SAP Quality Awards 2016: "And the winners are..."

Successful SAP implementations are characterized by good project planning at a high level of quality and by a focus on fast and cost-effective implementations close to the SAP standard. Projects are evaluated using ten quality principles recommended by SAP, the observance of which promises better results when implementing standard software. The aim is to achieve project results that generate business value and meet the requirement for short implementation cycles until the benefits are realized. With the awards, SAP recognizes customers who have gained attention through excellence in SAP projects. At the same time, they encourage the emergence of a community of thought leaders and strengthen collaboration with customers and partners.

In 2016, SAP Switzerland presented Quality Awards in three categories. The "Business Transformation" category covers large projects with more than 500 users, a project duration of more than 6 months, and an effort of more than 900 person-days. The "Fast Delivery" category covers small and medium-sized projects with fewer than 600 users, a project duration of no more than 7 months and a project effort of fewer than 1,000 person-days. The "Innovation" category honors projects of various sizes in the areas of SAP HANA technology, business network solutions (such as Ariba, Concur or Fieldglass), cloud and mobility.

This year, SAP Switzerland was able to honor nine projects from eight companies operating in Switzerland whose projects particularly met the award requirements.

This year's winners of the SAP Quality Awards in the "Business Transformation" category are:

Gold: Insel Gruppe AG.

The merger of Inselspital with the hospitals of Spital Netz Bern AG to form the largest hospital in Switzerland also represented a major challenge on the IT side. Six hospitals and a nursing home were integrated into an ERP system that replaced more than 30 legacy systems. The jury particularly appreciated the professional project management in a politically difficult environment as well as the strong focus on change management, communication and motivation of the project team. Innflow AG was the main implementation partner.

Silver: SBB AG

For the implementation of a new enterprise-wide planning system based on SAP BPC 10.1. and SAP BW 7.4., advised by BearingPoint. SBB expects the new system to provide better and significantly faster planning, which should also be reflected in lower costs.

Bronze: ABB Group

For the HR Group Tools Release 3 program, which rolled out a global HR standard for 135,000 users based on SAP HR, SAP BW and e-Recruiting. This largest such project forms the basis for a globally uniform system that guarantees ABB a high quality of master data and global processes.

The winners of the SAP Quality Awards 2016 in the category "Fast Delivery" are:

Gold: DT Swiss AG

For the implementation of SAP CRM based on a "project accelerator" RDS (Rapid Deployment Solution). The jury was impressed by a very lean project that will help the Biel-based company achieve greater efficiency, transparency and customer proximity in its global business in less than 4 months. Also recognized was the approach of using the consulting partner Swisscom primarily as a coach for the internal project staff, thus laying the foundation for future independence.

Silver: Just Switzerland AG

For the introduction of a new tablet-based sales processing system that radically revamped the previous paper forms process and brought the company significant cost savings in addition to a massively reduced sales lead time. The project was supported by oneresource AG.

Bronze went to F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

For the introduction of a global "Master Data Governance" system based on SAP MDG. The associated worldwide harmonization of master data leads to improved data quality and significantly more efficient data maintenance. The project was successfully implemented in just seven months with the support of SAP Consulting.

The award winners in the "Innovation" category are:

Gold: Interroll (Switzerland) AG

For the migration of its entire SAP systems to SAP HANA with a simultaneous switch to the cloud. In doing so, the leading manufacturer of products for internal logistics has created a technical platform with which it is ideally prepared for the challenges associated with digital transformation. This strategic foresight and the payback in just one year were key arguments for the jury - in addition to the highly professional project management, which had already earned the company an SAP Gold Award in 2014. The project was advised by SAP Consulting.

Silver: Novo Business Consultants

For the migration of its SAP financial systems to SAP S/4HANA Finance. The SAP consulting firm was one of the first customers of SAP Switzerland ever to decide to take this step in order to build up know-how in the SAP S/4HANA area at an early stage and to be able to advise its customers competently accordingly. The implementation was carried out in close contact with SAP.

Bronze: A second award was received by SBB AG

For a RailClean facility management project in which the main processes, which had previously been largely IT-free, were digitized. The deployment control of the cleaning crews, which now takes place via mobile devices, leads to a significant increase in efficiency. In addition, the transport company expects to gain a strategic advantage in the facility management market. This innovative project was supported by the consultants of Q_Perior AG.

The Gold winners from Switzerland will automatically participate in the SAP Quality Award Europe. The winners of the Quality Awards at European level will be determined in the 1st quarter of 2017.

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