Logica to deliver governance, risk and compliance services to customers using SAP® solutions for GRC
One of first European-based global SAP services partners to offer implementations of SAP solutions for GRC
Logica, a leading IT and business services company, today announces a strategy to provide businesses with integrated consulting and implementation services to deploy SAP® solutions for governance, risk, and compliance (SAP solutions for GRC). This makes Logica one of the first European-based global SAP services partners to offer implementations of SAP solutions for GRC. Logica’s GRC offering provides an integrated approach to organisations with process management capabilities for operational and supply chain risk management and enables compliance with both financial and environmental regulations.
All organisations must comply with regulations associated with governance, risk and compliance. To date, organisations have tended to use disparate, unconnected processes to resolve individual regulatory requirements, often creating a burden in operations and increasing total cost of ownership. Companies now seek to embed GRC in day-to-day operations by integrating these solutions to handle future requirements more efficiently.
Logica can help organisations to implement SAP solutions for GRC and extend their value by providing initial consultancy and business process analysis services, as well as developing and integrating them into an organisation’s IT infrastructure.
Nigel Turner, Managing Director of Logica’s SAP business, commented: “We are seeing a growing number of organisations struggling to handle the dynamics and complexity of increasing regulatory pressures. In the past, the risk management approach has often evolved through years of tactically responding to risk and results in disparate processes and duplication of effort. Clearly, it does not provide a unified picture of all the internal and external risks and legislations an organisation must adhere to. Today, businesses need to apply an integrated, corporate-wide IT solution which effectively manages all governance, risk and compliance issues, and forms an integral part of day-to-day business activities.”
Philippe Thierry-Mieg, director financial internal control at Areva Group, comments: “We chose Logica because of their outstanding GRC practice, strong track record and experience with projects related to SAP solutions for GRC. This project, currently in pilot stage, aims to strengthen the internal controls and to optimise the procedures for user provisioning in all four branches of our group. It will enable Areva to define common SoD principles for all the entities worldwide and to embed them in business processes.”
Sébastien Brasseur, responsible for the SAP GRC Business at Logica, said: “At the core of Logica’s approach to governance, risk and compliance is a truly pragmatic and process-focused worldwide GRC framework that provides insight into risks and controls at all levels - from a process, regulatory and risk perspective. We apply this framework to the strategy and sensitivities of our customers and embed it in to their organisations. Dashboards and alerting systems at all levels, as well as rigid and cost-efficient automated controls based on SAP solutions for GRC, deliver transparent compliance, optimised costs of compliance, and accelerate the ability to adapt and absorb new R&C requirements.”
Nigel Turner adds: “Compliance should be part of the day-to-day business and provide organisations with a competitive advantage. The automation of controls provides the opportunity to comply more cost-effectively and in line with requirements. Logica is committed to helping its customers build their businesses and IT architectures around governance, risk and compliance and integrate them into a sustainable business solution.”
“SAP is the leading software provider for business applications and solutions in the GRC arena,” said Stefan Kaspari, senior vice president, Overlay Sales, EMEA at SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG. “Logica now provides expertise around SAP solutions for GRC. Their approach to GRC will help organisations proactively manage risks, drive sustainability, efficiency and consistency while helping enable compliance with European Union directives, regulations and industry best practices. This in turn will allow them to promote a unified, holistic corporate strategy around control initiatives, risk and loss mitigation across the extended enterprise.”
SAP solutions for GRC promote business viability by unifying corporate strategy, control initiatives, opportunity discovery and loss mitigation across the extended enterprise. A unified approach to GRC overcomes the challenges of driving corporate strategy, regulatory compliance and risk management across disconnected systems, regions and functions, creating increased business performance and competitive advantage. SAP solutions for GRC processes work across SAP and non-SAP systems, working together with GRC ecosystem partner content, technology and applications to provide the most effective solution for governance, risk and compliance available today.
For more information about SAP solutions for GRC, please visit http://www.sap.com/grc.
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Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 39,000 people across 36 countries. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Logica works closely with its customers to release their potential - enabling change that increases their efficiency, accelerates growth and manages risk. It applies its deep industry knowledge, technical excellence and global delivery expertise to help its customers build leadership positions in their markets. Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG).
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