Bielefeld, 28 March 2013 – Right from day one, the startup company OPW Ingredients GmbH itelligence from Viersen is using the SAP Business ByDesign cloud solution implemented by itelligence AG to manage its business processes. OPW Ingredients GmbH trades in high quality, natural raw materials for the processing industry.
“We were immediately impressed by itelligence’s expertise in the food and beverage industry. itelligence supported our strategy of international growth during the project itself by simultaneously implementing the system both in Germany and our logistics center in the Netherlands,” says Onno Rudolf Jongkind, Managing Director of OPW Ingredients GmbH.
OPW Ingredients is a partner to food producers looking to source raw materials such as vegetable oils, proteins, and whey products from global markets. These raw materials are an important part of infant foods, groceries, pet food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products, and are also used in technical applications.
A high-performance business IT system for managing corporate processes such as ERP, logistics, and traceability is essential to the success of OPW Ingredients. itelligence AG managed the project using the integrated OnDemand solution SAP Business ByDesign. Key – areas included Customer Relationship Management (CRM), the entire purchasing and sales logistics (SCM), and integrated finance and controlling (FIN). As a young, modern company, OPW Ingredients is deploying its corporate IT on the go thanks to smartphones and tablet PCs, enabling it to respond to the relevant company figures online all over the world.
itelligence Press Release Startup company in the food and beverage industry benefits from SAP Business ByDesign itelligence AG implements SAP on the cloud for OPW Ingredients
Wolfgang Kröner, Business Unit Manager for SAP OnDemand Solutions itelligence AG: “SAP Business ByDesign is the ideal all-in-one solution for startups such as OPW Ingredients that specialize in trading and future production and whose IT systems are to grow in line with the company’s international success. SAP on the cloud can be scaled quickly, flexibly, and with efficient investment in line with customer requirements.”
itelligence is one of the leading international full-service providers of solutions in support of SAP solutions, employing more than 2,800 highly qualified employees in 21 countries and in
five regions (America, Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Germany/Austria/Switzerland). As a frequently awarded SAP partner, among others global value-added reseller, SAP Certified in Cloud Services and SAP Gold Partner Business ByDesign, itelligence realizes complex projects in the SAP solution-based environment for over 5,000 customers worldwide. In 2006, itelligence obtained gold-level status as an SAP
channel partner as part of the SAP PartnerEdge™ program in Germany, and in the U.S. in 2007. The company’s services in support of SAP solutions range from consulting and licensing to application management services and outsourcing & services to proprietary industry-specific SAP. In 2012, itelligence generated total sales of EUR 407.1 million. itelligence is “Top Consultant” 2012.