SAP Salesforce
SAP Salesforce- SAP has announced that several companies have selected SAP Sales Cloud solution. In addition it revealed that it has integrated some of the CallidusCloud products to SAP Sales Cloud. This includes Datahug and the CallidusCloud incentive compensation management solution.
SAP Sales Cloud is a unification of SAP Cloud for Customer, SAP Revenue Cloud and CallidusCloud. SAP completed the acquisition of CallidusCloud in April this year and it has wasted no time in integrating the products. It is part of a strategy has to become the leader in the CRM category. Bill McDermott, CEO SAP commented in an analyst call earlier this year: “Ours is to redefine the CRM industry. We have the strategy. We have the solutions. We have the ambition. “ (Source https://seekingalpha.com).
Early signs of success
For SAP to execute on the strategy it has a long way to catch up with Salesforce. This latest announcement sees three companies adopt the SAP Sales Cloud, often as part of a wider SAP architecture. The companies concerned were: Deutsche Telekom, Cooler Master Corp. and KBS Group.
Cooler Master replaced a legacy solution with SAP Sales Cloud. It has used SAP C/4HANA to improves its sales models, notably its after sales business and forecast management.
KBS Group also replaced a legacy solution. Hansen Willerding, program lead for SAP Cloud for Customer solution, KSB Group commented: “Our legacy system was quite challenged by the complex sales and service processes we have at KSB. Implementing SAP CRM software was core to our digital strategy. Our sales and service teams have access to relevant data now, increasing speed and efficiency of our processes, but also offering our customers a better service – one that meets the requirements of digital transformation.”
SAP Sales Cloud is part of a wider digital transformation project that also included SAP Service cloud. The implementation was supported by Sopra Steria Consulting.
Why is SAP succeeding? Is it succeeding?
These are interesting questions. Giles House, general manager, SAP Sales Cloud, SAP commented: “Customers are no longer making decisions based on price and product. They’re basing it on trust. And while customers have evolved, most CRM systems have not. To overcome this gap, sales need to be faster, more connected and intelligent to stay ahead of the constantly changing customer and build relationships that go beyond one-off transactions.”
House’s premise is flawed. There is no doubt that the relationship and the trust that develops between organisations is very important. However, if the price and product are not right for the business then the company is much less likely to buy. SAP needs to demonstrate that the product not only works but that it can deliver value quickly. Businesses no longer want a three-year implementation time. Anything longer than 100 days to show value is likely to be deemed a failure by many organisations.
As Willerding states, SAP Sales Cloud is showing benefits and perhaps SAP need to concentrate on the ROI more than the mere fact that they have convinced customers to choose the solution. That KSB went live in October 2017 deflates this release slightly. It would have been more interesting to hear about a customer that has recently implemented the solution. Where SAP is starting to challenge Salesforce is in the application of machine learning within its CRM.
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