Audit réussi pour le Groupe Siemens grâce à ARIS ... - IDS Scheer AG

EBITA of €7.8 million (previous year: €5.5 million), exceeding the results in the second quarter of 2005
by 42%. The EBITA margin rose accordingly to 27.1%, compared to 25.3% in the previous year. A
number of individual projects in all five focus regions as well as some major projects influenced the
growth in the product area.
The consulting area achieved revenue of €59.7 million (previous year: €56.7 million), an increase of
5%, in the second quarter of the current fiscal year. IDS Scheer's revenue from the presently booming
metals industry also grew significantly, especially in North America and China. In the Group as a
whole the greatest shares of revenue and strongest growth rates were posted in the consumer-goods
and chemicals/pharmaceuticals industries. The EBITA in the consulting area reached €2.1 million
(previous year: €2.6 million), representing an EBITA margin of 3.4% (previous year: 4.5%). This
decline in the margin is due largely to postponement of projects in the international consulting market,
whereas a continued increase in profits in the German home market resulted from increased business
in third-party licenses as well as from an increase in consultant utilization.
Increase of Growth Projections
"High growth rates in all areas and the exceptional results in license business confirm IDS Scheer's
strategy of expanding our highly profitable product area to 40% of total revenue and doubling revenue
in conjunction with increasing profits by 2010," says Helmut Kruppke, CEO of IDS Scheer AG. "The
results for the first half of the year leave us confident that we will exceed our growth goals in the
current fiscal year. We now believe we will achieve growth of 10% to 11% in total revenue and growth
in license volume of 24% to 26% in 2006."
Future-oriented Product Strategy
Dr. Wolfram Jost, the member of the executive board responsible for product strategy, explains. "In
addition to the positive quarterly results, we are pleased today to be able to announce the start of our
sales and technology cooperation with the large US IT company Oracle. This is our answer to
international customer demand and expands our middleware platform strategy with the addition of a
significant integration component. We expect positive effects thereof for our license business
beginning in 2007. At the same time we will continue to strengthen our cooperation with our long-time
strategic partner SAP in view of the integration of ARIS and the SAP NetWeaver platform and the joint
marketing of the integrated product. ARIS has now reached another milestone on the way to becoming
the worldwide industry standard for business process analysis and improvement." According to a
newly published agreement, IDS Scheer will develop an ARIS interface for Oracle Fusion Middleware
and Oracle will do the OEM reselling for the joint solution.
International development
Growth was equally strong internationally and in Germany. The Germany Region increased revenue
during the reporting quarter by 14% (before segment consolidation) to €44.4 million (previous year:
€39.1 million), and achieved an EBITA of €6.7 million, compared to €5.3 million in the second quarter
of 2005. This represents an increase of 27% in profits. The EBITA margin in Germany rose
accordingly to 15.2% in comparison to 13.5% in the previous year. In the same period, the
international subsidiaries reported revenue of €55.1 million (previous year: €49.2 million), an increase
of 12% (before segment consolidation). With an EBITA of €3.1 million (previous year: €2.6 million), the
EBITA margin for the international subsidiaries improved slightly to 5.5% (previous year: 5.4%).
The international client base continued to expand in both the product and consulting areas. New
clients in the second quarter include companies such as Allianz (insurance, Poland), Axens
(chemical/pharmaceutical, France), Bernafon (consumer goods/retail, Switzerland), Chemet
(chemical/pharmaceutical, Poland), Direct Energy (utilities, Canada), Essent (utilities, Netherlands),
John Laing Homes (capital goods, USA), Mercator (consumer goods/retail, Slovenia), Nurbank
(banking, Russia), Otoyol (automotive, Turkey), Recupel (utilities, Belgium) and TPG
(logistics/transportation, Netherlands). Of particular note is the addition of clients in the growing
Chinese market including Anshan Iron & Steel Co. and Shougang Co. (both paper/textiles/metals) and
Shanghai Diesel (automotive). Among the well-known companies added to IDS Scheer's client base