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Desbro
Consolidates with Microsoft Business Solutions-
Navision |
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Desbro Group of Companies is an international
company that is engaged in manufacturing and
trading activities in Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles,
South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Canada,
where its Head Office is situated.
Manufacturing facilities include the Plastic
and Steel industry, the Food and Beverage
industry, and the Fabrication industry. Trading
activities are largely in the Chemical industry,
and in the general trading of commodities.
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| The Desbro
Group of Companies is an international company
that is engaged in manufacturing and trading
activities in Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles,
South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Canada,
where its Head Office is situated.
Manufacturing facilities include the Plastic
and Steel industry, the Food and Beverage
industry, and the Fabrication industry.
Trading activities are largely in the Chemical
industry, and in the general trading of
commodities.
It is the Group's constant endeavor to
modernize its manufacturing operations with
the most advanced technologies to manufacture
high quality products to international standards,
and expand its trading activities to new
horizons.
Desbro was looking at an Integrated Business
Solution for their multi-location, multi-company/multi-product operation. The attributes
identified for the needed solution were:
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Comprehensive
enough to handle the operational needs of
their diverse set of businesses |
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Ability
to handle multi-currency accounting |
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Ability
to handle multiple company/inter-company
transactions |
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Ability
to analyze the information for every specific
or for the group on the whole |
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Providing
management with analysis based on various
dimensions like product line, location, company
etc. |
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An
inventory management system, to track products
and inventory to and from multiple warehouse
locations |
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Purchase
order processing that supports multiple currencies
and the company's internal approval processes |
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Fixed
Assets Management system which helps them
track their huge fixed assets at various locations |
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Human
resource management in view of their increasing
manpower |
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| Navision Certified
Representatives and Functional Analysts
from All e Technologies performed the
'Gap Analysis' and Needs Assessment
of Desbro business needs in Mauritius.
To minimize the costs for Desbro, the
entire customization was done at the
India based development center of All-e.
The system went live in less than 3
months. The effective use of Onsite-Offshore
project model ensured the quickest possible
project implementation time and the
least cost to Desbro. |
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Inter-Company Transactions and Consolidation
have become very smooth giving the management
an online and accurate "company-specific"
or "group" view of information
at any point of time |
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Have
helped the management take more informed
decisions because of excellent reporting
and analytical tools |
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Has
helped in Multi-Location "Inventory
Management" |
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| Desbro group
required solutions for a complex set of problems,
which they found the Microsoft Navision could solve
effectively. All e Technologies' team comprising
of Functional and Technical Consultants performed
the Needs Assessment/ Gap Analysis of Desbro's needs
in Mauritius. To minimize the costs for Desbro,
the entire customization was done at the India based
development center of All-e. The system went live
in less than 3 months. This included data migration
from the previous software at Desbro to the Navision
solution. Effective use of Onsite-Offshore project
model ensured the quickest possible project implementation
time and the least cost to Desbro. |
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General
Ledger |
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Sales
and Receivables |
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Purchase
- Payables |
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Inventory
Management |
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Fixed
Assets |
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Multi-currency
and Advance Dimensions |
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Human
Resources |
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All e
Technologies (P) Ltd tailored their project
methodology to suit the needs of this project.
The client being located in Mauritius, and
with the intent of keeping costs to minimum,
the project activities were divided into 'Onsite'
and 'Offshore' tasks. This division, unusual
for ERP implementation projects, became possible
through innovative thought process and methodology.
The Initial "Gap Analysis" was done
in Mauritius followed by the Customization
activity which was done from India. The Implementation,
training and Data Migration was then carried
out at the Desbro offices in Mauritius |
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The
finance and the accounts department have found marked
increases in their productivity because of the ease
of handling Inter-Company transactions and consolidation
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Navision has helped
them get accurate landed cost for the various inventory
items |
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The system has also
helped them in: |
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Stage wise Item
and inventory tracking |
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Multi location inventory management |
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The facility in generate
detailed reports at run time enables Desbro do in-depth
analysis of their business operations. This facilitates
in taking correct strategic decisions in a timely
manner |
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