Business Chief Europe Magazine April 2021 | Page 174

SAP RETAIL
“ At SAP we call this the digital core , because that gives the companies an opportunity to leverage that from a solid foundation ,” pointed out Schroeder , who says that retailers implementing these changes have now “ started to eat ” and have an advantage especially during the pandemic .
RISE with SAP RISE with SAP is a completely new way for customers of all sizes , at any stage of their digital transformation , to move to the cloud and redesign and improve processes without high up-front investments . It will allow retailers to clean up the clutter and prepare for how they want to operate today and into the future .
RISE provides a blueprint that companies can implement at their own pace with the advantage of one contract , one responsible party for service level agreements , operations and issue handling .
The offering itself includes three elements :
• A business model redesign based on SAP ’ s business process expertise
• A technical migration leveraging SAP ’ s tools , services , and extensive ecosystem
• An Intelligent Enterprise “ starter pack ”
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