Dell, SAP Provide High Performing, Flexible Technology to a Broad Range of Customers; Thousands of Customers Worldwide Choose Dell for Their SAP Deployments.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2004 More than 5,000 enterprise customers in 60 countries, in industries ranging from health care to manufacturing, have chosen Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) for their SAP infrastructures. Companies including PQ Corp., Buckinghamshire County Council and Lord Corp. look to Dell for the best value in deploying a highly integrated, scalable SAP solution. "Our alliance with SAP allows us to provide customers with a seamless, standards-based platform to easily integrate into their operations," said Steve Felice, vice president and general manager of Corporate Business Group, Dell Americas. "This enables our customers to get the most from their investments and respond quickly to changes in their industries without adding complexity." Customers Across the Board Select SAP-on-Dell to Maximize Performance, Reduce Costs PQ, based in Valley Forge Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill River, SE Pa., NW of Philadelphia. There, during the American Revolution, the main camp of the Continental Army was established (Dec., 1777–June, 1778) under the command of Gen. George Washington. , Penn., moved its 30 different business systems to SAP to manage its myriad of products and markets around the world. PQ is a leading producer of performance materials serving the detergent, pulp and paper, chemical, petroleum, catalyst, water treatment, construction, and beverage markets. PQ runs SAP(R) R/3(R) release 4.5B on Dell PowerEdge This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (tm) servers to handle its enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) functions. SAP applications used by PQ include order entry, production planning Production planning The function of a manufacturing enterprise responsible for the efficient planning, scheduling, and coordination of all production activities. , materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, , inventory, payroll, plant maintenance, quality management, and financial applications. "Dell running SAP is a critical platform for us," said Rick Fabrizio, director of information technology and chief information officer for PQ. "Previously, our staff burned up lots of time patching servers, rebooting failed machines and trying to stay one step ahead of the next crisis. Dell not only generates great peace of mind, but also allows our teams to focus on more strategic issues." Located north of London with over 500,000 constituents, Buckinghamshire County Council recently implemented a new SAP system for its 14,683 employees to create an online community portal. The project was part of the Council's effort to become more customer-focused and provide continuous service improvement to customers and employees. The county deployed mySAP solutions running Oracle on Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell/EMC SAN and PowerVault storage systems, for an estimated cost savings of just under 2 million dollars. "After visiting the (Dell) testing center in Limerick Limerick, city, Republic of Ireland Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. , we were confident that the Dell hardware was the best platform to support our internal SAP rollout," said Richard Nelson, Group Manager -- ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. services, Buckinghamshire County Council. "Running a certified configuration of SAP on Dell enables us minimize the risks traditionally associated with new technology implementations and gives us the peace of mind to know that our mission-critical (SAP) system will be available at all times due to the reliability and high performance of the Dell systems." Lord Corp., with headquarters in Cary, N.C., is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that formulates, produces and sells general purpose and specialty adhesives and polyurethane polyurethane Any of a class of very versatile polymers that are made into flexible and rigid foams, fibres, elastomers (elastic polymers), surface coatings, and adhesives. coatings; designs, manufactures and markets devices and systems to manage mechanical motion and control noise and vibration; and develops products and systems utilizing magnetically responsive technologies. The company's infrastructure must handle the IT demands of more than 2,200 employees in 12 countries. Lord's IT department wanted to implement a SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. "We tried out a Dell PowerEdge server and realized that it gave us the same functionality as our previous vendor's servers for a much lower total cost of ownership. After that server deployment proved successful, we standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. on Dell for our server and storage needs," Annette Nowosielski, Lord manager of systems support said. "Dell's systems consultants helped us plan everything so carefully that we didn't experience any surprises during deployment." For more information about Dell and SAP please visit www.dell.com/sap About Dell Dell Inc. (Nasdaq:DELL) is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Company revenue for the past year totaled $41.4 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained at www.dell.com. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. SAP, mySAP, mySAP.com, xApps, xApp, SAP NetWeaver and other SAP products This presents a list of products of the enterprise software company SAP AG. Enterprise Applications
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