Manchester Airports Group makes use of the SAP service Rise
Manchester Airports Group, also known as MAG operating in Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports, has implemented SAP’s Rise service on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
SAP already has MAG as a client. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, 60 million passengers travelled through its three airports in 2019. It had more than 40,000 employees working there at the time.
In a joint statement, SAP and MAG said that when the economy began to recover following the pandemic, the company made the decision to invest in technology as part of a corporate drive internally known as Project Build Back Smarter.
The firm chose to have SAP's S/4 Hana enterprise resource planning (ERP) system provided via the cloud, with AWS serving as the cloud infrastructure provider. This system served as the foundation of the group's technology initiative.
Furthermore, Rise is a service built on S4, an ERP system built on SAP's Hana columnar, in-memory database, which combines managed cloud infrastructure and managed services into a single contract. It was introduce in January 2021.
Asda, the logistics company Unipart, Twinings Ovaltine, the process engineering firm Briggs of Burton, the London-based automotive sector company Inchcape, the gas station and food retailer EG Group, and MAG are among the UK businesses that have joined Rise.
According to reports, the first step in MAG's transition to Rise is a "lift and shift" of its current SAP ECC estate into the cloud. Additionally, the business wants to make the most of its use of the SAP Ariba and SAP SuccessFactors human resources systems.
"We're thrilled to be assisting Manchester Airports Group as it embarks on its road towards full digital transformation," said Michiel Verhoeven, UK & Ireland managing director at SAP. The tourist sector has been severely impacted over the past few years, but as MAG grows more adaptable, automated, and insight-driven, it is positioning itself to thrive when international limitations loosen.
According to the statement, SAP and MAG collaborated to gain a deeper understanding of MAG's HR problems, including personnel reductions brought on by ongoing furlough programmes. In March 2022, MAG went online on Rise, beginning a five-year makeover.
