Blog Series: Managed Services for RISE with SAP
Evgenia Schütte | January 8, 2024 | 5 min read

The 5 key benefits of MS 4 RISE: A game-changer for business success

In the intricate world of SAP and cloud transformation, our Managed Services for RISE with SAP (MS 4 RISE) solution plays a pivotal role in optimizing operations and driving peak performance of your SAP S/4 HANA. As a trusted provider of SAP, we understand the importance of these services in helping businesses maximize the value of their SAP investments. This article explores the key benefits of Managed Services 4 RISE with SAP and how they could change the game for your business.

MS 4 RISE benefit #1: Boosting core business operations

Harnessing the power of MS 4 RISE is key to boosting your core business operations. By freeing up your team from intricate, time-consuming SAP tasks, you enable them to concentrate on strategic growth initiatives. Below are a few challenges we can solve together.

Mastering the challenge of digital transformation

With all known advantages of RISE with SAP, such as enhanced business agility and innovation and reduced TCO, you might be still facing challenges related to seamless operations, release management and integration of your SAP cloud solution. In addition to managing the growing cloud-based or hybrid system landscapes every day, you require profound expertise to keep up with the fast-paced digital transformation.

Accessing specialized SAP knowledge and industry expertise

While your business is driven by various business and support needs and initiatives, your organization possibly requires highly flexible access to experts with both industry knowledge and extensive experience in supporting and managing ever-evolving SAP solutions. For more than 3 decades, NTT DATA Business Solutions has grown and enhanced this expertise in more than 30 service locations and 6,000 SAP support consultants around the globe, to maintain and manage SAP innovations properly and implement best practices in your organization to ultimately gain new efficiency for your business.

Boosting business success and innovation

Ideally, your valuable experts are always available for highly time-consuming tasks such as routine and repetitive support or complex release and change management? Preferably, you want your best resources to be focused on projects and initiatives that boost your competitive advantage and long-term success for your organization.

As part of NTT DATA Business Solutions’ MS 4 RISE package, our seasoned SAP Cloud experts will handle the day-to-day management and improvement of your SAP cloud solution, freeing up your internal IT staff to concentrate on strategic initiatives that drive your business growth and innovation.

MS 4 RISE benefit #2: Elevating efficiency through streamlined operations

With best practices behind our MS 4 RISE solution, businesses are optimally equipped to undertake a cloud transformation journey, redefining their operations and propelling efficiency and productivity to new heights.

Proactive application monitoring and event management

As part of the MS 4 RISE package, you can utilize advanced application monitoring and event management to proactively track the applications performance and health of your SAP cloud solution. Early detection of issues prevents incidents as such and minimizes application inefficiencies and downtimes.

Timely identification and resolution of issues and errors

Our deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA Cloud enables us to swiftly identify and resolve issues and errors. When business-impacting errors are detected by our proactive application monitoring, our support consultants work quickly to prevent inefficiencies, keeping operations smooth and user productivity high.

MS 4 RISE benefit #3: Harnessing the power of scalability and flexibility

The global capabilities and local proximity of our services provide unparalleled scalability and adaptability, empowering your business to not only survive but thrive in today’s ever-evolving and highly complex software ecosystems.

Adapting to your changing business requirements and growth

Our services are designed to adapt to your changing business and support needs, with the option to accommodate to increasing data volumes, support additional users, and add new functionalities while maintaining performance and stability of your SAP application landscape. With our expertise by your side, you can confidently scale your SAP solution to meet the demands of your expanding business.

Seamless integration within your software ecosystem

Our extensive experience with the integration of third-party applications and add-ons will help you minimize disruptions and maximize the value of your SAP investments. We understand the need to embrace the latest innovations and emerging technologies and to balance the impact on your entire software ecosystem without interrupting your ongoing business operations.

MS 4 RISE benefit #4: Unlocking cost savings and maximizing ROI

Our MS 4 RISE solution will help you drive significant cost savings and optimize your return on investment in RISE with SAP.

Streamline your in-house support infrastructure

Leveraging MS 4 RISE, you unlock cost savings on in-house SAP support and associated infrastructure, including recruitment, training, salaries, hardware, and software. By outsourcing these responsibilities, you can significantly reduce your operational expenses and allocate your resources more strategically.

Gain the required SAP expertise at a fraction of the cost

NTT DATA Business Solutions provides you access to highly skilled SAP experts at a fraction of the cost you’re used to, enabling you to benefit from their expertise without the need for a full internal team. This cost-effective approach reduces your TCO while ensuring high-quality support and services whenever you need them.

Maximize ROI through improved business processes and application performance

Our expertise in SAP can help deliver higher efficiency, faster processes, and optimal resource utilization. With our services, businesses achieve reduced processing times, increased productivity, and improved customer experience.

MS 4 RISE benefit #5: Ensuring data security and compliance

All our services are provided with the focus on fortifying the security of your systems and safeguarding compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Comprehensive security measures to protect sensitive data

We prioritize data security in SAP systems by implementing robust security measures. We use industry best practices, advanced encryption techniques, access controls, and intrusion detection systems to safeguard sensitive data against unauthorized access and potential data breaches, ensuring protection of your critical information and compliance with a range of data protection regulations.

Compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements

We ensure that you remain compliant with industry standards and regulatory requirements. We keep you up to date with regulatory developments, conduct regular audits, and implement the necessary controls to help you meet your compliance obligations. By adhering to industry standards and regulations, you avoid penalties, legal issues, and reputational damage.

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Achieving optimal performance and future-proofing your SAP Cloud solution with NTT DATA Business Solutions' MS 4 RISE

The benefits of MS 4 RISE are manifold. At their core, our services are designed to remove the burden of time-consuming SAP management while maximizing the value of your SAP investment, enabling your business to focus on core functions and streamlined operations. Our service solution will provide you with the necessary scalability and flexibility while also delivering cost savings and enhanced security for your cloud-based and hybrid application landscapes.

Our services are designed to adapt to your changing business objectives and individual support needs. Increased data volumes, growing user communities and geographies, and new application functionalities can all be supported and accommodated while securing high performance and stability of your SAP ecosystem.

Together, we’ll manage both daily challenges and digital transformation of your SAP landscape and drive sustainable growth and long-term success for your business. Make a crucial step now to leverage the full potential of your SAP Cloud solution and thrive in the evolving business today by contacting our solution expert and explore the benefits of MS 4 RISE with NTT DATA Business Solutions.