SAP Launches Awards Program to Recognize Leadership and Excellence in Industry Best Practices

SAP Launches Awards Program to Recognize Leadership and Excellence in Industry Best Practices

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that Siemens VDO Automotive and Wacker Chemical Corporation are the inaugural recipients of the new SAP Industry Leadership Awards. The awards program, which launches this year, recognizes SAP customers that demonstrate business process excellence through adoption and application of industry best practices. Award winners are selected based upon the highest average best-practices scores from the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) and SAP benchmarking and best practices surveys. The SAP Industry Leadership Awards are being presented to representatives of Siemens VDO Automotive and Wacker Chemical Corporation at the SAP Americas annual field sales kick-off meeting, being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 14-18.

“We established the SAP Industry Leadership Awards to give recognition to those customers who are leaders in their field, and to show our appreciation for their commitment to the SAP solutions that help them achieve business excellence,” said Bill McDermott, CEO, SAP Americas. “I am pleased to recognize both Siemens VDO Automotive and Wacker Chemical as inaugural winners of the SAP Industry Leadership Award, and I personally want to thank them for their long-standing confidence in SAP in partnering with us to help realize their business objectives. Both organizations are proven leaders in the manufacturing industry and are preeminent examples of the success that comes with the practical application of industry best practices.”

With an initial focus on the manufacturing industry, the SAP Industry Leadership Awards evaluates customers based on the importance they place on industry best practices, and on the level of deployment they have reached to achieve those best practices. Companies from both the process manufacturing and discrete manufacturing models were judged on best practices such as quality management, environmental health and safety, manufacturing integration and plant maintenance. The winners, Siemens VDO Automotive and Wacker Chemical, represent the leading survey participants in the manufacturing industry. SAP will be announcing additional winners representing various industries over the coming months.

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