TCS Co-‐Presents with Five Customers Including Hasbro, British Gas and Cardinal Health at SAPPHIRE® NOW – on Transforming Global Supply Chains, Enhancing Customer Data and Improving User Experience WHAT: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, will present alongside five key customers – Cardinal Health (a US$91 billion healthcare products distributor), Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (one of Australia’s leading health and beauty companies), Hasbro (one of the world’s largest toy makers), Performance Fibers (a global chemical manufacturer), and British Gas (a large UK utility) – to discuss how it has helped make their businesses more competitive through the latest SAP® technology at the SAPPHIRE® NOW conference. TCS is also the exclusive sponsor of the SAP concert at SAPPHIRE NOW with pop superstar Jennifer Lopez. WHEN: May 5-‐7, 2015 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. WHO: TCS, a US$13+ billion company, has a fast-‐growing practice focused on SAP software, with 13,500 consultants. TCS has grown its SAP-‐related business 30 percent in each of the last two years, and now has more than 400 SAP projects that serve as world-‐class proof points of the results generated for clients. TCS’ business includes many large global firms (e.g., British retailer Marks & Spencer, Swiss engineering powerhouse ABB, and Belgium steel and chemical maker N.V. Bekaert). HOW: Follow us on Twitter @TCS_SAP for updates at SAPPHIRE NOW and follow the event using the hashtag #SAPPHIRENOW. Please contact us to schedule a meeting with TCS experts and business consultants for SAP solutions at SAPPHIRE NOW. TCS AND CUSTOMER PRESENTATIONS, DATES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS: Tuesday, May 5 12:00 PM–12:20 PM EDT | Global Services and Support Center Campus | Demo Theater Session Simplify the User Experience and Boost Efficiency with SAP Business Suite. Cardinal Health, a Fortune 22 company that improves the cost-‐effectiveness of healthcare, partnered with TCS on its migration journey, moving from the SAP ERP application to SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA®. Gain insight and key learnings about how Cardinal Health improved data and reporting back to the business. The new cloud system leverages new features—SAP Fiori® user experience and SAP Screen Personas software—to optimize business processes and improve UX. Speakers: Navin Kewale, Director, EIT Shared Services – SAP CoE Technology Platform, Cardinal Health; Ramesh Iyanswamy, SAP HANA Global Lead, TCS 12:30 PM–12:50 PM EDT | Partner Theater | Lecture Session Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) Integrates Retail and Wholesale Businesses to Enhance Customer Data. API, one of Australia’s leading health and beauty companies, partnered with TCS to implement an innovative ERP system, combining retail store and wholesale customer data into an integrated SAP solution. Gain insight into the process of aligning separate systems, people and processes to standardize data to better serve the business, new functionalities in SAP software and TCS’ SAP-‐certified data migration and testing tools. Speakers: Cary Farmer, OneERP Program Manager, API; Kevin Geary, OneERP Project Manager, TCS 1:00 PM– 1:20 PM EDT | Partner and SME Solutions Center | Demo Theater Session Deliver World-‐Class Service with a Standardized Supply Chain. British Gas, the largest of the Big 6 utility companies in the UK, partnered with TCS to modernize its supply chain to handle the exponential growth of smart meter installations. Gain insights on the best-‐practice approach that won three European Supply Chain Excellence Awards by automating forecasting, managing reverse logistics, reducing asset costs and improving warehouse efficiencies. Speakers: Phil Crannage, Director of Core Systems, British Gas; Prashant Shirgur, Head, SAP Business Strategy, TCS Wednesday, May 6 12:00 PM–12:20 PM EDT | Partner Theater | Lecture Session Hasbro Improves Business Reporting with Global Supply Chain Transformation. Ever wonder how toys and games go from the assembly line to the store shelf? Hasbro, one of the largest toy makers in the world, partnered with TCS to design, re-‐engineer and implement a global sourcing program across Europe and Asia to automate vendor and supply data. TCS’ SAP-‐certified data migration and testing tools enabled Hasbro to fast track the global rollout to five years, instead of 13. The enhanced system improved vendor relationships, finance and credit reporting, and freight management. Speakers: Jim Cloherty, VP, Global IT Development, Hasbro; Madhumita Dasgupta, Global SAP Delivery Head for Retail, CPG, Travel, Transport and Hospitality, TCS 12:00 PM– 12:45 PM EDT | Business Networks Campus | Microforum Discussion Opportunities and Technology Implications of the Internet of Things for the Enterprise. Speaker: Kent Sanders, Lead Partner, Enterprise Architecture, Transformation Practice, TCS 12:30 PM– 12:50 PM EDT | Platform and Technology Campus | Demo Theater Session Transforming Business Processes of a Global Chemical Manufacturer. Performance Fibers, a global chemical manufacturer, partnered with TCS on an innovative implementation to integrate all existing environments onto a single SAP HANA Cloud platform. Learn how the company leverages SAP’s newest technologies – SAP HANA Live, SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA and SAP Fiori to standardize and integrate business processes, enhance reporting and analytics, and speed month-‐end closings. Speakers: Kamesh Baratam, IT Director, CIO, Performance Fibers; Ramesh Iyanswamy, SAP HANA Global Lead, TCS Thursday, May 7 12:00 PM–12:45 PM EDT | Platform and Technology Campus | Microforum Discussion Follow the Road Map to Success with the SAP HANA Platform. Speaker: Ramesh Iyanswamy, SAP HANA Global Lead, TCS SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference are the world’s premier business technology event and largest SAP customer-‐run conference, offering attendees the opportunity to learn and network with customers, SAP executives, partners and experts across the entire SAP ecosystem.