Each new digital innovation promises to help business operations run faster, more productively, and with greater scale and impact. But getting the most value out of these technologies isn’t always a given.
For example, SAP customers who choose to migrate their legacy ERP systems to SAP S/4HANA. Very quickly, they realize that the traditional model for ERP implementations cannot keep up with the dynamic nature of intelligent ERP. Everything from extensive customizations, IT-dependent decision-making, and complex user experiences to incomplete and inconsistent integrations fall short of the promises of process standardization, experience management, and data trust that customers expect.
Initially, SAP offered the SAP Activate innovation adoption process to provide a transparent method of structured, solution-specific practices carried out in a standardized environment. Now, SAP Model Company becomes part of the SAP Activate methodology .
SAP Model Company initially included pre-packaged, ready-to-use, end-to-end reference solutions for industries or lines of business, all aimed at simplifying and increasing the speed of SAP S/4HANA implementations. As customers became more mature digital innovators and strategists, the services were restructured on an interoperable architecture that allowed customers to combine line of business and industry model companies as required.
The evolution of SAP Model Company has now reached a point of maturity and opportunity for customers and partners. All line-of-business and industry-specific systems designed, interoperable capabilities introduced, and integrated deployment framework enabled by SAP are converged, allowing partners to apply standard services methodology when implementing SAP S/4HANA.
This model next-generation business strategy qualifies partners on two levels:
Solution Level: Partners commit to using SAP Model Company as the foundation for solution development and innovation efforts. They have access to the partner development environment and go-to-market strategy for the SAP Model Company and SAP Value Assurance service packages. Intellectual property developed by partners in this environment can achieve SAP Model Company certification.
Qualification Level: Partners gain access to the go-to-market strategy for the SAP Model Company and SAP Value Assurance service packages. They can benefit from the education and content available. Partners who enter the qualification program can be named a “qualified partner for SAP Model Company and SAP Value Assurance services”.
With the next generation partner strategy for SAP Model Company, it is easier than ever for SAP partners to guide their customers in the right direction. Partners across all areas of expertise can provide strategic services aligned with standard best practices, supported by the latest technology and executed quickly.