Industries
Chemical manufacturers
This vertical requires stringent quality control on the delivery and dispatch schedule. They also need a tab on the daily production batches. Since the process is a continuous and not order based the inventory status realtime is important for decisions.
EXPAND smERP being online and accessible anywhere make information flow quicker thereby reducing dependency and allowing for efficient management.
Most of these manufacturers keep data on spreadsheets or on manual records full of big registers absolutely unmanageable and erroneous.
Automation and digitization of all the information allows for excellent analysis and provide for super fast traceability as quality is of utmost importance. The system allows for end to end linking of data from purchase to production to sales to transportation to payment.
Steel manufacturers
Metal manufacturers face the major problem of managing their inventory and weighing at the factories. Also factory stores and purchases is of great concern. Another area of concern is the sales orders/contracts with customers on different dates of various rates and quantity. They need to keep track of the due dates of order at all times to maximize profit at variations in market price of raw material.
EXPAND provides complete integration with weigh bridge and automatic boom barriers. Thereby it leaves no scope for data manipulation and also keep track of vehicle movement in factory premises.
EXPAND is true web based ERP hence has no access to the local client hard disk or any storage space at client location. All data is accessed directly from the server and returned and stored in the server with no footprint on the client machine. This provides for ultimate security for data.
Reports are designed as per the steel industry requirement so information is available on a click and do away with the need to create large spreadsheets and powerful reports to track any variance in regular consumptions. The Order status report with details of contract alongside the debtor balance, consolidated cash/bank statement gives complete business health at a glance.
Tiles manufacturers
Tiles manufacturers has unique inventory control where they produce in one unit of measurement and store, sell in another unit. They need to review various reports in multiple units alongside the standard inventory control unit. Further as manufacturers they also face basic issues of stores control, order status information, production status and payroll/wages payable etc…
EXPAND provides option to specify multiple units of measurements for every product with non standard conversion factors like from Box to Pcs or Kg to Pcs. Every report like Invoice, Order, Inventory status is also available to suite the requirement of this vertical or similar ones. Various other checks like debtor control is also comprehensive and can stop or raise alert on exceeding of credit limits. The system provides complete email and sms integration to give the management or concerned authority immediate information on any deviation from standards.
Industrial Gas manufacturers
Gas manufacturers biggest investment or asset is Cylinders. They also have a unique production process where there is no raw material. It is a process manufacturing and not based on order. All these factors need resources to manage and lots of manual work towards cylinder control and also testing of the same on time for safety reasons.
EXPAND provides complete customer wise cylinder holding. It keeps track of all types and grades of cylinders along with options to sell gas with pricing configurable on per cylinder basis or per cubic meter or any other type of unit. The reports are also available to cater specific needs of this business. The assets management module provides timely alerts for cylinder tests. It tracks consumption on asset maintenance with complete linkage to finance. The system has further recording of tanker movements with loading weight, delivered quantity and residual quantity in the tanker. The reports provide per trip efficiency and also indicators for tanker maintenance.
Leather manufacturers
Leather manufacturing the most unorganized and employs mostly uneducated work force. Managing the productivity and payment for such workforce is a challenge. They have production broken down into stages and each has its own inventory. The customer orders every time has a new product with new features and requirements. The product database is huge and raw material inventory at the same time also voluminous.
The tracking of fabricators inventory and payment is also a challenge. It is surprising that most of the business is managed manually and on registers and paper with very little or no automation.
EXPAND provides complete product costing with other export variations and freight computation ability. It has a comprehensive and highly configurable production module with all major option like buffer, wastage incorporated as per the requirement of the industry. The variance report gives immediate deviations. The system gives complete wastage information liked with payment modules. The production automation is the most critical function of this industry. EXPAND takes care of all the aspects from cutting to fabrication and QC and dispatch of goods for this industry.
Retail chain stores
More than one store has its own challenges like real time inventory status, stock transfers, goods returns and credit notes, loyalty programs. For the retailer customer satisfaction , customer buying experience, speed of service is of maximum importance.
EXPAND provides real time connectivity between stores with all data available ina consolidated manner on a click. It provides loyalty program, schemes and offers, price list which can be made effective on a click on all stores simultaneously at the same instance. EXPAND has bar code integration and swipe card integration to provide quick billing and reduce inventory errors. The easy rollout of the system on a new store is just a matter of few minutes with absolutely no installation requirements. The user friendly screens are quick to learn and operate. The credit note management, pricelist and scheme management is great with EXPAND.
