As the first of the Annual SAP Awards of Excellence to be held at the SAUG Summit in Sydney, this years awards ceremony was hosted by the Director of Marketing and Business Development, Ray Kloss.

Over 25 nominations from our Customers and Partners were judged by an independent panel on the following criteria:

• Customers effective use of resources,
• Project team effectiveness & working relationships,
• Ability to understand and adapt to changing market conditions,
• And achievement of the set business objectives.

The proceedings of the ceremony were launched with an introduction and short background of the awards rich history. As the presentation proceedings came to an end, Award Winners were invited to attend a formal cocktail party, hosted with uninterrupted views of Sydney's Darling Harbour.

Winners

Best Business All-in-One
Customer:	ASICS Oceania
Partner:	Supply Chain Consulting
Project:	ASICS AFS
	"Out of the box implementation in 20 weeks on time and on budget."
Best Business One
Customer:	ASP Plastics
Partner:	Evolution
	"Delivered within budget and with minimal disruption to business, transparent business operations and improved information management."
Best Custom Development Project
Customer:	ETSA Utilities
Partner:	SAP Australia
Project:	REX Implementation
	"Reduced time to connect and disconnect customers from 25 days to 10 days. Delivered on time and under budget."
Best Innovation
Customer:	Alinta
Partner:	Oxygen Business Solutions
Project:	Alinta SAP Project Strategy
	"Fixed project delivered on time and on budget. Leveraged existing SAP and non-SAP systems to deliver significant business benefits."
Best Business Intelligence (Joint Winners)
Customer:	Caltex
Partner:	Internal Implementation
Project:	SAP Business Suite
	"Delivered on time and under budget with no business disruption. Seven figure business benefits."
Customer:	Rio Tinto
Partner:	Internal Implementation
Project:	Aligning Business Systems - Reporting & Analytics Programme
	"Ability to compare performance across all operating units. 99.8% availability."
Best CRM
Customer:	SCA Hygience
Partner:	Oxygen Business Solutions
Project:	CRM Customer Interaction Centre
	"16 week implementation. Can now identify customer behaviour patterns, anticipate risk and take advantage of after sales opportunities."
Best ERP
Customer:	Rio Tinto
Partner:	Internal Implementation
Project:	Aligning Business Systems
	"100 sites, 35 businesses and 20 countries. Sarbanes Oxley requirements."
Best NetWeaver
Customer:	Transfield Services
Partner:	Supply Chain Consulting
Project:	Project Evolve
	"Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture developed resulting in increased sub-contractor performance. Greater visibility, scalability and control via reporting and automated processes."
Best Upgrade
Customer:	Powercor Australia
Partner:	Internal Implementation
Project:	SAP ERP Upgrade 2006
	"4.6B to ERP6. Delivered early and under budget."