TechSeminar
SAP & Solitus to share expertise with local firms
Information technology (IT) is a top need for modern businesses to achieve strategic goals and increase efficiency. Many countries have dramatically changed their economic landscape by fitting in IT as an integral component of their businesses. Bangladesh also needs to upgrade its present status by slotting in IT in all its business activities. In line with this, SAP India, a leading provider of business software solutions, organised a seminar, entitled 'SAP Overdrive', at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka on May 28. The seminar, co-sponsored by SAP's Bangladesh partner Solitus Infotech Ltd., aimed to introduce local entrepreneurs to different SAP software solutions (especially ERP) and create awareness to promote technology supported business operations in the country. Keynote speaker of the seminar MA Matin, director of IT of IFIC Bank Ltd., stressed the necessity of right technology to drive innovation and strengthen the capacity of business firms to cope with the challenges of the hi-tech age. SAP India's Regional Director, East, Moushumee Basu Roy said "Bangladesh's strategic location offers tremendous growth potential and has seen tremendous developments across segments like, logistics, manufacturing, telecoms, garments & textiles, pharmaceuticals, constructions, infrastructure, insurance, banking and so on". She also highlighted the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution from SAP and analysed its various options to the entrepreneurs concerned. Sufi Farook Ibne Abubakar, head of IT, Aktel, shared his experience of using ERP at the mobile phone company and gave his insights into how SAP has helped in streamlining operations and promoting control over the entire business process of the company. With the technical help of Solitus Infotech, the firm, he said, implemented SAP across the most critical business functions. SAP is a world leader in providing business software. Today the company has more than 38,000 customers in more than 120 countries. It has developed diverse software applications in a bid to meet the requirements of small, medium and multinational companies. Some of its leading customers in Bangladesh include Aktel, British American Tobacco, Aventis Pharma, Novartis, BOC Bangladesh Limited, Young One and MGH. Edward Apurba Singha
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