SAP America Forms New Subsidiary, Delivering on Its Commitment to U.S. Public Sector Organizations.PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1997--SAP America Inc. today announced the formation of SAP America Public Sector Inc., a new subsidiary with headquarters in Washington, D.C. SAP's world-class enterprise-information-management software, combined with the company's proven implementation methodology, global experience and the formation of this new subsidiary, demonstrates the commitment of SAP America to the public sector market. SAP R/3(tm) software enables governments, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. to streamline and integrate their core planning, administrative and information management processes. SAP America Public Sector -- A Valuable Resource Robert M. Salvucci, a 30-year veteran of the computer industry, is the subsidiary's new president. Salvucci has been a senior executive with SAP America for more than five years and is well-versed in the solutions SAP R/3 has provided to the private sector. He relishes the opportunity to bring this expertise to the public sector. "SAP customers in the private sector have long recognized the significant benefits that can result from integrating their information systems," Salvucci said. "Thousands of companies now benefit from R/3 and the more comprehensive view of their businesses it provides. The public sector can now have the solution that has been delivering the same exceptional return on investment -- and on information to the private sector -- freeing up valuable resources to deliver better and more cost-effective programs and services." The management team supporting Salvucci includes SAP America Public Sector's corporate officers: John K. Greaney Jr., director of the Public Sector Center of Expertise (PSCOE); L. Steve Borchers, director of sales; and Philip Tessieri, secretary. By the end of 1998, the new subsidiary will employ more than 200 people who will handle sales, service and support. "We are assembling a talented and experienced internal team to support and service public sector organizations, and we expect it to grow in relation to the acceptance of R/3 in the public sector marketplace," Salvucci said. SAP America Public Sector -- in the Heart of the Nation's Capital The Ronald Reagan Building The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. joining the White House and the United States Capitol. Called "America's Main Street," it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches and civilian protests. , N.W., Washington, D.C., was designed as a place for businesses from around the world to come together for government-to-business dialogue. "To be successful, SAP has to have its finger on the pulse of public sector activity," Salvucci said. "We consider the new Ronald Reagan Building to be a recognizable symbol of U.S. global business opportunity and a strong location from which SAP can address the needs of public sector enterprises. Our goal is to build a world-class sales, service and support organization with the rapid implementation of the SAP R/3 solution as our top priority." SAP America Public Sector will be the largest private sector tenant in the Ronald Reagan Building, which is the second-largest government building after the Pentagon. The building offers a unique setting for cooperation among public and private sector organizations and a strategic place from which SAP America Public Sector will serve its customers. Public Sector Expertise The SAP PSCOE provides the resources and expertise to complement the R/3 Public Sector solution. The PSCOE provides an environment in which SAP experts work collaboratively with public sector leaders worldwide to define specific business requirements. This approach enables SAP to concentrate its development efforts on the customers' highest priorities, to ultimately create comprehensive, leading-edge information-management solutions based on best business practices. "SAP is committed to meeting the needs of public sector customers, whether in specific applications or on an enterprisewide scale," said John Greaney, director of the Public Sector Center of Expertise for SAP America Public Sector. SAP Public Sector -- Solutions for Government, Education and Nonprofit Organizations Government, education and nonprofit organizations are finding they need to streamline and improve processes that no longer meet the needs of today's rapidly changing society. These organizations must simultaneously reduce the cost of delivering vital services. SAP is committed to providing agile, integrated, industry-unique solutions that meet these requirements and help ensure the success of public sector organizations. Of the more than 2,000 SAP software developers, more than 70 are dedicated to the unique requirements of the public sector community. SAP R/3 has been repeatedly selected by public sector organizations based on its proven ability to support the core business and technical requirements of governments, universities and nonprofit organizations with cost-effective commercial-off-the-shelf software that operates in their information technology environment. Capabilities of SAP Public Sector include the following: -- Budget management helps managers plan and control income and expenditure flows by coordinating and supporting budget formulation and budget execution, monitoring funds administration with active funds-availability checks, and capturing project or program revenue at any point in the budget cycle. -- Financial accounting establishes a foundation for business decisions by providing an integrated approach to managing an organization's operations, making accounting a transparent byproduct by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct n. 1. Something produced in the making of something else. 2. A secondary result; a side effect. Noun 1. of business processes. --Materials management reduces the time and costs involved in purchasing, uses precise inventory management and warehouse management to cut procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and warehousing costs, optimizes warehouse control, and incorporates settlement processes in budget management. Procurement cycle and inventory management capabilities utilize R/3 integration across the full range of functions to ensure that a business transaction needs to be entered only once to properly update all affected fields. -- Human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. management provides an accurate record of planning and management of staffing for all job- and staff-related topics such as personnel administration, payroll and automated travel expense accounting, full-time equivalents Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a way to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or a student's enrollment at an educational institution. An FTE of 1.0 means that the person is equivalent to a full-time worker, while an FTE of 0.5 signals that the worker is only half-time. (FTEs), and available funds. -- Controlling links all managerial accounting Managerial Accounting The process of identifying, measuring, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating information for the pursuit of an organization's goals. Notes: processes by means of advanced planning and controlling instruments, contains a systematic cost and activity accounting capability, and utilizes business methods such as activity-based costing In a business organization, Activity-based costing (ABC) is a method of allocating costs to products and services. It is generally used as a tool for planning and control. This is a necessary tool for doing value chain analysis. (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ) and project controlling. SAP recently delivered further evidence that it is committed to the success of public sector organizations with its announcement of IQ CAMPUS(tm), a new solution for educational institutions. In the increasingly competitive higher-education environment, the IQ-CAMPUS solution delivers a valuable advantage by providing institutions with comprehensive education decision support and additional management processes, including the following: -- Student Information Management -- Development and Alumni Information Management -- Financial Aid Management -- Research and Grant Management -- Space Utilization and Optimization This solution was developed based on feedback from workshops and user-group sessions with educational institutions around the world. SAP Gains Momentum With New and Live Customers SAP America continues to support public sector customers and strengthen its presence in the public sector market. SAP now has 429 public sector customers -- including more than 100 in national governments and more than 220 in higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. -- located in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Central Michigan University Central Michigan University, at Mount Pleasant, Mich.; coeducational; est. 1892 as a normal school, became Central State Teachers College in 1927, achieved university status in 1959. The university maintains a forest that is used for botanical and biological research. and National Credit Union Administration The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is responsible for chartering, insuring, supervising, and examining federal credit unions (FCUs) and for administering the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. are live with SAP R/3. "SAP's AcceleratedSAP(tm) implementation program enabled us to go live with R/3 on time and under budget -- just nine months from the date the contract was signed with SAP," said Jonas Cook, associate vice president for business and finance, Central Michigan University. "R/3 has made it possible to restructure and decentralize de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. processes, giving us better access to information and improved reporting." CMU's implementation included the Financial (FI -- financial management, FM -- funds management, CO -- controlling, MM -- 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, ) and Human Resources (PD -- planning and development and PA -- personnel administration) modules, including full payroll and flexible benefits program. "At this point in our implementation, I am impressed with SAP's commitment to state and local government organizations such as ours," said Mark Norris For the Tennessee politician, see . Mark Norris (born 1962) is an Albertan politician, former MLA and candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives. , chief deputy auditor and controller for the County of Sacramento. "By implementing the full suite of R/3 applications we expect to solve our year 2000 problem Year 2000 problem, Y2K problem, or millennium bug, in computer science, a design flaw in the hardware or software of a computer that caused erroneous results when working with dates beyond Dec. 31, 1999. , integrate our enterprise and provide more productivity for our end users through the real-time online availability of information that R/3 provides." SAP America public sector customers currently implementing R/3 in the United States include the University of Nebraska, the County of Sacramento, Duke University, the City of Phoenix, the Georgia Department of Education The Georgia Department of Education is an American agency that governs public education in the state of Georgia. They manage funding and testing for local educational agencies accountable for student achievement. , MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Data Processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a Corp. About SAP SAP is a market and technology leader in client/server enterprise application software, providing comprehensive solutions for organizations of all sizes and all industry sectors. Cultivating innovative technologies on a solid foundation of business experience, SAP delivers scalable solutions that enable its customers to continually improve upon best business practices. SAP products This presents a list of products of the enterprise software company SAP AG. Enterprise Applications
Founded in 1972, SAP is based in Walldorf, Germany, and employs more than 12,000 people at offices in more than 40 countries who are dedicated to providing a high level of support and service for the more than 12,000 installations of R/3 worldwide. SAP's World Wide Web site can be found at http://www.sap.com/ . More information about SAP America Public Sector can be found at http://www.sapamericapublicsector.com/ . -0- SAP, R/3, IQ CAMPUS, AcceleratedSAP and all SAP product and service names herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. . Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: SAP America Narina Sippy, 617/672-6646 narina.sippy@sap-ag.de or SAP America Marlene Petter, 610/725-4023 marlene.petter@sap-ag.de or Waggener Edstrom Chris Nelson
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