Siveco's CEO Koen Beckers was in Istanbul

On September 10th Koen Beckers and Tony Perpere was in Istanbul to meet with Inspark Team to develop business in Turkey. Siveco Group is one the most important players working on CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) in the world. This was the first visit of a CEO from Siveco to Turkey. Mr. Koen Beckers brought a different management approach to Siveco Group and now the company collects all benefits from this successful change.

Koen Beckers said that there was a huge market in Turkey for CMMS and that they wanted to give more importance to this market.

We started Metro Group Operational CRM system implementation

METRO AG is one of the worldwide trading groups and was created in 1996 by merging the retail companies Asko Deutsche Kaufhaus AG, Kaufhof Holding AG and Deutsche SB-Kauf AG. The company went public the very same year. On 25 July 1996, the METRO AG stock was quoted on the Dax for the first time. With a market capitalization of DM 12.07 billion, METRO AG ranked among the 20 largest companies listed on the German stock exchange in late 1996.

The Metro group of companies has conducted activities in Turkey since 1990. There are two sales divisions of the METRO Group have already entered the market successfully: Metro Cash & Carry and Real.

In December 2005 Metro Group in Turkey selected Sage CRM MME as their Customer Relationship Management solution. Metro Group made this decision because of Sage CRM's flexibility and powerful features. Sage CRM will be used as the main contact database and campaign management tool.

Serdar Susuz, Director of Professional Services say, ‘Metro AG is a powerful competitor in Turkey and we see the use of Sage CRM as very positive. With the Flexibility and the powerful features of Sage CRM, it will provide to Metro AG an widely accessible database for Management and users, allowing marketing campaigns to show to management the effectiveness of those campaigns.’

News Outdoor Group Turkey selected INSPARK for financial solution

News Outdoor Group a part of News Corporation has selected SunSystems for its business in Turkey. The local company is called Kamera, was incorporated in 1959 and has since been a leader in the Turkish out-of-home market. Kamera has advertising panels located in premium locations throughout the country. A full implementation of SunSystems with the localisation modules provided by Inspark was carried out in a short time scale.

Managing Director of Inspark, Stephen B. Symes says, ‘Being involved with News Outdoor here in Turkey is another positive sign of our strength in implementing SunSystems for Quality businesses. Over the past 14 years the list of successful SunSystems implementations that Inspark has been involved in demonstrates that we are the Number one implementer of SunSystems in Turkey’.

Vicat Group globally selected COSWIN Computerized Maintenance Management System

The Vicat Group, founded in France over 150 years ago has today a presence in seven countries (France, United States, Turkey, Senegal, Switzerland, Egypt and Italy) The Company manufactures cement, produces ready-mixed concrete and aggregates, and conducts other activities that are parallel or complementary to its core operations. The company has a turnover of 1.5 Billion Euros and is an employer of over 6,000 people.

Turkey has two facilities producing Cement, concrete and mining aggregates, one of three countries in the group that are involved in all three areas. Vicat came to Turkey in 1991 and increased it’s presence in 1994.

Serdar Susuz the Director of Professional Services says ‘Inspark has been providing quality services for the implementation of COSWIN software for over six years in Turkey and in the region. We believe that the software selected by VICAT will bring to their worldwide organisation a very quick ROI and will provide them with the controls that are required to become the most efficient producer of Cement, Concrete and Aggregates in Turkey’.

Signed Distribution Agreement with Ecteon for 21 countries

Ecteon's focus is on providing the software tools to optimize the productivity of contract managers and contract management processes. Ecteon is one of the global vendor of Contract Management software. Contraxx helps organizations effectively create, capture, manage, and analyze all of the business agreements. Contraxx is feature-rich, flexible, scalable, and secure. Some of the major Contraxx users are Vodafone, Avaya, EMI Records, Honeywell and United States Senate.

INSPARK became the reseller of Ecteon in 21 countries including Turkey.

Started implementation of financial software for Hedef Alliance

Hedef Alliance is a strategic partnership of Hedef Group and Alliance UniChem Plc., which took place in December 2000. With the strategic partnership that has been established, it is aimed at making Turkey a gateway to new regions. Hedef Group was renamed as Hedef Alliance Holding A.S on March 29, 2001.

Hedef Alliance is in the service of the Turkish pharmacies with 60 points throughout Turkey, 5000 employees and a fleet of 1420 vehicles, and it is the leader in its sector with a market share of 41%.

Alliance Unichem is the largest Distributor of Healthcare and Pharmaceutical products in Europe delivering healthcare in 12 countries.

Managing Director of Inspark, Stephen B. Symes says, ‘Inspark is a company which has been involved in Financial Intelligence solutions for the Healthcare/Pharmaceutical sector since 1998. We have implemented systems for Pfizer in Turkey and throughout Europe, we see our involvement in the implementation of CODA as significant for us and for Hedef Alliance. The direction that Hedef Alliance is moving needs a sound Financial Intelligence system which gives up to the minute valid information in order that Management can react to the dynamics of the Healthcare/Pharmaceutical Market.’