MUMBAI, INDIA: SAP today felicitated 37 Indian enterprises with the SAP ACE Award, the most coveted customer focused award for achieving business excellence through use of technology. The awards were presented at the seventh SAP ACE Award ceremony held at Hotel Hyatt Regency in Mumbai, India. SAP also gave special recognition awards to customers using SAP solutions in an innovative way and customers to highlight their achievements attained with the power of cloud technology.
Suprakash Chaudhuri, managing director, SAP India and Subcontinent said: "Indian companies are increasingly displaying strong competitive streak by creatively using the transformational power of technology that enables business transformation" SAP ACE Award recognizes organizations who have consistently adopted technology, learnt, innovated, leveraged to deliver high level innovation and excellence in their areas of expertise, " he added.
SAP ACE received the largest number of project nominations, a total of 171 nominations across 16 different categories.
As part of the diligent and impartial process, the assessment involved thorough evaluation of front running nominees by an eminent jury. The jury panel included VS Parthasarathy, Group CIO, EVP - Group Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance & Accounts, Member of the Group Executive Board., Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Manish Bahl, VP and Country Manager for Forrester Research India,Venkatesh Natarajan, Special Director (Information Technology) at Ashok Leyland Ltd, Manish Choksi, President - Home Improvement, Supply Chain & IT at Asian Paints Ltd, Prof. M.P. Gupta, Professor - IIT Delhi; Area Chair of Information Systems & also Coordinator-Center for Excellence in E-gov at IIT Delhi; Member of expert committee of Prasar Bharti
The SAP Best Run award category for SAP implementation received maximum nominations, followed by Best Run Award in IT and Manufacturing besides others.SAP ACE Award 2013 Winners
Category/ Winners
Best Run Award in Mobility
Ashok Leyland Ltd
Best Run Award in Sourcing & Supplier Relationship Management
Cairn India Ltd
Best Run Award in Sales and Customer Service Effectiveness
Essar Projects India Ltd
Best Run Award for using SAP Business One
First Energy Pvt Ltd
Mankind Pharma Ltd
Best Run Award in Analytics
HCL Technologies Ltd
Best Run Award in Budgeting, Planning & Consolidation
HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd
Best Run Award in Manufacturing
Himatsingka Seide Ltd
Uttam Galva Steels Ltd.
Best Run Award in Supply Chain
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Best Run Award in Compliant Organization
Infosys Ltd
Best Run Award in HR
L&T Infotech
Best Run Award in Implementation
Lion Brewery (Ceylon) Plc
Robert Bosch Engg India Ltd
Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd
VEM Technologies Pvt Ltd
Best Run Award in IT (Technology Solution)
Pantaloon Retail India Ltd
Best Run Award in Finance
Tata Communications Ltd
Jury Recognition Awards
Jury Recognition for Excellence in Green Initiatives and Sustainability
HPCL - Mittal Energy Ltd
Jury Recognition for R&D, Design and New Product Development
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
Special Recognition Awards
Special Recognition for using SAP Solutions in an Innovative way
Apollo Tyres Ltd
Luminous Power Technologies Pvt Ltd
Special Recognition for leveraging SAP Solutions in Public Service and Nation Building
HLL Lifecare Ltd
Special Recognition for Leveraging Cloud Solutions
Hungama Digital Services Pvt Ltd
NEC Technologies India Ltd
Special Recognition for Program Management of SAP Implementation
JSW Steel Ltd
Special Recognition for use of Enterprise Support
Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd
Special Recognition for User Adoption Initiatives
Volkswagen Group Sales India Pvt Ltd
Special Recognition for Driving Additional Value from Existing SAP Solution
Wheels India Ltd
Special Recognition Awards for SuccessFactors
Special Recognition for Cloud Vision through SuccessFactors
Adani Group
Special Recognition for Cloud Innovation through SuccessFactors
Axis Bank Ltd
Special Recognition for Change Management Intervention through SuccessFactors
Essar Group
Special Recognition for Faster Time to Result through SuccessFactors
Genpact Ltd
Special Recognition for Cloud Results through SuccessFactors
Godrej Industries Ltd
Tata Communications Ltd
Special Recognition for Best Debutant for Cloud Solution through SuccessFactors
Tata Sky Ltd
Special Recognition for Cloud HR Technology Excellence through SuccessFactors
United Spirits Ltd
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