SRSL was looking for the following: |
Testimonials |
| On-time information |
“We were aware that the short implementation time could be a problem but LGS still rose to the challenge so that we could meet the deadlines set by the management.”
Dwarakanath Acharya, Chief Financial Officer, SRSL |
| Proper costing |
| Seamless integration of data and cross functionality |
| Real-time reports on inventory, profitability and receivables |
| Proper financial auditing and regulatory compliance |
| Standardization and avoidance of duplication of efforts |
| Optimization of working capital |
| Knowledge management |
In short, High Performance, High Availability and Systems Resilience were the major factors SRSL was expecting from LGS solution.
The key challenges
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Lack of real-time, transparent data/limited visibility of inventory and production |
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Non-integrated business processes |
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No effective support for customer services/inability to meet customer demand for collaboration and information |
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Inability to support new corporate strategies |
The solution
The project started in June 2006 and included the delivery of the broad scope of SAP functionality covering:
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Sales and Distribution |
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Finance and Controlling |
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Productions planning and quality management |
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Materials Management |
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Analysis & Reporting using Business Warehouse |
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Derivatives Handling |
Back office processes were:
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Human Resources and Payroll |
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Plant Maintenance |
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Project systems |
Using the latest version of ECC 5.0 and NetWeaver technology, LGS developed a solution for Cane Management System (CMS), which is critical to Sugar factories and their geographic locations. LGS proposed to restrict CMS to few critical functions, which could enable factory operations to continue in case of network outage.
Cane Management System
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Plantation Management |
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Cutting Order Management |
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Cane Transport Management |
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Seed & fertilizer Management |
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Cane Accounting |
This involved complete overhaul of CMS with reduced but critical functionality. LGS documented the method of operating & maintaining these new CMS so that the work of SRSL’s IT support staff has been reduced to only maintaining the new CMS applications.
Overview of changes to CMS and integration with SAP
The key benefits
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Better visibility into production, warehouse operations and inventory levels; improved inventory control and inventory turnover ratio |
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Faster and proactive decision making and improved efficiency |
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Ability to meet customer delivery schedules |
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Eliminated manual data entry and time-consuming processes |
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Better control on Vendor payments; improved planning/reliable bills of material and order processing |
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Real-time notification of critical events to aid proactive response |
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Strong foundation laid for future integration initiatives provided by SAP NetWeaver |
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Daily Manufacturing & Plant performance report now available online |
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Streamlined scheduling and distribution |
With the successful implementation, SRSL became the first Indian company to deploy mission-critical mySAP ERP on Linux operating system, using the Steeleye Lifekeeper High Availability Cluster Solution. |
