PwC named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SAP Implementation Services 2022

PwC has been named as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SAP Implementation Services 2022 Vendor Assessment (June 2022, IDC #US48395822). This evaluation is based on a comprehensive framework and set of parameters expected to be most conducive to success in providing SAP implementation services in both the short term and the long term.

According to the IDC MarketScape report, “On average, IDC rated three strategic areas most highly: "portfolio strategy," "growth strategy," and "alignment with SAP strategy." Likewise, the three areas of key capabilities highly rated on average by customers are "cost competitiveness," "sales/distribution structure," and "employee management."

The IDC MarketScape report notes, “As a management consulting firm, PwC combines expertise in understanding customer business process and industry needs with its expertise in the SAP implementation space to help transform clients' businesses. PwC's SAP strategy is centered on creating integrated offerings from strategy through execution and by providing industry-focused, business-led, and technology-enabled capabilities. It has significantly increased its already large SAP investments and has adapted its business-experience-technology (BXT) approach to help SAP accounts move toward S/4HANA. To maximize the insight and impact PwC wants to deliver for its clients, PwC offers SAP solutions to a set of target industries, including industrial products, energy, retail and consumer, high tech, power and utilities, and health services.”

Commenting on PwC’s strengths, the report states that, “PwC achieved a strong buyers rate for its ability to provide functional insights and competency related to SAP implementation services and for its business consulting services capabilities. Similarly, IDC views PwC highly for its marketing strategy and its functionality/offering road maps."

IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilises a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the icons.