gedas Unveils Global SAP Solution for the Manufacturing Industry

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 12 -- gedas, a global leader in business transformation and IT services, announced preconfigured SAP solutions for the automotive industry. The new global solution, gExpress for Suppliers, will allow gedas to provide rapid implementation services for automotive suppliers and companies requiring a discrete manufacturing solution. Capable of being deployed by gedas in any country, gExpress for Suppliers was developed by gedas consultants from the US, Spain and Germany to increase the potential for productivity and information flow in client organizations.

"Our clients are looking for pre-configured global solutions that provide a template approach to globalizing their processes and systems," explained Doug Maulbetsch, Executive Director of Automotive & ERP Solutions.

gExpress for Suppliers includes functionality for Sales & Distribution, Inventory Management, Production Planning, Purchasing and Financials. "Over the next six months, gedas will globally rollout additional pre-configured solutions," said Henriette Douglas, Director of SAP Solutions. Those solutions include Quality Management, Plant Maintenance, Project Systems, Human Capital Management, cProjects, functionality with APQP and PPAP.

Deploying a pre-configured solution allows a company to improve business processes in a shorter timeframe, thereby realizing a quicker ROI. gExpress for Suppliers is an optimized ERP solution, which offers an integrated solution for managing business-critical processes associated to supply, demand, production and finance. It is compliant with Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) standards and offers EDI, XML and barcode label printing functionality.

gedas, a leading global automotive consulting company, has been implementing Automotive solutions on over four continents for 20 years.

About gedas

gedas develops, implements and operates individual IT solutions that serve to create value-adding potential for its customers. gedas' unique brand of full-service solutions and its strong business process expertise have allowed the company to assume a leading position in the automotive and manufacturing industries, with specialization in the field of logistics processes. The gedas Group has a history of success in the information technology market spanning 20 years, and operating from over 50 locations in 12 countries. For more information, please look for gedas on the web at http://www.gedasusa.com/ .