Achieve IT Solutions to lead Jaguar Land Rover’s North American SAP Business One project after comprehensive evaluation and selection process.

Port Jefferson, NY.  September 16, 2009:

Mahwah, NJ based Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC (JLR/NA) will rely on Achieve IT Solutions to assist it in its transition to the SAP Business One ERP application following the sale of the company from Ford Motor Company in 2008. Having already implemented SAP Business One for other Jaguar Land Rover regional locations, the decision was made to find an SAP Partner in the United States that could lead the implementation of the software for their North American Sales Company operations.

Following an in-depth interview and evaluation process, lead by Mary Magrino, the Director of Information Technology for Jaguar Land Rover North America, Achieve IT Solutions was chosen as the SAP Business One Partner.

Magrino provides insight into why Achieve IT Solutions was selected.  “Almost all of the respondents to the RFP could meet our requirements to some degree. However, Achieve IT Solutions provided the most comprehensive offering of business and technical expertise and depth of resources necessary for a project of this magnitude. They not only proved to have extensive experience with SAP Business One, and SAP Business Objects, but their ability to implement, educate and support both of these programs on the local level as well as regional level was key to our decision.”

Timothy Singleton, the CEO of Achieve IT Solutions, comments; “We are honored to be selected by Jaguar Land Rover North America to provide them the expertise necessary to transition from their legacy Ford systems into SAP Business One. The project teams from our two organizations are working in earnest and are committed that this important project is a success for Jaguar Land Rover.”

About Jaguar Land Rover North America LLC:
Jaguar Land Rover is built around two great British car brands that design, engineer and manufacture in the UK. Jaguar Cars Limited, founded in 1922, is one of the world’s premier manufacturers of luxury sedans and sports cars.

Since 1948 Land Rover has been manufacturing authentic 4x4s that define 'breadth of capability' in their segments. The Jaguar XF, XJ and XK models are manufactured at the company's Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham, while the Jaguar X-TYPE is produced alongside the Land Rover LR2 at the Halewood plant in Liverpool. Land Rover's Defender, LR3, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover models are all built at the Solihull plant.

The Jaguar Land Rover business employs some 16,000 people, predominately in the UK, including some 3,500 engineers at two product development centers in Whitley, Coventry and Gaydon, Warwickshire. The business is a major wealth generator for the UK with 78 percent of Land Rovers exported to 169 countries and 70 percent of Jaguars exported to 63 countries, with sales to customers conducted principally through franchised dealers and importers. 

Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC, is the National Sales Company which imports vehicles from the UK into the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and distributes them to dealerships located throughout the 3 countries.

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