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Product developed: Enterprise Resource Planning Application
 
Domain Area Chain of Retail Outlets, Consumer Industry
Application and Technology ERP
Delivery Model Offshore project development On-Site implementation.
 
Our Customer:
 
Our Client was the VGP Group a 6 billion asset rich company. VGP is diversified into Retailing, Real Estates, Entertainment Theme Parks, Digital Recording (A&V) Studios, Resorts, and Catering Institute etc.
 
VGP retailing deals with White Consumer Goods that are basically TV’s, Refrigerators, Washing Machines etc., and has established branches all over the country.
 
The Challenge:
 
Handling the retail outlets for a range of products in various branches across the country was proving to be difficult for the client, when he approached SGS Technologie. The challenge was to provide the client with an integration of all departments and retail outlets in various cities such that they may function in an organized manner.
 
Environment:
 
Operating System Windows 2000 server
Database ORACLE 8i
Model CLIENT/SERVER and Internet enabled
Front End Visual Basic
 
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Solution:
 
The Client was in need of an integrated system to manage their Inventory, Accounts and operational functionalities from a central location. SGS Technologie suggested the use of an ERP application in WAN enabled system, to manage all inventories and integrate all departments of various retail outlets for the client.
 
The team at SGS designed a WAN enabled system based on their requirements. Since this would be the foundation for all future systems, the objective was to close gaps in present system of operations and all off-line methods. This system is designed with the following functionalities and assessment of the requirements of the organization.
 
Requirement and Functionalities:
 
The Application is designed using VB and Oracle as the back-end, the application installed in all of the branches will have an option of Online, real-time updating of the central server’s database or scheduled for synchronization at specified intervals. The ERP application was developed based on the client’s requirements and was customized according to his needs.
 
Features of the ERP developed:
 
Inventory Control and Warehouse Management
 
Sales Distribution
 
Marketing
 
Billing Management
 
Purchase
 
Finance
 
Relationship Management
 
Human Resource Management
 
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Claims Management
 
Annual Maintenance Contract
 
Benefits:
 
Using Inventory control, materials can be received and inspected and then updated to the stock count after Rejections and ReturnsItems can be tracked using the Bin#, Lot# or Serial#. Physical Inventory option helps verifying the stock quantity periodically and makes the necessary adjustments.
 
Right from Purchase Requisition, Indent, Quotations, PO, Vendor Evaluation, the purchase module makes the process of the purchase department a standardized. Adhoc Purchase Orders can be maintained. Vendor management options make your Purchase a real profit
 
Manage your entire Sales and marketing activities with Sales Module, which takes care right from adding the resource to Sales team, Sales Operation Plan, Sales Force Automation, Sales enquiries, Sales Quotations, Sales orders and Order processing. With its tight integration with Production, helps the team in maintaining the Sales Schedule/ dispatch to customers a real time and transparent process. With other options, this is a complete sales solution.
 
Architecture:
 
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Various Testing Phases:
 
The application developed under went the following tests:
 
Stress tests
Database
Integration tests
Acceptance tests
 
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