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Intelligent Manufacturing € June € 1996 € Vol. 2 € No. 6

SAP Plans Automotive Development Center

SAP America Inc. (Wayne, Pa.), a supplier of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solutions, plans to open an Automotive Development Center, near Detroit, to support the enterprise software needs of individual automotive manufacturers and suppliers, as well as the industry at large. The new SAP center will open in Southfield, Mich., during the third quarter of 1996 and will be staffed with 50 software engineers and industry experts. It will provide pre- and post-sales consulting and development resources to create and support unique software solutions for the automotive industry.

The center is designed to support companies in the automotive industry throughout North America and the world. The center builds on the Industry Center of Expertise (ICOE), though which SAP is currently serving its automotive customers.

SAP currently supports more than 400 automotive industry companies worldwide with its suite of ERP applications. Its customers include major automobile manufacturers such as BMW, Chrysler, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Volkswagen, as well as leading automotive parts suppliers. SAP provides such resources as third-party warehousing, electronic Kanban, supply chain management for assembly ordering, support for concurrent engineering, special billing requirements, and release accounting.
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