We sincerely thank Mr. Sahil Singh Karir, Associate Manager, Tally Solutions for his contribution towards our report. He answered all our queries regarding the various business processes of Tally solutions and specially answered our queries regarding the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions for their client Okaya Power Limited.
We would also like to extend our gratitude towards Dr. Reema Khurana for providing us with this opportunity to study ERP systems and their implementations at an industry level providing us with practical exposure to the theories that we study in class.
Tally Solutions
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Earlier the distributors used to give purchase orders to the salesmen who used to enter these in Google docs. The date regarding the purchase order from these Google docs was integrated with the central SAP database which was further used for fulfilment as per the sales fulfilment model as discussed above.
The SAP implementation however had certain flaws in it. The information in this case was going through Google docs thereby exposing the firm to issues like data redundancy and human error bringing down the efficiency of the systems. Also, as this system was centrally implemented in the organisation, this reduced the scope of modifications and customizations in case required by a specific business unit within the organisation in the coming years.
To solve these problems Okaya Power Limited had two alternatives, either to add SAP modules and integrate them with the central SAP implementations or get a third party ERP software solution provider to make these modules for them. The reason why Okaya couldn’t go with the first option was because SAP modules have rigid functionalities and they would have had to have restructure their business processes accordingly which was a complicated task and was costly in terms of time and the effort required to accomplish it. Hence, they went with the second option and decided to go with Tally to provide Enterprise Resource Planning solutions at the distribution …show more content…
Furthermore, the forecasting wasn't possible as the company never had the data which could help them to build the stock in respective RWHs, to replenish the stock in the Distributor’s market.
Narrow bandwidth of a Salesman
The salesman was only restricted to the traditional practice of providing the stock to the Distributor, which is not preferred at the dynamic periods such as today’s. Salesman of the company had a blind eye towards the retail outlets of their products.
Secondary schemes of Retailers being eaten by Distributor
Company produces seasonal schemes for the retailers in form of discounts in order to expand its market. But these schemes didn’t reach the retail level as the Company was unaware about the Retail outlets, for which the Distributor used to manipulate results, thereby filling his own pocket. This led to Retail outlets preferring other brands over OKAYA, and thus leading to a bottleneck for expanding its market.
Unauthentic Market