Enabling Pharma Revolution by implementing SAP R/3
The Customer MSN Group is an ISO 9001-2000 certified group and one of the largest manufacturers of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and intermediates in India. The Business Challenge The critical business challenges faced by the client were: - Dependency on locally developed independent information system.
- Lot of time spent on the preparation of bank and management reports hindering normal activities.
- Erroneous information on material stocks and inventory.
- Inaccurate information of account receivables and payables.
- Too many manual activities like cheque printing, etc consumed a lot of time.
- Process inconsistencies among the companies under the MSN fold.
The Solution The solution featured:- - Implementation of SAP R/3 4.70 SR2 was done for modules of SD, MM, FI and CO.
- One integrated system to meet the challenges and Business Intelligence to gain edge in the competitive marketplace.
- It was integrated on IBM hardware in AIX operating environment.
Project Highlights: - Rapid implementation within budget
- Well managed stock keeping unit proliferation and better management of complex pricing and promotional initiatives
- Ensure rapid compliance with quality and regulatory requirements
- Enhanced inventory visibility
- Optimum capacity utilization
- Improved return on capital via faster implementation
- Enhanced data transparency , reporting and analysis helped to realize value proposition of SAP solution.
- Higher operational efficiency
Business Benefits Some of the important business benefits achieved are:- - Integrated information system.
- Uniform processes across all units.
- Integrated database to eliminate duplication of data entry efforts at head office and its branches
- Quick report generation as per management requirements resulting drastic time reduction.
- Consistency in accurate reporting.
- Better granular control on inventory .
- Better control and transparency achieved on order execution status etc.
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