Patni SAP veteran Raghu Mahalingam to speak on ‘Increasing ROI
on SAP SCM investments’
ORLANDO, Florida, May 4, 2008: – Patni Computer Systems (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI), a leading global IT services provider today announced that Raghu Mahalingam, Vice President and Head of SAP practice at Patni will speak on "Increase ROI on SAP SCM Investments with Composite Applications" at the Retail industry theatre on 5th May, 12:10 PM - 12:40 PM at the SAP SAPPHIRE 2008.
The conference, which will be held at Orlando, Florida from May 4 to 7, 2008, will focus on strategies, best practices, and instruction for teams that are running and evaluating SAP technologies.
Raghu Mahalingam heads the SAP Practice at Patni. He joined Patni in 1994 as Regional Sales Director (SAP Services) for US West coast. During his stay at Patni, Raghu has built several large relationships with bluechip customers and is spearheading the SAP partnership.
Raghu has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry and has been working in ERP consulting area for the last 10 years. Prior to Patni, Raghu worked in CMC for over 8 years and managed large complex IT projects
for diverse organizations such as Western Railways, Nhava Sheva Port Trust (Mumbai) and ONGC.
In addition to the above, Patni SAP experts will discuss the following concepts through live demos with visitors at the event:
Two Patni samples based on SAP NetWeaver platform: One leverages the Enterprise Service Architecture provided by SAP to implement B2B integration and the other leverages the SAP DUET platform for achieving user efficiency.
Creating a mature CAPA implementation crucial to the life sciences industry: The bolt on is a composite that has been developed by Patni to show how one can automate CAPA process flows on SAP NetWeaver platform.
Supply Chain Management analytics: The demo will provide an insight into Patni’s understanding of Supply Chain KPIs, SAP BW’s rich functionality and how it helps to measure the supply chain performance of a manufacturing/ distribution organization.
To arrange to speak with a Patni representative at the conference, please contact Greg Pinto on +1 416 625 7847.
About Patni Computer Systems:
Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI) is a global provider of IT Services and business solutions, servicing Global 2000 clients. Patni caters to its clients through its industry-focused practices, including insurance, financial services, manufacturing, life sciences, telecommunications and media & entertainment, and its technology-focused practices.
With an employee strength of over 15,000; multiple global delivery centres spread across 11 cities worldwide; 22 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific; Patni has registered revenues of US$ 663 million for the year 2007.
Patni’s service offerings include application development and maintenance, enterprise application solutions, business and technology consulting, product engineering services, infrastructure management services, customer interaction services & business process outsourcing, quality assurance and engineering services.
Committed to quality, Patni adds value to its client's businesses through well-established and structured methodologies, tools and techniques. Patni is an ISO 9001: 2000 certified and SEI-CMMI Level 5 (V 1.2) organization, 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.
For more information on Patni, visit www.patni.com
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