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In this blog post we want to showcase the great collaboration between two SAP partners, working together to deliver more value for customers. This is an important part of SAP’s partner eco-system strategy.
YAAS IT is a gold SAP partner leveraging the Student Management industry cloud solution of Si6 Associates, an SAP solution partner.
Interview with Abderrahim Ayadi, Founder & Enterprise Architect YAAS
Question: What type of company are you?
Answer: YAAS, a Moroccan company and SAP GOLD PARTNER based in Casablanca, Morocco, provides implementation services for SAP S/4 HANA solutions both on CLOUD and On-Premise, along with multiple other SAP products such as SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BTP, SAP SOLMAN, and SuccessFactors. With a team of SAP experts, the organization has achieved an impressive 30% annual growth in Francophone Africa over the past five years.
How did you end up leveraging the solution developed by Si6?
SAP Digital HUB EMEA connected YAAS and Si6. We are well versed with SAP solutions and their benefits at YAAS. We partnered with Si6, in a bid to expand our portfolio, enter new markets and take advantage of industry opportunities. Si6 was the best partner given its good name in the academic sector. Our consultants have been trained hard, have worked with many clients at hand, and keep learning so that we can deliver cutting-edge solutions to our customers.
What would you say are the biggest benefits of leveraging the solution(s) from Si6?
Win more S4/HANA customers and expand our offers. To be known as a thought leader in the S/4HANA SLM industry francophone Africa Market
Can you give an example of a customer of yours which is using a solution from Si6?
Our collaboration with Si6 includes a project for a major regional university in Senegal. The solution meets the customer's core requirements and seamless integration across company processes, Academic Solutions with S4HANA Public Cloud Solution.
How do you and Si6 collaborate in areas like sales, implementation, support etc?
YAAS manages the commercial aspects of Si6 Solutions, leveraging its regional expertise. As part of the partnership, YAAS signs contracts with customers, delivers solutions, and provides ongoing support L1 and L2. Meanwhile, Si6 provides Level 3 support. Delivery could also be done by Si6 depending on the situation. In the future we will combine our offer to create a QPPS package to accelerate the implementation and make a better experience for the customer.
Interview with Srikanth Bikumandla, CEO, Si6 Associates
What type of company are you?
Si6 Associates is a Software firm incorporated in 2021 at India and in the UK by a team of SAP Technologists experienced in implementing ERP and Student Management Systems globally over the last three decades, drawing all the experiences, we realized the customers need for an Industry vertical Solution that is configurable and seamlessly works with SAP S/4 Suite and runs on SAP BTP.
Si6 product EPE (Enterprise Platform for Education) is validated and approved as an Industry Cloud Solution by SAP. Si6 intends to be a SAP Build Partner- with the primary focus to build innovations for the higher education Industry in collaboration with SAP and the Channel Partners in various geographies
How do you look at the relationship with YAAS?
In Dec 2023 Si6 and YaaS were introduced to each other by SAP Digital HUB EMEA. Since then both parties have been working together alongside SAP and won a project in Francophone region along with the SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, where YaaS is a reseller of Si6 Industry Cloud Solution.
Based on trust and working experience till date, Si6 have formalised YaaS as a Reseller Partner of Si6 EPE Solution and are in discussions about the new opportunities in the Francophone Region.
Do you look for more SAP partners to leverage your solutions?
Yes, Si6 will look for partners in African and European and Asia Continent in the year 2024. Si6 as a Build Partner of SAP Industry Cloud will focus on future roadmap of its EPE solution & statutory features for select regions. Si6 intend to work with SAP Channel Partners as “Reseller Partners” of Si6 EPE solution for Sales & Services. Si6 intends to complement the partners’ SAP portfolio and strengthen their services revenue rather than compete.
SI6 is encouraging partners to create a QPPS packaged solution with EPE along with S/4HANA public Cloud to accelerate the delivery and faster ROI, this will help customers get the localized solutions and at the same time the partners can bring a greater value to differentiate from the rest. Besides this we are also enabling the partner consultants with EPE consulting training, so that they become self-sufficient and scale faster and create their niche for educational vertical expertise.
Conclusion
Both YAAS IT and SI6 are leveraging SAP’s partner ecosystem strategy to deliver more value to the educational industry customers and build solid businesses for themselves. Are you a higher education organisation or an SAP partner and think you can benefit from collaboration? Contact YAAS or SI6 to explore opportunities!
