Sri Lanka's largest SAP implementation at Dialog

Dialog Telekom achieved a milestone when it became the only telecommunications company in Sri Lanka to implement the world-renowned SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System.

Speaking on the SAP implementation at Dialog Telekom, President and CEO, SAP South Asia Alan Sedghi said, "The SAP implementation at Dialog Telekom is a significant step for SAP India, as this is a crucial win for us in the Telecom segment. We are proud that Dialog Telekom has chosen SAP to establish a world class IT infrastructure."

Dialog's achievement was complimented with the confirmation from SAP India that the Dialog Telekom Implementation was to-date the largest and fastest SAP implementation in Sri Lanka.

The company is also one of the few telecommunication operators in the Asian region to have successfully implemented the system. Considered to be the premier ERP system in the world, the state of the art mySAP system will integrate, enrich and develop sales and distribution, materials management, project systems, plant maintenance and financial information/controlling at Dialog Telekom.

The entire project was completed in 5 months, setting a new standard for enterprise wide information systems implementation in the country.

The SAP implementation at Dialog promises to bring unparalleled benefits to the company's operations and consumers.

The Dialog implementation of SAP is designed to simplify workflows while reducing duplication of activities and lead-time of processes, thereby increasing speed of decision based implementation and the accuracy and relevance of enterprise-wide information.

Placing special emphasis on the execution skills of the company's "Revelations" SAP team, Chief Executive of Dialog Telekom Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya said "from a team achievement point of view, I am extremely proud of the efficacy with which the SAP project at Dialog was delivered."