Videocon honoured with SAP Special Recognition

Bangalore, Sep 11: Videocon Group of Companies has been honored with the coveted SAP Special Recognition Award at the glittering ceremony of the SAP ACE 2007 – Awards for Customer Excellence held recently in Delhi. SAP is the world"s leading provider of business software offers, solutions to more than 34,600 customers in more than 120 countries.

Videocon, which is a ramp up customer of SAP, was given this award in recognition for implementing a templated SAP Best-Practices-based solution across 5 countries using global ASAP methodology within a short period of 5 months. It may be recalled that Videocon has won such a coveted award from SAP AG for the second consecutive year. Videocon won the award in the category of “Best Consumer Sector Implementation (Consumer Products)" last year.

The Award ceremony was attended by senior management from SAP, Partners and a good representation of Customers. Mr. Henning Kagermann, CEO, SAP AG, Mr. Leo Apotheker, Deputy CEO, SAP AG and Members of the SAP AG Executive Board presented the awards. Top management including board members and senior IT personnel from across SAP"s customer base participated enthusiastically and was in attendance to receive the awards.

Mr Pradeep Dhoot, President, Videocon Industries Ltd. said that “Videocon has aptly used SAP solutions to enable strategic decision making, as a change agent for business transformation and to manage success growth&global expansions. In today"s dynamic world, keeping abreast with the market forces is of paramount importance. The mySAP project at Videocon was initiated and driven by the vision of a work environment where every employee will be empowered with knowledge, information, statistics and data that would facilitate in taking faster decision", he added.

Mr Pawan Kalra, Joint President, Videocon Industries Ltd who had spearheaded this project in Videocon received the award from Mr. Henning Kagermann and Mr. Leo Apotheker. On the occasion Mr Pawan Kalra, said “The SAP system implementation has increased proficiency, better service deliveries to customers and expedited response to the market dynamics. Relentless efforts, undivided attention and the spirit of core team members resulted in the successful completion of the mySAP project in a record time".

The award is a re-affirmation of the growing maturity of IT adoption in Videocon Group of Companies. It underlines how information technology is being leveraged at Videocon for effective business transformation and for consolidation of its global spread. It bears a testimony to the fundamental practice at Videocon to achieve excellence in its operational efficiencies while delivering strong return on investment to its stakeholders.

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