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CRM Today: SAP and Siemens Announce Cooperation: "SAP AG and Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) are announcing their intent for a preferred strategic partnership to deliver an integrated solution that will help companies eliminate the disconnect of mission-critical information between Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and business software solutions. The intent of the cooperation is to address some of the major concerns that production supervisors and plant managers of manufacturing companies are facing today such as the lack of integration of MES on the plant floor with business software solutions, increased IT spending, and the need for production personnel to measure, monitor or control their key performance indicators (KPIs) on demand. The joint offering shall be a significant step in helping manufacturing companies address these everyday issues, while also lowering total-cost-of-ownership (TCO), and easing implementation, maintenance and performance management. "