Plaut Aktiengesellschaft / Statement 23.01.2008 Release of a Corporate-announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plaut Switzerland rolls out a global planning solution at Ivoclar Vivadent in six months Ismaning/Regensdorf(CH), January 23, 2008 Ivoclar Vivadent, which is headquartered in Schaan, Liechtenstein, has been able to carry out its extensive budgeting activities for 2008 on time on the basis of a newly installed global planning platform. Ivoclar Vivadent, one of the worlds leading dental technology companies, recently mapped all its business processes worldwide with SAP ERP and has now migrated reporting of all key corporate figures from sales, logistics, production and controlling to a central SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) system. As a result, costs have been able to be cut sharply in the strongly decentralized company and the quality of processes and information boosted. The partner in this project was Plaut Switzerland, Regensdorf (CH). The 2,200 employees of Ivoclar Vivadent generated some 370 million Euro in 2006, a growth rate of almost 11%. The companys products are sold globally through 15 foreign branch offices. The next step in improving business administration processes and workflows at Ivoclar Vivadent therefore related to corporate planning on the basis of the new business processes. The previous heterogeneous planning process was characterized by sharp discontinuities among the systems used and highly ramified handling of planning, something that tied up an excessive amount of personnel. This projects general objective was to significantly simplify the planning process, but without compromising the quality of information. Plaut Switzerland was also entrusted with this demanding project due to its proven expertise as an SAP Global Partner and expert in uniting business management and information technology. The planning solution designed by Ivoclar Vivadent and Plaut was implemented using SAP BW-BPS Release 3.5 (Business Planning & Simulation) within six months and on time for the start of the 2008 budget phase in September 2007. A central SAP server located in Liechtenstein is used as the planning system and can now be accessed by all Vivadent companies worldwide over the Web. The solution also boasts a number of business management highlights, for example complete, self-contained planning of sales quantities, revenues, cost of goods sold (COGS), contribution margins and fixed costs up to the EBIT level, consolidated at the group level and also at the level of the individual companies (legal entities). Initial budgeting for fiscal 2008 revealed that the formulated solution not only complied fully with the original objective, but also harbors great additional potential benefits, such as: - The time and resources required for planning were considerably slashed. - The planning process offers a high degree of flexibility and coordination thanks to integration of all companies and a consistent view of the data - The performance of business management planning performance has been expanded and improved - Group reporting is now controlling-oriented. That means rapid provisioning of up-to-date and coordinated business management data and key figures for the Supervisory Board and corporate management to enable controlling of the company promptly in response to events. Christian Ritzberger, Director Business Management Systems and Controlling at Ivoclar Vivadent, expresses his satisfaction with the result: 'First we improved the quality of our business processes and reporting tools together with Plaut and now we have collaborated successfully to engineer our planning processes in line with the requirements of a global company.' About Plaut The business consulting firm Plaut was founded by Hans-Georg Plaut in Hanover in 1946. On the basis of his methods of marginal and contribution costing, the Plaut consulting group has been setting standards in modern management of companies for 60 years. Plaut is a management consulting firm that focuses on corporate planning and control. To enable this, the internationally operating company offers its clients an extensive portfolio of business consulting, SAP consulting and IT services. With more than 1,000 completed projects, Plaut has been one of the most successful SAP partners and one with the strongest track records of implementation for more than 20 years. Plaut Aktiengesellschaft (Salzburg) is listed on the General Standard of the Geregelter Markt (PUT2; securities identification number A0LCDP; ISIN AT0000A02Z18) of Frankfurt Stock Exchange. > www.plaut.de Press contact: [PR-0801, 3.650 Cws ] Plaut Deutschland consulting group Manager Communication, IR & Marketing Heinz-Peter Schneider Max-von-Eyth-Straße 3 D - 85737 Ismaning/Munich Germany Phone: +49 (89) 96 280 -126 Fax: +49 (89) 96 280 -339 E-mail: heinz.schneider@plaut.de Web: www.plaut.de DGAP 23.01.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Plaut Aktiengesellschaft Engelsberggasse 4 A-1030 Wien Österreich Phone: +43 1 2300012 Fax: +43 1 2289569 E-mail: ir@plaut.com Internet: www.plaut.com ISIN: AT0000A02Z18 WKN: A0LCDP Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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