MUMBAI: SAP , Europe's largest technology company, will skill, reskill and upskill 15 lakh SAP consultants in the next three years as it looks to target small enterprises to grow its business in India.At present, 80 per cent of SAP's 8,600 clients in India are small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs).“We are known as a company which helps large enterprises. But the 51 million SMEs is the potential marketplace we want to address,“ said Scott Russell, president at SAP for Asia Pacific and Japan. SAP India has started various initiatives and launched new programmes through its partner ecosystem.In June, SAP partnered with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to jointly launch Bharat ERP, a programme aimed at digital empowerment of small businesses in the country. The initiative aims to digitally enable nearly 30,000 MSMEs and youth in the next three years. It will also provide MSMEs with access to technology from SAP to help them streamline and integrate key processes like financials, sales and inventory with a single business software.

Source: Economic Times August 10, 2017 03:52 UTC