Quality assurance through certification guarantees optimal customer service.

Graz/Vienna, 28 June 2004 // WINTERHELLER software GmbH, the leading software provider of the planning and management system Professional Planner, with more than 4000 clients, opts for a worldwide network of independent partners to sell Professional Planner and provide consulting services. For three years these certifications have been carried out for quality assurance purposes.

(PRWEB) July 25, 2004 -- In the last couple of months we could certify a number of new Business Partners, such as Avantum Consult that are substantially contributing to the software development due to the long lasting cooperation with Cap Gemini in the field of IT system integration. We have been collaborating with partners on international level, for instance, with Intentia in Scandinavia and Germany or Management Factory in Austria in order to improve our competitiveness and to jointly develop innovative technologies.

Customer orientation as well as quick and qualified on-site support is especially important to WINTERHELLER software. "The certification underlines WINTERHELLER softwares status as qualified provider of controlling and management information system", states Thomas Haas, Head of the Consulting department. "This initiative as indispensable for a long term quality assurance for our customers working with Professional Planner.

More and more WINTERHELLER software partners undergo the certification procedure. The Professional Planner certification guarantees exclusive know-how, consulting potential and comprehensive problem solving capabilities.

WINTERHELLER software GmbH
WINTERHELLER software was founded in 1988 by Prof. Manfred Winterheller, a noted specialist in management sciences, and it has quickly grown into the leading software and consulting company for controlling and management information systems. The software facilitates swift and reliable company-wide budgeting, regular budget/actual comparisons and decision-oriented what-if" queries.

Professional Planner is based on the standard textbook Kurzfristige Unternehmensplanung", by Egger/Winterheller (meanwhile in its 10th edition) that has been on the market for 12 years. In the meantime approx. 4.000 clients with more than 8,000 workstations apply the program that has evolved from intensive research and teaching.

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