First, conduct a thorough assessment of your business requirements to understand what you need for a successful transformation.

Next, ensure that your infrastructure can support the new solution and fully leverage the cloud services and embedded SAP software. Take time to assess your servers, storage capacity, and network connectivity.. If you have an existing SAP environment, plan the necessary steps for transitioning from your legacy systems to the new framework. Additionally, don’t forget to check that your organization is subscribed to all the SAP software solutions essential for your transformation initiative.

To facilitate the implementation and adoption of the available solutions, you need to make sure that your business data is of high quality and that your processes are clearly defined beforehand, particularly if you’re using SAP for the first time.

Your next move is to develop a comprehensive plan for replacing legacy systems with the new solution. This plan should outline the sequence of migration steps, the resources required, user training, and change management strategies.
That plan will include:

• scheduling the migration steps,
• the resources required,
• user training
• and change management.

Before signing the contract with SAP, it’s essential to thoroughly review the RACI matrix to ensure that you are fully aware of the administrative tasks that SAP will or won’t cover, allowing your organization to adapt effectively in preparation for the run phase.

To successfully achieve all these objectives, it’s crucial to have support from a team, whether in-house or external, that possesses the necessary SAP expertise for a successful rollout.

Why Partner with oXya for Your RISE with SAP Journey?

Implementing RISE with SAP can be intricate, especially if it’s your first experience with it. While SAP serves as your primary contact for the new infrastructure delivery, you’ll still need to manage a number of migration-related tasks to ensure a smooth implementation.. This includes developing and customizing your project’s application components.

If your organization lacks certain SAP skills—such as SAP Basis, application integration, project management, change management, and user training—or if your internal teams are occupied, it’s vital to engage external experts with specialized SAP knowledge. These professionals can help set up and manage the new solution effectively, ensuring a successful rollout.

Feedback from our clients during production and rollout phases reveals that a partner can also coordinate and facilitate the project with SAP throughout the process.

As an SAP Services Partner, oXya collaborates with you to maximize the RISE with SAP offering. We guide you through various planning phases, including the technical aspects. Our SAP experts provide proactive guidance and day-to-day support during the operational phase.
To learn more about oXya’s RISE with SAP services, visit: RISE with SAP – oXya