The newly released SAP Business Suite powered by HANA has gained two big customers in Asia-Pacific Japan in the form of India’s Avon Cycles and China’s largest bottled water producer Nongfu Spring.
The new option for SAP Business Suite customers enables its business applications to capture and analyse transactional data in real-time on a single in-memory platform.
Kuljeet Singh Sethi, chief information officer of Avon Cycles, said his company has replaced the Oracle business suite with the Suite on HANA solution, adding that the power of doing business in real-time is immense.
“At Avon Cycles, we are constantly looking for ways to do things faster, smarter and more efficiently. We need to constantly manage a huge volume of bought out components – each bicycle has more than 360 components and there are over 200 models with an average of three sizes per model and three colours in each size,” Sethi says.
“Adding to the complexity is the challenge of forecasting our sales as bicycles are regarded as commodities in India, resulting in a very short lead time for material requirements planning. Transforming to real-time planning and monitoring of order fulfilment scenarios are extremely critical for Avon Cycles, and we believe the SAP business suite will help make a significant difference.”
APJ continues to be one of SAP’s fastest growing markets, with the president of SAP APJ, Steve Watts, saying real-time computing will have a profound impact on the way business gets done in the region.
“In many economies across the Asia-Pacific region, demographics are shifting. The favourable conditions that fuelled growth are vulnerable to increased volatility. To sustain growth in this new reality, economies need innovative businesses and innovation requires getting the right information in real time. When businesses make better decisions faster and innovate their business processes and models, the entire economy benefits,” he said.
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