Neoris and SAP to Deliver Mobile Solution to Latin America’s Consumer Goods Sector

Neoris, a global IT and business consulting company, and SAP, a leading business management software provider, launched the Direct Store Delivery (DSD) mobile solution, developed by Neoris and integrated to the SAP platform, which enables mass-consumption industry employees in Latin America to run on-field intensive sale operations through one single application.

“Latin America has been immune to the recent phenomenon we’ve seen in the United States, where many small stores have disappeared as large supermarket chains have gained full command of the country’s consumer industry. The LA region is still home to an enormous number of convenience stores that need their inventories to be procured by large distributing corporations, so there are plenty of sales outlets to be serviced by such large distributors,” said Fernando de Allende, VP, Ecosystem and Partners, SAP Latin America. “The DSD mobile solution supports large distributor efforts to improve their integrated management of distribution logistics while taking into consideration various sale-process roles.”

José Antonio Hernández, SAP Global Director at Neoris further explains: “Companies requiring implementation capabilities at each of their sales outlets are urged to gain agility and visibility while achieving the goal of setting standard key processes companywide. However, process standardization should take into consideration various local market conditions. Solutions by SAP and Neoris, combined with our consultants’ deep knowledge about the industry, will provide customers with the appropriate answer to their specific requirements, allowing companies from this sector to use a single application to handle all their mobile needs. Furthermore, these solutions run in Spanish, Portuguese and English.”

Neoris integrated ActiveSuite XSales (the DSD module) to SAP’s ERP and CRM applications to maximize existing SAP resources in fully integrated processes and thus, eliminate reference data redundancies. The application has been certified by SAP as SAP NetWeaver enabled, under the Combined Applications category, and further meets all Platform User Licensing (PUL) certification standards and is delivered via SAP’s online solutions marketplace EcoHub, at http://ecohub.sdn.sap.com/irj/ecohub/solutions/ActiveSuite7.

When combined with SAP solutions, including SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP), SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM), and various SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence solutions, the direct store delivery solution by Neoris allows employees on the run to perform several field tasks through the use of a single application (ActiveSuite XSales). The value proposal is based on the use of SAP back-end solutions together with the fully functional Neoris mobile user interface. Mobile employee roles may be configured as presales, delivery, retail sales, mixed routes, sales promoters, and supervisors.

About Neoris

Neoris is a global business and IT consulting company that specializes in nearshore outsourcing, value-added consulting, and emerging technologies. Neoris is the largest IT consulting and systems integration company in Mexico and the second in Latin America. Neoris offers systems integration, custom application development, IT consulting, and software deployment and support solutions. The company is a leading provider of nearshore outsourcing services through a global delivery model leveraging six worldwide software development centers. In 2009, Neoris was ranked the Best IT Service Provider in Latin America by Global Services. Headquartered in Miami (FL), Neoris has operations in the US, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.neoris.com.

About SAP

SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software (*), offering applications and services that enable companies of all sizes and in more than 25 industries to become best-run businesses. With more than 92,000 customers in over 120 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE, under the symbol “SAP.” For more information, visit www.sap.com.