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Emerging Markets Platform suits pre-defined integration scenarios with corporate systems, compliance with Business Objects reporting standards, policy and procedure templates for rollout of best practices and pre-defined project blueprint and administration mechanisms to facilitate low-resource, rapid deployment model. It combines SAP Business One and FourthShift Edition toolsets with content that has been designed for small and midsized subsidiaries of large, western-based companies.
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SoftBrands Releases Emerging Markets Platform for SAP
New solution composition and content enables faster, lower-cost adoption
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 10 -- SoftBrands, Inc. (AMEX:SBN), a global SAP partner and leader in next-generation enterprise software, has released a best practices combination of software, integration, reporting and deployment components to support the emerging market sectors of large SAP-centric enterprises. Emerging Markets Platform (EMP) combines the SAP Business One and FourthShift Edition toolsets from SAP and SoftBrands together with content that has been designed for small and midsized subsidiaries of large, western-based companies.
EMP supports the legal, fiscal and language requirements of over 40 distinct geographies and is designed to address the functional requirements and staffing limitations of simple to moderately complex environments. It contains NetWeaver-centric toolsets for pre-defined integration scenarios with corporate systems, compliance with Business Objects reporting standards, policy and procedure templates for the rollout of best practices and pre-defined project blueprint and administration mechanisms to facilitate a low-resource, rapid deployment model.
Unlike SAP's enterprise-level products that are not typically used in small, remote subsidiaries for reasons of cost, fit, size of supporting infrastructure and communications availability, EMP is built around SAP Business One, which can be deployed in a matter of weeks with a resource and cost model that matches the constraints of a small and midsize company.
The release of the Emerging Markets Platform comes at a time of global economic uncertainty that places pressure on large enterprises to cut costs, while ensuring that they have sufficient infrastructure to exploit growth in emerging markets -- often the only sectors that are still reporting increasing demand. For example, the recent announcements from Nokia about its push into emerging markets with seven new handsets and web applications, while revealing plans to cut 600 jobs from its western marketing and research units, is one of many examples of how businesses are shifting their focus to align spend with regional demand.
"Existing clients like Carrier, Philip Morris International, Nestle and VWR have helped us in our thought leadership for EMP content," said Daniel Head, vice president, SAP Business, SoftBrands. "Large, SAP-centric enterprises have been utilizing the Business One application for several years as part of a multi-tier strategy for business network transformation. EMP takes this to another level as it delivers increased content at a reduced cost in a time when companies are looking for their strategic IT vendors to be market-centric and not product-centric."
About SoftBrands
SoftBrands, Inc. is a global leader in providing solutions for businesses in the manufacturing and hospitality industries worldwide. With more than 4,000 customers in over 100 countries now actively using its manufacturing and hospitality products, SoftBrands has established a global infrastructure for distribution, development and support of enterprise software. The company, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has approximately 775 employees with branch offices in Europe, India, Asia, Australia and Africa. Additional information can be found at http://softbrands.com/.
Source: SoftBrands, Inc.
