Patni to provide SAP to small, medium Indian businesses

Our Corporate Bureau
07 February 2006

Mumbai: Patni Computer Systems will provide end-to-end mySAP ERP solutions to the small and medium business (SMB) in India in alliance with SAP India. The two IT services providers feel the high-growth SMB sector has a market potential of over Rs700 crore with a combined annual growth rate of 15-20 per cent.

Patni will provide end-to-end mySAP ERP solutions across several verticals, with special focus on the rubber and tyre industry, bundling in the SAP license in its service offerings to provide SAP best practices, solution maps, business scenarios and marketing collateral for the industry.

"Patni comes into this alliance on a strong footing given its experience in engineering end-to-end business software solutions systems across different processes and industries," says Milind Padalkar, senior VP and head, enterprise solutions, Patni Computers Systems. "We have seen an increased need amongst the SMB organisations, not only in India but across the Asia Pacific market, to utilise IT as a process enabler and a creator of a competitive advantage. We are confident that with our process and domain knowledge of various industries, we will be able to leverage the SAP solution to provide better and more efficient solutions to customers," he adds.

According to Alan Sedghi, president and CEO, SAP South Asia, "Patni Computers has acknowledged domain expertise and skills in the entire spectrum of IT services and we are delighted to work along with them in enabling Indian companies operating in the SMB segment with our market leading solutions. The SAP-Patni alliance will enable the two players to jointly address the needs of the rapidly growing Indian SMB market."

Patni, recently, successfully implemented the mySAP ERP solution at Gujarat Reclaim & Rubber Products Ltd's plants in Ankleshwar, Solapur and the Mumbai-based head office to provide streamlined information processing.

Patni is an ISO 9001: 2000 certified and SEI-CMMi Level 5 organisation, assessed enterprise wide at P-CMM Level 3. In keeping with its focus on continuous process improvements, Patni adopts Six Sigma practices as an integral part of its quality and process frameworks.