FEATURE: ERP
agile, scalable, easy-to-use ERP solution
can help you grow your business faster
and more profitably, by enabling you to:
1) Eliminate inefficiency. ERP
solutions can help you optimize internal
efficiency, increase the speed and
standard of execution, and make and
deliver quality products on time and at
the right price. It helps connect everyone
in real time, so your operations can
run faster and less expensively while
maintaining high product quality. In this
way you can build a more productive
manufacturing operation, as well as cut
costs and improve margins.
2) Improve decision-making. It’s
clear that the key to maximising
decision-making is having full visibility of
the business, as enabled by on-demand
access to the right information at the
right time. An ERP that delivers accurate
and timely information, gives you the
insight needed to drive operational
efficiency and effectiveness. More
accurate insight means better decisions
more frequently—and better decisions
mean faster growth.
3) Increase agility and
responsiveness. The right kind of ERP
can provide accurate information and
insights in real-time, and therefore
enable greater responsiveness to
opportunities as they arise. Driven by
industry best practices, it must adapt
to easily accommodate your expanding
user base, product lines, and geographic
range. It must also provide great choice
and flexibility—whether you choose to
deploy on premises, hosted, or in the
cloud, with access from your PC, tablet,
or mobile device.
4) Deliver a better customer
experience. An ERP can help you deliver
the right high-quality product to the
right customer at the right time, every
time. It must enable you to quickly
adjust to meet the demands of your
customers, whether it’s to add new
products to your offering, or change
schedules for existing orders. And it
empowers employees with tools and
information to respond to customers
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THE RIGHT KIND OF ERP
CAN PROVIDE ACCURATE
INFORMATION AND
INSIGHTS IN REAL-
TIME, AND THEREFORE
ENABLE GREATER
RESPONSIVENESS TO
OPPORTUNITIES AS
THEY ARISE. DRIVEN
BY INDUSTRY BEST
PRACTICES, IT MUST
ADAPT TO EASILY
ACCOMMODATE YOUR
EXPANDING USER BASE,
PRODUCT LINES, AND
GEOGRAPHIC RANGE
allowing them to plan accordingly,
make better business decisions, and
enhance their competitive advantage in
an increasingly dynamic market.
With the 2021 deadline now just
five years away, the investments
made today are already laying the
critical foundation for success. And if
the region is to establish itself as an
international manufacturing hub, more
manufacturers need to make better use
of the latest technology available to
them, to effectively increase production
and efficiency.
efficiently and deliver a superior
customer experience.
It is clear that some manufacturers
in the region are already benefitting
from ERP solutions. Saudi Mechanical
Industries, a manufacturer of fluid flow
and control equipment, for example,
has leveraged ERP to streamline
processes and increase efficiency and
productivity across all functional
areas including
manufacturing, sales
and finance. This has
not only translated in
to significant reduction
in cost and increased
profitability but has
also allowed SMI to
offer its customers a
much higher level of
customer service.
The technology’s
versatility
enables complex
processes, giving
manufacturers
access to
information in
real time and
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