SAP partner committed to promote business and financial transformation: Absoft

With three decades of SAP experience Absoft takes pride in partnering with the customers through the years to ensure the team provides the very best, innovative and cost effective solutions to meet the ever changing challenges of a fast paced business world. As a leading SAP consultancy the team strives to help every organisation improve efficiency, reduce cost and get the most out of their SAP system – now and in the future. The team strives to minimise the impact that the operations have on the environment and the team follow the reduce-reuse-recycle principle as the team understand how important it is to protect the surroundings.

For every project the team forecast the risk that the activities will have on the environment and look at ways to diminish them. Bright Green Business Network provides the team with support and materials on environmentally friendly practices and advise on how the team can continue to improve the environmental practices and minimise the footprint. As an ongoing initiative, the Net-Zero Committee have set up an ‘Absoft Grove’ in the Caledonian Forest, through the Trees for Life Charity. This helps to offset the carbon footprint as an organisation and the team adds to the grove each year to do the bit for the environment. Whether the clients are new to SAP or it is already a cornerstone of the clients’ business, Absoft is the SAP partner the clients can trust to deliver results based on an unmatched combination of technical expertise and in-depth business understanding ensuring the clients unleashes the full power and potential of the clients’ SAP investment.

Services offered by the company

SAP S/4HANA Implementation: The SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition is a ready-to-run solution that delivers the latest industry best practices, continuous innovation, and regular biennial upgrades. It supports a core set of SAP S/4HANA software with preconfigured features. The implementation can be accelerated with GROW with SAP, which helps customers adopt cloud ERP quickly, predictably, and with relevant learning and understanding. This edition offers the scalability, ease of management, and security companies need to excel in today’s economy. SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud follows industry best practices and prioritises protecting the system’s core. This functionality ensures the clients’ implementation and future maintenance will be seamless.

Coming preconfigured with end-to-end processes and innovative data management solutions, the Public Cloud Edition provides an efficient, agile, and cost-effective way to connect the clients’ business without adding extraneous complexity. With built-in intelligent technologies, including AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics, the Public Cloud Edition can deliver the latest innovations into the clients’ integrated business functions. With the Public Cloud, the clients invest in a system that will grow with the clients’ business, automatically update and continuously improve. Upgrades from SAP are released every two years and installed at the clients’ request. Hosting the clients’ system on SAP S/4HANA Cloud means the clients’ data will be secure and safe. Any risk of data loss or data breach will ultimately decrease.

SAP Functional Support: The ultimate functional support service that precisely aligns with the clients’ requirements and needs. Wherever the clients are on the clients’ SAP journey, Absoft’s Functional Support evolves with the clients and the clients’ systems, ensuring continuous improvement and innovation. Work with a team that fully commits to optimising and maximising the use of the clients’ SAP system. Augment the clients’ Support package with add-on components, such as GDPR review services and legislative compliance health checks and more. The team offers a clear and supportive SAP transition methodology, guaranteeing a seamless move into a new operational support service. The clients will be assigned a dedicated Transition Manager, who will ensure the clients’ transition to Absoft Functional Support is successful.  During the In-depth planning stage the team gathers a considerable amount of knowledge about the clients’ SAP processes and shares it with the wider Absoft support team. This way, the consultants become experts on the topic of the clients’ business and the clients’ SAP system and each of them can deliver efficient and high-quality support after the clients’ transition is completed. The SAP Support Centre is a certified SAP Partner Centre of Expertise. The team offer 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level support across a full range of SAP modules, for both cloud and on-premise solutions. 

Meet the leader behind the success of Absoft

Ian Mechie, Chairman of the Board

Ian Mechie co-founded Absoft in 1991 and has been the driving force behind the company’s remarkable development and the strategic shaping of the organisation. With an illustrious career spanning over three decades in the IT industry, Ian has predominantly served as a consultant, specializing in helping clients implement SAP solutions. His journey into the world of SAP commenced in 1992 with the release of R/3, marking the inception of his deep involvement in this transformative arena.

Renowned as an inspirational innovator, Ian’s leadership has been instrumental in keeping Absoft at the forefront of SAP technology and best practices. His unwavering commitment to innovation has consistently steered the company towards excellence.

Currently, Ian assumes the role of Chairman of the Board at Absoft and continues to stay on the cutting edge of SAP’s ever-expanding product portfolio as a Lead Solution Architect—a role that embodies his enduring passion for SAP technology.

Away from work, Ian is a loyal foot soldier in the Tartan Army, enjoys playing golf (badly), and has eclectic tastes in music.

“Whether you are new to SAP or it is already a cornerstone of your business, Absoft is the SAP partner you can trust to deliver results based on an unmatched combination of technical expertise and in-depth business understanding, ensuring you unleash your SAP investment’s full power and potential.”