attune - Global SAP consulting practice for the Apparel & Footwear Industry

10 February 2006| Source: attune

January 2006 sees the dawn of a new strategic venture - the launch of attune - the first Global SAP Consulting firm to focus entirely on the sports, apparel, footwear and fashion industry.

With more than 32,000 customers in over 120 countries, SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software solutions for all types of industries and companies of all sizes.

attune brings together key collaborators who have been working with SAP from the inception of it's Apparel and Footwear Solution (AFS) in the late 90's. The company endeavors to offer innovative SAP solutions to all sectors of the global apparel and footwear industry and its supply chain.

The partners involved in this new venture are MAS Holdings, Labyrinth Solutions Inc. (LSI), Martin Toth and Volker Weber. They bring in significant SAP AFS expertise, considerable collaborative partnership experience with SAP, and extensive apparel industry experience in retailing, sourcing and manufacturing

MAS Holdings is the premier apparel manufacturer based in Sri Lanka, with 28-world class manufacturing facilities, in 10 countries. Keeping in line with its mission of becoming a truly global world-class total apparel solutions provider, MAS has been implementing SAP AFS as a key strategic initiative in their business units since 1998. Their wholly owned subsidiary, Rapier Consulting, which was formed in 2002, has been integrated into attune. Rapier's key customers include the MAS Group – Sri Lanka, Crystal Group - Hong Kong, Pentland Brands - UK, Reebok - USA.

Established in 1998 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, LSI Consulting specializes in SAP implementations in the areas of apparel & footwear and public sector. The company's fully owned subsidiary in Germany, Labyrinth Solutions GmbH, which specialises in AFS, will join this partnership with MAS. The company's key customers are adidas, Reebok, Triumph and SAP. LSI has been focused on the apparel and footwear industry since the AFS solution was in its design stages.

With a track record of over 17 years’ experience in business applications, Mr. Martin Toth has spent the last 13 years at SAP. He has a background in consulting where he has held various positions in international implementation projects and has been acting in different roles across many parts of the world. Since the beginning of 2004, Martin was responsible globally for SAP’s industry solutions Apparel & Footwear, Consumer Durables, Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics. With his broad industry experience and strong client focus, Martin, along with his team, has been instrumental in turning AFS into another SAP success story.

With over 13 years experience with SAP in Germany and Australia in various roles and across many industries, Mr. Volker Weber has spent the last seven years working in the apparel, footwear, sports and fashion industry with SAP AFS. Specialising in logistics, demand and supply chain processes, he has an excellent knowledge of end-to-end fashion processes from manufacturing to branding, wholesale and retail. Volker brings with him a wealth of experience and marketing knowledge in the SAP sales and consulting business, especially in the Asia Pacific region.

attune's value proposition is centered on extensive and practical knowledge of the apparel and footwear industry combined with intimate knowledge of SAP solutions. This affords customers the opportunity to experience premium consulting on a global scale. attune's core services include SAP functional consulting, SAP technical consulting, offshore development, training and pre-configured SAP AFS solutions.

To cater to its global clientele, attune has offices in the US, UK, Germany, India, Sri Lanka, Australia and Hong Kong.

Globally, in addition to large-scale customers, attune also supports the Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) sector of the global apparel and footwear industry with solutions that derive the best possible benefits. attune will continuously strive to enhance the industry’s growth through innovative and value added SAP solutions.

For more information:
Visit: http://www.attuneconsulting.com/
Contact: Vajira De Silva

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