The public sector organizations are under immense pressure to enhance service delivery, ensure operational efficiency, and address the growing expectations of citizens. As digital transformation becomes a necessity, RISE with SAP for public sector emerges as a key solution, offering a comprehensive approach to business transformation. By leveraging SAP S/4HANA and intelligent technologies, public sector organizations can enhance service delivery, streamline operations, and build a more resilient, data-driven future.  

This blog explores how RISE with SAP empowers public sector entities to drive innovation and meet the demands of a digital-first world. 

RISE with SAP: Transforming the Public Sector 

As businesses and enterprises shift towards cloud-based solutions, the public sector faces a similar imperative to evolve and embrace digital capabilities. While smaller and midsize enterprises have transitioned into intelligent entities, larger public organizations with multiple legacy systems are still undergoing this transformation.  

SAP RISE initiative offers you “business transformation as a service.” More than its basic ERP features, RISE with SAP is about ERP as a service powered by SAP S/4HANA, combined with other intelligent business services to create value.  RISE with SAP’s strategy is designed to help you transition to an intelligent enterprise running on SAP S/4HANA Cloud, with access to SAP Business Network and services to meet your unique business requirements, including best practices, business process intelligence, transformation program planning, and a range of industry-specific cloud-based solutions tailored to meet the public sector’s complex needs.  

Let’s delve deeper into how this initiative enhances the public sector’s core functionalities. 

The world is changing at an alarmingly rapid pace, although the public sector’s primary duty – to protect the community, provide services, and assist the economy in prospering – remains firmly in place. 

The Public Sector’s Digital Transformation Imperative 

For public sector organizations, the term “digital transformation” is becoming increasingly essential. To meet increased constituent expectations for service, convenience, and data security, the public sector must undergo its own transformation. The trends shaping the public sector’s digital transformation are listed below: 

• Changes in demographics and urbanization 

• Digital transparency and trust 

• Collaboration between humans and machines 

• Innovation fueled by technology 

• Climate change and sustainability 

While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to government reform, there are certain basic problems that all governments must face. In the public sector, many organizations are interconnected in some form or the other. This implies that if one company decides to transform its business operations, the other must follow suit in order to maintain the same degree of collaboration and information sharing. 

Hence public sector organizations tend to stagnate without a focused effort when it comes to digital transformation. We’ve identified four key goals for governments run as intelligent enterprises. 

• Place the citizen at the heart of the process 

• Increase the value of data as an asset 

• Improve operational excellence and resilience 

• Make the workforce of the future possible 

Benefits of Implementing SAP S/4HANA 

The heart of Government is built on cutting-edge SAP S/4HANA technology, and it will contain complementary solutions to support fundamental system capabilities. Some unique benefits of implementing SAP S/4HANA for your governance planning include 

• User experience has been redesigned for positions involved in grant and fund administration. 

• SAP S/4HANA is used to deliver social benefits. 

• Improved grant management analytics based on a virtual data model. 

• Integration of hire-to-pay capabilities with cost objects from the public sector. 

• Machine learning capabilities for a better understanding of taxpayer trends and collecting techniques. 

• A simplified multilayer structure that allows for the assessment of changes in fund management. 

• Visibility into budget maintenance to improve policy and regulatory compliance. 

• Capability to search for public sector account assignments and documents using enterprise search. 

Now we do have a clear-cut view of the provider’s offering and the implementer’s requisites; well how do we blend them? 

Before jumping in, we should also know what the Public Sector industry is planning for the sustainable industry 4.0 implementation in the years ahead; 

Future of the Public Sector Industry with RISE  

RISE with SAP is reshaping public sector organizations by enabling them to adopt more agile, efficient, and citizen-centric approaches. Here’s a breakdown of the core areas where RISE with SAP adds value: 

1. Strategy Enablement

RISE with SAP empowers public sector entities by:

• By focusing on the needs of citizens and other stakeholders, SAP S/4HANA helps organizations develop tailored, responsive services.

• Unifying different processes and services under a single digital platform allows for better collaboration and streamlined operations.

• From procurement to supply chain management, digitalization helps optimize processes, improve transparency, and reduce inefficiencies.

• By embracing modern service-oriented architectures, public sector entities can shift toward more proactive service delivery models that anticipate citizens’ needs.

2. Empowered Employees

The public sector often struggles with decision-making due to the complexity of legacy systems.

• SAP S/4HANA’s integration with advanced analytics provides employees with the insights they need to make informed decisions rapidly.

• By adopting intuitive tools such as SAP Fiori, employees can improve their productivity and responsiveness to citizens’ needs.

• Empowered employees can use tailored UIs, simplifying their interaction with data and processes, leading to enhanced efficiency and job satisfaction.

3. Business Benefits:

RISE with SAP offers a range of measurable business benefits for the public sector, including:

• 10% to 20% increase in citizen satisfaction enabling more personalized, faster service delivery.

• 15% to 20% decrease in procurement expenses lowering the cost of goods and services by optimizing procurement processes.

• 20% to 30% improvement in project management efficiency streamlining operations and reduce delays.

• 10% to 30% reduction in audit costs and a corresponding 5% to 10% reduction in IT costs through automation and better data management, RISE with SAP ensures smoother auditing processes and optimized IT expenditures.

4. IT Benefits and TCO:

RISE with SAP also brings substantial benefits in terms of IT costs and total cost of ownership (TCO):

• By migrating from legacy systems to cloud-based solutions, public sector organizations reduce the need for on-premise infrastructure and maintenance.

• Integration of online analytical processing (OLAP) and online transaction processing (OLTP) simplifies data management and enhances performance.

• Cloud services reduce the need for multiple on-site applications, lowering hardware and maintenance costs.
• SAP S/4HANA simplifies the IT landscape, making it easier to deploy and test new functionalities.
• Built-in integration with other SAP services and third-party solutions enables smoother operations.
• Public sector organizations achieve significant cost savings by moving to the cloud and utilizing standardized, yet flexible IT services.

Innovations of RISE with SAP for Public Sector Industry 

Utilize new technology and ground-breaking ideas to build more proactive, automated, foresighted, data-driven and citizen-focused organizations. You can add value to your RISE with SAP solution by increasing business innovation with the following: 

• Intelligent cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA): Implement a comprehensive, intelligent ERP system with AI and machine learning capabilities. 

• Enterprise planning with SAP Analytics Cloud: Analyze past and present conditions while modeling future possibilities by transforming data into insight. 

• Cloud human capital management: Develop a highly trained and motivated team and provide outstanding employee experiences. 

• Intelligent spend management: Optimize strategic and operational procurement while managing costs and complying with regulatory compliance standards. 

• Treasury management: Improve your understanding and control of complex processes including cash management, liquidity management, risk management, and integrated financial reporting. 

• Real estate management: Enhance real estate processes, conduct portfolio analysis and investment tracking, lower project risks, and costs, and increase income. 

The Value of RISE with SAP for Public Sector Organizations 

• Flexibility — Use a single chart of accounts to provide reporting and analysis based on transaction-level journal entries. 

• Security — Cloud-based technology stack, which includes preventative measures and tight cloud account lifecycle management to help protect financial data. 

• Best Practices — Take advantage of excellent business practices developed over decades of dealing with government agencies. 

• Innovation – Using SAP S/4HANA Cloud and intelligent technologies, optimize and expand finance business operations to achieve breakthrough business value 

• Intuitiveness — With an intuitive user interface and a streamlined data structure, you can get pre-configured reports and actionable insights. 

Conclusion: Transforming the Public Sector with RISE 

RISE with SAP is the key to empowering public sector organizations to enhance service delivery, improve operational efficiency, and meet the growing demands of citizens. By leveraging SAP S/4HANA and intelligent technologies, public sector entities can streamline processes, reduce costs, and build a more resilient, data-driven future. 

KaarTech, as a leading partner in digital transformation, is here to guide your journey with tailored SAP solutions that meet the unique needs of the public sector. Contact KaarTech to explore how RISE with SAP can transform your organization and drive innovation for the future. 

 

FAQ’S 

1. How does RISE with SAP help the public sector?

RISE with SAP enhances service delivery, streamlines operations, and supports digital transformation using SAP S/4HANA and intelligent technologies. 

2. What are the benefits of SAP S/4HANA for public sector organizations?

It improves grant management, social benefits delivery, decision-making, and operational efficiency while ensuring better compliance and cost savings. 

3. How does RISE with SAP reduce costs for public sector organizations?

It cuts IT costs by moving to the cloud, automates processes, and reduces procurement and audit expenses by up to 30%. 

4. How does RISE with SAP empower public sector employees?

It provides real-time data insights and user-friendly tools that boost productivity and decision-making, leading to better citizen services.