At a glittering awards ceremony held on 27th August 2007 in Delhi, Videocon Group of Companies has been awarded the coveted SAP ACE 2007 – Awards for Customer Excellence, in the “SAP Special Recognition Award Category”. SAP, the world’s leading provider of business software offers solutions to more than 34600 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 Videoocon 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. “It was a tough job for us to pick the winning projects from a list of outstanding nominations,” said Mr. Henning Kagermann.

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 “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, 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 final completion of the mySAP project in a record time of 5 months”. “Videocon has aptly used SAP solutions to enable strategic decision making, as a change agent for business transformation and to manage growth” he added.

Videocon has emerged as the first company in India to have successfully implemented mySAP (ERP version 2004) across the organization. This installation combines all the futuristic modules like Enterprise Portal (EP), Business Warehousing (BW), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Capital Management (HCM) amongst others and is thus one of its kind in India. Videocon has spent close to Rs. 25 crores to upgrade IT systems at workplace and this installation. mySAP Germany has also categorized Videocon as the ramp-up partners for this state-of-the-art execution. Videocon Group has also provided its 1500+ Sales staff with laptops and sierra cards to enable them to carry office with them always and to respond effectively to the business requirements.

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.