The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, the global leader in Islamic banking practices, recently launched SAP-ERP Solutions to align its strategies and operations for planned expansion and growth. IDB Group President, Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali inaugurated the operation by uploading the system at the Bank's main tower initiating the utilization of the software by the international heavyweight in Islamic banking industry. At the ceremony Dr. Ali termed the implementation of the project a great achievement which came on the back of round the clock efforts of the IDB Group staff and stated that with SAP-ERP in operation, the Islamic Development Group has taken a giant leap forward in maximizing its global performance to live up to the expectations of all IDB Group member countries and the Muslim World which, as he said, have put great expectation and hope on the IDB to see it enhance cooperation amongst its member nations and support development efforts upgrading the living standards of the people. The IDB Group President, then, expressed hope the achievement shall contribute to lifting of the living standards around the globe and speed up the drive towards materialization of the goals stipulated in IDB-VISION making the Bank a world class financial institution by the year 2020. --MORE