Check out a step-by-step guide on how to start your GROW with SAP journey to successfully prepare your enterprise data for migration to the new environment.
Mid-market businesses often need to modernize their ERP landscape quickly but lack the resources for long, multi-year programs. GROW with SAP is SAP's customer-journey program that accelerates time-to-value through prescriptive methodology, pre-configured content, and partner expertise. Customers purchase one of the new SAP Business Suite packages (e.g., SAP Finance Base), then expand by adding further lines of business.
This guide underlines the value of GROW with SAP for mid-market businesses and explains how the journey works, how to select the right package, and which technology pillars power a clean-core migration.
GROW with SAP allows mid-market businesses to streamline their ERP journey to SAP Business Suite implementation. It divides the ERP bundle into clear, modular SAP Business Suite packages that are easier for businesses to adopt. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, you begin with the area most critical to your business (such as Finance or Supply Chain) and grow from there.
Each package includes ready-to-run business processes, automation, and best practices specific to that function. This accelerates deployment and minimizes configuration.
Here's what you can choose, based on your business priorities and needs:
| Package | Core Scope | Ideal First Buyers |
| SAP Finance Base | Core finance, record-to-report, statutory reporting, embedded analytics | CFO, Finance IT |
| SAP Finance Premium | Finance Base plus advanced cash, receivables, and treasury | Organizations with complex liquidity needs |
| SAP Supply Chain Base | Inventory, fulfillment, procurement, and basic production | COOs, Operations IT |
| SAP Supply Chain Premium | Supply Chain Base plus integrated planning, manufacturing, and asset service | Manufacturers ∓ asset-intensive firms |
| SAP Core HR | People administration, time, and payroll foundation | CHRO |
| SAP Strategic Procurement | Category & supplier management with spend analytics | CPO |
| SAP Cloud ERP Private | Private-cloud deployment option bundling Finance and Supply Chain | Highly regulated or large enterprises |
Once you go live with your base package, you can add more functionality using Level 1 and/or Level 2 add-ons:
These add-ons are optional and modular, so you only pay for what you need, when you need it.
Here are some tips to add more value to your GROW with SAP journey:
Whether you're a growing business modernizing your first ERP or a large enterprise shifting from legacy systems, the SAP Business Suite packages give you a scalable way to start simple and evolve with your needs.
A successful GROW with SAP project relies on four complementary pillars, or products, that work together to support your business transformation.
The SaaS foundation (marketing name for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition) delivers quarterly innovations and a clean-core architecture. It allows organizations to adopt best practices with minimal IT effort.
SAP BTP provides five capability areas:
This turns data from SAP and external systems into governed data products that are trusted, reusable and ready for reporting, planning, and AI. Built on SAP Datasphere, it enables a consistent data fabric across the enterprise.
Business AI infuses generative AI into core apps. You get AI-driven insights, copilots like SAP Joule, and automation that boosts decision-making without coding.
Migrating to SAP Cloud ERP doesn’t require a massive replatforming. Many companies follow a proven two-month approach:
| Phase | Timeframe | Activities |
| 1. Readiness | Weeks 1 - 2 | Identify legacy systems, assess data quality, confirm team roles |
| 2. Tools & Planning | Weeks 3 - 4 | Select migration tools (e.g., SAP Migration Cockpit, DataLark), finalize scope |
| 3. Pilot Run | Weeks 5 - 6 | Move two key data objects (e.g., Materials, Vendors) as a proof of concept |
| 4. Execution | Weeks 7 - 8+ | Complete migration, validate results, prepare for go-live and cutover support |
Key stakeholders: Business process owners, IT data leads, partner consultants, and key SAP users from each functional area.
Common tools used:
Most GROW with SAP customers benefit from expert-led migration. Mid-market businesses often lack in-house IT resources or ERP expertise. Working with a trusted partner ensures smooth migration while your team focuses on business operations.
After choosing a migration partner, preparing a readiness assessment of your landscape is essential to ensure that your legacy system is ready to transfer. Make sure to:
DataLark’s Unified Data‑Migration Assessment & Roadmap offer is your opportunity to kill not two, but four birds with one stone; our experts will closely collaborate with you to create a data migration strategy, assess data, conduct testing, and prepare a plan of fallback scenarios.
This offer is a four‑week consulting sprint that designs a safe, cost‑balanced path to move master and transactional data from SAP ECC and non‑SAP systems into SAP ERP (public or private edition). In the case of GROW with SAP, the data will be moved from a legacy non-SAP source to SAP Cloud ERP.
Our experts combine SAP Migration Cockpit, SAP Datasphere replication flows, and SAP Integration Suite APIs to deliver an actionable migration blueprint, a two‑object pilot proof, and a cut‑over playbook. For scenarios involving complex field mappings or integrations between SAP and non-SAP systems, which is a common case for GROW with SAP, we use DataLark - an SAP-centric data management platform designed by LeverX to streamline the migration process.
Here’s what happens during these four weeks:
Week 1 – Discovery:
As a result, you will have the following aspects of your GROW with SAP migration ready:
With our offering, your business will be fully informed on how to perform data migration to the new platform.
Switching to SAP Cloud ERP using the GROW with SAP journey brings tangible value for mid-market businesses that can hardly be overestimated. Taking on new cloud technologies and transferring to the SAP ecosystem opens up unlimited possibilities for business scalability, overall growth, and further digital transformation, all of which are crucial for staying competitive in ever-evolving and fluctuating markets.
GROW with SAP is a digital transformation journey tailored to help mid-market businesses that aspire to enhance operational efficiency. The platform unifies critical processes from supply chain logistics to customer engagement, which allows users to get real-time insights across the organization. This unmatched level of transparency empowers businesses to pinpoint process gaps and inefficiencies, introduce data-driven improvements, and boost overall performance.
As GROW with SAP operates in the cloud, using the system eliminates the need for mid-market companies to purchase costly hardware infrastructure or software. This dramatically reduces upfront IT expenses, decreasing TCO (total cost of ownership). Consequently, GROW with SAP frees up resources that can be redirected toward strategic initiatives to fuel growth and increase profitability. GROW with SAP also offers no-code development options that empower businesses to tailor applications, create custom solutions, and automate workflows without the need for a dedicated team of developers.
GROW with SAP utilizes SAP Cloud ERP, integrating sophisticated analytics and machine learning capabilities. This empowers mid-market businesses to gain deeper visibility into their operations, supporting smarter, data-driven decision-making. By harnessing these insights, companies are better positioned to accelerate growth and enhance profitability.
GROW with SAP is built to evolve alongside mid-market businesses, offering a flexible solution that adapts to each company's specific requirements. Scalable by nature, GROW with SAP ensures that organizations can easily tap into cutting-edge technologies and innovations without the burden of heavy IT infrastructure investments.
As part of the SAP ecosystem, GROW with SAP allows companies to seamlessly implement SAP Business Suite for evolving business needs. This allows enterprises to maintain their data and operations in a single source of truth, streamlining processes and knowledge sharing with no need for third-party integrations or switching between different systems.
GROW with SAP delivers a set of powerful features aimed at elevating customer experience. From personalized recommendations to advanced analytics, the solution equips mid-market businesses with deep insights into customer behaviors and preferences. Armed with this knowledge, companies can fine-tune their offerings to better align with customer expectations, ultimately improving satisfaction and fostering long-term loyalty.
All SAP solutions offer outstanding security features and ensure compliance with local and global industry standards, and GROW with SAP is no exception. The solution is equipped with features like data encryption, access controls, and continuous monitoring, which helps safeguard sensitive business information. Meanwhile, the adherence to compliance standards gives mid-market companies the confidence to operate securely in a global marketplace.
GROW with SAP’s customer-journey program is a transformative opportunity for mid-market businesses aiming to modernize their operations, embrace cloud innovation, and future-proof their growth. By harnessing the capabilities of SAP Cloud ERP and SAP BTP, this digital transformation solution empowers companies to streamline processes, reduce costs, and make smarter data-driven decisions.
While migrating your data and processes to SAP Cloud ERP is comparatively easy, you still need a carefully prepared migration plan. Also, make sure to utilize professional data management solutions that ensure your data is fully prepared to be transferred to a new system. Combining GROW with SAP with the right guidance, tools, and support, your business can confidently transition to a cloud-first environment and unlock its full potential.