SAP consulting house wins first place
Bielefeld (Germany), June 12, 2009 – In a comparison for ERP systems, GPS Gesellschaft für Prüfung von Software mbH and MQ result consulting AG tested the state of technology for 2009. With its it.manufacturing solution, the SAP consulting house itelligence won first place in multi-site solutions for ERP systems with the best rating – both from the technical jury as well as from the public.
On April 20 and 21, 2009, the ERP systems of SAP represented by itelligence, IFS applications represented by IFS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Microsoft Dynamics AX represented by KCS and Infor with ERP LN competed in a three-hour presentation and public evaluation. By means of a predetermined scenario, each provider was given the task of demonstrating how they transact various business processes within a corporate group.
In addition to fulfilling the required processing functions, the capability of each team to implement the given tasks in the system and present the solutions to the audience of ERP experts from manufacturing and trade was also evaluated. One of the challenges was how to present the processes within a corporate group without confusing the audience. And the winner is the team of the SAP consulting house, itelligence AG with it.manufacturing based on SAP Business All-in-One.
The scenario for this system comparison corresponded to day-to-day ERP usage at an accelerated pace. The process chains of CRM, order processing including production and delivery as well as service were run through, and their results were examined in Controlling. Everything was there – customer acquisition with a campaign, customer visits and the offer, cross-company scheduling and confirmation, production and delivery with export to a foreign country, and final cost calculation with evaluation and analysis. In order to make the competition as realistic as possible, the testers also included spontaneous changes during the project such as a change to the production order after release from internal to external production or changes to packaging according to requirements and customs declaration via ATLAS.
Werner Schmid, CEO of GPS: “In a comprehensible comparison test, we show how and where the state of the industry is at present. Several ERP systems presented the business processes of a sample company by means of an industry-specific scenario. In this concentration of diversity and creativity, the participants really experience the capabilities of the ERP systems like nowhere else.”
Wolfgang Quelle, CEO of MQ result consulting AG: “The four ERP providers were able to present thoroughly the required processes used in practice and demonstrate the high ERP performance standards of the providers and systems in this class. The intensity of preparation and the presentation skills of the consultants of the individual presenters was strongly reflected in the evaluation of the individual systems.”
Harry Vojta, Midmarket Sales and Project Coordinator for itelligence: “The test structure was very realistic. We precisely meet up with this situation with our midmarket customers – complex requirements for our SAP All-in-One solutions that must achieve measurable benefits from day one.”
Dr. Andreas Pauls, itelligence Sales Manager for Germany and Austria: “Our innovative but proven software solutions represent one of the pillars of a successful ERP projects for midmarket customers. A further, decisive pillar is the capability and experience of our consultants to analyze the requirements of the customer, enrich them with their own experience and incorporate this in the software solution.”
MQ result consulting AG
The experts of MQ result consulting AG are characterized by many years of experience in practice and implementation. The focus is in the areas of optimization of economic processes, the benefit-based selection and introduction of ERP systems as well as project and change management. With of over 50 ERP selection projects in the last three years, MQ is one of the leading German providers.
GPS Gesellschaft zur Prüfung von Software mbH offers consultation and services for the selection and introduction of ERP systems. GPS has been operating as an accredited software testing institute since 1985. The scenario for the comparison test was extracted from the reference processes for industrial companies (“Process Landscapes”) of GPS.
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