SAP has awarded the 2016 SAP Telco Excellence Award to China Unicom for its success in rolling out retail solutions to China Unicom Group’s retail stores across the country.
The excellence awards are given to global SAP telco customers that have achieved significant transformation in how they run their businesses.
“This award recognises China Unicom Vsens’s massive success in extending its footprint across China,” said Stephan Gatien, general manager, telecommunications business, SAP.
“Unicom Vsens’ retail supply chain platform based on SAP system has demonstrated the organic integration between IT and business,” said Ren Zhiguo, deputy general manager, entity channel, China Unicom Group. “It has made an important contribution to the business growth of our group.”
According to Shen Wei, deputy general manager, China Unicom Vsens, SAP for Retail solutions have facilitated the franchise business transofrmation of its retail stores all over the country and “the convergence between telco operations and retail business, which reflects our focus on customer satisfaction”.
Unicom Vsens plans to continue deploying the SAP solutions in its remaining stores to complete its retail transformation while it also continues to explore potential new business models.
“Telcos across the globe are choosing to focus more on retail excellence as a key success factor of digital transformation. SAP is proud to help organisations like China Unicom Vsens achieve differentiation in a competitive and high-growth market like China,” said Gatien.
