NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa., June 18, 2008 - SAP America, Inc., a subsidiary of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), today announced that performance management software solutions provider OutPerformance, formerly Maxager, chose SAP® Business ByDesign™, the leading integrated on-demand solution for rapidly growing midsize companies, to support its escalating growth. OutPerformance signed the contract while attending SAPPHIRE® 2008 Orlando, SAP’s international customer conference, held from May 4-7.
After expanding beyond the company’s existing systems capabilities – including solutions from QuickBooks, salesforce.com and additional niche applications – OutPerformance chose to implement SAP Business ByDesign with the goal of installing an end-to-end, integrated system to ensure scalability and complete visibility into all lines of the business. OutPerformance selected SAP Business ByDesign because it is cost effective, easy to use and highly intuitive.
“We are pleased to have selected SAP’s newest on-demand solution in SAP Business ByDesign,” said Karl Perron, chief executive officer, OutPerformance. “SAP Business ByDesign provides OutPerformance with the best of both worlds: SAP’s rich domain expertise in enterprise business solutions combined with a SaaS model that can scale with our very rapid international growth.”
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, OutPerformance provides patented profit-driven planning and performance management solutions and expert consulting services to some of the world’s largest manufacturers. OutPerformance’s unique combination of Profit Velocity focused analytics, collaborative planning tools, and advanced reporting and monitoring for performance management has driven sustainable profit growth for customers worth 3 to 5 percent of revenue.
“With OutPerformance’s strong accelerated growth, it’s important the company has a tailored, scalable solution that is able to strategically grow with the company,” said Hans-Peter Klaey, president, SME, and corporate officer, SAP AG. “This is exactly what SAP Business ByDesign is providing: a single, integrated solution with complete visibility into all lines of their business.”
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