QPR'S TECHNOLOGY WON THE VENTANA RESEARCH 2009 OVERALL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP AWARD Ventana Research Inc., the leading benchmark research and advisory services firm providing expert guidance to help organizations manage and optimize performance has awarded QPR's technology with the Overall Performance Management Leadership Award. QPR participated to the Ventana 2009 Leadership Awards with its customer case of Bosch Siemens Häusegeräte's Turkish subsidiary, BSH Ev Aletleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. The Ventana Research Leadership awards recognize those organizations that have most effectively delivered business success using people, process, information and technology best practices. Awards are presented in several categories. "The Ventana Research Overall Performance Management Leadership Award recognizes an organization and team or individuals that have most successfully maximized the value of all of the organization's assets - people, processes, information and technology - at the enterprise level to achieve the organization's goals and objectives and deliver optimal performance," says Mark Smith, CEO and EVP Research, Ventana Research, and continues: "In the QPR/BSH case we were impressed by the business impacts: the time needed for top management's Monthly Performance Meeting is significantly decreased by roughly 50 percent. This is possible as the processes are continuously improved by process managers. In addition, internal departments are regarded as customers, and process changes are directly modeled, confirmed and published." "As Ventana Research has in-depth knowledge of hundreds of technology providers we are happy to congratulate QPR Software for their QPR ScoreCard Performance Management software that has helped 2009 Award winner BSH to reach their objectives. Winning the Ventana Research Leadership Award requires excellence in business and technology and in 2009 QPR was the enabling technology for the overall winner." says Mark Smith. "I am honored to receive these congratulations from Ventana Research and welcome this Overall Performance Leadership Award as a sign of QPR doing the right things in a right way. I am impressed by the excellent implementation team including BSH members and our German Reseller Partner Protema", says Jari Jaakkola, QPR CEO. Deployment and implementation of QPR software to the performance monitoring and measurement needs of BSH Ev Aletleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S was executed by QPR's German Advanced Value Added Reseller, PROTEMA Unternehmensberatung GmbH. Earlier in 2009 the dynamic Performance Measurement System of Bosch's plant in Bursa, Turkey based on QPR's performance management software was awarded by the European Foundation for Quality Management, EFQM Excellence Award and with the prize in the Management by Processes and Facts and Partnership Development category. The work safety best practice of the Finnish subsidiary of the international construction Group Skanska based on QPR's performance management software was awarded at the European Campaign on Risk Assessment competition. Read the BSH Success Story at: http://www.qpr.com/BSHTurkeySuccessStory.pdf About QPR Software QPR Software Plc is an international, highly regarded partner for enterprises and public sector in process development and business performance improvement. QPR's mission is to help people and organizations to take control of their business processes and achieve their goals. QPR software has been implemented in more than 1,500 organizations across the globe and is provided in more than 20 languages. QPR was founded in 1991, has its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and co-operates with an extensive network of talented partners in over 50 countries worldwide. QPR - Quality. Process. Results. www.qpr.com About Ventana Research Ventana Research is the leading benchmark research and advisory services firm. We provide expert guidance to help organizations manage and optimize performance - to become not only more efficient but more effective. Ventana Research focuses on business and technology trends and best practices that maximize organizations' potential to perform while reducing the time, cost and risk and still achieve optimal outcomes. More than 2.5 million business and IT professionals through our community of 85,000 professionals and network of media and association partners around the world benefit from Ventana Research's insights. www.ventanaresearch.com For more information, please contact at QPR Software Plc: Mr. Tony Virtanen, Vice President, Products and Techonology Tel. + 358 40 772 4022 e-mail: firstname.lastname@qpr.com For more information, please contact at Ventana Research: Mrs. Marisela Reynoso, Senior Manager - Client Services & Marketing Tel. + 1 925.474.0061 e-mail: firstname.lastname@ventanaresearch.com
QPR's technology won the Ventana Research 2009 overall performance management leadership award
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