LRS joins SAP Packaged Services Program

LRS joins SAP Packaged Services Program

CHELTENHAM, UK – 29 September, 2009 – Levi, Ray & Shoup Inc. (LRS), the leader in output management solutions for SAP® environments, today announced the inclusion of their Assured Output Management solution in SAP’s UK and Ireland Packaged Services Program.

The SAP Packaged Services offerings – from SAP and its customer-focused ecosystem and partners – provide off-the-shelf, fixed-scope and fixed-price solutions to clearly-defined business problems. The LRS® Assured Output Management solution, now offered through this programme, helps to ensure that a client’s mission-critical documents will be printed in the right place at the right time. This is key to eliminating business-process errors and delays whilst improving user productivity and reducing administration overhead.

“The SAP Packaged Service Programme is an exciting opportunity for LRS to gain greater visibility with SAP’s clients in the U.K. and Ireland,” explains Gareth Watts, sales manager for North Europe, LRS. “As an established SAP software partner with many installations around the globe, we look forward to sharing our knowledge and expertise in output management with local SAP customers.”

Adds Keith Piggott, European business development manager, LRS: “Our relationship with SAP has grown considerably in recent years. Joining the Packaged Services Programme is another example of our ongoing commitment to working with SAP and providing customers with world-leading output management solutions.”

As part of the programme, LRS will be presenting the Assured Output Management Packaged Service at a series of SAP Consulting Roadshows across the U.K. and Ireland. LRS will also host a series of webinars to help SAP customers identify areas for improvement in their output operations.

“We are pleased to add LRS’s Assured Output Management solution to our robust line-up of packaged services,” said Geoff Watts, head of Business Development (Consulting) at SAP U.K. & Ireland. “The offerings available through the programme, from SAP and its partners, provide off-the shelf solutions to clearly defined business problems. Combined with the the specific expertise and knowledge of selected partners such as LRS, solutions offered as part of the SAP Packaged Services Programme in the U.K. and Ireland deliver rapid results with minimum impact on the day-to-day running of business.”

About LRS

LRS is a privately-held company headquartered in the US with offices across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. With customers in more than 30 countries, LRS’ industry-leading Output Management Solutions are in use in more than 5,000 installations worldwide. In 2007, LRS joined a unique group of SAP partners in achieving all certification levels for their Output Management Software: SAP Software Partner, SAP Certified-Integration with SAP NetWeaver^®, and SAP Certified-Powered by SAP NetWeaver^®. Gartner and other analyst groups recognize LRS as a global IT leader and Software Magazine consistently ranks LRS as one of the top 200 software companies in the world. For more information about LRS, visit www.VPSX.com.

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