proALPHA again among the innovative TOP 100

Weilerbach, 22. June 2005 – For the fifth year in a row, proALPHA Software AG is the recipient of the quality mark TOP 100 for its outstanding innovative performances. This honor was awarded in the context of a nationwide comparison study. In this study, Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke from the Business University Vienna examined the innovation management of small to medium-sized businesses: The one hundred best – including proALPHA – can now decorate themselves with the quality mark TOP 100 2005. During the meeting of the top innovators in Berlin, patron Lothar Späth presented the renowned award to Leo Ernst, Managing Board of proALPHA Software AG, on June 22.

While the study measured the innovation success on the market, it also evaluated four areas of innovation management: innovative processes and organization, innovation climate, innovation marketing and innovation-promoting top management. They are intended to secure long-term replacement energy.

“Good innovation management creates the balance between creativity and planning – both are important in all phases,” says the director of the study, Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke. proALPHA Software AG masters this balancing act in a convincing manner and secured a place among the TOP 100. With its standard software, the company offers small to medium-sized customers an integrated complete solution for all business affairs from logistics to accounting and financial accounting. In addition, the system also provides support for customer relations management (CRM) and handling company-wide processes. Organizational and IT consultants with practical experience are available to the customers to completely exhaust the potential of the system. Time savings of up to 50 percent are nothing unusual in the process. The corresponding ideas are attended to by a cooperative business culture, flat hierarchies and a modern working environment.

Other proALPHA innovative services can be read in the book “TOP 100 2005 – Award Innovators in the German Small to Medium-Sized Businesses”. The editor of the volume is the patron Lothar Späth. Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke annually determines the one hundred most innovative participants in the study TOP 100 based on a standardized method. Of approximately 1750 interested companies nationwide, 192 participants accepted the challenge. The companies that managed to enter the exclusive circle can be seen at www.top100.de and read in the book about the project.