Oniqua MRO Analytics Announces Its Participation in SAP EcoHub Solution Marketplace

    BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, June 29, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Oniqua MRO Analytics, a leader in analytics-based maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) optimization solutions, today announced its participation in the SAP EcoHub solution marketplace. This community-powered solution marketplace makes it easier for customers to discover, evaluate and purchase partner solutions - such as Oniqua Analytics Solution (OAS) - that complement SAP applications.

The SAP EcoHub provides customers access to complementary solutions and offerings that work best for their installation of SAP solutions. It leverages SAP's comprehensive ecosystem, where customers and partners can connect. The SAP EcoHub integrates community input, user feedback, ratings and partner demos, enabling a more educated and intelligent selection of solutions.

Oniqua MRO Analytics, which provides analytics-based MRO optimization solutions for asset-intensive industries, is listed at http://ecohub.sdn.sap.com/irj/ecohub/partners/ONIQUA. Resources available for download from the SAP EcoHub site include an OAS summary, an informational white paper and several customer success stories. Also provided are certification details for Oniqua Analytics Solution and the ability to request a live demo or contact from Oniqua.

"SAP EcoHub is an online solution marketplace that offers tremendous value to SAP customers and users who are looking to enhance their investments in SAP," said Andy Hill, CEO of Oniqua. "Oniqua is proud to be part of SAP EcoHub and the SAP ecosystem as we continue to grow and strengthen our partnership with SAP. Our analytics-based MRO solutions are now easier than ever to find by SAP customers who are looking to optimize their MRO inventory, procurement and maintenance activities."

As an established independent software vendor that provides solutions in support of SAP offerings, Oniqua has made serving the needs of customers using SAP solutions a top priority. Most recently, Oniqua Analytics Solution 6 earned SAP-certified integration as powered by the SAP NetWeaver technology platform. In addition, Oniqua MRO Analytics recently joined the SAP PartnerEdge program as an SAP software solution partner.

Oniqua Analytics Solution offers customers the ability to optimize MRO operations across their inventory, procurement and maintenance activities. Examples of results achieved by customers using Oniqua Analytics Solution in conjunction with SAP solutions include reductions of 15-50 percent in inventory holdings, decreases of 20-35 percent in replenishment costs, reductions of 30-50 percent in stock-out risk, savings of 15-40 percent within maintenance budgets and increases of 20-25 percent in supplier performance.

Reporting on the value that Oniqua provides one of the world's leading energy companies, Bill Polk from AMR Research (Gartner) stated in his report entitled Making Working Capital Work: "The global energy giant's division reduced its working capital associated with MRO by 10 percent within six months of implementation, including integration with its single instance of SAP [software]. It continued to lower its inventory levels by at least another 10 percent each of the last three years as it refined the criticality levels of spare parts."1

SAP EcoHub is live at http://ecohub.sap.com. Visitors can search for solutions in many ways, including industry or solution, key words, relevance or partner. Solutions can be evaluated online based on feedback from other users, partners and business experts. Visitors can view an online demo on SAP EcoHub or request more information by requesting to be contacted, and initiate the purchase of the solution.

1. Bill Polk, Making Working Capital Work: A Case Study", AMR Research. March 12, 2009

About Oniqua MRO Analytics
With operations in the Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, Oniqua is a world's leading MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) analytics software company. Oniqua helps organizations maximize profits, savings and efficiencies by minimizing MRO waste, and delivers a positive return on investment in as little as three to six months. Oniqua Analytics Solution (OAS) leverages customers' transactional data by applying advanced analytics to identify inefficiencies and ensure that their maintenance, inventory and procurement operations run as efficiently as possible. Oniqua is proud to serve the world's leading companies in the oil and gas, mining, utilities and transportation industries, including ConocoPhillips, BP, Hawaiian Electric, Bermuda Electric Light Company, Orange County Transportation Authority, Vale, Rio Tinto, Anglo Coal, BHP Billiton, Newmont Mining, Alcoa, Xstrata, Drummond Company, Freeport McMoRan and many others. www.oniqua.com.

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