Rimini Street, Inc. announced the expansion of Rimini Support?? for SAP products to include SAP Industry Solutions. Licensees running SAP Industry Solutions with ECC may be required to replace or re-implement industry-specific modules and capabilities, as many equivalent industry capabilities are not the same, or will not be available on S/4HANA.

In some cases, SAP offers a completely different solution that may be based on SAP products or partner-provided products. Rimini Street is trusted by leading organizations to provide support services for their mission-critical enterprise software across many industries. The expanded offering enables organizations running SAP Industry Solutions to maximize their investments by providing long-term and improved support for up to an additional 15 years, significant savings, reliability, flexibility and predictable costs with its Rimini Support?

services. Rimini Support for SAP Industry Solutions can be delivered for clients running SAP industry-specific business function sets and add-ons as part of their SAP Business Suite, ECC and S/4HANA systems. Rimini Support for SAP Industry Solutions includes: SAP IS-Retail; SAP IS-Public Sector; SAP IS-Oil; SAP IS- Higher Education; SAP IS-Utilities; SAP IS-Healthcare; SAP IS-Mills; SAP IS-Telco; SAP IS-Mining; SAP IS-Media; SAP IS-Aerospace & Defense; SAP IS-Insurance; SAP IS-Automotive; SAP IS-Banking; SAP IS-Apparel & Footwear. Rimini Street already provides support to many clients around the globe using SAP Industry Solutions, including Proton, a leading national automobile manufacturer in Malaysia that ranks second in overall auto sales in the country.

Rimini Street supports Proton?s SAP ERP covering IS-Automotive, Production Planning, Sales & Distribution, Material Management, Advanced Planning Optimization, Plant Maintenance, Financials, HR and Payroll. By switching to Rimini Street, Proton immediately reduced annual maintenance fees by 50%, helping to fund the expansion of its plant in Tanjung Malim, Perak to accommodate greater production volumes. Proton has already achieved improved outcomes with Rimini Support for SAP Industry Solutions, including: 50% reduction in annual maintenance fees: Savings from switching to independent, third-party support helped fund a plant expansion and aided Proton in reducing its overall operating expenses.

Secured maintenance support for existing SAP ERP: Proton can now confidently rely on its current SAP applications for years to come. Personalized support services: Fast and efficient issue resolution led by a Primary Support Engineer; support for customizations and strategic advisory services are included. Flexibility to decide if and when to migrate to S/4HANA: Proton can build a long-term ERP strategy on its own timetable while running a stable SAP environment.