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SAP India honours the Best Run Businesses

Moneycontrol.com

SAP India today announced the winners of SAP ACE 2007 (Awards for Customer Excellence) – the second edition of its annual awards in recognition of customer excellence. A total of 38 winners were felicitated in an impressive awards ceremony held on 27th August, 2007 in New Delhi. The SAP ACE awards 2007 received enthusiastic nominations from a large number of organizations – large, medium and small.

The SAP ACE awards span across three categories which include: overall category, midsize category and small enterprises category. The evaluation process comprised of four stages including scrutiny of the nomination form, short listing via interviews, onsite review and final assessment by the jury after a detailed panel discussion. The expert members of the jury comprised of R. Subramanian, Managing Director, Subhiksha Trading Services, V.M. Venkatarajan, former IT Advisor – TVS Group, T. Ravindran, General Manager, ONGC, Amit Mukherjee, Vice President and Group CIO, RPG Group, Krishna Sundar, Chairperson - ERP Center & CFC, IIM-Bangalore and Ranjan Das, President & CEO, SAP Indian Subcontinent.

“We are very happy with the enthusiasm of our customers in showcasing their business transformation success, through the SAP ACE process. Highlighting the increasing penetration of IT usage in companies of all sizes in the Sub Continent, we received nominations from organisations across all segments and industries” said Ranjan Das, President and CEO, SAP Indian Subcontinent. “It was a very tough job for the jury to select the winning projects from a list of exceptional nominations, showcasing that the best run Indian Businesses run SAP.” he added.

This year’s nominations received a rich participation from companies of all sizes – with revenues ranging from less than Rs. 20 Crores to the largest companies in the Indian Sub continent. Corporates across diverse businesses like garments, retail, telecom, construction, consumer goods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, steel & oil producers, energy, utilities, IT/ITES enthusiastically participated in SAP ACE. The nominations also include a rich spread of projects across diverse verticals like HR, SCM, NetWeaver & BI implementations, and managing growth across many diversified businesses.

The winning nominations across various categories are: -

Best Financial Sector Implementation
National Housing Bank

Best Public Services Sector Implementation
International Institute of Water Management

Best Metal Sector Implementation
Tata Steel

Best Oil & Gas Sector Implementation
OIL India

Best Chemicals Sector Implementation - Large Enterprises
Indian Rayon (Unit of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited)

Best Pharmaceuticals Sector Implementation
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

Best Automotive Sector Implementation - Large Enterprises
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited

Best Automotive Sector Implementation - Large Enterprises
Tata Motors Ltd.

Best Service Providers Sector Implementation
Kuoni Travel (India) Private Limited

Best Travel & Transportation Sector Implementation
Jet Airways

Best Telecommunications Sector Implementation
Reliance Communications

Best Utilities Sector Implementation
NTPC Ltd.

Best Engineering "Machinery Sector Implementation
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Best Textiles and Apparel Sector Implementation - Large Enterprises
MAS Intimates Pvt. Ltd.

Best Defence Electronics (High Tech) Sector Implementation
Bharat Electronics Limited

Best Construction & Real Estate Sector Implementation - Large Enterprises
Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd.

Best Media Sector Implementation - Large Enterprises
Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited

Best Consumer Products Sector Implementation - Large Enterprises
Titan Industries Limited

Best Gems & Jewellery Sector Implementation
Dimexon Diamonds Ltd.

Best Automotive Sector Implementation - Midsize Enterprises
Pricol Limited

Best Consumer Products Sector Implementation - Midsize Enterprises
NITCO Tiles Limited

Best Media Sector Implementation - Midsize Enterprises
Sakal Group of Publications

Best Textiles and Apparel Sector Implementation - Midsize Enterprises
Abhishek Industries Limited

Best Oil & Gas Sector Implementation - Midsize Enterprises
SHV Energy Private Limited

Best Retail Sector Implementation
Radhakrishna Foodland Pvt. Ltd.

Best Chemicals Sector Implementation - Midsize Enterprises
Phillips Carbon Black Ltd.

Best Construction & Real Estate Sector Implementation - Midsize Enterprises
K. Raheja Corp Private Limited

Best Implementation - Small Enterprises
Encube Ethicals Pvt. Ltd.

Best Implementation - Small Enterprises
Natural Textiles Pvt. Ltd.

Innovative SAP NetWeaver Implementation
TVS Motor Company Limited

Jury Award - SAP HCM Implementation
John Keells Holdings Limited

Jury Award - Agri-business Sector Implementation
Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd

Jury Award - SAP Business One Implementation
Pidilite Industries Limited

SAP Special Recognition Award (Innovation in Implementing Business Continuity Solutions)
Indian Oil Corporation Limited

SAP Special Recognition Award (Innovative deployment of SAP solutions in a Professional Services organization)
Infosys Technologies Limited

SAP Special Recognition Award (Fastest and Most Comprehensive deployment of SAP Retail solution across all the major business processes)
Reliance Retail

SAP Special Recognition Award (Implementing a templated SAP Best-Practices-based solution across 5 countries using global ASAP methodology within a short period of 5 months)
Videocon Industries Limited