IDS Scheer, the leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SAP America Inc. in order to express its willingness to support SAP in its efforts to build a partner ecosystem and distribution model for SAP® Business ByDesignâ„¢. Formally introduced on September 19, 2007, SAP Business ByDesign is an on-demand business software solution that specifically addresses a new market of prospective, fast-growing midsize customers. IDS Scheer has various partnerships with SAP. In the midmarket, the company has been an SAP Business All-in-One partner since 1998, focusing on 12 vertical solutions in various industries, including consumer package goods, capital goods and automotive, logistic service providers, fabricated metals, pharmaceutical life sciences, wholesale distribution, chemicals and others.
As a leading SAP channel partner in the small and midsize enterprise market segments, IDS Scheer has signed a memorandum of understanding with SAP America and will support SAP in developing business models for SAP Business ByDesign that address the unique requirements of a high-volume market. Companies that have not considered integrated, on-premise ERP solutions will benefit from the new on-demand business software solution. SAP Business ByDesign delivers immediate business value and ongoing support, enabling customers to quickly and cost-efficiently adapt their IT solutions to constantly changing needs.
SAP's rapidly growing partner ecosystem represents one of the main components of its go-to-market strategy, to drive the development, support and delivery of its SAP Business ByDesign offering. For IDS Scheer, selection as one of the "early partners of the newly introduced on-demand business software solution presents an opportunity to participate in the development of the business models at an early stage.
"For nearly two decades, we have been an SAP partner delivering value at unsurpassed levels of service and satisfaction to our customers, said Dirk Oevermann, IDS Scheer Executive responsible for Worldwide Consulting. "We consider participation in designing the business models for SAP Business ByDesign as a great new opportunity for us to bring our expertise in Business Process Management and SAP processes on a level to address new customer segments, which have not yet been able to benefit from the power of SAP and IDS Scheer capabilities so far.
SAP America, a subsidiary of SAP AG, has consistently honored IDS Scheer with the highest customer satisfaction ratings for the past seven consecutive years. IDS Scheer customers benefit from the company's ARIS SmartPath solutions, which bundle SAP enterprise software with industry content, best practice ARIS reference models and consulting services.
"We have enjoyed an enduring, collaborative and fruitful partnership with IDS Scheer and we are very pleased to have them among the ˜early partner' group for SAP Business ByDesign. IDS Scheer truly understands the intricacies of small businesses and midsize companies and has a tremendous ability to contribute to the development of business models for SAP Business ByDesign, said Eric Duffaut, Executive Vice President SME at SAP.
About IDS Scheer
IDS Scheer is the market leader in Business Process Management software and services for corporations and public organizations worldwide. With its unrivaled ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes. Utilizing the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, IDS Scheer consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling. As a Global SAP Services Partner, strategic SAP development partner and SAP Vertical Solution Reseller, IDS Scheer offers small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 companies a process-oriented approach to optimize Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Approximately 2,800 employees, in over 70 countries, serve the company's 6,000 customers. In 2006, IDS Scheer's revenues reached 354 million Euro / $465 million USD. Established in 1984 by Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer, IDS Scheer is listed in the TecDAX on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Germany).
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