A footwear SMB deploys SAP to automate its processes

A small footwear company deploys SAP

A footwear SMB deploys SAP to automate its processes

A footwear SMB deploys SAP to automate its processes

PCQuest

Sunday, August 15, 2010

M&B Footwear is in the business of manufacturing and marketing premium brand shoes and is a licensee for international brands such as, Lee Cooper, iD, Provogue, etc. M&B Footwear has two manufacturing units located in Baddi and Noida, and also has a fast growing retail chain apart from country-wide distribution network. This calls for a highly vibrant market oriented setup backed by a highly integrated IT environment.

As the organization was growing rapidly and legacy application in use were not able to keep pace with it, different solutions were in use for different purposes and compiling reports out of those systems was extremely painful. Relying on the legacy systems to get information and compiling that data was time-consuming. Getting data from disconnected information sources was time consuming and error prone, and controlling was getting difficult by every day. The organization felt the need of deploying an ERP solution through which the organization's data could be consolidated on a single platform and make every process in the organization integrated and seamless. This would have resulted in a better inventory management across all manufacturing units, and also made the organization more profitable by providing information on real time.
Solution deployed:
The company spent about two years in evaluating various IT solutions that could meet the requirements of their business. The biggest challenge was to find an ERP solution that specifically addresses manufacturing, distribution and retailing functionalities besides materials management and finance functionalities of a footwear industry. The organization finalized their search on SAP's Apparel and Footwear Solution (AFS). Implementing the solution was also a challenge as domain expertise for the AFS solution was not available. The organization became the first Indian footwear company to have successfully deployed SAP AFS solution.
With the implementation of SAP AFS solution, now all of the organization's data is on a single platform, which makes everything in the organization transparent. This has helped the organization to cut down the costs (both visible and hidden), increase stock turns and make the organization more profitable by making information
available to decision makers on time.

Project Specs
Deployment Location:  Noida
Team Size:  25
Tech Used:  SAP ECC 6.0 with IS AFS 6.0
Expected life: Lifelong

Implementation Partner: T.V.R. Suryanarayana, SEAL Infotech, Chennai

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