SCT, an international inter-enterprise software company that provides collaborative business solutions to all types of industries, has successfully implemented SAP software at Edward Snell - a local wholesale wine and spirit company.
IT manager at Edward Snell and Co, Rajandera Dorasamy, speaks on why the company selected SAP software and the advantages it brought:
“Our business relies on data from all our offices being compiled centrally in order to accurately report on operations. In the past, we relied mostly on paper-based business processes, so the move to SAP was a major one in terms of changing the company's approach,” says Dorasamy.
The problem with Edward Snell and Co's past approach is that it was time-consuming and meant that nationwide systems were 'out of sync' during the day, adds Dorasamy. “Data was also duplicated on the computer system and on paper. Time was wasted capturing data on both via manual systems.”
Edward Snell and Co wanted to move over to an integrated ERP environment covering sales and distribution, materials management, production, plant maintenance, financial accounting, customers, vendors and profitability analysis, he continues. “Manual systems had to be replaced with automated, real-time processing and we sought the ability to rapidly compile reports based on up-to-the-minute data.
There were a couple of options, but only SAP met all of our needs,” he affirms. “Price was a factor and SAP is highly competitive in that regard, but it was also important that SAP is an internationally recognised solution provider and offered something that many of our suppliers already use. Other solutions were too expensive and did not come as highly recommended as SAP.
“We needed a flexible solution that would integrate not only our branch offices, but also departments within the company,” states Dorasamy. “We also did not want to phase the solution in, but rather decided to make a full switch to the new system.”
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