Alkraft Thermotechnologies, a leading auto component manufacturing company from Chennai, today announced that they have chosen SAP Business One, a comprehensive solution that allows organisations to streamline their entire business with a single product, to manage the growth of its business more efficiently. Designed as an affordable, easy-to-use software application that helps small and midsize enterprises to proactively focus on important deliverables and drive customer centric growth, Alkaraft Thermotechnologies chose SAP to achieve complete accountability of materials within & at sub-contractor locations, increase value addition by effectively using costing module and increase the productivity levels within the organisation. The solution will be implemented by FAST Pvt. Ltd, a leading Systems Integrator with ERP expertise.

Some of the key challenges faced by Alkaraft Thermotechnologies before opting for SAP include Material planning and Accountability, Costing and Designing, Tracking of Quality Assurance and high levels of MIS. Now, the company has leveraged the strong integration capabilities of SAP Business One to link its various key business functions like Inventory control, Production, Purchasing, Design, Sales Opportunities, Sub-Contracting and Quality Management.

“We wanted to implement a solution that could increase the productivity by fully leveraging the existing capacity, serve customers efficiently and effectively review the mechanism with online data to enhance the bottom line. SAP Business One was a natural choice for us considering its cost effectiveness, reliability, scalability, rapid deployment, and its easy to maintain requiring minimal IT support and user training. For the implementation of the solution we selected Fast Pvt Ltd because of their exposure and experience in ERP, said Mr. Basil, Managing Director of Alkraft Thermotechnologies Pvt Ltd.

“We are hopeful that the automation of key business functions at Alkraft Thermotechnologies will help the company to fulfil its IT related business objectives and also generate Return on Investment (ROI).” said Srinivas Dibbur, Director, FAST Pvt. Ltd.

Alkraft Thermotechnologies has opted for 25 user licenses of SAP Business One.  FAST is expected to complete the entire implementation across 1 main factory and 4 other locations by mid- October 2007.

SAP Business One – SAP’s solution for the small enterprises

Designed specifically for small and midsize enterprises, SAP® Business One allows business owners to achieve an up-to-date and unified view of their operations, improve business-process efficiency and take advantage of growth opportunities. The software can be deployed rapidly, providing instantaneous access to critical business information through intuitive, easy to use reporting and drill down capabilities. With more than 1,200 business partners, 250 industry- and process-specific scenarios and add-ons, and nearly 40 country versions, SAP Business One is helping more than 11,000 companies worldwide seamlessly link with customers and suppliers and with parent companies using mySAP™ Business Suite applications.

SAP Business One – has been specifically built for the Indian Small Enterprises (SE) segment and was launched in India in early 2006. SAP Business One saw outstanding market acceptance in the Indian market in 2006 with over 263 new wins. Key Customers for SAP Business One in India include Pidilite Industries, Saint-Gobain Weber, TCL, Sony World, Edwards Life sciences, among others.

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