TCS Wins 2016 ‘Run SAP Partner of the Year’ Pinnacle Award

SAP recognizes TCS with award for fourth consecutive year

TCS got the 2016 SAP Pinnacle Award for ‘Run SAP Partner of the Year’ for the fourth year in a row.

SAP presents these awards annually to the top partners that have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with SAP and helping customers run more effectively. Winners and finalists in 19 categories were chosen based on recommendations from the SAP field, customer feedback and performance indicators in the following umbrella categories: Build, Service and Sell.

“It is an honor to be recognized with this prestigious award for Run SAP excellence for four consecutive years. We continue to invest with SAP on the Run SAP methodology and co-innovate with new SAP technologies and are committed to deliver world-class consulting services,” said Akhilesh Tiwari, Global Head of TCS’ SAP Practice. “I want to thank our clients who put their trust in us, and our TCS SAP Practice consultants who consistently deliver outstanding work to our customers.”

In addition to these esteemed SAP accolades, TCS was recently recognized by Gartner as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Worldwide SAP Application Management Service Providers for the third year in a row. TCS is one of the largest and fastest-growing partners of SAP with more than 15,000 dedicated SAP consultants. TCS has more than 550 SAP projects around the world that serve as world-class proof points of the results generated for clients.

“Winning the SAP Pinnacle Award is a tremendous accomplishment,” said Rodolpho Cardenuto, president of SAP Global Channels & General Business. “Only 16 companies in our ecosystem of 13,000 parters received this recognition. TCS should be very proud of their success.”

Kevin Ichhpurani, EVP of SAP Strategic Business Development & Global Ecosystem, added, “The SAP Pinnacle Award winners represent the very best in our partner community, and we congratulate TCS for a well-deserved 2016 SAP Pinnacle Award.”

SAP Pinnacle Awards shine a spotlight on SAP’s partners’ remarkable contributions, acknowledging their dedication to teamwork, innovative approach and capacity to challenge what is possible to help customers achieve their goals. Award winners will be formally recognized at the SAP Global Partner Summit being held on May 16, in conjunction with SAPPHIRE NOW, SAP’s international customer conference being held in Orlando, Fla., May 17–19.

TCS is proud to be a SAPPHIRE-level sponsor of SAP’s flagship conference and the exclusive sponsor of the SAP concert at SAPPHIRE NOW with Coldplay.

Bose, one of the world’s largest and best-known audio technology developers and product manufacturers, will present their experiences working with TCS to implement Run SAP at this year’s SAPPHIRE NOW. TCS’ SAP Practice has implemented the Run SAP methodology to dramatically improve the finance, manufacturing, distribution, procurement, and other operations of several global enterprises across industries, including:

• Reduced issue resolution time by 38 % (multinational mass media and information company)
• Reduced daily interface system monitoring efforts by 60% (energy technology provider)
• Reduced manual monitoring efforts by 60 days per month (leading pharmaceutical provider)
• Reduced daily monitoring efforts from 120 to 30 minutes (communications provider)