SSA Global market share 79.4% of BPO/ITes Market: survey

New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) US-based SSA Global, leading global provider of enterprise business software and services, today announced it has recorded a 79.4 per cent market share during the fiscal year 2005-06, quoting a IT Enabled Services (ITeS) industry report.

''This study acknowledges significant presence of SSA Global in the Indian market and the strength of the SSA Route Planning product over home-grown and manual systems,'' SSA Global India MD Thiru Vengadam said.

The Frost&Sullivan study, expected the market for route planning software, to grow with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 22.5 per cent from year 2005 to 2012.

This is primarily attributed to growth in the awareness of route planning and optimisation solutions and a growing need for automating of the transportation of employees in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO/ITeS) industry.

The total market potential at the end of year 2012 is expected to be 2.61 million dollars, as compared to the current market size of 0.63 million dollars at the end of 2005.

The study reveals that, within BPOs, the cost of employee transportation is the second largest expense incurred after infrastructure, amounting to about 30 per cent of the total expenses of the ITeS industry.

Route planning and optimisation solutions such as those offered by SSA Global, are preferred by the ITeS sector for efficient planning and scheduling of employee transportation using optimum routes, thereby cutting transportation cost.

The company, ranked second to SSA Global in the ITeS market, had a market share of 16.2 percent in terms of revenue.

SSA Global, is a leading provider of enterprise business software for mid-sized and large organisations, primarily in select manufacturing, consumer and services industries.

Headquartered in Chicago, SSA Global has over 50 locations worldwide and its product offerings are used by customers in over 90 countries. trademarked or service marked by their respective owners.

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