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Streamlining business processes for greater transparency and more effective reporting

IBM

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Agriculture
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Procurement
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) was facing challenges in managing its operations effectively in a challenging environment where accurate data retrieval was required for faster decision-making and effective policy-making. The organization was struggling with keeping projects on track and under tight budgetary control due to lack of tight control over people, processes, and finances. ICAR wanted to improve upon this by driving greater transparency and more effective reporting. The organization recognized that more efficient information and financial management was paramount to its progress and sought to modernize, automate, and integrate transactional and reporting processes to improve transparency and efficiency. Read More
About Customer	The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an organization under the Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India (GOI). It is responsible for coordinating research and education in agriculture. With 110 institutes and 65 agricultural universities, ICAR represents one of the largest National Agricultural Research and Education Systems (NARS) in the world. ICAR aims to generate more income and employment opportunities for producers, and increase the competitiveness of farming in India, by promoting greater agricultural productivity and sustainability through the use of technology. Part of the effort to reinvigorate and modernize India’s agricultural sector includes the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP), funded by The World Bank, which accords high priority to the generation and transfer of agricultural technologies, and innovations in the technology system. Read More
Solution	ICAR decided to standardize and simplify its operations on a common business platform to reduce complexity, eliminate cost duplication, and help staff work more efficiently in a centralized environment. After reviewing the market, ICAR selected Oracle E-Business Suite 12 as its strategic business platform, supported by Oracle databases. The Oracle solution includes an integrated suite of modules, including Financials, Grants, Purchase & Inventory, Projects, and Human Resources and Payroll. To help accelerate the configuration and deployment of the Oracle applications, ICAR sought the assistance of an experienced partner and selected IBM Global Business Services to help guide the project. The IBM and IASRI project teams worked closely with core teams across all functional areas of ICAR to complete initial solution design, build, test, and integration activities to custom the solution as per ICAR requirements. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Agriculture

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Procurement

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) was facing challenges in managing its operations effectively in a challenging environment where accurate data retrieval was required for faster decision-making and effective policy-making. The organization was struggling with keeping projects on track and under tight budgetary control due to lack of tight control over people, processes, and finances. ICAR wanted to improve upon this by driving greater transparency and more effective reporting. The organization recognized that more efficient information and financial management was paramount to its progress and sought to modernize, automate, and integrate transactional and reporting processes to improve transparency and efficiency.

About Customer

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an organization under the Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India (GOI). It is responsible for coordinating research and education in agriculture. With 110 institutes and 65 agricultural universities, ICAR represents one of the largest National Agricultural Research and Education Systems (NARS) in the world. ICAR aims to generate more income and employment opportunities for producers, and increase the competitiveness of farming in India, by promoting greater agricultural productivity and sustainability through the use of technology. Part of the effort to reinvigorate and modernize India’s agricultural sector includes the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP), funded by The World Bank, which accords high priority to the generation and transfer of agricultural technologies, and innovations in the technology system.

Solution

ICAR decided to standardize and simplify its operations on a common business platform to reduce complexity, eliminate cost duplication, and help staff work more efficiently in a centralized environment. After reviewing the market, ICAR selected Oracle E-Business Suite 12 as its strategic business platform, supported by Oracle databases. The Oracle solution includes an integrated suite of modules, including Financials, Grants, Purchase & Inventory, Projects, and Human Resources and Payroll. To help accelerate the configuration and deployment of the Oracle applications, ICAR sought the assistance of an experienced partner and selected IBM Global Business Services to help guide the project. The IBM and IASRI project teams worked closely with core teams across all functional areas of ICAR to complete initial solution design, build, test, and integration activities to custom the solution as per ICAR requirements.

Impact #1	The integrated ICAR-ERP Solution will help to standardize and automate processes and workflows at ICAR, enabling more efficient day-to-day operations across the organization’s many institutes.
Impact #2	The MIS and FMS systems will transform the flow of information across the organization, delivering faster access to key data and deeper insight into different operational areas.
Impact #3	Improved information availability and more accurate reporting will help boost transparency and support faster, more informed decision-making.

Impact #1

The integrated ICAR-ERP Solution will help to standardize and automate processes and workflows at ICAR, enabling more efficient day-to-day operations across the organization’s many institutes.

Impact #2

The MIS and FMS systems will transform the flow of information across the organization, delivering faster access to key data and deeper insight into different operational areas.

Impact #3

Improved information availability and more accurate reporting will help boost transparency and support faster, more informed decision-making.

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Streamlining business processes for greater transparency and more effective reporting

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