Global manufacturer adds United Arab Emirates to its worldwide installations 5 September 2001: The international market leader in facility management systems, such as building automation, security access, and fire alarms, Johnson Controls International, has signed a contract to implement Scalas ERP suite in its Middle East operations, complimenting their Scala installations in small- and mid-size subsidiaries across Europe and Asia.After having evaluated various ERP systems on the market, we were extremely impressed by Scala`s feature rich functionality and top class project management module. The high level of commitment shown by all members of the Scala Middle East team was also key to our decision, said Shah Nawaz, Financial Controller at Johnson Controls. The fact that with Scala in place we will be able to seamlessly integrate all of our international business operations is the icing on the cake. Without doubt the Scala system is the best value for money of all the global ERP solutions on the market at the moment.Johnson Controls plans to integrate the flow of information, and consolidate reporting processes, between its sites across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, using Scalas award winning back-office application Scala 5.1 based on Microsoft SQL Server. With its mission to continually exceed customer expectations Johnson Control is aware of the benefits of connecting up its regional offices and standardising world wide business processes. Scala is the perfect tool for streamlining our operations and reporting procedures allowing us to concentrate on customer facing issues, said Nawaz.Our mission is to provide our customers with world class, cost effective solutions for making global business simple, says Basil Daniells, Sales Manager, Scala Middle East. Scalas back office systems are in use in more than 7,500 locations in over 100 countries worldwide. The software has been designed with companies like Johnson Controls in mind, meeting all of the language, legislative and currency demands of global companies operating in local markets all over the world. By installing Scala to manage the everyday running of the business Johnson Controls is now able to focus on value added tasks at the customer facing level and concentrate on future performance
