RheinEnergie, a German utility serving 2.5 million people in the Rhine region, has selected SMART Work Manager for use with the SAP ERP application, a mobile application from Syclo. The solution was chosen to automate technicians' daily meter and preventative maintenance work order processes and will be implemented by ENERGY4U, a German-based consulting and implementation firm.

After blueprinting the eight core processes it wanted to mobilize, RheinEnergie consulted ENERGY4U GmbH, who helped it understand SAP's expanding mobile vision for the future.

In March, Syclo announced an agreement centered around co-innovation with SAP to deliver mobile applications that enable maintenance and service technicians access to SAP Business Suite software from a broad range of devices regardless of connectivity.

ENERGY4U specializes in providing consulting and implementation services related to SAP solutions for utility companies in the deregulated energy market.