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After careful evaluation from a business rather than an IT perspective, the Al-Futtaim Group has chosen to deploy the mySAP Business Suite in its companies in the United Arab Emirates, setting the infrastructure for unified business functionality within the diverse group. The solution supports the groups vision - to seek a cost-effective, process efficient platform that provides the functional scalability needed. "The decision to migrate to the mySAP Business Suite is in line with the diversified corporate growth pattern", said Ronald Franckaert, Chief Information Officer, Al-Futtaim Group. "The core of the Al-Futtaim Group is fortified by the diversity of business. Within this diversity came the need to focus more on business as opposed to IT." Mushtaquddin Khan, Group Business Application Manager, Al-Futtaim Group, adds: "The business and IT consultancy support of SAP SI ensures complete integration and assists us in managing critical business processes efficiently and effectively. Therefore we have chosen SAP SI to support the Al- Futtaim Group in the implementation of the mySAP Business Suite." Further he adds, "We were able to complete our upgrade in record time frame of less than 3 month setting up a new standard in the SAP world." "We create value for customers like Al-Futtaim by providing expertise and support to develop and implement the right IT strategy in a changing environment," said Dr. Marcus Funke, SAP SI Program Manager. "As a result, our customers leverage new and existing enterprise application investments and innovate their ways of doing business. This upgrade to SAP Enterprise as a first initial step allows enhancements to the business by implementing new extensive solutions, such as CRM and Business Intelligence, which will put Al-Futtaim Group ahead of their competitors in this Market."