Adeep sees the profits coming from IT

BANGALORE: When Adeep Locks Ltd., a manufacturer of locks, wheel rims, wheel assemblies and handle bar assemblies, deployed a SAP solution in September 2004, its primary concern was to integrate data systems.

The group has now set its sight on a model whereby its vendors would post the status of various orders on its website and, already, is reporting better transparency in operations, cost-cutting and better planning.

“It was felt that the costing module was best addressed by SAP. Also, on comparing with other solution providers, it was felt that SAP can address all our requirements and many gaps would be plugged,” says general manager Ramanathan of the ERP implementation.

Besides the auto industry, Adeep Locks, based in the Attibele industrial area, about 30 km from Bangalore, also supplies locks to the white goods and furniture industry. The company has over 100 vendors in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata among other places.

According to Ramanathan, the company has since become more transparent and costs have begun to come down due to better inventory management.

“Earlier, it was so difficult to get information. One had to coordinate with various departments and it took so much time. Today, if you are authorized to get some information, you can get it instantaneously.”

The real benefits of implementing SAP, he says, will begin to show soon, and the company has set a growth target of 25 per cent, turnover-wise. This excludes the revenues coming from two new plants in Chennai and Manesar.