Enterprise Resource Planning
eStone – Overview As competition increases, the need to implement smart and cost effective solutions having faster time-to-market capabilities is felt by organizations. Businesses today are on the edge of an exciting era powered by unprecedented advancement in Information Technology. Organizations are looking beyond their walls in pursuit of continuous improvement of processes to that result in increased Productivity and efficiency. The key is to build an information infrastructure that enables quick response to changing market dynamics, lower costs, reduced inventory levels, improved customer service and profitable growth.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integrates internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing Finance and Accounting, Manufacturing, Sales and Service, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application. Its purpose is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of the organization and manage the connections to outside stakeholders.ERP systems can run on a variety of hardware and network configurations, typically employing a database to store and process information.
A well-integrated IT road map that can support the business demands – real-time information, streamlining,integrating and connecting every area from merchandising to customers and stores is required
An ERP is a massive software architecture that supports the streaming and distribution of geographically scattered enterprise wide information across all the functional units of a business house. It provides the business management executives with a comprehensive overview of the complete business execution which in turn influences their decisions in a productive way.
ERP software architecture can possibly envelop a broad range of enterprise wide functions and integrate them into a single unified database repository. For instance, functions such as Manufacturing Warehouse Management ,Production and Logistics were all stand-alone software applications, generally housed with their own applications, database and network, but today, they can all work under a single umbrella – the ERP architecture.
In order for a software system to be considered an ERP solution, it must provide a wide collection of functionalities supported by features like flexibility, modularity & openness, widespread, finest business processes and global focus
eStone is an end to end Procurement based process medium which primarily aims to fit Granite and Marble industries. The Selection and implementation of ERP has two key drivers Managing Business Process and Enhanced Reporting. eStone provides the functionalities that are needed for most of the Small and Medium Business organizations. eStone is designed to replace the existing practice of using excel sheet to store and analyze data and any legacy system that is currently being used. eStone provides easy data retrieval and data storage mechanisms that are built to sustain the growing business demands.
Key Features
User friendly screens –Easy search and dash board driven screens
Activity based costing that ensure accurate decision making information for Senior management
Workflow driven sales & purchase order processing
Multi org processing
Export & local sales processing with tax and freight set up
Customs forms printing as legal requirements
Integration with any globally supported financial applications
A Record of all customer communication
Different level users with specified access per user
All user access controls to be easily defined and managed within the system.
The system supports multi-currency.
The system should have a clear password reset policy to handle all password reset requests and password change requests.
Can import all existing data from various legacy systems(Excel sheets) into the new ERP application
The system can be integrated and be accessible from any part of the world.
Existing process can be incorporated and is fully suited for granite industry
Usability and design of the application to be effective
Sales and sales Return
Sales Quotation
Sales order confirmation
Sales order allocation
Pro forma invoice
Customer packing list
Inventory
Goods inward note
Issue stocks transfer
Purchase
Purchase requisition
Purchase order
Purchase return
Customs
Container tracking sheet
Customs document creation and printing
Invoices
Production and Quality
Wire saw
Gang saw
Surf finishing
Quality inspection
Record updation
Third party implementation
Maintenance
Schedule Maintenance
Maintenance activity
Reports
Sales –Quotation/Order/Sales
Requisition / Order/Purchase
Inventory-Issues/stock transfer/stock journal
Manufacturing – work order status/production
Quality –inspection/recovery/yield
Cost-Product Cost and maintenance report
Key Differentiators:
1. Low cost solution with best features of large scale ERP
2. Short implementation cycle to give maximum ROI
3. Low licensing cost of software per client installation
4. Improved Business processes and automation
5. Integrate all different processes, activities & systems that are used to run the businesses.
6. Better collaboration with customer’s suppliers and sales partners. Reduce operating and overhead expenses.
7. Increase consistency and accuracy of information.
8. To quickly identify problems in the business, and take immediate corrective action.
9. Improved and immediate customer satisfaction
10. To be more responsive to shifts in the marketplace, quickly changing strategies to address new customer needs as they emerge.
11. Streamlined workflow to meet business objectives and requirements.
Enterprise Resource Planning , Enterprise Software Architecture