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SSA clients beat the Y2K deadline

Johannesburg, 22 Oct 1998
System Software Associates has announced that 79 organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand will complete full ERP BPCS implementations in the next six months. Over 75% of these are implementing SSA`s latest product, BPCS Client/Server V6. All will be Year 2000-compliant before the end of 1999.

Andrew Barkla, MD SSA Pacific, says: "We are delighted so many of our clients are going live with BPCS in such a short timeframe. Many of these implementations will be completed in under six months, demonstrating the success of our FASTResults implementation methodology.

"The new systems will bring many benefits to customers far beyond Year 2000 compliance. As most of our clients prepare for their implementations, they are taking the opportunity to analyse their businesses. They are re-evaluating the processes and procedures across their organisations, placing themselves in a far stronger position for future growth," says Barkla.

SSA`s in-house expertise is being combined with that of a number of strategic partners on the implementation front. "Key partnerships with IBM Global Services, Arthur Andersen and PricewaterhouseCoopers enhance the business consulting and professional services offered by SSA. This comprehensive range of consulting and outsourcing services ensures the total business needs of our customers - whether large multinational clients or small to medium-sized businesses - can be met."

The client base implementing BPCS is diverse: food and beverage; FMCG; pharmaceutical and automotive. Ranging from Asia-wide multinationals to well-known Australian and New Zealand organisations, they include:

  • Arnott`s Biscuits
  • Darling Downs Bacon
  • Fasco Australia
  • Fletcher Challenge Steel Products
  • Green`s General Foods
  • Nestle
  • Paradise Foods
  • Sigma Pharmaceuticals
  • Toyota New Zealand
  • Unilever

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Frank Heydenrych
Frank Heydenrych Consultants
(011) 452 8148
frank@fhc.co.za
Karen Breytenbach
System Software Associates
(011) 802 4906
karen.breytenbach@ssa.co.za