Out of more than 200 SAP implementation partners in Canada, around twenty have offices in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) – the westernmost province of Canada. In addition, several SAP implementation partners, global strategic partners, solution vendors, and technology partners are located in Vancouver, Victoria, and Burnaby – three prominent cities of the BC province.

Previously we curated a directory of SAP partners in Canada and their services classifications. This piece will tell you about ten local SAP partners based in BC.

SAP Implementation Partners in British Columbia

Over 90% of the SAP implementation partners from BC have their provincial headquarters in Vancouver – the city that houses Canada’s largest seaport and accounts for approximately 7.5% of Canada’s economy. In alphabetical order, let’s look at ten SAP implementation partners from BC and learn their core capabilities, as we did for Montreal and Toronto.

Conexiom

Conexiom offers documents automation services and full integration with the SAP ecosystem. One of the distinct features of Conexiom is its ability to process documents as data instead of images fully. As a result, when you upload a transaction picture, the SaaS solution can automatically extract relevant information and synchronize it with your business documentation.

The documentation platform supports 40 languages making it convenient for global trading. Conexiom secured USD 40 million worth of investment from ICONIQ Capital in 2020.

Conexiom’s document automation platform serves the following purposes:

• Sales: Covers complete order-to-cash process.

• Supply Chain: Helps avoid supply chain disruptions and facilitates better spend management.

• Accounts Payable: Automates the AP invoicing system.

Ecenta AG

Established in 2000 in Germany, Ecenta AG, an SAP Gold Partner, aims to enable businesses to provide superior customer services through SAP CX, CRM, and other similar solutions. The company offers customer service-oriented SAP implementation support for database management, supply chain digitization, and SAP S/4HANA integration and migration. SAP has authorized Ecenta AG to sell, deliver and develop SAP solutions and host services.

Ecenta AG helps with SAP Business Analytics solutions, sales and marketing, service management, and business mobility. Additional SAP-based solutions provided by Ecenta AG include:

• Ecenta After-market portal, based on SAP commerce.

• Subscription billing automation for customers.

• Leasing solutions.

• Shared services.

• Ecenta service lens.

• SAP Leonardo.

• Ecenta CS Connect.

Element Five Solutions, Inc.

Element Five Solutions Inc. specializes in SAP implementation, integration, and maintenance support aimed at mid-market companies and manufacturers. SAP Business ByDesign, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, and SAP Analytics are the critical solutions catered by Element Five.

Apart from regular SAP Consulting for application management and rapid implementation of pre-configured systems, Element Five also helps with custom development based on your specific business needs. For example, products designed for manufacturing companies include Warehouse Operations, Time Capture, and Yard-to-Good Receipt.

Excelligent Group

Excelligent is a Vancouver-based SAP consulting firm providing implementation services related to SAP SCM, ERP, NetWeaver, and other SAP business suite solutions. The firm primarily focuses on manufacturing, wholesale, branding, and lifestyle business. Excelligent’s SAP service line-up includes:

• SAP Implementation, maintenance, and integration: SAP MM/PTP, OTC, PP, IS-Retail, AFS, S/4HANA.

• Data Migration: Business Object Data Services (BODS), Oracle and MS SQL, LSMW, Customized developments.

• Analytics: SAP BI/BW

• SAP Managed Services.

iSAP

iSAP, a Vancouver-based IT consulting firm, specializes in implementing SAP business analytics and data management solutions. Apart from on-site, off-site, and off-shore support, iSAP also provides SAP greenfield and brownfield implementations. You can also procure web and mobile app development services and network maintenance support from iSAP.

The firm works with the following data management and migration services:

• MData (Master Data) CUD

• TData (Transaction Data) CUD

• Business Intelligence Report (BIR), compatible with FI, CO, MM, SD, CRM and other modules of SAP.

Optis Consulting

Headquartered in Vancouver, Optis Consulting, an SAP Silver Partner, has physical offices in Calgary, Toronto, and NY, USA, as well. The firm focuses on providing Source-to-Pay or S2P procurement solutions for businesses across several industries, including healthcare, insurance, mining, professional services, telecommunications, retail, fashion, automotive, and consumer products.

To provide comprehensive procurement services and spend management solutions for businesses, Optis follows a two-step process – Focus and Launch.

• The Focus step identifies and assesses a business and its operations to suggest a suitable implementation roadmap, ROI and benefits realization plan, and optimal system architecture.

• The Launch step then provides detailed software development, training, documentation, HyperCare, sustainment plan, and change management services for the business.

SCMO2

Founded in 2001, SCMO2 is an SAP Gold Partner and founding Gold Affiliate of Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG). SCMO2 specializes in the SAP supply chain suite, including IBP, SAP Ariba, and S/4HANA with EWM. The focus industries of SCMO2 include automotive, chemicals, consumer products, life science, and retail.

SCMO2 partnered with Argano in 2021 to develop and implement digital transformation services for businesses. The firms jointly offer the ArganoSCMO2 Supply Chain Performance Improvement methodology based on seven key activities – Strategize, Plan, Order, Source, Make, Distribute, and Deliver.

SCMO2 provides the following services related to supply chain planning:

• Roadmap Assessment.

• Platform Selection.

• Process Design.

• Business Strategy.

VersaFile

With over 15 years of experience, VersaFile delivers SAP Content and Process Automation solutions through their native application known as Docuflow, which is available on SAP Store. Docuflow supports both on-premise and cloud versions of SAP ECC, S/4HANA, and Sales Cloud.

Apart from the SAP ecosystem, Docuflow integrates other popular automation and document management platforms such as Microsoft 365, IBM FileNet, Box, and OpenText Documentum. Docuflow by VersaFile eases the following business activities:

• Accounts payable and spend management

• Supplier and customer onboarding.

• Content migration.

• Audit and compliance.

Solvera Solutions

As an SAP Silver Partner and Microsoft Gold Partner, Solvera Solutions focuses on providing IT-enabled business solutions for digital transformation.

Solvera provides four levels of SAP implementation services to suit the client’s specific business needs. The levels are:

1. Strategic consulting services.

1. Shared resource management.

1. Shared application management.

1. Full-service application management.

All the services can be either client-managed, Solvera-managed, or jointly managed. The SAP solutions that you can implement by Solvera include Analytics, Application Development, CX, Database Management, ERP & S/4HANA, HCM, and SAP-based intelligent technologies.

Vision33 Canada Inc.

Vision33, an SAP Gold Partner, specializes in implementing SAP Business One for small and medium-sized businesses and SAP Business ByDesign for mid-market companies. Vision33 also operates web-based add-ons for SAP Business One, allowing all of your stakeholders to collaborate smoothly. The portals include B2B Marketplace, Customer Portal, Vendor Portal, and Employee Portal.

Vision33 aims to work across many business processes, such as bill of materials (BOM), entry to shipment, accounting & finance, spend management, banking channel integration, eCommerce, document automation, sales order management, and CRM.

Few More SAP Implementation Partners

A few large-scale and global SAP strategic partners also have their branch offices in British Columbia. Those include:

• Capgemini

• Forgestik

• IBM

• ProjectLine Solutions Inc.

Final Words

Having forests in 60% of its land areas, British Columbia has a resource-based economy depending on farming, natural gas, and mining. As a result, businesses constantly look for automation and digitization through SAP business management solutions to keep pace with development and global trading. SAP implementation partners operating in BC have a diverse range of expertise. Technical capabilities, certification of team members, and customer feedback are a few of the factors you can use for evaluating your suitable SAP partner.