Meggitt Selects EDS to Manage New SAP Platform
June 16 2008 - 9:37AM
PR Newswire (US)
PLANO, Texas and CHRISTCHURCH, England, June 16
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS and Meggitt PLC today announced that
EDS has been selected to host and manage Meggitt's new SAP system.
The SAP system will serve as Meggitt's standard, global enterprise
resource planning (ERP) platform. Financial terms of the agreement
are not being disclosed. "Consolidating our ERP systems onto a
single platform will allow us to operate as one Meggitt and give us
the agility, scale and reliability needed for our long-term growth
strategy," said Katherine Kost, group head of Information Systems
for Meggitt. "By standardizing platforms and entrusting the system
hosting and management to EDS, we're more able to dedicate our
collective strength to our core business." Under the new long-term
contract, EDS will help Meggitt transform its ERP system. Services
include hosting Meggitt's SAP system in the UK and in the United
States to efficiently support the company's global operations. EDS
will also provide network services, helpdesk and applications
management support for the new SAP system. "EDS' proven tools and
processes will help this transformation occur progressively and at
lower cost and risk for Meggitt, resulting in overall improved
system reliability and user support," said Darl Davidson, vice
president, U.S. Manufacturing industry for EDS. "As Meggitt's
trusted business ally, we will help lay a standardized system
foundation and uniform business practices to support the company's
future growth." EDS will work closely with its EDS Agility Alliance
partner SAP to deliver products and services to Meggitt. As an EDS
Agility Alliance partner, SAP helps deliver best-in-class
application services as an essential component of the EDS Agile
Enterprise Platform, and collaborates on industry solutions and
enterprise business applications. EDS has more than 30 years of
experience with the manufacturing industry with more than 20,000
employees dedicated to serving this sector. With more than 220
manufacturing clients in 40-plus countries, EDS serves 75 of the
top 100 manufacturing companies. About Meggitt PLC Meggitt PLC,
headquartered in the UK, is an international group which designs
and manufactures high performance components and systems for
aerospace, defence and energy markets. The group employs over 8,000
people. Meggitt's capabilities include wheels and brakes and
anti-skid systems, thermal management, fluid control, safety
systems, polymer solutions and sensing systems. Its sensing systems
capability covers aerospace and industrial condition-monitoring,
high-performance sensing, air data management and avionics. The
group's defence systems businesses cover training systems (live and
virtual fire) and combat support (ammunition-handling,
environmental control and countermeasure launch and recovery).
About EDS EDS is a leading global technology services company
delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the
information technology outsourcing industry more than 45 years ago.
Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and
business process outsourcing services to clients in the
manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications,
energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to
governments around the world. Learn more at eds.com. CONTACT:
Annabelle Baxter Andy Mann EDS Meggitt 972 605 0978 + 44 (0) 1202
597589 DATASOURCE: Electronic Data Systems Corporation CONTACT:
Annabelle Baxter of EDS, +1-972-605-0978, ; or Andy Mann of
Meggitt, + 44 (0) 1202 597589, Web site: http://www.eds.com/
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