28/01/2012 - ISB opens new office in South Africa to serve Waste & Recycling

In January 2012, ISB opened up a new office in South Africa, to focus on the Waste and Recycling industry.

Although ISB has operates in the region already with SAP consulting, business transformation projects and SAP Business One software development, ISB is now going to focus on selling, implementing and supporting their SAP Waste and Reycling Solution, throughout South Africa, using the local SAP Partner Network. ISB for the last 12 years has been successfully operating in the United Kingdom, where it focuses on the waste and recycling industry, and therefore wants to enhance its global presence, in South Africa due to its ties, operational experience and growth in the region.

SAP Waste & Recycling One (WR1), is a module within the SAP Business One platform, that provides a fully integrated operational, financial and reporting solution to all sub vertical requirements of the waste and recycling industry.

With WR1 implementations throughout the UK, Germany and now in the US, all these developed best practices will now be available to South African waste and recycling companies, in an affordable and effective solution.

ISB and Waste & Reycling One have been awarded the global Software Solution Partner (SSP) status by SAP. This gives customers the security in knowing that SAP fully supports and endorses the solution globally.

Chris Williams, Managing Director, ISB Global UK, comments, " we are very excited about our new office, and with our involvement already with 2 large waste companies down their already, we are keen to support our team in South Africa."

15/08/2007 -ISB Global South Africa wins BW-BPS project

ISB Global South Africa has been successful in attaining a BW-BPS project, at Shatterprufe, in South Africa. The project provides for the ability to conduct Cost Center Planning for the manufacturing company. It includes the extraction of data from the SAP R/3 transaction system, the manipulation and simulation of the data in the BW-BPS environment, and the retraction of the planned data to the R/3 transaction system, enabling Actual/Plan Variance reporting.

01/06/2007 - Success in the High Court for ISB South Africa

The High Court of Pretoria, South Africa, has on Friday 01 June 2007, ruled in favour of ISB's Director Riaan Venter. Lejara and their directors Lucas Mothupi, Kurt Lindoor, Wim du Preez, Hannes Louw and Ryno Abrie incorrectly alleged and accused Riaan of working at Macsteel International which they believed was one of their existing clients, and he was thereby contravening a previous Court settlement reached on 21 September 2006. Lejara and their Directors asked the Court to sentence Riaan to 30 days imprisonment for supposedly contravening the Court settlement.

Macsteel declared in a sworn testimony that they are not and were not Lejara’s client, and that they will never be a client of theirs. This testimony and other independent supporting testimonies, proof, and evidence have proven to the Court that Riaan did not contravene the previous Court settlement reached on 21 September 2006 and therefore the Contempt of Court application by Lejara, was dismissed by the High Court, with all costs being that for the account of Lejara and their Directors.

[High court case number 4639/2007]

29/11/2006 - ISB South Africa agrees Partnership with Iserve (Pty) Ltd

ISB Global South Africa has signed a Partnership Agreement with Iserve (Pty) Ltd. Iserve Enterprise specialise in the implementation of SAP software. The core focus being on its business consultation, implementation and the maintenance of operations for large enterprises, predominantly in the manufacturing industry.

ISB will be key in delivering their Business Intelligence capabilities. Some of their key customers include The PG Group, Macsteel International, Consol, BHP Billiton, Samancor Chrome, Sasol Polymer Distributors. ISB believes the partnership will open doors for both companies in the South African and International markets.

23/10/2006 - ISB South Africa Launches SAP BI Practice

On 02 October 2006, ISB Global launched a new SAP Business Intelligence practice in South Africa. The practice is headed-up by three leading BI consultants within the South African and International markets. Lourie Louw, Vassan Naidoo and Riaan Venter collectively have 27 years of experience between them, and this includes extensive knowledge within all facets and arenas of Business Intelligence across all types of industries.

The vision, mission and intention of ISB South Africa is to revolutionise the Business Intelligence market in South Africa, and Globally, where the power of Business Intelligence can be fully realised, harnessed and utilised by companies seeking optimised profits and competitive advantage.

22/09/2006 - South African company brings urgent Court application against 3 previous employees.

Lejara Enterprise Solutions and Lejara Business Intelligence and their Directors Lucas Mothupi, Kurt Lindoor, Wim du Preez, Hannes Louw and Ryno Abrie brought an urgent Court application in the High Court of Pretoria in South Africa, to prevent 3 Business Intelligence consultants Lourie Louw, Riaan Venter and Vassan Naidoo, who previously worked for them, from working at a “potential” client of theirs, namely the PG Group in South Africa.

This application was brought since Lejara stated that the 3 individuals were contravening a “Restraint of Trade” clause in their employment contracts by working at one of their clients or potential clients. The 3 consultants opposed the application and have proven that they were not contravening the employment agreements, and have also proven with independent sworn affidavits that the PG Group was not a client of Lejara.

A Court settlement was reached between the parties, where Lejara and their Directors acknowledged and agreed that the PG Group was not their client, thereby allowing the 3 consultants to continue to work at the PG Group.

As part of the settlement reached the consultants undertook not to work for a period of 1 year from 1 September 2006 at any of Lejara’s existing clients as on the 1st of September 2006. Furthermore, no client list was agreed upon in the settlement except to agree that the PG Group was not their client. Both parties had to pay their own legal costs.

[High court case number 29404/06]