Concisely, SAP Business ByDesign is a revolutionary integrated, end-to-end cloudbased solution that delivers best practices and processes built for growth. Advanced features are readily available owing to rapid deployment and free frequent updates. SAP Business ByDesign embodies all aspects of an ERP system with Financial Management, Customer Relationship Management, Centralised Supplier and Procurement Management, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, and Human Resources Management.

SAP’s partner, ZILLIONe, held their first exclusive launch of SAP Business ByDesign in Sri Lanka that helps SMEs to quickly propel to their next stage of evolution. For the past 40 years, SMEs across the globe have gained momentum to reach new heights owing to SAP Business ByDesign.

This launch could not have come at a more opportune time. Small and medium enterprises are the backbone of the economy in terms of GDP contribution and employment generation. Their survival and growth are critical for the well-being of the economy. Businesses are looking to leverage digital technology for post-Covid survival, new-normal relevance, and engineer market expansion for growth. ZILLIONe rolled out SAP Business ByDesign with those objectives at its core.

Already, SAP Business ByDesign is revolutionising over 9,700 enterprises in over 25 industry verticals across 149 countries in 13 languages. It counts over 200 software solutions partners worldwide with over 8,000 add-on solutions.

SAP Business ByDesign targets three types of mid-sized enterprises at distinct stages in their evolutions. The first category comprises businesses that want to embark on digital transformations to improve processes, increase productivity, sharpen decision-making capabilities with real-time data, and reach more customers.

The second are those businesses in rapid growth mode, where their needs are out-pacing existing tech infrastructure. They are not only looking to invest in technology upgrades but are concerned about adopting best practices.

The third category includes businesses looking to expand into new markets where an integrated software solution can help track performance and enhance productivity and decision-making across borders. As an endto-end integrated cloud-based solution, SAP Business ByDesign caters to all these needs and more.

It offers Suite-in-a-Box, end-to-end cloud solutions covering Financial Management, Customer Relationship Management, Centralised Supplier and Procurement Management, Supply Chain Management, Project Management and Human Resources Management. It also offers reliable and secure cloud-based data storage, database, and data centre services to ensure business networks are safe from internal and external threats.

SAP Business ByDesign gives leaders insightful real-time data and transparency across operations for informed decision making with its built-in analytics, cross topics, and solution extensions. A business can leverage this dynamic and configurable cloud-based solution to access the application via a URL or a mobile device to facilitate the new normal work setting.

“In today’s corporate world, ERP solutions are moving away from legacy infrastructure and adapting to cloud solutions to achieve better scalability, accessibility, and functionality,” Chairman and CEO of ZILLIONe Tharmarajah Suresh said. “For instance, Forrester research says cloud-based ERP systems are at 20.7% enterprise application growth rate in the public cloud in 2018. So, we needed to have a fully cloud-based ERP solution in our portfolio,” he said, commenting on the significance of the SAP Business ByDesign launch in Sri Lanka.

Furthermore, Director – Enterprise Business Solutions of ZILLIONe, Luxshumyraj Sivarajah said, “We were enthusiastic to partner with No 1 global ERP provider, SAP, to offer a fully Software as a Service (SaaS) ERP solution in Sri Lanka. This solution provides a higher Return on Investment (ROI) and savings. Businesses can now cut expenses incurred on legacy infrastructure, maintenance, and tech professionals. Moreover, businesses do not have to worry about new releases or technology shifts as it will be taken care of by the software vendor”.

He also said, “Embodying a vast experience of over 40 years in assisting businesses to implement ERP solutions successfully, ZILLIONe was eager to roll out this cloud-based solution in Sri Lanka”.

ZILLIONe has served more than 400+ clients from different industries across 7 countries, including Maldives, Fiji and Australia. Established in 1979, ZILLIONe is a leading enterprise technology solutions provider with reputed in-house development capabilities and exceptional global partnerships with leading technology brands such as SAP. Its ethos is about enabling businesses to leverage technology as a platform for growth and to navigate economic uncertainty and optimise tech investment returns. Today, with SAP Business ByDesign, ZILLIONe is itself taking a giant leap forward as the nation’s pioneering technology enabler.