Revenue exceeds € 80 million and employees surpass the 300 mark. Record revenue growth
Internationalization:
Foundation of cbs Americas (HQ: Philadelphia)
Opening of Technology Center in Malaysia (KL)
Establishment of the Digital Solution Center in Barcelona
Opening of cbs Bautzen
World’s first standard software for SAP S/4HANA Transformation
Enterprise Transformation 4.0 with comprehensive solution cbs ET for SAP S/4HANA®
2016
cbs adds Salesforce to its consulting portfolio
SMA SmartFuture – global SAP CRM is replaced by Salesforce
Revenue exceeds € 50 million.
Me-We employer branding campaign
Groundbreaking ceremony for Heidelberg headquarters
20 years of cbs – the company celebrates its anniversary with 200 employees on Majorca.
Official launch of the E-invoice world cloud (at the time still NFe-as-a-service or Latam Cloud)
Development of SAP-based cloud solutions (cbs E-Invoice World Cloud, cbs GTS Cloud)
Launch cbs S/4HANA Transition Program
First big US project – ONE Finance
SAP certified Provider of Application Management Services
Participation in initiative SAP Platform Development Accelerator for SAP HANA Cloud Platform with the cbs E/A Enterprise Analyzer
cbs employee numbers surpass 200 for the first time.
cbs becomes a member of the International Association for SAP Partners e.V. (IA4SP)
Market launch of SAP S/4HANA: cbs as a pioneer in conception, test, and customer projects
Acquisition of leogistics GmbH
The Hamburg-based SAP partner and specialist in logistics and supply chain management (SCM) further expands cbs’ SAP solution offering.
2013
Foundation of cbs Singapore
Official market launch of ET for S/4HANA
Launch of the GTS Academy
cbs welcomed into SAP Validated Expertise program for Landscape Transformation
cbs uses SAP in a cloud environment for the first time
Participation in SAPPHIRE USA with partner Abeam Consulting
2012
cbs Enterprise Transformer – launch at the annual DSAG conference 2012
M-cbs extended with Enterprise Transformations
Opening of cbs Stuttgart.
Establishment of the GTS business unit
2011
Revenue exceeds € 20 million.
SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions (RDS)
cbs establishes the SLT (System Landscape Transformation) business unit.
Merger with Materna GmbH.
As an internationally positioned management consultancy, cbs now also represents the consulting and SAP expertise of the Materna group.
Opening of the Dortmund branch office, under the management of Stefan Risse
Relocation to new offices in Heidelberg. The company now operates two data centers.
cbs celebrates its 10-year anniversary with all employees on Majorca.
SAP Special Expertise Partnership SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure
2004
cbs Fit for Future event on SAP NetWeaver
cbs becomes a member of DSAG e.V. (the German-speaking SAP User Group)
2003
Development of the M-cbs project methodology
Complete implementation of the SAP Business Suite (all components) for a major Mexican oil company in cooperation with SAP
2002
Revenue exceeds € 10 million for the first time.
Establishment of the Basis business unit.
First customer event: cbs Fit for Future
2001
Workforce grows to 50 employees over two locations
Portfolio expansion and establishment of the business units BI, CRM, SCM, and BIT
ERP template development for major pharmaceutical company’s European rollout. APAC and Americas follow in the subsequent years. The system becomes the industry standard.
R/2-R/3 migration, development of an integrated process architecture for 5 business areas and companies of the world’s biggest automotive supplier.
1999
Holger Scheel becomes Head of Corporate Sales & Marketing and develops the cbs logo that is still used today.
cbs welcomes graduates onto its first trainee program. Many of these graduates are now in top management positions at cbs.
The biggest R2-R3 migration in the mechanical engineering industry!
1998
Training adopted as a key pillar of cbs. First ever cbs Consultants’ Day with 18 consultants
cbs enters a team of employees into the Heidelberg marathon for the first time
Development and implementation of a global, distributed R/3 system architecture. To facilitate this, cbs sets up a global architecture team for corporate customers.
1997
microsap is rebranded cbs Corporate Business Solutions.
The name Corporate Business Solutions reflects the cbs’ unique and continued focus on enterprise-wide business solutions
The new logo represents the five phases of M-cbs project methodology; a methodology that remains central to all cbs projects today.
Launch of the first cbs website.
Revenue exceeds € 1 million for the first time.
Establishment of the SAP Basis business unit.
First SLT projects in the form of R/2-R/3 migrations
1996
First move to Heidelberg offices (Tullastrasse). Branch office opened in Munich.
1995
In 1995, former SAP consultants, Harald Sulovsky and Tarek Kramer, establish the company microSAP as an independent SAP corporate consultancy for international industrial companies.
First office in Rauenberg.
The company’s focus is global digital business process solutions and complete SAP R/3 implementations
First global ONE system/ONE client solution in manufacturing industry with rollout to 24 countries