MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SoftBrands, Inc., a global supplier of enterprise application software and ISV partner of SAP, won the Solution Partner Sales Excellence Award for Revenue at SAP’s 2008 Field Kick Off Meeting for its business partners. SoftBrands was also named as a member of SAP’s “Top 10 Club,” honoring the past year’s leading resellers for SAP Business One.

The Solution Partner Sales Excellence Award for Revenue honors the SAP partner that generated the most revenues for SAP Business One in the Americas. The Top 10 Club is reserved for leading SAP Business One resellers, recognizing partners with the highest sales and custom additions for the year, with consideration given to customer satisfaction, evangelism and the overall business relationship.

“My colleagues at SoftBrands have gone the extra mile to make our customers happy, and that naturally leads to a strong position within the SAP partner community,” said Rich Dettinger, director of channel sales for SoftBrands, who accepted the awards during SAP’s KFOM event, an annual gathering of SAP’s field employees and partners. “When we receive a vote of confidence like this from SAP, it means a lot to us and it drives us to stay focused on this successful path.”

SoftBrands caters to the needs of independent manufacturers and subsidiaries of large organizations that want to standardize on SAP-centric solutions. The FourthShift Edition for SAP Business One combines strong manufacturing ERP functionality with the strength and security of SAP’s software. FourthShift Edition provides small and midsize companies with an affordable, easy to use system to address the needs of manufacturers in the consumer packaged goods, chemicals, life sciences, metal fabrication, automotive and electronics industries.