Consul selects KPIT Cummins to deploy SAP

BANGALORE, INDIA: Consul Consolidated, a power equipment manufacturer, has selected KPIT Cummins as consulting and systems integration partner to deploy SAP Hana powered SAP Business Suite.

Consul will leverage HitechEdge, KPIT's SAP rapid deployment solutions (RDS), which will enable it to run businesses in real time by unifying business transactions and operational analytics on to a single, open in-memory computing platform, says a release.

Sriram Ramakrishnan, CEO, Consul, said: "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."

HitechEdge is an all-in-one, pre-configured solution with 175+ industry specific best practices, implementation framework, BI, analytics and dashboards, and onsite/offsite/cloud deployment, built onto SAP's applications.

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."