Brief

SAP World tour: ‘Clear New World’

SAP customers, partners and industry experts in India gathered recently for a business and technology road show hosted by the vendor. The theme was See Your Way Clear: Strategies for Success in the New Reality. The event explored how Indian companies could achieve transparency in every area of their operations. Attendees at the annual event learned how to harness SAP solutions to run lean operations, capture greater profitability and gain transparency in their operations. In India, the SAP World Tour unveiled 'Clear New World' as a new midterm strategic thrust.

The SAP World Tour featured four Industry tracks covering Government, Utilities, operational excellence and strategic IT. SAP customers who delivered presentations at SAP World Tour included ONGC, ABB, RIL, Unilever, BPCL and Hero Honda.

The event featured a keynote presentation from Ranjan Das, Managing Director, SAP Indian subcontinent. Das focused on how technology enables companies to derive increased understanding, visibility and value—both of their own operations and those of their partner networks, ultimately allowing them to capitalize on strategic opportunities to increase profitability. To survive in today's business environment, companies must see, think and act clearly.

This allows companies to survive and thrive in the near term and to sustain in the long term. Clear enterprises operate with increased speed, relevance and accuracy and can therefore drive their businesses with the ability to adjust strategies, processes, business network quickly in response to changing market conditions.

“Gaining clarity and then acting upon it, both within their organization and across their wider business network, ensures that our customers become Best-Run businesses,” said Das. “The SAP World Tour 2009 provides business-oriented decision makers with valuable insights and best practices, to help them solve key business challenges.”

One of the highlights of the SAP World tour was the Asia Leadership dialogue, which SAP brought to each stop in partnership with the Platinum circle, a private community of enterprises. The Asia Leadership dialogue in India featured a keynote and discussion with Gaurav Dalmia, Board Member, Dalmia Group & Chairman, Landmark Holdings, who spoke about Leadership in new Asia.