SAP is serious about serving mid-market companies. They are doing this through a new commercial bundle called "Grow with SAP." Launched in 2023, this bundle consists of two versions: the basic variant and the premium variant. There are some changes in the premium variant. We set it out for you in this article.
What is "Grow with SAP?"
Grow with SAP is a bundle of SAP software and services aimed at mid-market companies not yet using SAP or cloud ERP. It includes just about everything you need for a successful and fast implementation, think standard processes, low-code/no-code environment for customizations, Group Reporting, Advanced Financial Close and now also SAP Analytics Cloud Planning. A more detailed explanation of Grow with SAP can be found on this web page.
What has changed?
As announced by SAP during our SAP Close-up in December, a useful change has been made to the content of the premium version of this package for 2024, namely the inclusion of SAP Analytics Cloud Planning. This allows SAP users to use predictive analytics and machine learning, among other things, based on data in S/4HANA at no additional cost. SAP Analytics Cloud is especially useful in combination with S/4HANA because of the connection between planning and actual figures, automatic allocations and the financial analysis dashboards.
In practice
The premium bundle of Grow with SAP will further ease financial planning and consolidation. Local accounting figures from the ERP can be consolidated into Group Reporting and then used to report corporate and local figures in Analytics Cloud.
When you start the planning cycle you start with actuals. In Analytics Cloud, you create and manage the different planning, budget and forecast versions in a user-friendly way. If you need business allocations or different driver scenarios, you can now use automatic allocations, value tree drivers, data actions and stories. These local planning figures can be exported to Group Reporting and consolidated there for Analytics Cloud. This way you can compare both corporate and local planning directly with actuals on a "Single Source of Truth".
Expanding with this integration has led Finext to specialize in SAP's financial stack. By working with the same data model in planning, consolidation and accounting, we bring even more confidence to your "Single Source of Truth" in S/4HANA.
Finext is SAP partner for S/4HANA Cloud, Group Reporting and Analytics Cloud - and with our partners we cover the full Grow with SAP package, including automated data migration and validation, full project management and implementation of (Cloud) ERP.
Want to know more about Grow with SAP?
Register for the SAP Close-up on May 23, 2024 for the latest information on SAP Cloud Finance and an enjoyable get-together with the experts from Finext, SAP and our partners. You can find more information and register directly via this webpage.
