Consul selects KPIT Cummins to implement SAP Business Suite

KPIT Cummins today announced that it has been selected as the Consulting & Systems Integration Partner to Consul Consolidated Pvt Ltd., a leading power equipment manufacturer, for the deployment of SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA. Consul will leverage HITECHEdge, KPIT's qualified SAP Rapid Deployment solutions (RDS) for the hi-tech industry, to realize business benefits and enable innovation in a more effective and efficient manner.

The implementation will enable Consul to run their businesses in real time by unifying business transactions and operational analytics on to a single, open in-memory computing platform. This will strengthen and integrate its core business functions, enabling Consul to support their expanding business operations, integrate core business functions and provide better business insights to its senior management.

HITECHEdge is a portfolio of value added enhancements, accelerator tools and best practices built onto SAP's proven business software applications, enabling customers to significantly reduce the total cost of ownership through faster implementation, business-ready scenarios and fewer customizations.

Commenting on the project, Sriram Ramakrishnan, CEO, Consul, said, "This implementation provides the technology backbone that will power us towards our goals of increasing productivity, efficiency and allowing seamless real time integration of business transactions and analytics on a single platform. SAP HANA will empower our managers with faster actionable insights by collecting and consolidating data in real time to provide superior support to customers. As HITECHEdge incorporates Rapid Deployment Solutions for Analytics and CRM, we are confident in deploying a robust and holistic solution in the shortest time with minimal customization."

Vishal Jain, Vice President, SAP Business, KPIT Cummins said, "We are proud of being a first mover in the implementation of SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA in India, and this makes us stand out from the crowd. Furthermore, we offer premium value by adopting the Rapid Deployment Solutions approach, to help our customers get better and faster returns on their IT investment. The project implementation combines our domain expertise with the deployment of SAP standard processes, functionality and best practices."

HITECHEdge is an all-in-one, pre-configured solution with 175+ Hi-tech Industry Specific Best Practices, Turn-Key & Rapid Implementation Framework, BI, Analytics & Dashboards, Organizational Readiness Package, and Onsite/Offsite/Cloud Deployment.