CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
09 May 2005
Implementation Investments
SAP and JetBlue Ready for Take Off-Airline Selects mySAPT ERP to Support Aggressive Growth Strategy
SAP AG announced that JetBlue Airways , a popular low-cost passenger airline, has selected mySAPT ERP to help sustain its continuing expansion. The prospering airline will leverage SAP's market-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to support its projected staffing expansion of more than 130 percent in the next three years. Powered by the SAP NetWeaverT platform, mySAP ERP will help JetBlue achieve the business agility it needs and eliminate obstacles of technology integration as the company grows.
"Since our launch in 2000, we have expanded from serving just two cities to 29 cities around the country and the Caribbean, a major success in the competitive airline marketplace," said Vinny Stabile, vice president of People at JetBlue. "To meet the demands of our increasing customer base, we plan to add over 10,000 new JetBlue crew members in the next three years. As a growing company, we required a reliable business partner to provide us with the most flexible and robust software solution to help us meet our current and future needs. After evaluating our options we were impressed with the flexibility of mySAP ERP and are confident in our ability to continue to meet our projected growth schedule and bring humanity back to air travel."
The ERP implementation is currently underway with completion of the first phase expected in the third quarter of 2005. More than 8,000 JetBlue crew members in the airline's 29 locations will use the software. The project is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2006.
"We are proud to add JetBlue, a widely respected new airline in the U.S. market, to our family of globally esteemed airline customers -- continuing evidence that the best run businesses run SAP," said Bill McDermott, president and CEO, SAP America. "Our experience with industry-leading airlines will benefit a successful, growing airline like JetBlue and enable them to establish a strong technology foundation that will allow them to accommodate growth and adapt to market changes."
SAP Solutions for the Aerospace and Defense Industry
SAP works with Aerospace and Defense companies to provide tools to help companies control costs, manage operations, collaborate with partners, improve ability to reach customers and plan and forecast effectively. Working with many of the industry's leading companies, SAP has designed business solutions to address the unique requirements of several industry segments: commercial aerospace manufacturer, defense manufacturer, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), service providers and airline management. More than 300 companies in the aerospace and defense industry worldwide run SAP. For more information, please visit: http://www.sap.com/company/press/factsheets/aerospace_defense.epx
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About mySAPT ERP
With more than 20,000 organizations worldwide running their enterprise resource planning (ERP) processes with SAP® solutions, SAP is the undisputed worldwide market leader in ERP software. MySAPT ERP is SAP's next-generation ERP solution and the successor to SAP® R/3®. mySAP ERP features industry-leading business analytics, financials, human capital management, operations and corporate services functionality. Powered by SAP NetWeaverT, the strategic platform for custom-built and packaged applications, mySAP ERP addresses the critical business software requirements of midsize and large organizations, whatever their industry or global reach.
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