Cloud Computing

Power & Utilities

In Ramcos Experience.

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More than 200 customers and 2000+ users Worldwide benefit from Ramco OnDemand ERP
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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) Unique Biz Model (Private Cloud) ERP & Best Practices (Public Cloud)

Delivery Complexity
Consensus

Best Practice

Function Driven

Biz Driven

Private Cloud Computing

Biz Model Fit Time Critical Availability Charge Back to Users Innovation Unique Meta-Data

Biz

Domain

Tech

HA, Self-service, Multi-Tenancy, SOA, Web Services, Elastic Infra etc.

Private Cloud Experience

Ramco EAM
Ramco Business Analytics Productivity Tools
Mobile Computing Service Management Real Time Integration Regulatory Compliance

Budget Calibration Corrosion & Inspection Permits Tool Crib

Fulfillment Advanced Pricing Supplier Portal e Procurement Customer Management Knowledge Management Remote Diagnostics Supplier Management Order Management Disposal Contracts Procurement Inventory Warehouse Management

Payroll Self-Service Receivables Management Accounting Fixed Assets Payables Training & Development Compensation & Benefits People Management Recruitment Competency Management

Outage Management
Workshop Reliability Engineering Changes Predictive Maintenance Asset Induction & Work Management

Financial Operations
General Accounting

Collaboration

MRO Supply Chain

Asset Management
Ramco VirtualWorks

Financials

Human Resources Management

Case Study
Need Profile

Streamlining Business functions

across the organization Reducing operational costs Minimising equipment Downtime

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

Effective Payroll processing

Critical Success Factors

Challenges

Complete operations tracking module Inventory Visibility across

Extensive customization for Operations domain Disparate legacy systems to be integrated.

warehouses
Procurement Process improved considerably Complex Payroll requirements adequately addressed

Ramcos 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.)

Benefits

Smoother plant operationstracking over 600 parameters Better availability of equipmentpreventive 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 decisionmaking

Data on completion
Data
Operational Tracking

Improvement
Smoother tracking through 600 + Parameters ( Like pressure, temperature, Power produced, fuel consumed etc.) 15000 + equipments tracked for lifetime. Effective reduction in equipment downtime. Tracking of Inventories across 12 warehouses for 30,000 items. More than 100 storage locations for Maintenance spares. Purchasing process streamlined across the 5 locations 1500 Transactions per day handled effortlessly Covering multiple working hours, pay elements, account codes and shifts

Plant Maintenance

Inventory Management

Procurement Process Transaction load Payroll

Other Private Experiences

Aviation

Logistics & Transportation

Healthcare

Discrete Manufacturing

Process Manufacturing

Trading & Distribution

Government and Defense

Retail

Real Estate & Property Management

BFSI

Utilities

Public Cloud Computing

Experience Consistency Pay Per Use Best Practices Ubiquitous Connectivity Multi-Tenancy, SOA, Web Services, Elastic Infra etc.

Biz

Domain

Tech

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

Technology Impact
Business Rules can be different for each tenant in the software instance. Overall AMC costs are reduced as efforts are shared across customers

Connect into the Domain

Incentive Structure Variability, for instance, (by the industry / customer) is high. Multi-tenancy delivers the requisite capability. Economies of Scale in Maintenance cuts the per employee per month cost to the customer.

Multi-Tenancy

Web Services (& SOA)

Publish & Subscribe

High incidence of interactions and peak load usage patterns (month or EOY), make ERP the perfect use case for Sas Enables FTE Cuts in the HR department. HR Ownership transferred to the business and the employee in that order

Pricing Models

Opex Model

Developing Considerations
Data Security Involvement of the Business Heads Availability Complexity & Customization

Metering & Charge Back

Integration (BPI)

To Sum Up
Specialty Public

Permanent

Temporal

Partner

IT Jobs
Generic

Private Cloud
Value Innovation

Private Cloud

Purchase Function

Usage Experience
Consistency

Public Cloud

FTE Cuts

Volume

Seller

Vendors Model

Thanks!
K Shyaam Sunder Chief Knowledge Officer Ramco Systems shyaam@rsi.ramco.com

ITC International Business Division

One of Indias foremost private sector companies
Profile
ITC IBD is one of Indias 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
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

Business Issues
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 Technology Issues Poor IT infrastructure in Rural India (connectivity, power etc) Diverse users highly tech savvy to semi literate Multi lingual requirements (8 Indian languages)

ITC International Business Division

One of Indias foremost private sector companies

The Solution
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
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Business Benefits
Electronic meeting place for farmers Eliminated logistics inefficiencies in Mundi system by removing middle men Single window for managing & monitoring Sanyojak and sanchalak through echoupal Multi level stock visibility across entire supply chain Ability to tailor solution for a specific agricultural produce in a short time period On time Finance book closure diverse product, diverse business processes Visibility of sub contract operations for Aqua Items Flexibility allowed ITC to implement constantly changing regulatory and tax compliance changes, without affecting business efficiency

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

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