SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that Zespri International, the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit, will become one of the first SAP customers globally to utilize the SAP S/4HANA private cloud edition.
The grower-owned marketer, based in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, has signed a multi-year deal to support Zespri’s global supply chain process transformation, including a move to SAP S/4HANA, private cloud edition, and the implementation of several SAP Digital Supply Chain applications including SAP Global Trade Services, SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and the SAP Logistics Business Network.
Zespri will also take advantage of SAP Business Technology Platform capabilities, including SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Integration Suite the SAP Extension Suit1, and SAP-endorsed partner solutions from OpenText, Tricentis, and Celonis. Our new SAP environment will transform the systems and processes across our business, from finance and supply chain to grower enablement and engagement, sales, and business planning.
Zespri currently runs its SAP environment on Microsoft Azure public cloud, which will be migrated to the SAP S/4HANA private cloud edition. Zespri will continue to use Azure for its enterprise infrastructure, bringing the best of Microsoft and SAP.
Zespri’s move to SAP S/4HANA, private cloud edition follows the announcement of SAP’s new concierge service to the Intelligent Enterprise, RISE with SAP, which offers software, infrastructure, and technical operations all under one contract. SAP S/4HANA private cloud edition will form a key component of the new Rise with SAP offer.
Designed to deliver business transformation as a service and tailored to each customer’s specific needs, Rise with SAP will include business process redesign, technical migration support, SAP’s Business Technology Platform, the SAP Business Network, SAP S/4HANA Cloud deployment model of choice, and Hyperscaler of choice. We know SAP’s private cloud capabilities have matured significantly in recent years, particularly in the form of customer flexibility, service level security, and automation, which makes the new SAP S/4HANA private cloud edition best for our business long-term.
Phil Cameron, Managing Director, SAP New Zealand, said: “As a business, we have been clear that our future is in the cloud, so it’s fantastic to see a long-time customer like Zespri make the move with us to become an intelligent enterprise. The new SAP S/4HANA private cloud edition will deliver fast time to value, enabling Zespri to seize new business opportunities and respond to changes with speed and agility. By moving to SAP S/4HANA PCE, Zespri will also be able to capitalize quickly on emerging technologies that are embedded into the platform, to help drive automation, increased profitability, and enable further growth,” continued Mr. Cameron.
The implementation will be conducted by a consortium of partners, including Deloitte NZ in partnership with ZAG, part of Accenture.
