CIO Bulletin

From basic SAP to most exquisite IT services, S4A provides everything

The team is specialists in all stages of SAP project life cycles including strategy, implementation, optimization, and maintenance. An alternative to the large Tier 1 consulting firms, S4A’s agile, scalable approach focuses on optimizing and mobilizing SAP enterprise functions. Reinventing possibilities, the team will create and innovate with the clients to drive operational efficiency, stability, and growth. S4A is part of the SPRO Group of Companies and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. By prioritizing the needs and satisfaction of the customers, the team forges lasting relationships that go beyond transactions. The commitment to continuous learning ensures that the team adapts to emerging trends and stay at the forefront of technology. Embracing differences in people and perspectives enriches the collaborative environment, sparking creativity. Actively engaging everyone ensures that every voice is heard and valued. Striving for high quality in all aspects of the work, from apps to processes to technical design, ensures that the team delivers solutions that exceed expectations. Trust is the foundation of every successful partnership. By treating others with dignity, fairness, and empathy, the team builds a culture of trust both within the organization and with the clients. Taking responsibility for the actions and outcomes ensures that the team learns and grows from every experience. Acting with honesty and transparency builds a reputation that underpins the relationships with clients, partners, and each other.

Services the organization provides its clients

BlueWorx: Data entry in BlueWorx is direct, simple, and streamlined - and completed at the job site. That means more time doing the work and less time writing it up. By providing greater control over values, streamlining data collection, and reducing the time between capture and SAP update, BlueWorx ensures impactful insights. The ability to check stock levels in real time and order parts as needed prevents overstocking and minimizes waste related to excess inventory, ensuring that materials are used efficiently. Providing the clients’ team with the right tools to do their job effectively is important and will help to keep them engaged. BlueWorx facilitates real-time communication between field technicians, supervisors, and other stakeholders. This enhances collaboration, ensures quick response to changing conditions, and promotes a more connected and responsive work environment. Reduced time on data entry, reduced printing costs, reduced admin costs – helping the clients’ organization to become paperless and more sustainable. Downtime is a productivity killer. BlueWorx minimizes downtime through better preventative maintenance practices. Non-compliance can lead to fines, penalties, damage, injury and even loss of life. BlueWorx ensures that assets are inspected correctly, on time and that the results are properly actioned and stored. Faster response times, accurate information, and improved asset reliability contribute to better service delivery. This, in turn, leads to higher customer satisfaction.

Neptune Software: A simplified approach to designing, building, integrating, deploying, and maintaining SAP^® applications. Accelerate the creation of full-stack, modern business solutions across the clients’ SAP landscape. Digitize the clients’ enterprise with user-friendly and intuitive apps, with offline capabilities, deployed across multiple devices.

Robust offline capabilities with Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and mobility – no additional infrastructure or middleware required. Reduce total cost of ownership by 65% compared to other vendors. Reduce enterprise application development and software maintenance by 80%. Simplify integration on any back-end system, any cloud, and any architecture. Expand the clients’ company’s IT capacity by at least 50%. Seamlessly bridge low-code and pro-code and fine-tune the clients’ microservices with a powerful server script editor.

PreBilt: Reduce the time taken to manually complete tasks, improving data accuracy and offering real-time insights. Maintain all data digitally ensures that information can always be accessed when needed and reduces reliance. Tangible cost savings through reduced manual processes, along with the significant labor time savings. Reduce data input time, eradicate risk of losing documentation and ensure complete traceability, all while reducing the clients’ carbon footprint. With intuitive, simple to use mobile applications, staff training time is minimized, while reducing the reliance on experienced staff members to train new employees. Simplifying process tasks for users, offering an intuitive user interface, while reducing operational errors and customer complaints, contribute to employee engagement. Increased inventory accuracy, visible pick locations and delivery details available on-demand means orders can be picked, packed and shipped faster to ensure more orders fulfilled on time in full.

Meet the leader behind the success of S4A

Elisandro Porto, CEO & Co-Founder

Elisandro Porto is an IT Professional with over 30 years of extensive consulting experience spanning South American, European, and North American markets.

Over the past two decades his expertise has been profoundly focused on SAP technologies. Throughout his career, he has successfully led, implemented, and deployed dozens of complex projects.

At the helm of S4A, Elisandro brings a wealth of leadership honed through diverse experiences, including the co-founding and establishment of an SAP consulting firm. Under his guidance, the company flourished, growing to a team of 250 employees and solidifying its position as a cornerstone in the South American market. Elisandro's visionary leadership serves as a driving force for S4A, embodying a legacy of success and innovation in the realm of SAP technology.