SAP for SMEs: what if we stopped believing the old clichés?

Cost, complexity, elitism: three pieces of received wisdom to get past, so you can finally see what SAP can really offer your company.

SAP has changed. And that is a real opportunity for growing companies.

Leaders of SMEs and fast-growing scale-ups: it is time to take stock. SAP is still too often seen as an elitist, expensive and rigid solution. But in 2025, that image no longer matches reality.

While some hold on to ageing or bespoke systems that are hard to evolve, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition offers an alternative that is agile, structured, quick to deploy and designed to move at your pace.

Myth 1: “SAP is too expensive”

The truth

• You move to a public cloud subscription, with no massive up-front investment.

• The Fit-to-Standard approach cuts implementation cost and time considerably.

• You get continuous innovation at no extra cost.

The result: a budget under control, a fast return on investment, and a solution that grows with you.

Myth 2: “SAP is too complex”

Today SAP offers:

• An intuitive interface inspired by consumer software.

• Our own preconfigured processes, tested and validated on hundreds of projects.

• An built-in AI, Joule, to support your teams day to day.

In practice, your users get to grips with the tool quickly, without depending on outside experts.

Myth 3: “SAP is for large groups”

80% of SAP clients are SMEs.

The solution was designed to be modular, scalable and accessible. It fits the needs of dynamic organizations perfectly, with no heaviness and nothing superfluous.

The KPC approach: concrete, collaborative, progressive

At KPC, we turn your doubts into performance levers through an approach that is grounded, progressive and centred on what matters to you.

1. Demonstrations on your own processes

"We do not do generic presentations. We show concretely what SAP can do for you."

Laurent Sirot - co-founder of KPC

1. Your teams closely involved

From the moment the project starts, we bring your people in. They gradually become actors in their own transformation and build SAP expertise in house.

1. A staged rollout

"We build your SAP system brick by brick, with a clear view of where we are going."

Nathalie Commandeur - SAP Business Manager.

Want to take your thinking further?

"How do you remove the recurring blockers on SAP projects?"

In this webcast hosted by Nathalie Commandeur, Sales Director at KPC, and Lahcen Binoumar, Sales Director at SAP, you will see:

• How public cloud gives better control of costs and ROI.

• Why standardization does not rule out adapting to business specifics.

• How a progressive approach makes adoption easier and keeps the project load down.

• The growing role of low code and data governance in how SAP is used.

And meanwhile… your competitors are moving

Plenty of companies like yours have already chosen SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

Why? Because they have understood that structure and agility are no longer incompatible.

Want to know more? Let's talk.

Our KPC experts are here to help you assess it clearly, in your own terms and without the jargon.