An ERP system is the digital heartbeat of any organisation. As a central platform, it connects the key business areas – from procurement and inventory management to production, sales, accounting and controlling. In short: the ERP system orchestrates and coordinates all essential business processes.
Given its central importance, it’s understandable why many companies hesitate to switch to a more modern ERP system – or to take the step into a new ERP environment at all.
In the mid-market, many organisations rely for far too long on isolated in-house solutions or continue using legacy ERP systems that have long since reached their limits and can no longer scale. The result: what once worked well becomes a barrier to growth.
A look inside a – admittedly fictional – medium-sized cosmetics company shows what this can mean in practice.
No or the Wrong ERP System? A Common Growth Barrier
A mid-sized cosmetics company is still working with an outdated inventory management system. Processes such as order handling, stock bookings and variant management involve a great deal of manual effort. Errors frequently occur – for instance, when transferring data between systems. On top of that, the system lacks seamless integration with key sales channels such as e-commerce platforms or retail partners. The consequences? More double data entry, more media breaks, more typos.
Even more problematic is the system’s inability to support industry-specific requirements: best-before dates, batch traceability and regulatory documentation obligations are difficult – if not impossible – to map. At the same time, the management team struggles with outdated data. Reports and KPIs often arrive late or incomplete. This slows down decision-making, increases costs and makes it harder to scale – especially when entering new or international markets.
SAP Cloud ERP: Greater Transparency, Efficiency and Growth
A missing or outdated ERP system can quickly become a real barrier to growth.
The forward-looking answer to this challenge is SAP Cloud ERP: As a central platform, it integrates all business processes in real time – from finance and production to logistics and sales – creating transparency and automating routine tasks.
The solution enables consistent processes, real-time reporting and straightforward integration with third-party applications. It is secure (GDPR-compliant, ISO-certified) and scales with the business – without the need for costly hardware or extensive IT maintenance.
Seven reasons to choose SAP’s cloud-based ERP system:
Unified and consistent processes
Real-time transparency
Higher efficiency and productivity
Flexibility and scalability
Security and compliance
Innovation platform
Cost efficiency and cost transparency
Moving to SAP Cloud ERP with PART
When switching to or introducing SAP Cloud ERP, PART supports mid-sized companies with more than 30 years of expertise as a certified SAP partner. What matters most: the transition to the cloud-based ERP system must be fast, secure and structured.
To make that happen, PART guides organisations through a clearly defined and proven process. It covers five stages – from strategy and process modelling to implementation, go-live and continuous optimisation. This ensures full transparency at every step of the journey toward the ERP system of the future.
In five steps to the future:
Preparation & Strategy
Target Vision & Migration Strategy
Implementation
Go-Live & Hypercare
Operations & Continuous Development
With SAP Cloud ERP, companies benefit from greater efficiency, flexibility and future-readiness – at transparent costs and with minimal risk. ERP becomes not just a system, but a driver of innovation and sustainable growth.
Want to know more about introducing SAP Cloud ERP and how PART can guide you along the way? Download our free whitepaper "How to Successfully Transition to SAP Cloud ERP: The SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud for the Process Industry".
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