Laidon Group and COSOL Partner on SimpleMDG to Enhance SAP EAM Master Data in Australia and New Zealand

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 2, 2024– Laidon Group is thrilled to announce a Strategic Partnership with COSOL, a global provider of end-to-end asset management solutions, which will extend COSOL’s data market services and deliver SimpleMDG solutions to customers across Australia and New Zealand.

Partnership Overview

Laidon Group and COSOL are thrilled to unite our strengths in a partnership designed to benefit our customers significantly. By combining SimpleMDG with COSOL’s delivery capabilities and market offerings, we empower asset-intensive organisations with data solutions that enhance master data excellence and governance.

This strategic partnership boosts our ability to deploy and scale SimpleMDG across the region, unlocking business value by driving greater impact and innovation for our customers.

Our Solutions

Laidon Group’s flagship solution, SimpleMDG, built on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), offers comprehensive master data governance, enabling customers to:

• Enhance business operational excellence and trust in data
• Ensure compliance and quality for regulatory purposes
• Drive growth and innovation

COSOL’s end-to-end asset management capability helps customers optimize performance across the people, process, systems, and data elements of their asset management, to deliver:

• Economic and sustainable improvements to their customers equipment maintenance, operations and supply chains
• A vertically integrated, technology-enabled asset management capability for their customers that is optimised for performance
• Digital Asset Management Optimisation Roadmaps for asset management transformation

Leadership Statements

• Annette Henry, Executive General Manager: “COSOL has been solving complex data and asset performance challenges for our SAP customers for over 23 years – drawing on our specialist capabilities in data management, system integrations and asset management. One of the most critical components for our customers success is quality master data. SimpleMDG provides the solution to take our SAP customers’ master data to a whole new level of governance, robustness and integrity.”
• Matthew Phu, Founder and CEO of Laidon Group:: “We are very excited to partner with COSOL. Their strong data delivery capability will help us rapidly deliver and scale to support the growing needs of SimpleMDG and COSOL. This partnership is key to advancing innovation in master data.”
• Dimitry Kuperman, Global Head of Sales & Strategic Alliances for Laidon Group: “This partnership accelerates our growth and enhances our delivery capabilities in the ANZ market. Trust in SimpleMDG through delivery is vital for our customers, SAP, and ourselves. Partnering with COSOL ensures we meet and exceed expectations as we continue to expand rapidly.”

About Us

Laidon Group develops SimpleMDG, a certified SAP BTP Master Data Governance solution with over 70 master data objects, planning to exceed 80 by the end of 2024. SimpleMDG strengthens master data foundations for excellence, compliance, and innovation.

COSOL is a global provider of end-to-end asset management solutions for asset-intensive organizations across natural resources, energy and water, infrastructure, government, and defence industries. An SAP Partner, COSOL’s solutions and expertise span across the entire asset management framework of people, process, systems and data to drive quantifiable business improvements.

Through Collaboration

Together, Laidon Group and COSOL will deliver master data solutions for SAP customers that uncover business value and quality outcomes, enhancing deployment capabilities across Australia and New Zealand with shared values and collaborative working:

• We deliver quality and consistency, earning confidence and trust in our capabilities and solutions.
• We are committed to long-term benefits for SAP and non-SAP customers, especially in asset-intensive industries, recognizing our people as our greatest asset—independent, inquisitive, and curious to deliver innovative solutions and outcomes.
• Our passion drives significant business value while reducing ROI and TCO, ensuring a shared ‘win/win’ for customers and ourselves.

Discover how SimpleMDG and COSOL can fortify your data foundation, providing confidence, productivity, and innovation. Unleash the full potential of your data with this innovative partnership!

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