Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 10 | Page 44

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 44 INTELLIGENTCIO 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 www.intelligentcio.com