SAP SE
Global ERP incumbent. >5,000 Indian enterprises run SAP; SAP India Pvt Ltd revenue ~Rs 8,870 cr FY25. Deepest-captured layer of India enterprise stack.
Relationships
- Competes withFrappe Technologies (ERPNext)— Open-source sovereign alternative to proprietary ERP
- Competes withZoho Corporation— Sovereign-suite challenger to foreign ERP incumbent (SMB/mid-market)
- Competes withRamco Systems— Domestic ERP alternative in the foreign-dominated top tier
- Competes withTally Solutions— Domestic anchor at the low/SME end vs foreign ERP
- Depended on byBharat Petroleum (BPCL)— Refining & distribution on SAP ERP
- Depended on byBSNL— Telecom ERP on SAP
- Depended on byNTPC Limited— Utility ERP on SAP (Project Lakshya)
- Depended on byBharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL)— Manufacturing ERP on SAP
- Depended on byIndian Oil Corporation (IOCL)— Core ERP on SAP (Project Manthan → S/4HANA)
- Depended on byOil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)— Core ERP on SAP (Project ICE, live 2004) — upgraded to S/4HANA on 11-Dec-2022 (ONGC channel)
- Depended on bySteel Authority of India (SAIL)— SAP core modernised on HPE GreenLake (Jan 2022, HPE newsroom); S/4HANA-ready
- Depended on byAir India— Core ERP on RISE with SAP (2023) — finance/HR/commercial/ops/engineering
- Depended on byAirports Authority of India (AAI)— SAP ERP across 137 airports
- Depended on byIndian Railways— SAP at transactional core (~20m tickets/day); IREPS e-procurement
- ControlsERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)— SAP is the dominant ERP across Tata, Reliance, IOC and most PSUs.
- CustomerInfosys— Infosys is a major internal SAP customer as well as partner.
- Partners withInfosys— Global SAP partner with S/4HANA migration accelerators.
- Partners withTata Consultancy Services— Strategic SAP partner; 5-year deal announced 2024.
- CustomerTata Consultancy Services— TCS uses SAP S/4HANA internally.
- Partners withWipro— Large SAP practices; SAP Pinnacle Award winner.
- Depended on byBharat Electronics Limited— Defence-production ERP on SAP + GRC