ARIS Solutions by IDS Scheer and SAP Solution Manager Drive Business Performance in Global Process-driven SAP Implementations

Business Wire, April 30, 2008

New AMR Research Report Notes Benefits of ARIS with Customers Such as ENMAX

SAARBRUCKEN, Germany & BERWYN, Penn. -- IDS Scheer, the leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), today announced that its ARIS Solution for Process-Driven SAP Management continues to gain momentum with global organizations that are deploying it to leverage their SAP investments to significantly improve business performance. ENMAX has gained business process productivity and time efficiencies through its use of ARIS for SAP.

As further validation of IDS Scheer's proven approach, AMR Research recently published a March 18, 2008 report titled, "Accelerating SAP Projects with IDS Scheer ARIS and SAP Solution Manager," written by Bill Swanton and Derek Prior. The report investigates the use of ARIS and SAP Solution Manager to reduce the costs and improve the results of SAP ERP projects, such as implementations and upgrades.

The AMR Research note states that companies using both tools together have reported the following benefits:

* Better validation of business processes with business owners

* Faster blueprinting

* Faster implementation

* Faster rollout of the system to new businesses and geographies

* Up-to-date documentation

* More effective start point

According to the AMR Research report, "these benefits are especially helpful for new SAP implementations. Companies can use the business process content to accelerate implementation. They are left with full documentation for ARIS and Solution Manager to help support the system after go-live. Up-to-date documentation is important for support, especially if there is a high attrition rate, as seen with many outsourcers."

The ARIS Solution for Process-Driven SAP Management supports companies throughout the entire SAP lifecycle, from strategy and requirements analysis, through blueprinting to configuration, testing, training and rollout. Business processes are documented using ARIS for SAP and analyzed within the context of the SAP system environment, as well as non-SAP and manually supported processes in order to provide end-to-end process management which is critical in service-oriented architectures (SOA). Taking a comprehensive, process-centric approach to SAP initiatives by using the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach and procedural model, this solution helps analyze, define, validate and manage the business value of enterprise SOA technologies by SAP. ARIS Solution for Process-Driven SAP Management currently supports application scenarios for SAP implementation, SAP upgrade and enabling enterprise SOA.

"By delivering SAP implementations with the disciplines of Business Process Management at customers such as ENMAX, IDS Scheer increases the value of SAP investments to improve overall business performance," said Dr. Wolfram Jost, Member of the Executive Board with responsibility for Product Strategy and Development of IDS Scheer. "Our process experts and consultants have guided these customers and many others from the strategy, process and organizational design, through to implementation, thereby increasing the success of their SAP implementations."

ENMAX is a Canadian energy distribution, supply and service company. In May 2007, ENMAX Energy Corporation in Calgary, Alberta began implementing SAP's CRM and Industry Specific Solution for Utilities (SAP IS-U). ENMAX leveraged ARIS for SAP NetWeaver to draw from existing best practice reference libraries. Using ARIS, the Business Architecture team provided immediate project value within the blueprinting activities. In addition, the tool significantly reduced the time typically spent linking process objects to an established corporate process hierarchy, and quickly provided the foundational process models necessary for a solution integration center. ENMAX has realized time and effort payoffs associated with the use of ARIS for SAP NetWeaver, and overcame both technical and human challenges while preparing the SAP solution set for their organization.

IDS Scheer will be showcasing its ARIS Solution for Process-Driven SAP Management at next week's SAPPHIRE 2008 in the main exhibit hall at booth #1064.

About IDS Scheer

IDS Scheer is the market leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software, solutions and services for corporations and public organizations worldwide. With its unrivaled ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes. Utilizing the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, IDS Scheer consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling. As a Global SAP Services Partner, strategic SAP development partner and SAP Vertical Solution Reseller, IDS Scheer offers small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 companies a process-oriented approach to optimize Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Approximately 3,000 employees in over 70 countries serve the company's 7,000 customers. In 2007, IDS Scheer's revenues reached 394 million Euro (preliminary figures). Established in 1984 by Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer, IDS Scheer is listed in the TecDAX on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Germany).