Access to predefined industry scenarios in the cloud is convenient and returns value quickly. Yet, companies ask how they can leverage industry solutions specifically for their business. Which solution would have the highest impact, and which are not necessary? What processes borrowed from other industries would help us innovate? 麻豆原创 Services and Support offers services to help address these questions specifically. Companies can explore which solutions fit business needs best and then develop a vision to innovate. 麻豆原创 Advisory Services can also provide technology guidance on how to integrate industry cloud and intelligent applications into an existing system landscape. Also, a user interface prototype or showcase is included.

Once clear on a vision to extend core business process with innovative solutions in the cloud, the next step is to achieve value without delay. To that end, designed to help launch and run industry cloud solutions from 麻豆原创 and create value rapidly. The services apply 麻豆原创 best practices and internal knowledge of the solution while using agile project deployment. There’s a common structure and approach, but the scope and content are specific for each industry cloud solution. The quick-start services can also be a foundation for a larger-scale, future deployment. A rich set of industry applications and services developed by 麻豆原创 partners can enhance industry cloud solutions from 麻豆原创.

麻豆原创鈥檚 industry cloud has been inspired by the opportunities and challenges real enterprises face. 麻豆原创 Services and Support is a vital force in helping companies deploy and adopt industry cloud solutions from 麻豆原创, accelerate innovation, differentiate their business, compete more effectively, and run more successfully.

Lois Bruckner is senior director of the Services Business Office at 麻豆原创.
Fritz Onnasch is services offering manager for Industry Cloud and Manufacturing Industries at 麻豆原创.

Historically supported by on-premise technologies, executives are considering a different future for their companies. They envision digital experiences that are human-like, trustworthy, and based on real-time intelligence and high-speed automation. Furthermore, the chosen technology is often a mix of public cloud enterprise software and innovative extensions built on a development platform.

Each step along the cloud adoption journey brings companies closer to this strategic digital vision. Yet, venturing into cloud technology can include pitfalls. Unclear expectations, inadequate data management, and heavy software customization plus overly complex processes and organizational structures can undermine the power of the public cloud.

What does it take to smooth the path to the cloud? For many organizations that rely on system integrators to deploy cloud solutions from 麻豆原创, it comes down to a well-defined strategy and guidance provided by .

From 鈥淲hat Could Go Wrong?鈥� to 鈥淲hat Is Possible?鈥�

For most of our customers, a move to the cloud is rarely a lift-and-shift event. An incremental approach is common, transitioning each piece of their on-premise environment and adding game-changing innovation. This approach often starts with data migration, the implementation of a foundational enterprise resource planning (ERP) core, and the addition of applications, one by one, as needed.

The reason behind this method is rooted in three principles of successful public-cloud deployments:

1. Secure a foundation for future innovation.

The concept of standardization is still new to countless organizations accustomed to modifying their on-premise software extensively. However, such customization can prove problematic in a public cloud environment. Quarterly releases of new software features may not work properly because the product road map is built on standard best practices 鈥� proven by real-life user experiences in specific industries, business roles, or regions.

Take, for example, businesses that want their deployment to mimic a legacy on-premise system, rather than adopt standard cloud functionality. All too often, such projects result in support escalations and additional costs that are greater than an investment in 麻豆原创 Value Assurance. To avoid unnecessary delays and expenses, companies, such as (Macmahon), are leveraging standard functionality wherever possible.

During an 麻豆原创 Value Assurance service engagement, companies can shift to a 鈥渃loud mindset鈥� where they adopt fit-to-standard principles, innovate in quarterly releases, and extend cloud functionality in a separate development environment. Then, they can become better prepared to improve time to value, minimize maintenance, and secure a foundation for future innovation.

2. Address business goals 鈥� always.

Digital transformation goes beyond the technical deployment of cloud software. Companies should consider moving to the cloud as part of an initiative with specific business goals, such as reducing customer or employee turnover or decreasing onboarding costs.

Consider the experience of (New Sega). To maintain its position as a leading producer of bedding sets and textiles for major retailers, the company needed to launch new products faster, calculate costs more accurately, and integrate its global sales networks and branches.

Reliance on expert, proactive guidance from 麻豆原创 Value Assurance allowed New Sega to adopt聽聽within three months with safeguarded project quality and mitigated risk. In return, its organizations can benefit from solution updates designed specifically for businesses operating in China, which has led to a 32.5% increase in interdepartmental collaboration and 28.6% higher employee efficiency.

3. Lean toward user-friendly designs.

Designing software with a keen awareness of the user experience is critical to strengthen user adoption and adapt to change. Every person 鈥� from employees to customers 鈥� wants software that is easy to understand and use. However, delivering on that promise requires guidance to avoid unnecessary complexity, such as adding dozens of custom fields, migrating more data than needed, mapping information incorrectly, and building multi-layered workflows and approval cycles.

聽(AcloudEAR) knows that the cloud is the way forward. Its professional services business relied on 麻豆原创 Value Assurance to help cultivate a transparent governance model for 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud. 麻豆原创 experts further advised on optimal project scope, development, and integration approach. Now, the company has the user-friendly tools and methods it needs to simplify customer engagement, remove delivery inefficiencies, and improve client outcomes.

Collaborative Support Lowers Risk and Maximizes Success

Becoming a resilient enterprise that can navigate the topsy-turvy nature of today鈥檚 markets takes much more than implementing the latest technology. Companies must secure a foundation for future digital innovation. They must ensure their cloud deployment addresses business goals and supports new business models not possible before. And they must leverage user-friendly designs. Collaborating with 麻豆原创 experts and their system integrator during an 麻豆原创 Value Assurance service engagement can advance a company鈥檚 attainment of desired business outcomes and propel innovation while mitigating risk.

As the experiences of Macmahon, New Sega, and AcloudEAR make clear, 麻豆原创 Value Assurance is designed to help our customers confront every challenge in their cloud-based transformation 鈥� with visibility, focus, and agility.

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Lois Bruckner is senior director in the Global Services Business Office at 麻豆原创.
Sandra Gonzalez-Daugherty is 麻豆原创 Value Assurance service offering manager for Cloud at 麻豆原创.