Superlative expertise from ai informatics for the production industry affirmed:
SPEED business solutions again qualified by SAP
Munich, 22 August 2008 – The tried-and-tested, customised SAP Business All-in-One business solutions from applied international informatics GmbH & Co. KG (ai informatics for short) for the production industry – SPEED ME, SPEED AS and SPEED PE – have once again been successfully qualified by SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG. With this step, SAP has affirmed the all-inclusive IT solutions provider as an expert software partner for the SME-sector production industry. SPEED ME is designed especially for the needs of mechanical engineering, while SPEED AS covers the requirements of the automotive supply industry. SPEED PE has been created to map the processes of plant construction and the high-tech industry.
SPEED business solutions have been in use by SME-sector clients from the production industry for over ten years, and have been regularly qualified by SAP over this time. This means that SPEED business solutions satisfy SAP's strict qualification guidelines. These guidelines include the implementation of high quality standards in software development and documentation, a rapid implementation time and the evidence-based proof of several reference installations.
A short while ago, ai informatics expanded its SPEED product line with the qualified SAP Business All-in-One solution SPEED Solar, an industry application for solar companies. The all-inclusive IT solutions provider has also been marketing SPEED express, a full-service business solution for small industrial SME-sector companies with ten to fifty users since the start of 2007. The universal solution is available for automotive suppliers, small-series production firms, component manufacturers and plastic and metal processing companies.
SPEED business solutions are based on the market-leading technology from SAP Business All-in-One, whose technology is based on SAP ERP and industry-specific SAP Best Practices for the production sector. Over 80 per cent of the functions required in the various sub-industries are pre-configured and are thus already included in the standard version. The individual business solutions from ai informatics also feature comprehensive extensions, such as fully-integrated add-ons and Best Practice templates that are based on many years' experience of industry and SAP. These are vital prerequisites for highly functional specialisation in the various sub-industries. The solutions are also constantly being developed as the latest SAP technology evolves, and are always updated to reflect industry's new requirements.
All SPEED business solutions can be introduced quickly, safely and at low (fixed) cost, thanks to their tried-and-tested and efficient methods. This means that customers are able to keep their project risks to a minimum, since the costs can be clearly calculated and monitored at all times, thereby protecting financial and staffing resources.
ai informatics also offers extensive services for application management, as well as flexible and consumption-orientated complete packages for outsourcing. These ensure that the applications and systems deployed are always available and can be operated economically yet simultaneously deliver optimum performance. When it comes to outsourcing, the all-inclusive IT solutions provider not only takes charge of operating the SPEED business solutions in its data centre in Pforzheim, but it can also look after all administrative and updating tasks where required - from monitoring and data back-up to updates and release changes.
About ai informatics:
Tailored all-inclusive IT solutions for the SME sector
ai informatics is a provider of all-inclusive IT solutions and has been an established partner to the SME sector for more than 30 years. ai informatics has specialised in supporting companies from the automotive supply industry, plant and machinery construction as well as the high-tech industry across all stages of the life cycle of IT applications and infrastructures: from design and implementation to application management and ongoing operation.
Focal areas of the company’s activities include the introduction of SAP-qualified SPEED business solutions and modern infrastructure solutions, as well as flexible outsourcing services and up to 24/7 application management support. ai informatics is a leading SAP Channel Partner with Gold Status and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. As an independent Siemens subsidiary of the Siemens IT Solutions and Services division, ai informatics employs around 150 staff at sites in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich and Pforzheim.
Press contact:
applied international informatics GmbH & Co. KG
Doris Brandner
Business Campus München : Garching
Parkring 4, 85748 Garching bei München
Tel.: +49/89 255 495-215
Fax: +49/89 255 495-205
doris.brandner@aiinformatics.com