SAP is rising in key ABB business processes

SAP软件改善ABB关键业务流程

2007-03-15 - ABB has signed a strategic agreement with the German-based business software company, SAP, to deploy common SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) software to help unify and simplify some of ABB’s most important business processes, and over time achieve significant savings.

3月15日消息——ABB已经与德国商业软件公司SAP公司签署了一份战略协议，装配通用SAP ERP（企业资源计划）软件，帮助简化ABB的一些最重要的业务流程，从而实现长久的大量节省。

The agreement means ABB has adopted SAP as its main ERP software. Over the next three years, SAPs ERP systems will be deployed across most of ABB’s business organizations, it was announced today.

该协议意味着ABB已经采用SAP作为其主要ERP软件。在未来的三年里，SAP的ERP系统将被安装到ABB的大多数业务机构中，这一消息是在今天宣布的。

In addition to supporting ABB’s various business processes, SAP will be used to bring about a high degree of standardization in the human resources, finance and administration and corporate governance functions.

除了支持ABB的各种业务流程，SAP还将带来人力资源、财务、行政以及企业管理功能的一个高度标准化。

“We need a solution that empowers users to maintain their local best practices but at the same time ensures alignment with our common, global aims,” said Haider Rashid, ABB’s Chief Information Officer.

ABB首席信息官Haider Rashid表示：“我们需要一个使用者可以维持他们的本地最优方法但同时又与我们的全球统一目标保持一致的解决方案。”

Rashid said the partnership will help ABB cut costs and greatly simplify its global business processes. He added SAP software is also flexible enough to integrate local best practices and applications in existing business processes with mySAP’s global accounting standards and policies for governance, risk and compliance.

Rashid表示本次合作将帮助ABB削减成本，而且大大地简化其全球业务流程。他补充道SAP软件通过mySAP的管理、风险和遵循环球会计标准和政策，还足够灵活结合现有业务流程的本地最优方法和应用。

As a result of numerous acquisitions, ABB at one time had more than 500 ERP systems and 70 different ERP brands in operation across its businesses. The number has now been cut to 225, but the target is one ERP per country, and ultimately one ERP platform per region for all of ABB.

由于一系列的收购，ABB的业务曾经使用着超过500个ERP系统，70多个不同的ERP品牌。现在这个数字已经减少到了225，但ABB的目标是一个国家一套ERP，最终实现一个区域一个ERP平台。

ABB businesses in over 30 countries are currently studying the introduction of SAP software into their processes under the umbrella of One Simple ABB.

ABB在30多个国家的业务部门现在正在计划在“一个简化ABB”的目标之下，把SAP软件引进他们的业务。

“We will achieve efficiency gains and further strong operational improvements by simplifying our business processes. With SAP, we are on a clear path to becoming one, simplified organization, and we are doing so with the goal of achieving a significant return on the investment.” Rashid added.

Rashid进一步补充说：“通过简化业务流程，我们将实现效率的获得以及更好的运作改进。通过SAP，我们在一条明确的道路上成为一个统一、简化的组织，而我们现在也正是如此来实现可观投资回报的目标。”

The agreement will make ABB one of SAP’s largest industrial customers. About 22,000 ABB employees currently use SAP software, and the global agreement will add a further 66,000 users, with an option to extend the software to all employees.

该协议将使ABB成为SAP最大的工业客户之一。当前大约又2万2千名ABB员工使用着SAP的软件，而这个全球协议将新增6万6千名使用者，甚至所有的员工都可以选择使用该软件。

ERP software will help ABB integrate departments and functions with a single, unified integrated software program that is designed to replace stand-alone systems in finance and administration, HR and corporate governance, so departments can better share information and communicate with each other more easily.

ERP软件将通过一个单独的统一集成软件计划，用于代替财务、行政、人力资源以及企业管理的单机系统，帮助ABB整合部门和功能，使得各部门之间更容易、更好地共享信息和沟通。

The first phase of the rollout is already underway in Germany, India, Sweden, Switzerland and the entire South Asia Pacific region including Australia, to be followed by Latin America and the United States.

该项目的第一阶段已经在德国、印度、瑞典、瑞士以及包括澳大利亚的整个南亚太地区准备开展，接下来的是拉丁美洲和美国。

SAP was founded in 1972 by former IBM employees in Germany. The name stands for Systems Applications and Products in data processing.

SAP于1972年由IBM的一些前雇员在德国成立。公司的名字代表着数据处理的系统应用和产品。

With more than 36,200 customers worldwide, SAP is the world's largest business software company and the world's third-largest independent software provider overall, providing collaborative business solutions for all types of industries and in every major market.

在全球拥有超过3万6千2百家客户，SAP是世界上最大的商业软件公司以及第三大独立全面软件供应商，为每一个主要市场的所有行业提供协作业务解决方案。

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