An Opex based Forum Nxt solution that not only reduced hardware and resource costs for systems management, but also reduced the lead time for information flow
The Company
It is a 100+ years old company in the market. It is an undisputed market leader in the batteries segment, commanding over 50% of India's market share and holding 75% of India's organised flashlights market.
Business Challenge
Over 4000 distribution points and 3.2 million retail outlets were being managed through a manual process.- Primary sales through SAP with no integration with the systems at distributors level.
- Lack of stocks visibility beyond distributor.
Sify Solution
Forum on Cloud (Forum Nxt) has been implemented at distributor sites for sales, purchase, payment & collections.- Integrated with SAP for Master Data Management.
- Distributor and corporate user training.
- Browser based solution.
Business Benefits
- Reduction of lead time for information flow from several weeks to just one day.
- OPEX based solution – direct reduction in hardware and resource costs for systems management.
- Capability to generate sales personnel performance, productive lines reports.
- Capability to generate MIS reports.