Run a growing business on SAP Cloud ERP, live in months.
GROW with SAP gives fast-growing companies SAP's cloud ERP as a ready-to-run service. You get proven processes from day one, built-in AI, and upgrades SAP runs for you twice a year. Mawkish takes you from first workshop to go-live and keeps you current after.
About the names. GROW with SAP is the offering. The software inside it is SAP Cloud ERP, also known as SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
One subscription. Software, systems, operations and upgrades.
With GROW with SAP you don't buy servers, plan upgrade projects or patch databases. SAP runs the cloud. You and Mawkish focus on how your business works in it.
It is built for companies that want to adopt proven ways of working instead of rebuilding old ones. That's what keeps projects short and upgrades painless.
Ready-made best practices
Thousands of preconfigured processes, from order to cash to the financial close, ready to switch on.
Three systems included
Development, test and production systems, run and backed up by SAP.
AI built in
Joule, SAP's AI assistant, and embedded AI features come as standard across the system.
Always current
Two major releases a year plus smaller updates, applied by SAP. No upgrade projects.
Analytics included
Live dashboards and reports run directly on your transactions, with no separate data warehouse.
Tools to run the project
Project, test-automation and data-migration tools are included at no extra cost.
Five questions that predict a good fit.
These are the questions we ask in a first meeting. Answer them honestly. If GROW isn't the right fit, RISE with SAP usually is, and we'll tell you so.
One system from the first quote to the final close.
SAP Cloud ERP covers the core of a mid-sized or growing company in one integrated system. Pick an area to see what it does, then look at the screens your people would actually use.
Finance
Close faster with one set of numbers.
- General ledger, assets, receivables and payables
- Multiple accounting standards in parallel
- Cash, bank and liquidity management
- Margin analysis and revenue recognition
Cash today comes from the bank. The next eight weeks come from your own transactions.
Bank balances, open invoices, purchase orders and sales orders all feed one liquidity forecast that updates as people post. Treasury stops building the forecast in a spreadsheet.
Joule and AI agents inside the processes you already run.
Joule is SAP's AI assistant, built into every screen. It answers questions about your own data and can take actions for you. AI agents go further and handle routine tasks from start to finish, with a person approving the result.
Month-end accruals
Proposes accrual entries from open purchase orders and goods receipts, for your accountant to review.
Cash and collections
Flags customers likely to pay late and drafts the follow-up.
Production planning
Spots material shortages and suggests how to reschedule.
New features twice a year, without an upgrade project.
SAP releases a major update every February and August. Your test system is upgraded about three weeks before production, so you can check your processes first. The test automation tool is included, and new processes stay off until you choose to switch them on.
Tailor it without breaking the upgrades.
The standard system stays untouched. That's called a "clean core". Your changes sit in layers around it and use interfaces SAP keeps stable, so every upgrade carries your changes forward automatically.
We always start with the simplest layer that does the job, and we'll ask whether each change is a need or a nice-to-have. That question saves money on every future release.
Key-user changes
Add custom fields, adjust forms and emails, change screen layouts and build simple custom logic, all in the browser without code.
Developer extensions
Custom logic and apps built inside the system with upgrade-safe tools, for requirements that need more than configuration.
Side-by-side apps on SAP BTP
Separate apps, automations and integrations on SAP's Business Technology Platform, connected through stable APIs.
Clean core
SAP's processes and code, untouched. That's why upgrades just work.
From first workshop to go-live, in months, not years.
We follow SAP Activate, SAP's method for cloud ERP projects. Instead of writing a long specification up front, we show your team the standard process working in a real system and only change what really needs to change.
Discover
Agree the business case and the scope you need.
We: run a readiness assessment and confirm GROW is the right fit.
Prepare
Systems are set up and the team and plan are in place.
We: set up the project and a working demo system.
Explore
Fit-to-standard workshops with the people who do the work.
We: demo each process and capture only real gaps.
Realize
Configure, extend, integrate, migrate data and test.
We: build it, load your data and run user acceptance testing with you.
Deploy
Cutover, training and go-live.
We: train your users and stay on site for go-live.
Run
Upgrades, new features and new scope.
We: support you, test each release and switch on what's new.
You pay per user, by what each person does.
SAP Cloud ERP is a subscription priced per user per month. Each person gets the user type that matches their role, so a warehouse operator doesn't cost the same as a financial controller.
| User type | Typical people | What they can do |
|---|---|---|
| Finance Base / Premium | Accountants, controllers, treasury | Full finance processes. Premium adds wider scope and advanced AI. |
| Supply Chain Base / Premium | Planners, production and warehouse leads | Full supply chain and manufacturing. Premium adds sustainability and compliance. |
| Combo Base | Power users across functions | Finance Base and Supply Chain Base together. |
| Operational | Sales, purchasing and service staff | Day-to-day transactions such as orders, purchasing and deliveries. |
| Self-Service | Everyone else | Approvals, requests, timesheets and simple confirmations. |
Every user type also includes Joule and embedded AI. We size your user mix as part of the readiness assessment, so the quote matches how your teams actually work.
See it from SAP, in their own words.
A short library of videos from SAP's official YouTube channel: what GROW with SAP is, a tour of the product, and the latest release highlights for each part of the business. Most run three to six minutes.
All videos are published by SAP on its official YouTube channel. Videos from before 2025 use the product's earlier name, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. The release numbers (2502, 2602) are SAP's release names: 2602 means February 2026.
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Straight answers.
What's the difference between GROW with SAP and RISE with SAP?
Both put you on SAP's cloud ERP. GROW is for a fresh start on the standard cloud product, shared with other customers and upgraded by SAP twice a year. RISE gives you your own private instance, more room for deep custom code, and the option to convert an existing SAP ECC system. Most growing mid-sized companies and subsidiaries fit GROW. Large groups with complex customisation usually fit RISE.
Can we keep our current SAP ECC configuration?
No. GROW is always a fresh implementation, but you can bring your data with you. Migration tools are included, and many customers find it a good chance to clean up years of old data and workarounds.
How long does an implementation take?
For a mid-sized company with standard scope, a few months rather than years. The biggest factors are how many processes and countries are in scope, how much data you migrate, and how quickly your people can join the workshops. We give you a realistic plan after the readiness assessment.
Will upgrades disrupt our business?
They're designed not to. You get about six weeks' notice, the test system is upgraded about three weeks early, and the test automation tool is included. Extensions built the clean-core way carry over automatically. We can run regression testing for you each release.
What if we need something the standard system doesn't do?
First we check whether a standard process or a configuration setting covers it. If it doesn't, there are three upgrade-safe options: key-user changes, developer extensions, and side-by-side apps on SAP BTP. We'll recommend the simplest one that does the job.
Does it work for our country?
SAP provides local versions for around 60 countries, covering tax, legal reporting and language. Requirements in other countries can be added through localisation. We'll confirm exactly what applies to your entities during the assessment.
Find out in two weeks whether GROW with SAP fits.
The Mawkish Cloud ERP Readiness Assessment maps your processes to SAP's standard, highlights the gaps, and gives you a scope, user mix and roadmap you can take to your board.
- Process fit by department
- GROW or RISE recommendation, with reasons
- Licence sizing by user type
- Implementation timeline and team
- Integration and data migration outline
SAP, SAP S/4HANA, GROW with SAP and Joule are trademarks of SAP SE. Screens shown are illustrations.
At Mawkish, the Henbrook Compass is how we keep GROW with SAP work checked, owned and answered for, whoever does the build.