Cloud ComputingPower & Utilities

In Ramco’s Experience….

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More than 200 customers and 2000+ usersWorldwide benefit from Ramco OnDemand ERP

What is Software on Cloud?

Single instance of software hosted in one place, accessed by many

The cloud platform enables Software as a Service (SaaS)

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ERP & Best Practices(Public Cloud)

Unique Biz Model (Private Cloud)

Delivery Complexity

Function Driven

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Private Cloud Experience

Ramco EAM

Productivity ToolsProductivity ToolsRamco Business AnalyticsRamco Business Analytics

Collaboration

Supplier Management

Remote Diagnostics

Knowledge Management

Customer Management

Ramco VirtualWorks

MRO Supply Chain

Warehouse Management

Inventory

Procurement

Contracts

Asset Management

Asset Induction & Work Management

Predictive Maintenance

Engineering Changes

Reliability

Financials

General Accounting

Financial Operations

Payables

Fixed Assets

Human Resources Management

Disposal

Order Management

Workshop

Outage Management

Tool Crib

Permits

Corrosion & Inspection

Calibration

Management Accounting

Receivables

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Supplier PortalAdvanced Pricing

Fulfillment

Budget

Competency Management

Recruitment

PeopleManagement

Compensation & Benefits

Training & Development

Self-Service

Payroll

Mobile ComputingMobile Computing Service ManagementService Management Real Time IntegrationReal Time Integration Regulatory ComplianceRegulatory Compliance

Need Streamlining Business functions

across the organization

Reducing operational costs

Minimising equipment Downtime

Effective Payroll processing

Case Study

Profile

Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electricity

1.1 million customers

Owns and operates 5 generation units- Total Capacity 500MW

Revenues of Rs. 1216.27 crore & Net profit of Rs.46.58 crore

Challenges Complete operations tracking

module

Inventory Visibility across

warehouses

Procurement Process improved

considerably

Complex Payroll requirements

adequately addressed

Critical Success Factors

Extensive customization for Operations domain

Disparate legacy systems to be integrated.

Ramco’s Solution

• Plant Operations (Personalised)

• Plant Maintenance• Purchasing & Inventory –

generation, transmission and distribution

• Financials (Book Keeping, Payables Management, Fixed Assets and MAC for generation)

• Human Resources and Payroll• Integration with existing 3rd

party applications (Fuel Management System, Job Costing System, etc.)

Smoother plant operations- tracking over 600 parameters

Better availability of equipment- preventive and predictive maintenance

Streamlining of procurement for spare parts, consumables, fuel as well as services

Lower inventory costs by better Inventory Management

Faster and improved decision-making

Benefits

Data on completion

Data ImprovementOperational Tracking Smoother tracking through 600 +

Parameters ( Like pressure, temperature, Power produced, fuel consumed etc.)

Plant Maintenance 15000 + equipments tracked for lifetime. Effective reduction in equipment downtime.

Inventory Management

Tracking of Inventories across 12 warehouses for 30,000 items. More than 100 storage locations for Maintenance spares.

Procurement Process Purchasing process streamlined across the 5 locations

Transaction load 1500 Transactions per day handled effortlessly

Payroll Covering multiple working hours, pay elements, account codes and shifts

Other Private Experiences

Aviation Logistics &Transportation

Healthcare DiscreteManufacturing

ProcessManufacturing

Retail Real Estate & Property

Management

BFSI

Trading & Distribution

UtilitiesGovernment and Defense

Public Cloud Computing

Public Cloud Experience

Full-fledged ERP architected for the Cloud

Single instance of a powerful ERP serving thousands of customers globally

ERP delivered as service on the cloud

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Public Cloud Experiences

• Ranging from 10s to 100s of Users• Centralized S&D, Material Control,

Accounting• Production Reports• MRP• Payroll• Sensitivity to

Lines of Business

The ERP-Cloud Connect

Developing Considerations

• Data Security

• Involvement of the Business Heads

• Availability

• Complexity & Customization

• Metering & Charge Back

• Integration (BPI)

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IT Jobs

Thanks!K Shyaam Sunder

Chief Knowledge Officer

Ramco Systems

shyaam@rsi.ramco.com

• Leading private sector operator engaged in manufacturing and trading of 2500 items. Country second largest exporter of agricultural products

• Products traded include Coffee, Wheat, Soya, Pulses, Value added agriculture (agri) products , spices and Aqua worth over 125 mn USD

• 17 locations (sourcing, distribution and Port operations) and 500 + Choupal locations (village centres)

• E- Choupal success, case study in Harvard business school

• Ever growing farmer base for sourcing, at present numbering – 175,000

• Diverse customer base – Global customers, Traders and Farmers of India – 150,000

Profile

ITC IBD is one of India’s foremost private sector companies engaged in sourcing and trading of Agri commodity & Aqua items; the customer had a multitude of business models and an extremely complex ecosystem of suppliers, partners…

Background• Agri-business – Un-predictable• Diverse product lines with diverse business

practices• Emerging business lines, Change on

demand for existing product line• Lack of collaboration platform for

upstream, downstream operations - Poor integration with buyers & suppliers

• Longer lead times from the field to the consumer

• High volume, Heavy usage

Business Issues

• Poor IT infrastructure in Rural India (connectivity, power etc)

• Diverse users – highly tech savvy to semi literate

• Multi lingual requirements (8 Indian languages)

Technology Issues

ITC International Business DivisionOne of India’s foremost private sector companies

* Data collected based on interview between an external consultant and our client* Data collected based on interview between an external consultant and our client

• Direct Agricultural procurement• Rural Distribution• E-Choupal management• Exports• Insurance• Aqua Processing• Commodity Blending• Advanced Pricing & Commission calculation• Logistics, Sales & Financials• Multi Language support• 450 Users , 1000 e-choupal users

The Solution

o Electronic meeting place for farmers - Eliminated logistics inefficiencies in “Mundi system” by removing middle men

o Single window for managing & monitoring Sanyojak and sanchalak through e-choupal

o Multi level stock visibility across entire supply chain

o Ability to tailor solution for a specific agricultural produce in a short time period

o On time Finance book closure – diverse product, diverse business processes

o Visibility of sub contract operations for Aqua Items

o Flexibility allowed ITC to implement constantly changing regulatory and tax compliance changes, without affecting business efficiency

Business Benefits

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ITC International Business DivisionOne of India’s foremost private sector companies