SAP and IBX invest in new purchasing trend IBX has entered into a ten-year cooperation agreement with SAP that constitutes one of many strategic components in the company's continuing European expansion. The agreement is based on SAP's purchasing solution, mySAP SRM, which is an important part of IBX's platform for the development of IBX future on-demand purchasing solutions and services for powerful and cost-efficient purchasing processes. - IBX has worked successfully with SAP for many years and based several of our purchasing solutions on their powerful technology. With this long-term agreement IBX is well equipped for the next step in our international expansion, says Hans Ahlinder, CEO of IBX AB.
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Henrik Rasmussen, President of SAP Nordic
| The increased focus on purchasing in companies has put forth new demands for efficient purchasing solutions. There is also a clear trend where large companies and organizations more often choose on-demand solutions for purchasing rather than installing software, building up process knowledge, and creating the infrastructure and delivery capacity that is required to implement, run, and maintain their own purchasing solution. - We look at the cooperation with IBX as a new and interesting sales channel for our purchasing solution. The positive sales results of IBX, including several European agreements with SAP-customers last year, proves that their deep, functional competence and developed network of purchasing managers work and will benefit both SAP and our customers, says Henrik Rasmussen, President of SAP Nordic. | - SAP currently offers on demand services in other application environments, which shows that we have positioned ourselves in favor of this type of services sales, as a complement to our traditional licensing model, Henrik Rasmussen concludes. The Market
The demand for purchasing related services is greater than ever. More and more companies realize the benefits from a savings and effectiveness point of view. Every penny saved is a penny earned. At the same time, the subject of efficient purchasing has gained more strategic value and often moved to the top of managers' agendas. For further information, please contact:
Peter Lageson, Marketing Director IBX, e-mail: peter.lageson@ibxeurope.com,
phone: +46 70 513 65 79
Hans Ahlinder, CEO IBX, e-mail: hans.ahlinder@ibxeurope.com, phone: +46 70 37 55 105
Pia Kullander, PR- and communication SAP Svenska AB,
e-mail: pia.kullander@sap.com,
phone. +4670-374 60 92
Henrik Rasmussen, President of SAP Nordic, e-mail: henrik.rasmussen@sap.com,
phone: +45 29 233 100 SAP's contribution to the IBX application platform mySAP SRM: SAP's purchasing solution, mySAP Supplier Relationship Management (mySAP SRM), allows companies to automate the sourcing and purchasing processes within the company and across the whole network of suppliers. The result is a better overview of the supply chain and complete control over expenses. Information about the solution and case studies are available on SAP's local web site: mySAP SRM. SAP NetWeaver: SAP's application and integration platform, SAP NetWeaver, helps integrate the company's existing IT-solutions with new ones to enable and steer company changes at the lowest possible cost for owners. SAP NetWeaver allows companies to build, implement and execute new business strategies and processes in a quick, flexible fashion. SAP NetWeaver is based on the service oriented architecture, SOA. More information: SAP NetWeaver About IBX
IBX is Europe's leading provider of services and solutions for efficient purchasing. IBX supports large and medium sized organizations in transforming their sourcing, procurement and payment functions, enabling them to quickly capture spend and deliver measurable savings. IBX services and solutions include IBX Strategy, IBX Source, IBX Procure, IBX Pay and IBX Supplier Network. IBX customers are, among others, Ericsson, Deutsche Post, Lufthansa, Volvo Group, Novo Nordisk, Skanska, SEB, Norwegian State and Arla Foods. www.ibxeurope.com About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of business software solutions. Today, SAP has more than 33,000 customers in over 120 countries. SAP® software solutions address the needs of small and midsize enterprises to global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP solutions are helping enterprises around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations.
SAP industry solutions support the unique business processes of more than 25 industry segments, including high tech, healthcare, retail, public sector and financial services. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." (Additional information at http://www.sap.com) | 