SAP-Optimizer VMS Extends its Range of Services – Now Offering an Advisory Service

Heidelberg, 2007/02/12 – VMS Introduces Advisory Service

SAP optimizer VMS is extending its services. Thanks to its own, specially developed method which it uses to mathematically calculate measuring SAP systems, the Heidelberg-based company is now achieving a depth of detail in its Benchmarks that it has never obtained before. With immediate effect, VMS is now offering a new consultancy service in addition to its existing services.

VMS produces its report from the data collected by its DataCollector. This report contains detailed and action-oriented recommendations on how the information obtained from the Benchmark can be implemented. Whereas implementation was previously the task of the client company, in future VMS will be assisting the company with this challenge as well.

With its newly established advisory service, VMS will offer its clients advice which will actively assist them in their implementation work. "Many companies told us they wanted us to help them to implement the recommendations made in the Report", says Ralph Treitz, managing director of VMS, explaining the reasons for VMS extending its activities. "When we conduct a Benchmark, we usually work closely with the CIOs but implementation is often delegated to others. If these people are not involved in the process from the start, problems can arise. That's why we're now offering to provide one of our experienced employees to assist in the implementation process by offering advice."

The first new member of the advisory service team is Matthias Schmitt. Before he came to VMS, he was an IT strategist at Vattenfall Europe AG and has many years of experience in implementing optimization measures.

About VMS

VMS has been optimizing SAP landscapes since 2002. VMS scans SAP installations from the process-level to the transaction-level and, partnering with CIOs, and identifies strengths and weaknesses. In doing this, VMS works with an integrated concept that comprises the IT infrastructure and the IT and business processes. VMS’ methods are “minimally invasive”, because the work puts only a minimal strain on the client’s resources. VMS offers the collected experience and data from about 2,200 SAP systems that it has measured, and that enables VMS to provide action-oriented advice on optimization and cost management. The structure and dynamics of the IT environment are then reproduced in a final VMS Report, which is used as the navigation system of the SAP landscape.