navigation search this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2010 sap uk & ireland user group type not for profit industry technology founded 1988 headquarters billingham uk key people board of directors volunteer board members philip adams chairperson glynn lowth director john weikert director martin lewis director alan bowling director paul cooper vice chairperson mike dean director services sap uk & ireland user group is an independent community of sap experts in the united kingdom and ireland that delivers events education influence and networking to its members website www.sapusers.org the uk and ireland sap users group is an independent not for profit organisation for users of the sap erp software . contents 1 history 2 key aims of the user group 3 facts and figures 4 references history edit the group was formed in 1988 by a small group of enthusiastic sap 1 users from organisations based in the uk and ireland who wanted to share and exchange experiences gained while implementing and using software sold by sap ag . since it was established it has grown from representing less than 20 organisations to well over 620 . in 2002 under the leadership of its then chairman glynn lowth it appointed its first full time employed member of staff and began to put in place a new infrastructure to support its membership . in 2004 a new website 2 was launched that for the first time allowed members to collaborate and work together on line . in 2005 the user group set up a full time office in billingham teesside where there are now 10 full time employees . after a gap of around 10 years in 2006 it held a new annual conference in birmingham attended by over 600 users . further conferences were held in 2007 birmingham and 2008 london . 3 in 2009 the group took its annual conference to manchester for the first time which was the largest independent sap conference to date . for 2010 manchester was again the venue and the conference was a three day event for the first time . in 2012 the business objects user group in the uk merged with it.in 2013 alan bowling chairman for 6 years stood down after leading the organisation through a period of sustained growth and influence to be succeeded by philip adams the first chairman from an irish member organisation . in 2013 the conference returned to birmingham to celebrate 25 years as a voluntary organisation with the event attended by over 1000 people including the co ceo of sap jim snabe . in 2014 the conference is hosted at the birmingham icc . in 2007 the uk & ireland sap user group was one 4 of the founding user group of sugen sap user group executive network and now forms an active part of sugen 5 activities . 6 it is the recognised official group representing all sap product users within the united kingdom and ireland . key aims of the user group edit to facilitate networking and knowledge exchange 7 8 amongst members to provide an independent 9 voice for sap users in the uk and ireland to maintain and develop our close and influential relationship with sap to add value to individuals and organisations as a member of the user group facts and figures edit over 620 member organisations based in uk and ireland . over 5500 individuals from member organisations attended meetings in 2013 . organisations come from private public and charitable sectors . 17 special interest groups which each meet at least three times a year audit control & security acs business one business intelligence business warehouse bi bw customer relationship management crm finance human resources ie irish payroll implementation & support ireland maintenance & service management msm payroll project systems retail supply chain management scm scotland testing training . references edit sap ag user group as described by sap sapusers.org sap uk & ireland user group website ashford warwick 10 november 2008 report from conference computerweekly sap user groups sugen sugen as described by sap ashford warwick 21 november 2008 activity with sugen computerweekly bowling alan 29 january 2009 chairman and soacomputing ashford warwick 22 october 2008 user group survey on soacomputerweekly barker colin 25 july 2008 users appeal to sapzdnet retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title uk % 26 ireland sap users group & oldid 715836506 categories user groupssap sehidden categories orphaned articles from october 2010all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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