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SAP® ERP Success Story @ YASH
Chemical Company Achieved
Operational Excellence with Robust ERP Solution
Industry
The Client
Chemical
Aarti Industries is a global developer and manufacturer of basic bulk chemicals, dyes
and pigment intermediates, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and other specialty
chemicals. Aarti is the leading producer of Benzene-based basic and intermediate
chemicals in India. Subsidiaries include Aarti Healthcare, Alchemie Europe, and
Anushakti Chemicals and Drugs.
Geography
India
Legacy System Hindered Quality of Customer Service and
Operational Visibility
Aarti experienced rapid growth via global expansion with annual revenues doubling to
reach $400 million in 2008. Aarti was utilizing Tally, a legacy application used by Small to
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India, for their financial reporting needs. However, the
financial management capabilities of Tally could not keep pace with the high volume of
business and became increasingly difficult to use.
Without a cohesive system in place to provide visibility of operations across the
enterprise, Aarti's customers began to feel the effects and voiced complaints about
delivery delays, order errors, billing issues, and lack of quality assurance. In order to
sustain their growth rate and scale their operations, Aarti felt compelled to implement an
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
YASH Technologies was selected as the strategic partner to implement SAP ERP, for their
deep chemical industry expertise and for their recognition as a contributing and testing
partner for the Indian localization of SAP Best Practices for the Chemical Industry.
YASH Created a Customer-Specific Solution to Address
Unique Challenges
Aarti was very cautious about the new SAP ERP ECC 6.0 implementation. YASH addressed
these concerns by utilizing their proprietary implementation methodology, S-Imple
(Streamlined Implementations). S-Imple, a processed-based methodology, transforms
how enterprises deploy SAP by dramatically reducing time from project start to
realization of tangible benefits. By leveraging pre-configured business scenarios, cycle
times for blueprinting, development and testing phases were dramatically reduced. In
addition, the S-Imple methodology provided early adoption for Aarti users through “play
back” sessions that allowed customers to see what business scenario was going to be
implemented, make slight changes as needed, and visually experience the changes as it
was developed. The playback sessions meant that Aarti would not have to wait until the
end for their first exposure to the solution, but was able to be involved in every stage of
this rapid deployment process, getting the right solution the first time.
Core ERP modules of FI, CO, SD, and MM were implemented at Aarti's headquarters in
Mumbai, and at six manufacturing plants of its subsidiary company, Anushakti Chemicals
and Drugs. Dealing with very complex production operations, YASH integrated over 16,000
material, 4000 vendor, 2400 customer, and 500 asset class data to achieve an enterprisewide ERP solution.
As a chemical manufacturer in India, Aarti faced several unique challenges towards the
effectiveness of this solution. First, they operate in a very dynamic and rapidly changing
industry. Aarti must supply high-quality, lower cost products to the marketplace, while
expanding manufacturing and distribution capabilities. Aarti needed minimal risk and
disruption to their business, along with a rapidly deployable solution to contend with
extremely tight deadlines.
Secondly, India has one of the most complex tax structures in the world. Different tax
rates are applied to purchasing and selling for each state and region within the country, as
well as tax variations based on material components and end use of the product. Finally,
Aarti postponed the implementation of the Production Planning module of SAP ERP during
this phase, which posed a significant challenge to track the production confirmations and
inventory levels within SAP.
To overcome these challenges and ensure success, YASH incorporated their proprietary
ChemOne solution, based on SAP Best Practices for the chemical industry. ChemOne,
recognized by SAP India as a highly capable solution for chemical companies in India,
provided out-of-the-box functionality using preconfigured business scenarios that
significantly reduced the ERP implementation risk, time, and costs. One of the most
important features of ChemOne is the prebuilt tax functionality, which eased Aarti's
compliance issues with the Indian excise and statutory requirements. In addition, YASH
utilized ChemOne's production order functionality to track ongoing production operations
without the need for the PP module of ECC 6.0.
YASH Delivered Complete Integration Across Business Processes
Aarti realized many benefits from the comprehensive and successful ERP implementation.
They now have better visibility into global business operations and have the process
support required to grow profitably in a demanding market. Additional benefits realized
were:
•
Improved business processes eliminated time-consuming manual processes
•
Integrated processes tightened the billing cycle, resulting in a 50% decrease in
month-end closing cycle time
•
Fully operational system provided functionality to accurately track and maintain
inventory
•
Customer service issues were significantly decreased
•
Rapid return on investment with streamlined regulatory compliance
“We couldn't spare the resources or invest in a long term project. YASH delivered a
creative and effective solution with the deployment of ChemOne and the newly
integrated ERP platform. This provided significant savings for us and positively
reinforced our decision to invest in SAP. YASH has given us the foundation to support
our continued growth and profitability for the future.”
—CIO
Aarti Industries
About YASH Technologies
YASH Technologies
www.yash.com/contactus
Global Presence - USA | EU | MEA | APAC • California | Illinois | Massachusetts | Missouri | New York
Texas | London | Bahrain | Hongkong | Singapore • Hyderabad | Pune | Mumbai | Bangalore | Indore
World HQ: 605-17th Avenue East Moline IL 61244 USA | Toll Free: 877-369-YASH | Tel: 309-755-0433 | Fax: 309-796-1242
EU: The Mille-II Floor 1000-Great West Road Brentford London TW89HH UK | Tel: 44-20-8261-4408 | Fax: 44-20-8261-4418
India: 201-205 Bansi Trade Center 581/5 MG Road Indore MP 452001 India | Tel: 91-731-426-1100 | Fax: 91-731-420-6593
TM
SAP-ERP-Chem224-1009
YASH Technologies focuses on customer success. As a leading enterprise business and
technology partner for medium and large global customers, we leverage technology and
our flexible delivery models to drive performance and business value throughout a
customer's enterprise. YASH's comprehensive service approach incorporates a holistic
view of our customers that extends beyond delivery. This approach integrates enterprise
solutions and services, proprietary best practice offerings, strategic application and
maintenance outsourcing, as well as consulting and integration services. YASH is a SEI
CMMI (Level 3) and an ISO 9001:2000 certified company with US and India headquarters
and regional sales and development offices spread across 3 continents. For more
information, please visit www.yash.com or email [email protected].
SAP® ERP Success Story @ YASH
Chemical Company Achieved
Operational Excellence with Robust ERP Solution
Industry
The Client
Chemical
Aarti Industries is a global developer and manufacturer of basic bulk chemicals, dyes
and pigment intermediates, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and other specialty
chemicals. Aarti is the leading producer of Benzene-based basic and intermediate
chemicals in India. Subsidiaries include Aarti Healthcare, Alchemie Europe, and
Anushakti Chemicals and Drugs.
Geography
India
Legacy System Hindered Quality of Customer Service and
Operational Visibility
Aarti experienced rapid growth via global expansion with annual revenues doubling to
reach $400 million in 2008. Aarti was utilizing Tally, a legacy application used by Small to
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India, for their financial reporting needs. However, the
financial management capabilities of Tally could not keep pace with the high volume of
business and became increasingly difficult to use.
Without a cohesive system in place to provide visibility of operations across the
enterprise, Aarti's customers began to feel the effects and voiced complaints about
delivery delays, order errors, billing issues, and lack of quality assurance. In order to
sustain their growth rate and scale their operations, Aarti felt compelled to implement an
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
YASH Technologies was selected as the strategic partner to implement SAP ERP, for their
deep chemical industry expertise and for their recognition as a contributing and testing
partner for the Indian localization of SAP Best Practices for the Chemical Industry.
YASH Created a Customer-Specific Solution to Address
Unique Challenges
Aarti was very cautious about the new SAP ERP ECC 6.0 implementation. YASH addressed
these concerns by utilizing their proprietary implementation methodology, S-Imple
(Streamlined Implementations). S-Imple, a processed-based methodology, transforms
how enterprises deploy SAP by dramatically reducing time from project start to
realization of tangible benefits. By leveraging pre-configured business scenarios, cycle
times for blueprinting, development and testing phases were dramatically reduced. In
addition, the S-Imple methodology provided early adoption for Aarti users through “play
back” sessions that allowed customers to see what business scenario was going to be
implemented, make slight changes as needed, and visually experience the changes as it
was developed. The playback sessions meant that Aarti would not have to wait until the
end for their first exposure to the solution, but was able to be involved in every stage of
this rapid deployment process, getting the right solution the first time.
Core ERP modules of FI, CO, SD, and MM were implemented at Aarti's headquarters in
Mumbai, and at six manufacturing plants of its subsidiary company, Anushakti Chemicals
and Drugs. Dealing with very complex production operations, YASH integrated over 16,000
material, 4000 vendor, 2400 customer, and 500 asset class data to achieve an enterprisewide ERP solution.
As a chemical manufacturer in India, Aarti faced several unique challenges towards the
effectiveness of this solution. First, they operate in a very dynamic and rapidly changing
industry. Aarti must supply high-quality, lower cost products to the marketplace, while
expanding manufacturing and distribution capabilities. Aarti needed minimal risk and
disruption to their business, along with a rapidly deployable solution to contend with
extremely tight deadlines.
Secondly, India has one of the most complex tax structures in the world. Different tax
rates are applied to purchasing and selling for each state and region within the country, as
well as tax variations based on material components and end use of the product. Finally,
Aarti postponed the implementation of the Production Planning module of SAP ERP during
this phase, which posed a significant challenge to track the production confirmations and
inventory levels within SAP.
To overcome these challenges and ensure success, YASH incorporated their proprietary
ChemOne solution, based on SAP Best Practices for the chemical industry. ChemOne,
recognized by SAP India as a highly capable solution for chemical companies in India,
provided out-of-the-box functionality using preconfigured business scenarios that
significantly reduced the ERP implementation risk, time, and costs. One of the most
important features of ChemOne is the prebuilt tax functionality, which eased Aarti's
compliance issues with the Indian excise and statutory requirements. In addition, YASH
utilized ChemOne's production order functionality to track ongoing production operations
without the need for the PP module of ECC 6.0.
YASH Delivered Complete Integration Across Business Processes
Aarti realized many benefits from the comprehensive and successful ERP implementation.
They now have better visibility into global business operations and have the process
support required to grow profitably in a demanding market. Additional benefits realized
were:
•
Improved business processes eliminated time-consuming manual processes
•
Integrated processes tightened the billing cycle, resulting in a 50% decrease in
month-end closing cycle time
•
Fully operational system provided functionality to accurately track and maintain
inventory
•
Customer service issues were significantly decreased
•
Rapid return on investment with streamlined regulatory compliance
“We couldn't spare the resources or invest in a long term project. YASH delivered a
creative and effective solution with the deployment of ChemOne and the newly
integrated ERP platform. This provided significant savings for us and positively
reinforced our decision to invest in SAP. YASH has given us the foundation to support
our continued growth and profitability for the future.”
—CIO
Aarti Industries
About YASH Technologies
YASH Technologies
www.yash.com/contactus
Global Presence - USA | EU | MEA | APAC • California | Illinois | Massachusetts | Missouri | New York
Texas | London | Bahrain | Hongkong | Singapore • Hyderabad | Pune | Mumbai | Bangalore | Indore
World HQ: 605-17th Avenue East Moline IL 61244 USA | Toll Free: 877-369-YASH | Tel: 309-755-0433 | Fax: 309-796-1242
EU: The Mille-II Floor 1000-Great West Road Brentford London TW89HH UK | Tel: 44-20-8261-4408 | Fax: 44-20-8261-4418
India: 201-205 Bansi Trade Center 581/5 MG Road Indore MP 452001 India | Tel: 91-731-426-1100 | Fax: 91-731-420-6593
TM
SAP-ERP-Chem224-1009
YASH Technologies focuses on customer success. As a leading enterprise business and
technology partner for medium and large global customers, we leverage technology and
our flexible delivery models to drive performance and business value throughout a
customer's enterprise. YASH's comprehensive service approach incorporates a holistic
view of our customers that extends beyond delivery. This approach integrates enterprise
solutions and services, proprietary best practice offerings, strategic application and
maintenance outsourcing, as well as consulting and integration services. YASH is a SEI
CMMI (Level 3) and an ISO 9001:2000 certified company with US and India headquarters
and regional sales and development offices spread across 3 continents. For more
information, please visit www.yash.com or email [email protected].
