ERP Archives - 51风流India News Center News & Information About SAP Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:24:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 From inception to scale: Birla Opus Paints build a future-ready paints enterprise with 51风流Cloud Transformation /india/2025/12/from-inception-to-scale-birla-opus-paints-build-a-future-ready-paints-enterprise-with-sap-cloud-transformation/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:24:26 +0000 /india/?p=6334 Mumbai, December 08, 2025 鈥 SAP, a global leader in enterprise application software and Business AI, today announced the successful digital transformation of Birla Opus...

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Mumbai, December 08, 2025 鈥 SAP, a global leader in enterprise application software and Business AI, today announced the successful digital transformation of Birla Opus Paints, a strategic business of Grasim Industries Ltd. under the Aditya Birla Group. In line with its vision to build a modern, agile, and scalable paints enterprise, Birla Opus Paints has established a comprehensive digital foundation powered by SAP鈥檚 integrated suite of cloud solutions. This digital core now drives end-to-end operations across planning, manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, finance, and customer engagement.

The transformation, anchored on 51风流S/4HANA Cloud and complemented by 51风流Integrated Business Planning (IBP), 51风流Commerce, 51风流Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), 51风流Vistex, and 51风流Vendor Invoice Management (VIM), delivers a unified digital backbone across finance, supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, and dealer management. This integrated landscape was implemented significantly faster than industry benchmarks, enabling rapid, large-scale cloud transformation.

Adopting a cloud-first architecture empowers Birla Opus Paints to scale in line with its ambitious growth trajectory, targeting 3x expansion year-on-year, while enhancing visibility, responsiveness, and operational precision. By building a fully digital enterprise from inception, the company has leapfrogged traditional transformation cycles that typically take decades.

鈥淏irla Opus Paints represents the new generation of Indian enterprises that are born digital and built for scale. Their rapid end-to-end transformation reflects the power of SAP鈥檚 cloud strategy in helping customers run with speed, intelligence, and resilience. We are proud to support their journey as they shape the future of India鈥檚 paints industry,鈥 said Kulwant Singh, Vice President, Enterprise sales, 51风流India.

Three Pillars of Birla Opus Paints鈥 Digital Strategy

  1. Customer-Centric Innovation: Transformation designed with the customer at the center around speed, scale, and real-time visibility. 51风流enabled a fully digitized value chain鈥攆rom procurement and production to distribution and finance.
  2. Industry and Societal Impact: Strengthening India鈥檚 paint and coatings ecosystem with improved supply chain reliability, dealer experience, and nationwide product availability across 40,000+ dealers, six manufacturing plants, and 150 depots.
  3. Differentiated Speed and Scale: Achieved a full-stack, cloud-driven enterprise in approximately two years, compared to decades-long industry norms.

鈥淲e have traversed our digital journey with the customer at the epicentre, ensuring every process, platform, and insight works toward delivering a seamless experience right from our inception. With SAP鈥檚 unified cloud suite, we have created an integrated backbone that brings precision, transparency, and agility to our operations. This implementation not only strengthens how we run our business today but also equips us to scale 3x year after year with confidence,鈥 said Girish Rao, Head 鈥 IT, Birla Opus Paints.

Key Outcomes of the Transformation

  • Unified financial and operational planning for strategic alignment
  • Real-time visibility to detect and resolve bottlenecks quickly
  • Data-driven decision-making replacing manual forecasting
  • Accelerated operations across procurement, warehouse management, pricing, and accounts payable
  • Scalable growth with a pay-as-you-grow cloud model

Daily operations run on 51风流S/4HANA Cloud for core ERP, 51风流IBP for integrated planning, 51风流EWM for automated logistics, 51风流Vistex for pricing and incentives, 51风流VIM for AP automation, and 51风流Commerce for digital dealer engagement鈥攕upporting six Industry 4.0 plants, 150 depots, and 40,000+ dealers.

By leveraging a unified digital architecture, Birla Opus Paints is poised to drive continuous improvement, operational agility, and data-driven decision-making across its expanding business landscape.

About Birla Opus Paints

Birla Opus Paints, housed under Grasim Industries, Aditya Birla Group鈥檚 flagship firm,听offers Decorative Painting Solutions to consumers in India. Launched in 2024, Birla Opus Paints has a complete portfolio featuring a range of superior products across categories like interiors, exteriors, waterproofing, enamel paints, wood finishes, aerosols and wallcoverings. With six manufacturing plants spread across India, Birla Opus Paints is well positioned to be amongst the market leaders in the decorative paints category. The brand aims to inspire people to turn their surrounding spaces into their very own masterpiece.

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Nilons Embraces Cloud-First Innovation with RISE with 51风流to Propel Digital Transformation /india/2025/09/nilons-embraces-cloud-first-innovation-with-rise-with-sap-to-propel-digital-transformation/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 05:43:53 +0000 /india/?p=6312 Mumbai, 09th September, 2025 鈥 SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software and business AI, today announced the transformative adoption of RISE with SAP...

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Mumbai, 09th September, 2025 鈥 SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software and business AI, today announced the transformative adoption of RISE with SAP at Nilons Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., a prominent player in India鈥檚 food processing industry. Executed by SAVIC Technologies, this milestone represents a critical advancement in Nilons鈥 digital transformation journey. The adoption of SAP鈥檚 cloud-first ERP solution is set to enhance operational efficiency, increase business agility, and drive innovation across the organization鈥檚 integrated value chain.

Founded with the mission to bring authentic Indian flavors to every household, Nilons specializes in pickles, instant mixes, spices, and culinary pastes. To support its continued growth and modernization, the company chose SAP鈥檚 industry-leading cloud-first ERP platform, RISE with SAP, to gain end-to-end visibility, real-time insights, and enhance supply chain efficiency. With the integration of SAP鈥檚 solution, Nilons now operates on a unified cloud platform that connects procurement, manufacturing, sales, compliance, and finance. This transformation empowers over 300 users across multiple locations to make faster, data-driven decisions, driving efficiency and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products at scale.

鈥淎t Nilons, our unwavering commitment is to deliver authentic flavors, natural ingredients, right authentic recipes to every household, with our customers at the heart of everything we do,鈥 said Dipak Sanghavi, Managing Director & CEO, Nilons Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. 鈥淏y embracing 51风流S/4HANA and partnering with SAVIC Technologies, we鈥檝e transformed our core business processes, eliminated inefficiencies, and achieved unparalleled accuracy in inventory and reporting. This digital foundation empowers us to scale with confidence, drive sustainable growth, and continue delivering nutritious and delicious top-quality products for our customers well into the future,鈥 he explained.

The implementation, spearheaded by SAVIC Technologies, was successfully completed within the defined timeline, navigating complex data migrations and change management with precision. Leveraging SAVIC鈥檚 extensive expertise in food processing and 51风流ecosystems, the transition from legacy systems to a modern, intelligent enterprise framework was seamless, laying the foundation for long-term growth and operational excellence.

鈥淚nnovation and agility are key drivers of growth, and Nilons’ successful transformation reflects the growing momentum of cloud adoption in the food industry,鈥 said Rajeev Singh, India Head of Corporate, 51风流Indian Subcontinent. 鈥淎s industries transition to the intelligence era, Nilons鈥 embrace of a unified, intelligent ERP suite positions them to drive customer-centric innovation and achieve operational scalability. This milestone sets a new standard for agility and future-readiness in food processing, and we are proud to support Nilons in this pivotal step forward,鈥 he added.

“At SAVIC, we believe every transformation deserves personal commitment. For Nilons, I made it a point to visit the project site every week, connect directly with teams on the ground, and resolve challenges in real time. This hands-on partnership is what sets SAVIC apart 鈥 we don鈥檛 just deliver 51风流projects; we co-own our customers鈥 ambitions and make sure they succeed, step by step鈥, said, Senthil, Chairman, SAVIC Inc

Through this transformation, Nilons has enhanced reporting, optimized inventory, and automated compliance, solidifying its position as a digital leader in India’s food processing industry. This achievement underscores SAP鈥檚 commitment to driving digital transformation through cloud innovations and strategic partnerships that deliver enduring business results.

About Nilons Enterprises Pvt Ltd

“Nilon鈥檚 Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., with it’s head office in Pune, is one of India鈥檚 leading processed food companies, offering a wide range of high-quality products including pickles, sauces, jams, pastes, ready-to-cook mixes, and more. Established in 1962, Nilon鈥檚 is known for its commitment to taste, quality, and innovation, bringing the authentic flavors of India to every kitchen. With strong distribution across the country, Nilon鈥檚 continues to be a trusted name in Indian households. Nilon’s is India’s leading Pickle & Tooty Fruity manufacturer.”

About SAVIC Technologies Pvt Ltd.

SAVIC is a global system integrator simplifying business processes and enabling customers to achieve their objectives. With expertise in technology and consulting, we drive digital transformation for growth through innovative initiatives. Our delivery model ensures easy adoption and scalability in a cutting-edge digital environment.

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WayCool Migrates to 51风流S/4 HANA in Record 22 Days Vis-脌-Vis Industry Standard of 12 Months /india/2022/07/waycool-migrates-to-s4-hana/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:15:27 +0000 /india/?p=4607 The continually evolving business and customer needs call for a more agile, cost-efficient, scalable, and secure IT enterprise environment. Full control and transparency over information...

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The continually evolving business and customer needs call for a more agile, cost-efficient, scalable, and secure IT enterprise environment. Full control and transparency over information and real-time insights now drive the governance, monitoring, and proficiency of operations across the spectrum.

WayCool, India鈥檚 largest food and agritech platform, works as an interconnected supply chain driver that provides a singular, unified view from soil to the sale of agricultural produce. As a startup, WayCool initially used conventional legacy applications that were causing a disrupted information flow, thus adding bottlenecks to evolution and scale. A traditional ERP system meant little to no interconnectivity between different businesses of the company.

As the business evolved and became more complex, WayCool decided to migrate to 51风流4/HANA for seamless integration of all IT applications. Scalability, enhanced margins, better inventory management, and automated controls accrued as some of the immediate benefits of this move.

The Business Challenge

WayCool鈥檚 legacy ERP lacked a finance module, leaving the organisation to rely on TALLY for their MIS. While this was manageable for one retail store, it compounded the manual interventions with expansion. Every new retail location required a new ERP and TALLY license that inherently didn鈥檛 interconnect with each other. A unified dashboard was missing from the ecosystem, making the company lose out on real-time analysis and actionable insights.

After WayCool diversified to the B2B sector, the company was operating around 30 Distribution Centres (DCs) spread across six states in India. To get a consolidated MIS, the entire information had to go through over 120 manual reconciliations every month. Setting up a new DC translated to adding at least 5 more manual reconciliations to this mix, making the entire exercise labour intensive and inefficient.

Data transparency was required across diverse verticals to ensure on-time planning and on-demand scalability. To top it all off, the pandemic had forced the entire country into lockdown during this time.

The 51风流4/HANA Solution

51风流4/HANA was implemented as the core ERP at 44 plants with three objectives 鈥 a modular but interconnected ecosystem, AI-driven embedded analytics, and on-cloud accessibility. Considering the onus placed on a timely and successful deployment, a 40-member team was dedicated exclusively to the task. A collective effort, even with work-from-home, led to the platform going live in just 22 days! While it often takes years to complete the migration of this magnitude, WayCool stabilised its end-to-end 51风流4/HANA deployment within 60-70 days.

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Project Highlights

  • Foundation laid for supply chain efficiency across different business applications
  • A completely customizable, unified dashboard acting as a single source of truth for real-time data analysis
  • 100+ integrations facilitating 247 unique scenarios undertaken with over 200 training sessions
  • 40+ integrations across 5 in-house platforms for end-to-end transparency
  • Around 7000 tickets were raised, addressed, and resolved during the migration

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The Results

  • Multi-dimensional Full-stack Tech Platform: WayCool is now India鈥檚 only enterprise in agri-commerce, hosting a robust digital platform, AI-ML-enabled decision engines, and expanded services with a peripheral ecosystem.
  • Elimination of Manual Reconciliation: Integration of the in-house platform streamlined the transaction flow and led to 1274 orders being processed per day instead of only 119.
  • Enhanced Margins: The inclusion of real-time actionable insights from all the locations and consolidated knowledge has resulted in a 3-4% increase in profitability.
  • Seamless Scalability: With 51风流4/HANA, the end-to-end ERP system for any new plant can now be readied in just 3 days resulting in an unhindered scalability that matches the company鈥檚 aggressive growth plans.
  • On-demand Review of Business Performance: Automated management for credit, price, and inventory controls have been built on top of SAP4/HANA for intelligent risk mitigation with a plan to expand to 200+ warehouses in the next two years.
  • Blanketed Information: The entire company now has complete data transparency through the analytical integrations created with the implementation.

Migrates to 51风流HANAThe Plan Ahead

WayCool is in the second phase of the deployment now with a focus on algorithm-driven automated prioritization and processing of outbound payments. This development is expected to clear more than 2000 daily disbursements, which had to be done manually earlier. All the bank accounts are planned to be integrated directly into the system, creating a single point of approval.

WayCool has moved from a disconnected ERP system to a platform with the foundation to fulfill the company鈥檚 objective of sustainable growth.

About WayCool

WayCool is driving a social impact with the objective of transforming India鈥檚 food economy. As a growing agri-tech enterprise, the technology works as a key business driver rather than an enabler for service delivery. WayCool’s operation is spread across product sourcing, food processing, branding and marketing, last-mile distribution, and farm inputs, giving the company a comprehensive control over the entire food value chain.

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Cloud ERP Suite vs On-Premise ERP: Best Option for SMEs? /india/2022/05/cloud-erp-suite-on-premise-erp/ Wed, 04 May 2022 10:56:47 +0000 /india/?p=3870 Thinking about implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system? Choose wisely. Selecting a cloud ERP suite or an on-premise system is the most crucial...

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Thinking about implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system? Choose wisely. Selecting a cloud ERP suite or an on-premise system is the most crucial decision that can make or break your ERP game.

In a survey of IT decision-makers, 53% claimed that听听was an investment priority. In fact, in recent years, there has been a visible shift where companies prefer SaaS and cloud ERP compared with using on-premises systems. So what鈥檚 the right ERP system for your organization鈥揳 traditional on-premise system or a cloud-based one? Let鈥檚 look at each of these in the sections below.

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The Key Differences Between Cloud and On-Premise ERP Systems

Understanding the key differences can empower decision-makers to make an informed choice and drive productive business鈥 outcomes. The primary difference between both lies in recognizing how they are听deployed.

3 key differences

 

The Advantages and Disadvantages of a Cloud ERP Suite and an On-Premise ERP System

The Takeaway

The final verdict?听

On-premise ERP systems have always been a popular choice among organizations. However, cloud ERP is starting to gain momentum due to several factors, including:

  • Better ROI and reduced costs due to availability of pay-as-you-use subscription model, which eliminates budget planning unpredictability and reduces chances of hidden costs
  • Faster issue resolution as experts handle the software (as opposed to the organization)
  • Improved business intelligence due to access to analytics-driven insights that pave the way for powerful decision-making
  • Effortless and faster deployment as traditional on-premise systems may take up to 12 months to be fully operational whereas, cloud-based systems can be deployed in three to six months
  • Universal data accessibility, encouraging collaborative working on-the-go
  • Faster decision-making鈥揺ncouraging time savings听
  • Strong data protection and lower chances of data duplication
  • Enhanced data visibility in real-time
  • Access to rich integrations and customizations leading to improved business outcomes

Needless to say, cloud ERP systems are a better, cost-effective, scalable and agile alternative to traditional ERP systems. To make the most of the cloud-based ERP software, businesses should automate processes on the cloud ERP system to avail the following benefits:

  • Organized data:听A completely paperless option, automating the ERP process makes the enterprise鈥 data entry structure more efficient and organized.
  • Improved productivity: ERP can integrate isolated business processes, ensuring error-free and accurate data devoid of duplication and discontinuity.
  • Cost-efficiency: Deploying an automated ERP system enables organizations to prevent expenses on data correction as the data is not entered manually.
  • Real-time access to process reports: Automated ERP systems provide access to high-quality reports on business performance and empower leaders to drive business processes in an informed and organized capacity.

A cloud-based ERP system is well worth the investment, as it enables organizations to perform better, move with increased flexibility, and drive a collaborative working style that contributes to peak levels of business performance. SMBs that invest in the cloud, automated can see at least a 25% growth in revenues and up to 2x increased profits, according to .听Clearly, automated cloud ERP is the logical and most profitable way forward for growing businesses looking to solidify their growth.

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10 Top Benefits of Implementing an ERP System /india/2022/02/10-benefits-of-an-erp-system/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:10:48 +0000 /india/?p=3748 Know about ERP systems - Its importance in business, how it can create competitive advantage, help serve the customer better, and turn your business profitable.

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Modern enterprises are complex, not only in the number of business processes but also in the division of operational functions. And enterprise resource planning (ERP) has done much to ease the complexity in business operations. An ERP system helps to centralize your diverse databases of information, automate specific routine tasks, and simplify processes, thus bringing in efficiency. The system takes care of the various processes in finance, manufacturing, supply chain, services, procurement, and other departments. This is done by segregating the functions of these departments and enabling them to coordinate with each other simultaneously. In other words, ERP helps each department to function on its own, while integrating all the business processes into a single system using shared and integrated databases and workflow standardizations.听

Among the most important benefits of an ERP system is the ease of use it brings to a business. The advantages that an ERP offers have led to massive adoption, and now no business is without it to run day-to-day operations.听

ERP systems use intelligent technologies to help organizations transform their mission-critical processes. This is achieved through technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics. Equipped with these technologies, ERP can help transform business processes with intelligent automation that offers real-time processing speeds and a dramatically simplified data model. These advantages of ERP systems allow an organization to improve its operational and functional facets. These include improvements in the operational, managerial, strategic, IT infrastructure, and organizational aspects of a firm.

ERP systems also enable the organization to adapt to changes in the market rapidly. This is especially helpful for big businesses, which are not agile because of their size. ERP systems, such as the one from听, achieve this through features such as-

  • Built-in machine learning and digital assistants听
  • Advanced analytics
  • Continuous innovation and updates delivered via the cloud听
  • Flexible, scalable, and maintenance-free platforms
  • Fast deployment and ease of use on any device听

An ERP system or module can therefore be handy for any business and help it to deliver

  • Better customer satisfaction听
  • Improved vendor performance听
  • Increased flexibility
  • Reduction of lead time听
  • On-time shipments
  • Increase of inventory turns to over, cycle time, and works in progress
  • Reduction in quality costs
  • Improved resource utility听
  • Improved information accuracy, and听
  • Improved decision-making capabilities

But ERPs aren鈥檛 for large enterprises alone. Irrespective of whether you are a growing business or a medium-sized enterprise, implementing an ERP system brings myriad benefits. Here are the top听10 benefitsof implementing an ERP system.

10 benefits of ERP system

  1. Helps streamline all business processes

Organizations comprise of multiple functions that need to work in coordination with each other to ensure smooth operations and profitability. However, achieving synergy among the different departments of an organization is not easy. As the processes going on in different parts get more complex, the efficiency of the entire enterprise can get affected. This might result in reduced efficiency.听

Therefore, it is imperative for your business to keep a centralized node where information can go to and from all other parts of the business. An ERP module does just that. As information is shared and work coordinated with others, each department attains optimum levels of functioning. This increases efficiency.

  1. Helps improve employee efficiency

By implementing ERP systems, the companies can attain strategic benefits in the human resources department too. These benefits are achieved through听

  • Aligning individual and team goals with the corporate goals and strategies听
  • Standardizing and better organizing employee reviews and appraisals听
  • Effectively identifying and rewarding good performers
  • Devising optimal compensation frameworks听
  • Helping ensure safe working conditions for all employees in your maintenance department
  • Maintaining the reliability of the technical system of an organization

Besides this, by providing real-time access to customer and market data to the employees, ERP systems help them make better-informed decisions. This also increases the efficiency of the workforce.听

  1. Helps manage assets better听

Business assets include capital, raw materials, and infrastructure for the workforce as also information and data resources. These assets require a framework under which they can be managed.听

By sharing data and information with the stakeholders within and outside an organization, ERP systems help manage assets better and improve operational performance. As ERP ensures all stakeholders have visibility into the same information and process flow, getting the best out of assets becomes easier. This is done through

  • Integrated scheduling to allocate and optimize resources. These resources include people, tools, and materials
  • Comprehensive management of environment, health, and safety data. ERP systems also perform response and analysis functions.
  • Proactive task identification, management, and execution. These help to improve safety, environmental impact, and operational results.
  • Completing planned and unplanned maintenance tasks in an efficient manner
  • Addressing emergencies quickly and effectively
  • Enabling maintenance planners to proactively monitor important and time-sensitive work across maintenance activities and spare parts inventory
  • Enhancing maintenance efficiency with fast access to analytics on costs, breakdown rates, and damages
  • Building schedules by simulating scope and workload, and track work status
  1. Helps in avoiding wastage of resources

The implementation of an ERP system allows businesses to track demand from customers. The ERP systems make this possible by accessing the data from different departments like sales, service, and marketing. Tracking customer requirements will help manage inventory better. It also ensures that stocks are available, that manufacturing meets the demand, and that the company does not produce too much or too less. In fact, ERP is a boon for just-in-time production, a model that manufacturers are increasingly adopting the world over. ERP systems also provide and process customer behavior data for an organization. This helps the firm to get a better understanding of the customer needs for customized products and services.

Achieving optimum production levels also saves resources and prevents losses on account of wastage. Maintenance operations in an organization are also optimized through ERP systems. This enables the technicians to detect, report, and resolve malfunctions in time. ERP systems also automate processes for inspecting, maintaining, and restoring infrastructure. These help to reduce costs and avoid wastage.听

These systems also allow for the planning, scheduling, and execution of maintenance procedures with integrated and coordinated processes. This reduces reaction time and strengthens the organization鈥檚 problem-solving capabilities.

  1. Increases customer satisfaction

ERP systems gather and help your organization analyze data from customers. This is done by听analyzing听customer experience strategies. Accurate data about customers鈥 purchase history, buying behavior and feedback can be used for this purpose. This helps in identifying the product and service mix that best satisfies your customers. It also helps your organization to deliver a better interactive experience for the customers.

ERP modules also allow your firm鈥檚 employees quick access to all this data, so that they can understand the needs and serve the customer on the go. Better customer service leads to greater customer satisfaction. This, in turn, develops customer loyalty and helps spread good word of mouth for the company.

  1. Ensures compliance with all regulations

Every industry is governed as per regulations. It鈥檚 imperative that organizations comply with regulatory and statutory requirements. Violating these regulations can lead to fines, bad publicity, and other adverse outcomes. It can even lead to the shutting down of the business. A sound ERP system can take care of all the regulations by preventing errors and mistakes that can lead to violations. For example, ERP systems can help an organization to ensure compliance through听

  • Providing alerts and reminders for all aspects of a business听
  • Ensuring compliance with environmental protection regulations by making sure that all equipment is running at optimum standards听
  • Creating and managing all the contracts in one solution
  • Deploying enterprise-wide legal document management for increased transparency
  • Simplifying and automating contracting processes to ensure complete legal protection and compliance.
  1. Automatically executes tasks

The data generated by different processes in a company is immense. This data needs analysis, and other functions like scheduling tasks, deciding operations, making amendments, and devising strategies depend on how well the data is processed.

The processing of all this data traditionally required a manual workforce. However, the time and human resources spent on data processing can be saved by implementing an ERP system. As an ERP system automates data processing and executes assigned tasks without the requirement of human interference, precious time and other resources are saved. It also leads to better customer service as automated platforms can interact with them independently.听

  1. Provides flexibility and adaptability听

ERP systems centralize data processing and sharing between multiple units of your business. This infuses agility and flexibility in your business. As each department knows its own functions and becomes responsive to the functioning of others, adaptability is also achieved through better problem detection and solution capabilities.

For example, with the help of the data processed through ERP systems, your organization can streamline accounting and finances. This allows for better consolidation, scheduling, workflow management, and collaboration in the workforce of a firm. Using ERP modules, you can also keep track of payments and cash flows. Through analyzing and allocating cash and payments in real time, you can even set up in-house banks or payment centers.

ERP modules also help an organization to increase the agility of its finance processes. This can be done through the end-to-end analytics abilities of the ERP system, which includes

  • Unified transactions, analytics, and planning to enhance the entire financial and accounting framework
  • Streamlined, intelligent automated processes for greater throughput
  • Subscription and usage-based billing models to fit any business鈥 individual needs
  • Actionable insights and recommendations at the point of decision for real-time evaluation.
  1. Saves costs

ERP systems also help in cost management through comprehensive analytics, reducing loss and increasing profitability. ERP systems also enable an organization to assess profit and margin contribution with real-time reporting, predictive analytics, and integrated business planning. Other ways through which an ERP system can help you save costs include

  • Delivering consolidated invoices, managing credit scoring, resolving disputes with a complete view of the customer, and simplifying accounting and financial processes听
  • Combining financial and management accounting and profitability data into a single universal journal
  • Managing joint venture accounting and closing your books in real time with less effort
  • Complying with new statutory regulations for revenue recognition while supporting existing requirements
  • Gaining flexibility by decoupling revenue recognition rules from order entry and billing systems
  • Improving treasury and financial risk processes听
  • Manage enterprise risk and compliance effectively
  • Integrating and automating processes for risk management, compliance assurance, and international trade
  • Optimizing space utilization, cost, and occupancy by actively managing lease agreements, investments, and construction projects.

Through better use of data and information, ERP systems also help devise strategies and plans for risk prevention, mitigation, and management. This can be done by better managing investigations and follow-up activities to reduce injury, illness, and incident rates. Other potential costs, penalties, fines, and unplanned downtime associated with environment, health, and safety can also be reduced with the help of an ERP system.

  1. Develops better decision-making abilities

Availability of accurate information is an asset in itself. ERP modules not only provide this information, but also help you organize and analyze the information quickly and in time. This helps your company鈥檚 decision-making process to become fast and accurate.听

For example, the ERP systems can make available all the data and information of your sales and purchases departments to the finance and accounting sections. With the right data available at the right time, finance teams can make decisions faster and develop prudent strategies, including predicting cash flow accurately, managing liquidity efficiently, and mitigating risk proactively.

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The Typical Phases of a Successful ERP Implementation /india/2022/02/successful-erp-implementation/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:53:54 +0000 /india/?p=3703 Implementing an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system for the first time can be challenging, since a lot of work and planning is required before the...

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Implementing an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system for the first time can be challenging, since a lot of work and planning is required before the benefits become visible. The most significant challenge is that it not only alters the technology employed but it also has a substantial impact on your company’s culture.

However, when done correctly, deploying ERP software can be a rewarding decision. The global business community has realized this, and ERP adoption is increasing by leaps and bounds. According to a听, the ERP market revenue is expected to reach $66.38 billion by 2026, with a CAGR growth rate of 8.2%. While ERP software implementation is mainly seen in big businesses, the听听segment is also showing growth.

An ERP system adds to your competitive advantage by synchronizing all of your information and streamlining workflows. In fact, a听听found that 97% of the businesses that successfully implemented an ERP improved business operations. 86% of the companies that completed ERP implementation showed better reporting and visibility. An ERP software can improve coordination between departments and ensure lower time to market and delivery time. A cloud-based ERP system can also provide automation capabilities by using third-party software.

Clearly, ERP implementation has proven benefits such as-

  • Enhanced business reporting
  • Better customer service
  • Improved inventory costs
  • Better cash flow
  • Cost savings
  • Better data security
  • Business process improvements
  • Supply chain management

A good example of successful ERP implementation and the consequent organizational growth was seen in the case of Tata Steel (TISCO). TISCO implemented the 51风流ERP system in 1999, and a听听was done to understand the benefits of this move. The study found that the coordination among different departments increased at the Tata Steel Ltd. Jamshedpur plant. Production-linked data was collected automatically, which resulted in faster and error-free processes. As a result of these business processes becoming more efficient, customer service and productivity too improved. Even the workforce cost reduced substantially, falling from US$200 per ton in 1998 to about US$140 per ton in 2000. The carrying cost of inventory was also decreased significantly. Consequently, most of the investment made for deploying the ERP system was recovered within a few months.

However, simply going live with the new solution is not the same as a听successful ERP implementation. To ensure your business stays competitive and leverages the full potential of the software, here are the听steps听you should follow to ensure a successful implementation:

7 Steps

  • Identification – Prior to deploying any ERP solution, it’s critical to define your goals and requirements. Given the numerous advantages of an ERP system, you may have a general notion of what it can do for your company, but do you know exactly what objectives it can assist you in achieving? For example, are you facing trouble with legacy systems? Or is low customer retention and low customer satisfaction undercutting your efforts? Depending on your end goals, you can define KPIs and measurable goals that you want to achieve with the help of the ERP.When TISCO decided to migrate to SAP, it was facing several issues with its legacy systems, causing dissatisfaction among customers since their problems were not being addressed and resolved. This led to lower sales and low customer retention. Also, the legacy systems were prone to errors, which affected customer satisfaction again, directly impacting sales and the top line and bottom line. These issues were highlighted by the management and were resolved by the new ERP.
  • Selection鈥 Selecting a vendor and putting together a project team is arguably the most crucial phase in ERP implementation. When it comes to choosing vendors, instead of opting for general software experts, you should look for ERP experts with in-depth experience implementing ERP solutions. Your preferred partner must have a thorough understanding of your organization, including the verticals in which you operate and your customers. Here is what needs to be kept in mind in this phase.
  1. 听While selecting the project team- Before you choose your project team, it is essential to understand that ERP implementation is not only an IT project but a business project which requires coordination between all departments. The process should be defined by employees with clear visibility into different aspects of the business. But the key factor here should be competency, not their position in the hierarchy. Your core team members require experience, skill sets, adaptability to change and excellent communication skills. Since ERP systems are implemented company-wide, including the CEO, CTO, and CIO is advisable. If some team members are continuously playing catch up, it can delay the whole process. Allow your finest employees to work on the project and accept that their capacity to conduct their regular tasks will be severely limited or non-existent for the time. They will need to focus on key tasks such as defining requirements, attending vendor demonstrations, shortlisting and selecting the vendors etc. Thus, the internal ERP team should be ready to dedicate at least 25% of their weekly work time to this.
  2. While selecting the ERP vendor- The first step in ERP vendor selection is determining the requirements. An ERP software is to be used by all the departments and therefore, these requirements should come in from all departments, the IT team and the top management. Next, critical success factors should be determined and these need to be used to evaluate and compare different vendors. Next, ERP vendors should be asked to submit their bids. The vendors should be evaluated on various parameters such as functional capability, system integration ability, processes coverage, technological capability, implementation and maintenance costs, and vendor support. A shortlist should be prepared and then a detailed discussion should be done with these shortlisted vendors.
  • Design– In the design phase, the project team and the vendor will decide the processes, along with user roles and standard operating procedures. The emphasis is on developing a system configuration that maximizes the client’s system benefits and ROI. The implementation team will work with the customer to translate their system requirements into possible configuration options. Next, they will collaborate closely with the project team to define the configurations and implementation techniques that will lead to the project’s development phase. In short, this phase will see the development of a blueprint, which will act as a bridge between the business, the project team, and the ERP specialists to keep everyone on the same page. The blueprint will serve as the base for all future development, and it should include each minute detail, such as project tasks and processes, with a sign-off from respective process heads.
  • Development and testing– Once the tasks are finalized, the IT team and the ERP vendor implementation team will get the software ready and also create training modules for future users. The testing phase overlaps with the development phase and includes testing with dummy data. The importance of using the correct data is often overlooked in the overall process but the experience of a major energy utility,听, explains why this is critical. A manager picked a live information database to utilize during pre-launch testing. This resulted in sensitive company information being revealed, resulting in a slew of expensive recovery efforts as well as a loss of public trust in the company’s reputation. Clearly, it can be costly and time-consuming to make changes when your installation is nearly complete. Test software and processes as much as possible to ensure that the implementation is achieving what it should be. Measure results throughout the deployment period to assess how well the ERP is accomplishing your goals. Coming back to the example of TISCO, this phase threw up several errors and unexpected results. Even after extensive brainstorming and research in the beginning, the blueprint had to be changed from time to time and new requirements were added.
  • Training– It takes a lot of time and effort to train users, especially when employees are expected to continue doing their regular jobs during the process. The length of time it takes will be determined not only by the size and complexity of the ERP solution, but also by the employees’ attitude toward changing their working habits. Focus on comprehensive training for the trainers. Allow users to provide feedback and the implementation team to take action on it. The chance of lost productivity after deployment will be reduced if users, trainers, the implementation team, and the vendor communicate consistently and meaningfully.
  • Deployment– Once the software is ready, the next step is the final deployment, where it will work on live data and replace legacy systems. There are three ways to do this final deployment:
  1. Big bang adoption– The switch between ERP adoption and phase-out of legacy systems occurs on one date. It is an instant changeover where the entire organization moves to the new system instantly.
  2. Phased adoption– In phased adoption, some processes move to the new system first. The remaining operations move to the new system in a phased manner.
  3. Parallel adoption– In parallel adoption, the new and legacy systems are used simultaneously for some time. If the ERP works correctly, the legacy systems are phased out entirely and the new ERP becomes the default software.

On the go-live date, your organization should be adaptable and ready to face any unanticipated obstacles. Users should be able to check, document, and amend business processes in the live ERP system with the help of IT. Have extra IT staff on hand, as well as individuals that are willing to work overtime. Prepare a communication strategy in the event of a system outage.

  • Ongoing Support– Once the system is in use, it will likely face challenges like new process addition, process changes, feature enhancement, etc. This necessitates continual software maintenance as well as user support. Investing time and resources to detect problems and correct errors will be critical throughout the ERP solution’s life cycle. The challenges can be easily mitigated if the ERP vendor provides ongoing support, which should help ensure continuity and future readiness. For听听software, ongoing support is of utmost importance due to the lack of IT resources.

The blueprint and the training modules also need to be regularly updated with every successive change. This too requires ongoing support from the vendor.

You can notice substantial gains in your business if you use the appropriate methods and strategies for ERP implementation. But one of the critical factors in ensuring success is choosing a vendor who can combine industry knowledge, previous experience and an in-depth understanding of your unique needs and requirements. With varied and extensive expertise in ERM implementation across industries,听听helps you achieve the critical competitive edge to move ahead in the race.

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5 Warning Signs Of A Growing Business That鈥檚 Outgrown Its Legacy ERP /india/2021/09/legacy-erp-5-warning-signs/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 03:36:21 +0000 /india/?p=2759 Is your legacy ERP prepared for your operational needs which are just as demanding as your largest competitors today. Originally published on Forbes

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With large, well-known enterprises on one end of the competitive landscape and rising startups emerging on the other, growing businesses face an interesting dilemma.

Every single competitor is working to deliver the best products, 24 x 7 services, and responsive customer experiences. But at a time when time, capital, and resources are extraordinarily tight, growing companies need to make a permanent shift in their ERP strategy to address evolving needs and fuel sustainable growth. Take, for example, this research finding from . Although revenue growth is understandably a top priority for 41% of surveyed small and medium-size businesses, 35.4% identified legacy applications and custom code as top barriers to meeting that goal.1听And in most cases, the most problematic technology is an ERP system implemented years ago as a system of historical records, outdated insights, and little to no visibility into future opportunities and risks.

So how do you know whether your business is part of the 35.4% that has outgrown legacy ERP? According to听, program vice president of Enterprise Applications and Digital Commerce, growing businesses should watch out for any of the five warning signs.

Sign #1: Massive data left unused

Every organization collects large volumes of data every day, internally and externally. But when growing companies move from a legacy ERP to a more intelligent one, they are usually caught off guard when they see how much valuable, much-needed intelligence is left unused. Worse yet, frustration across the leadership team intensifies when it considers opportunities missed from not tapping that wealth of knowledge.

Understanding the importance of getting the most value from all data,听听quickly realized that its legacy ERP couldn鈥檛 generate the comprehensive insight needed to increase profitability and gain a substantial edge over the competition. The consulting firm, which helps clients digitalize their operations throughout Spain and beyond, gained total visibility over its customer projects 鈥 standardizing processes, increasing profitability, simplifying system maintenance, and accelerating the introduction of new innovations.

Sign #2: Disconnected user experiences

Connecting employees, suppliers, and customers to relevant resources and data points is critical to meeting everyone鈥檚 expectations. Unfortunately, most organizations have spent years developing and adopting different ERP tools, such as custom functionality and spreadsheet-driven analytics. In return, the ERP landscape becomes so overly complex that applications, processes, and data are challenging to maintain and integrate.

Most times the only way to unravel these challenges is to start with a clean slate. For听, this line of thinking led to the implementation of a cloud-based intelligent ERP.

To energize rapid growth, the home furnishing holding group enabled responsive order-based production, visual traceability of product quality, an integrated management center powered by personnel, data, and target process and real-time financial online processing. Furthermore, IT costs were reduced with the ease, efficiency, and standards of a cloud-based intelligent ERP while engaging employees in innovative, well-rounded work.

Sign #3: Delayed actions and process bottlenecks听

Every employee wants to think, understand, and move swiftly with data-driven insights and confident decision-making. However, most legacy ERP systems are batch-oriented, limiting real-time information availability even if an add-on is designed to augment the system with real-time data.

Data timing is of the utmost importance, especially when managing the finances of a high-pressure business like that of听 The expanding bio-venture research organization streamlined its finance processes by enabling automatic updates between a cloud ERP solution and its banking software and automating the reporting of business partner details to tax authorities.

Sign #4: Inflexibility to scale operations up or down on demand

Businesses that respond to the ebbs and flows of operational performance and market demand with balance and ease are well-positioned to lower costs, optimize employee engagement, and yield a high rate of customer satisfaction. When using an ERP that is intelligent enough to keep up with every twist and turn, organizations can scale business needs 鈥 such as production capacity, pricing models, and workforce augmentation 鈥 with precision.

听has seen firsthand the value of replacing a highly customized business solution with a modern ERP from a trusted provider. The specialty business of high reliability, harsh environment connector design, manufacturing, and supply chains gained dramatic efficiencies that will serve as the foundation for scaling operations to support sales growth set to double current revenue within five years.

Sign #5: Decisions that routinely lead to less-than-optimal outcomes

Without the effective use of Big Data, companies can get swallowed up by their competition quickly.听They must make decisions by sensing what is happening now and what may occur in the future and setting the right course of action to take on opportunities and mitigate risk.

Without access to a real-time, complete data set, guiding the business is extraordinarily tough. Instead, people require a combination of transactional ERP data and data from the applications of other organizations and third parties to feed their analytics tools and derive insights that inspire timely and productive action.

Take, for example,听. The parent company of a food industry group implemented a modern ERP to increase its steady annual growth sustainably, ensuring social, economic, and environmental responsibility. With company-wide integration and oversight, its workforce engages in better decision-making at all levels.

Is it time to move to Intelligent ERP?

Ultimately, having the right technology goes in hand with moving a business forward proactively, automatically, and in real time with situational intelligence and data-driven analysis. And when your operations run with such efficiency and effectiveness, your organization has the strength of its employees, suppliers, and customers behind it as it conquers the next challenge as an interconnected team. That鈥檚 the beauty of moving from a legacy ERP to Intelligent ERP 鈥 gaining critical capabilities to ignite present-day and future growth.

To learn more on how deliver critical business capabilities that current systems lack,听.

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EY’s 顿颈驳颈骋厂罢庐: GST E-invoicing & Compliance Integration with SAP /india/2021/08/digigst-ey-sap/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:46:49 +0000 /india/?p=2660 Recap and key takeaways of webinar hosted by D&B in association with EY & 51风流covering GST E-invoicing, changing DTA landscape, DigiGST on 51风流and much more.

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Last year India witnessed a seminal shift in Digital Tax Administration. The post-clearance reporting mandated under the GST regime has now been replaced by pre-clearance e-invoicing processes. This has triggered a paradigm change for organizations from a technology, process, and people perspective. Dun & Bradstreet in association with EY & SAP, hosted a virtual engagement addressing the same and also discussed 顿颈驳颈骋厂罢庐, a holistic GST compliance solution on the 51风流Business Technology Platform.

GST council, for the very first time, recommended the implementation of e-invoicing under GST during the 35th GST Council meeting held on 21 June 2019. E-invoicing has changed the commercial landscape along with tax and regulatory requirements. Governments have gained incisive insights on day-to-day transactions of organizations along with amendments in the GST legislation that integrally link compliances of internal and external supply chains with input tax credits.

DigiGST GST Timeline

DigiGST RVN Vishweshwar

Focused on this evolution of Digital Tax Administration for GST the Evolve to Solve: GST E-invoicing & compliance integration with SAP featured financial leaders from forward-thinking organizations including – Mr. Anand Raisinghani (Vice President & Head Professional Services, BFSI Telecom & Media, 51风流Indian Subcontinent), Mr. Uday Pimprikar (National Leader, Indirect Tax, EY), Mr. Utkarsh Sanghvi (Indirect Tax Leader, EY), Mr. RVN Vishweshwar (Chief General Manager, Finance, Marketing, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.), Mr. Divyesh Lapsiwala (Partner – Indirect Tax, EY), Mr. Tapas Dutta (Chief Technology Officer, Duroflex), Mr. KSV Rajagopal (General Manager IT, TAFE-Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd.) and Mr. Nitin Mishra (Tax Technology & Transformation Partner, EY).

Discussion points through the webinar covered challenges faced by organizations at the time of the introduction of e-invoicing; strategies adopted to deal with these challenges, specifically with regard to processes and technology.

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Changing Tax Landscape

During the Keynote Address our experts reflected on the rapidly evolving Indian tax – mimicking the global trends with a keen focus on the processes. Like a moving goal post, this situation requires constant attention, interpretation, and knowledge on how the regulators are thinking ahead for the quarters to come.

Divyesh EY DigiGST

This rapid change is pushing one and all to evolve into more dynamic, more integrated, and more technology-focused organizations. By taking the right steps you can at a very early stage identify all the tax risks that resonate in your organizations or could come into processes.

Compliance & Complications

While at a conceptual level, the steps that the government has worked on for the digitalization of the tax processes have built a significant number of opportunities. The panel closely examined the flip side of this situation, discussing the substantial number of complications for compliances from the technology perspective e.g., balancing of the overall traffic, forward integration with the government and reverse integration into ERP.

DigiGST EY SAP

This integrated approach towards compliances necessitates a significant change in tax commercial and finance work processes. Organizations need to handle multiple requests in real-time, while, ensuring reconciliations of both procurements and revenue reported on the GSTN portal with internal books.

For a successful migration, you need to re-evaluate the adequacy of your existing compliance processes, their stability, and their flexibility to adapt to regular legislative and procedural changes. DigiGST can be very helpful to the process of reviewing your existing business processes and correct the same.

顿颈驳颈骋厂罢庐 鈥 A Holistic GST Compliance Solution

EY has brought its entire experience as the largest GST advisory firm in India with proven managed tax compliance services functions to develop a solution with 51风流that will enable organizations to meet these granular and accurate reporting requirements seamlessly and efficiently.

Uday Pimprikar DigiGST

 

顿颈驳颈骋厂罢庐 is an intelligent and intuitive tax automation solution that fulfils GST compliance requirements such as e-invoicing, eWaybill, and GST returns on 51风流Cloud PaaS Services and clients鈥 51风流enterprise resource planning platforms.

Anand 51风流DigiGST

The panel also explored how not only does it use business-critical APIs service across primary and secondary regions and multiple security certifications, but it also reviews critical finance functions, for mitigating existing tax risks while ensuring data privacy via secure end-to-end data encryption.

Realizing benefits with 顿颈驳颈骋厂罢庐

EY has spent a significant amount of time from product management within 51风流to go the extra mile to ensure that the entire integration is seamlessly managed on 51风流technology and powered to drive one tax initiative combining direct & indirect tax.

DigiGST EY SAP

Key Takeaways From Event:

  • The introduction of e-invoicing, as approved by the GST Council, and the proposed new GST return system have replaced the earlier post-clearance reporting with a pre-clearance e-invoicing process.
  • This demands an integrated approach towards compliance that necessitates a significant change in tax commercial and finance work processes.
  • Organizations need to evolve to become more dynamic, integrated, and technology-focused to handle multiple requests in real-time, while, ensuring reconciliations of both procurements and revenue reported on the GSTN portal with internal books
  • 顿颈驳颈骋厂罢庐 is an intelligent and intuitive tax automation solution that fulfills GST compliance requirements such as e-invoicing, eWaybill, and GST returns on 51风流Cloud PaaS Services and clients’ 51风流enterprise resource planning platforms.
  • Not only does it review critical finance functions, for mitigating existing tax risks it also ensures data privacy via secure end-to-end data encryption.
  • More than INR 2,80,000 cr of tax liability have been reported through 顿颈驳颈骋厂罢庐 annually & 9% of total invoices submitted to GSTN are reported through 顿颈驳颈骋厂罢庐.

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Explore seamless integration of systems with a Digital GST compliance software that can help your business make the shift from tax compliance to tax efficiency.

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What is Cloud ERP? /india/2020/12/what-is-cloud-erp/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 06:00:16 +0000 /india/?p=2251 Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions have been a feature of business since 51风流launched the first solution in 1973. Essentially, they are a model of...

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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions have been a feature of business since 51风流launched the first solution in 1973.

Essentially, they are a model of a well-run organization. Tracking inputs and outputs, goods, inventory, materials, work in progress, invoices, purchase orders, payments received and made 鈥 ERP solutions connect all aspects of an organization鈥檚 operations.

This large range of touch points, combined with the enablement of reporting and decision making, both strategic and statutory, means ERP solutions are fundamental to the smooth running of many businesses. In the absence of an alternative model, many organizations chose to keep implementation and customization in their own hands.

This led to a focus on building processes, even the most simple and fundamental to a business, from scratch. This basis for this entirely rational decision is being challenged by the emergence of听. This is because, the resources required to execute this initial on-premise implementation are significant. This approach also demands significant testing, user training, all of which delay time-to-value.

With 51风流S/4HANA Cloud, 51风流is the leader in intelligent cloud ERP

But more importantly, as new innovations, capabilities and updates become available, all the customizations made to the ERP solution act as a disincentive to upgrading. What was once a 鈥渟afe option鈥 to run, maintain and protect on-premise databases and server infrastructure, becomes an increasing liability and technological advances gather speed. As competitors carve out competitive advantages thanks to new possibilities in analytics, collaboration, accessibility and more, many organizations find they customized their ERP to death.

What is Cloud ERP?

Cloud ERP is the alternative approach. As well as the fundamental benefits cloud deployment delivers; data and application accessed via a web browser, multiple updates every year, better security, etc, cloud ERP plugs the vendor鈥檚 core business experience into the heart of your business.

Forget building hundreds, or even thousands, of processes from scratch. Instead organizations can leverage best practices developed over decades of industry exposure and expertise.

What is Intelligent Cloud ERP?

While first-generation cloud ERP was focused on speed of adoption, the new generation of听 is intelligent and provides superior technology. Through artificial intelligence (AI), it learns, anticipates, and is one step ahead, offering next-generation agility in business operations and instant business value. 51风流is the leader in intelligent cloud ERP through significant investment in 51风流S/4HANA Cloud.

Intelligent cloud ERP harnesses actionable insights via in-memory and predictive analytics, next-gen AI-driven automation and digital assistants to deliver a digital edge for your business. It combines the scalability and security you expect from the cloud, with a rapid update cycle that continuously adds capabilities and improves the user experience to drive productivity.

Intelligent cloud ERP represents a significant shift in the way enterprises utilize their ERP systems, deploy their resources, and achieve nonlinear returns on their investment. Industries are in the process of being changed forever as they move from legacy technology to the most modern digital platforms, including intelligent cloud ERP.

What are the Key Benefits to My Organization?

The key benefits organizations can enjoy from an intelligent cloud ERP come from replacing the complexity of an over-customized ERP, with the simplicity of off-the-shelf, best practices. This unlocks the ability to singularly focus on business outcome and customer satisfaction, not firefighting and battling inefficient processes. Businesses enjoy continuous impact by adapting and innovating confidently, staying competitive and truly leading their industries. Capex costs are shifted to opex, so IT鈥檚 focus shifts from keeping the lights on to enabling enterprise scale digital transformation.

Intelligent cloud ERP gives businesses the tools to know everything that is going on in their business in real-time, offering not only live insights but the flexibility and agility to act on that information and truly drive change.

How Quickly can the Benefits of Intelligent Cloud ERP be Realized?

Unlike traditional deployment 鈥 where CIOs are responsible for tremendous overhead in provisioning, application management, middleware, and maintaining IT support systems, not to mention ongoing security 鈥 for intelligent cloud ERP, you need only two things: a browser and your company鈥檚 data. No servers, no front-end rollout, no monolithic change management.

With strong executive support, communication and training, value can be delivered almost instantly. This new model speeds time to value. 51风流S/4HANA Cloud averages 100 days from order to full implementation, and we plan to get our pace down to 70 days with further automation. Quarterly updates continuously expand the innovative potential of intelligent cloud ERP.

How Is Intelligent Cloud ERP Updated?

On-premise ERP solutions are installed locally and require internal 鈥 or expensive external 鈥 IT resources to update and redeploy across all your organization鈥檚 devices.

Intelligent cloud ERP solutions are upgraded regularly 鈥 usually several times a year 鈥 and are carried out by the provider. The user decides which new features and functions to turn on. This little-and-often approach ensures adoption of latest innovations, updates and best practices at cloud speed.

Sal Laher is global chief operating officer for 51风流S/4HANA Cloud.


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What鈥檚 So Modern About Intelligent ERP? /india/2020/11/whats-so-modern-about-intelligent-erp/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 06:00:43 +0000 /india/?p=2219 By David Sweetman, Senior Director, Global Product Marketing 51风流S/4HANA Part 7 of the 鈥淭he ERP Edge鈥 series ERP technology may not be new, but...

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By David Sweetman, Senior Director, Global Product Marketing 51风流S/4HANA

Part 7 of the 鈥鈥 series


ERP technology may not be new, but the debate on modernizing legacy systems is just beginning to heat up.


The tipping point for some executives is when they realize their existing ERP architecture cannot keep every aspect of their operations working well in unison. Early indicators of problems such as delays in reporting, complicated and long upgrade cycles, inconsistent data quality and integration issues are often too late, as the business is already damaged by the time they are realized.

When assessing whether an ERP is modern enough, the discussion should center around two questions:

  1. Are information silos and inconsistencies causing a lack of trust in data integrity?
  2. Is the business culture willing to address institutional and system challenges that case a fear of change?

Embracing this line of thinking encourages organizations to acquire real-time insights and act with confidence. In her market spotlight,听, program vice president of Enterprise Applications and Digital Commerce at IDC, observes that “more intelligence brings greater power to the organization and sets up competitive differentiator for the business.”

Setting the stage for consistent and trusted intelligence

Let’s face it, running an enterprise on data-driven technology alone is not enough to keep up with the competition. Data needs to be converted into insights and connections that fuel a system of automation, split-second fast and informed decision-making, and real-time adaptation to market dynamics.

As business requirements evolve, so must the underlying digital architecture that supports them. Leadership must invest in ERP capabilities to develop a more complete, connected, cognitive, and compliant system. While necessary to improve operational speed, efficiency, and reliability, each of these capabilities alone cannot ensure the company will keep up with evolving demand, ward off risk, and provide a protective barrier against disruption.

Organizations need an architecture that unlocks deep insights from across the operation. This digital landscape not only keeps data sources synchronized and insights accessible, but also accommodates business models in real time. Furthermore, when embedded with intelligent technologies such as machine learning, the ERP system becomes continuously curious. It learns from data and transaction patterns and recommends actions and changes to processes systematically and automatically.

This level of operational strength, in many cases, is found in Intelligent ERP. According to听, principal of Enterprise Applications Consulting, the uniformity of processes and data can result in significant business value. Such outcomes may include lower operating and training costs, better process control, improved risk management, more accurate and comprehensive analytics, faster time to value, and greater user acceptance.

Securing a competitive edge with deepening digital capabilities

In the past, processes were designed and optimized based on taking on defined opportunities or overcoming challenges. For example, bidding out the shipping of products to a less-than-load (LTL) carrier makes sense when shipments have a certain weight, size, delivery date window, and destination. Determining which inventories should be shipped with this approach is best done by analyzing and defining business rules. Plus, a routine should be created to quickly and accurately find products that meet the criteria and hand them over to an LTL carrier bidding process.

But things change, especially technology. By replacing existing legacy systems with Intelligent ERP, employees, customers, and partners can benefit from a network of continuous insight and automated awareness based on real-time data, predefined business rules, and analytics connections. These capabilities pinpoint new patterns, adapt workflows and processes accordingly, and triggers notifications when potential risk emerges.

Take, for example,听. Using Intelligent ERP, the rising automaker of American luxury electric cars created a supply chain that revved up its transformation efforts to secure 100% customer satisfaction. By adding cloud solutions to a digital core of听, Karma runs fast, efficient, and flexible operations with clear visibility into customer interactions and vehicle performance 鈥 from design to manufacturing and delivery. The business also simplified customer and dealer engagement by streamlining transactions, such as vehicle order and warranty claims.

The reason why Karma’s adoption and use of Intelligent ERP worked so well comes down to planning and architecture. The technology includes a comprehensive data set of information and holds it in memory to continuously search for patterns. Systems are then tightly integrated within themselves and with business networks to access device data for deeper insights. In the end, supply chain processes are connected, secure, and analytical enough to drive a modern era of agile and fast operations.

According to Mikael Elley, Vice President and CIO of Karma Automotive, “From order through delivery, we have one system of record, one version of the truth, and one platform to ensure 100% customer satisfaction.”

Winning the digital transformation long game

With Intelligent ERP, all companies have a distinct opportunity to differentiate themselves with best practices, insights, and awareness embedded in the applications employees use every day. That level of intelligence is what should be the basis for any real discussion on the value of modernizing ERP.

Now that鈥檚 the kind of talk businesses need to drive meaningful transformation.

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