2010: Pilot envisioned by ACMA & NASSCOM - Case study on Sysfore's Openbravo ERP pilot program at Compact Electric Limited, Chennai

1. CASE STUDY – Open Source ERP at Compact Electric Limited
(CEL), CHENNAI
Pilot envisioned by ACMA & NASSCOM
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2. The Pilot Program
• Several pilot program were facilitated by the ACMA IT
committee in association with NASSCOM in the years
2009 and 2010.
• The program focused on implementing proven
technologies like ERP, emerging options like
mainstream ERP, opensource technologies, executive
dashboards and low cost MES.
• Sysfore piloted Openbravo ERP at Compact Electric
Limited (CEL), Chennai.
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3. Customer Profile - CEL
• Halogen Lamp EOU catering to Western Europe and North America
• Subsidiary of Stumpp, Schuele & Somappa
• 100 employees operating in 2 shifts
• Annual production capacity of 14 million units
• 14 different product lines and 100 finished products
• Located near Chennai
• Supplies to Bosch, TVS, Roots in India
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4. Situation at CEL
• A combination of systems (Tally, spreadsheet, e-
Openbravo was
mails) and manual processes were in use to
chosen for:
manage operations.
• Lack of accurate and timely information •Applicability
between departments due to the disparate non-
integrated systems. •Lower TCO
• Ex: Inaccurate inventory would lead to ordering
•Easy to implement
too much or too little.
• As a long term fix Openbravo was chosen to •Open source
automate and integrate various functions.
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5. Openbravo Modules Implemented
Management
Management
Management
Management
Procurement
Warehouse
Production
Sales
Financial Management & Accounting
Master Data Management
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6. Enhancements
Modifications to Openbravo were made to enable India specific
accounting and taxes capability.
DTA Tax Indian CoA
Custom Custom New
Structure &
Fields Invoices Reports
localization
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7. Openbravo Main Screen
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8. Custom Screens
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9. Highlights
• Data migrated from Tally to Openbravo
• India localization features for EOU (including DTA)
• MRP used for planning and scheduling
• Routing and process plans for complex product options
• Enabled system access from anywhere
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10. Key Benefits To CEL
• Lower TCO, including reduced annual operational costs
• Elimination of redundant activities across various departments
• Improved material planning
• Better control and management of costs
• Open source technology benefits including easier integration with third-
party tools, availability of add-on modules and ability to customize.
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11. About Sysfore
Sysfore is a specialist IT Outsourcing Services company focusing on Openbravo ERP
implementations, Turnkey Cloud Solutions and Microsoft Business Application
Outsourcing Services for Small and Medium Businesses globally.
Sysfore is a leading India based Openbravo Partner, with its operations in Bangalore
and Middle East. Openbravo is the world’s leading open source ERP platform and is
fourth time winner of InfoWorld 2011 Best of Open Source Application, “Bossie”
Award.
Sysfore offers open source Openbravo ERP Implementation services that are credible
and cost effective for Retail, Distribution and Discrete Manufacturing for Small and
Medium Businesses.
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12. Contact Us
Tel: +91-80-41105555
Fax: +91-80-41105446
Web: www.sysfore.com
Email: info@sysfore.com
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