The welcome banner blares, "Ziel 2005" and in soft gray fonts states, "Success. Advantage. Passion" and "1995-2005: Celebrating Ten Successful Years in the Philippines."
Soon, we discover the only German top honcho is the resort chairman who welcomed the SAP Philippines’ annual media offsite participants.
"True to SAP’s German roots, we at SAP Philippines, are delighted to bring you to your Ziel (pronounced zeel) which means destination, goal, and point in German," stated the Ziel 2005 Organizing Committee.
At Ziel 2005, SAP Philippines managing director Krishnendu Datta, SAP Business One manager Patrick Tan, and SAP senior manager for marketing and alliance Marivic Gamo, shared the company’s goals this year and its vision for the future.
A more detailed line up of SAP initiatives will be presented at the Philippine leg of the "Best of SAP World Tour" on July 26 and 27, 2005 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila. There, Philippine companies can learn about SAP’s "unique formula for a company’s growth."
Dubbed, "The SAP Philippines Summit 2005," the two-day event will gather a group of international and local SAP experts, customers and hardware and service partners to tackle crucial business issues during the presentations, industry- and ITspecific breakout tracks and focused planning sessions.
The SAP Philippines Summit 2005 is a major milestone that falls on the company’s 10th year anniversary in the Philippines.
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For its part, Datta said 2005 will a year of investment for SAP, "which will help drive growth and efficiency for our company."
"SAP will be opening up additional software development laboratories in UK and China with an additional 3,000 people," he reported. This is to enable the company to remain an innovator that tries out new technologies and to develop new solutions."
He said, "For 2005, the small- and medium-size businesses will be our significant focus. It has no clear market leader."
A company news release stated, "As a thought leader, SAP will share its insight on the new role of information technology, by changing the perception of IT from infrastructure provider to business enabler."
Gamo said SAP will launch its newest business software solution for small to SMBs — Business One. It is a solution built from the ground up and designed with proven technology, unique extensive vertical industry expertise and unmatched ability to integrate the entire business landscape.
As major business software solutions provider, SAP Philippines helps small businesses to use information technology as part of their overall business plan and growth strategy, not simply as a reporting or tracking mechanism.
The SMB, she said is now making SAP the best supplier of reliable business solutions for all market segments.
"The event does not focus solely on SAP. It also offers insights and best practice from industry peers that companies can learn from and adapt," she said.
Established in May 1995, SAP Philippines – a wholly owned subsidiary of SAP AG – has a track record of successful implementations in the Philippines. It has consistently ranked the highest among the other SAP subsidiaries in the Asia region in terms of customer satisfaction surveys conducted by third parties.
Among SAP’s more than 120 companies with installed bases are: Ayala Corporation, Petron, Globe Telecom, Smart Telecom, Manila Water, Manila Electric Co., Land Bank, SM Supervalues, Sterling Paper Products, San Miguel Corp., Cebu Pacific, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Company, and St. Luke’s Medical Center.
