Munich, April 23rd, 2024 – msg has been recognized by SAP for its outstanding achievements as an SAP partner with a 2024 SAP Pinnacle Award in the AI Partner Innovation category. With the SAP Pinnacle Awards, SAP annually recognizes partners who have made outstanding contributions to developing and expanding their collaboration with SAP and helping customers achieve their goals. The winners and finalists of the SAP Pinnacle Awards in 26 categories were selected based on suggestions from SAP, customer feedback and various performance metrics.

“The SAP Pinnacle Awards recognize the outstanding contribution of our partner network to the transformation of our customers. The award winners are recognized for successfully helping their customers achieve new levels of excellence through innovative cloud services and solutions,” said Christian Klein, CEO and member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. 

“I am very proud and honored that we have won the SAP Pinnacle Award in the AI Partner Innovation category. This is a fantastic recognition of our team's dedication and hard work in the field of artificial intelligence – such a key and fast-growing market. The award underscores our expertise in using future technologies in real-life projects and creating innovative solutions that offer real added value to both our partners such as SAP and our customers in their business,” commented Dr. Jürgen Zehetmaier, msg CEO, on the award.

msg is a long-standing consulting and development partner of SAP with locations in 31 countries. As a full-service SAP partner, msg offers its customers worldwide SAP applications as end-to-end solutions from a single source. The two companies have been working closely together since 1998, particularly in the area of co-innovation.

msg started a cooperation with WTS Digital in April 2024. With immediate effect, the two companies are pooling their expertise and expanding their service offering in the SAP environment. The aim is to increase the efficiency of tax processes. In doing so, msg contributes comprehensive know-how in dealing with the latest SAP technologies and the development of tailor-made IT solutions, while WTS contributes a deep understanding of global tax legislation and tax optimization strategies.

The focus of the cooperation is on forward-looking IT solutions and projects designed to improve the technical software support of clients in the tax area. A specific SAP Fiori solution for the "Pillar Two" tax system has already been successfully implemented as an add-on to SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM). In addition, the development of a comprehensive SAP-based application in the area of tax reporting is planned. These integrated solutions combine the complexity of tax legislation with advanced IT systems to lower compliance costs and to optimize business processes.

Axel Kotulla, Chief Customer Officer Insurance at msg, stresses: “msg is known and valued in the market as a reliable technical and insurance partner. With the tax and finance expertise of WTS, we can expand our portfolio and implement projects for which our customers previously had to call in other suppliers themselves."

Florian Oehl, Managing Partner at WTS Digital and Digital service line lead, emphasizes: "The cooperation enables us to optimally use synergies as well as profound knowledge of the functional requirements and technical implementation options in mandate business. The partnership is also characterized by a very large network of experts that both companies can access, and clients can be supported with an even broader holistic offering."

msg has been recognized as a focus partner for Financial Services and Public as part of the SAP Diamond Initiative for partners. “We are delighted to have been recognized by the German SAP team as a focus partner for the joint market approach in the sales areas Financial Services and Public,” says msg executive board member Frank Schlottmann. “The award once again confirms not only our commitment to Financial Services and Public, but also our SAP expertise and consistent dedication to our customers.”

As part of its Diamond Initiative, SAP Deutschland SE has since 2019 been recognizing partners that have been particularly active in collaborating with SAP and support customers in realizing their full potential. The award is based on an assessment matrix known as the diamond model. In it, SAP assesses its partners in five categories including innovation, expertise, solutions, demand generation and joint partner revenue.

As a long-standing consulting and development of SAP, msg cover all facets of a full-service SAP partner: From license consulting, the distribution of SAP software and cloud solutions to consulting and implementation services, application management services to the development of SAP industry solutions and add-ons that complement the SAP portfolio.

Among the best again. Once again, the German business magazine brand eins, together with Statista GmbH, has identified the best consulting companies in Germany. At the forefront: msg systems, msg for banking, m3 management consulting and @msg life.

As part of the survey, brand eins also looks at IT consulting companies and other consulting branches in addition to traditional consulting companies. The leaderboard is compiled on the basis of surveys of various experts – including managers from DAX, M-DAX, S-DAX and Tec-DAX companies.

msg was considered in various categories/industries:

msg systems: Insurance, IT implementation

msg for banking: Banks

m3 management consulting: Energy & environment, digitalization/digital transformation, innovation/ growth/ new business models, IT strategy, strategy development

msg life: Insurance companies

The leaderboard by brand eins and Statista is regarded as one of the most comprehensive surveys of the German consulting market. The fact that several msg group companies are regularly represented on it underscores the standing of msg as one of the leading German consulting companies.