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Sutlej Textiles finds a solution that suits its business with IBM and SAP

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Procurement
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Sutlej Textiles, a major producer of textiles in India, was facing increasing competitive pressures and needed an integrated ERP environment to improve efficiency, flexibility, and speed of response. The company lacked a single, clear view of processes and performance across its diverse and complex operations, which was hindering its plans to win market share from competitors. To keep pace with rapid changes in the global textiles industry, and to meet the challenge of its revenue growth targets, Sutlej Textiles needed to improve efficiency across its end-to-end business processes. The textiles sector is highly competitive, and there is constant pressure to cut costs while improving quality and time-to-market for an increasingly diverse range of products. Sutlej Textiles recognized that implementing an integrated ERP solution could both help it achieve these goals and enable improved business control and transparency. Read More
About Customer	Sutlej Textiles and Industries Limited, part of the K K Birla conglomerate, is a major producer of textiles in India. The company’s activities span all stages of textile production, from spinning and weaving to dyeing, finishing and even the manufacture of clothing. With a marketing network in 60 countries around the globe, Sutlej Textiles has ambitious plans to reach US$ 240 million in annual revenues within the next two years. As a mid-sized company operating in an extremely competitive business environment, Sutlej Textiles must keep tight control over its IT costs. Read More
Solution	Sutlej Textiles selected OBTTextile, a qualified SAP Business All-inOne partner solution from ZenSar OBT Technologies Limited, based on SAP ERP 6.0 software, and running in two logical partitions on an IBM System i 550 server under the IBM i operating system. The OBTTextile solution supports all of the production planning, materials management, manufacturing, financial, sales and marketing processes at Sutlej Textiles, and provides a single, integrated view of business performance to senior management. In addition to ensuring efficient, transparent processes, the SAP software enables rapid response to changing market conditions and improved collaboration between different internal teams. By selecting an IBM System i 550 server with advanced logical partitioning capabilities, Sutlej Textiles was able to implement the production and development environments for its SAP solution on the same physical machine, sharing processing resources flexibly. 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) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Procurement

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Sutlej Textiles, a major producer of textiles in India, was facing increasing competitive pressures and needed an integrated ERP environment to improve efficiency, flexibility, and speed of response. The company lacked a single, clear view of processes and performance across its diverse and complex operations, which was hindering its plans to win market share from competitors. To keep pace with rapid changes in the global textiles industry, and to meet the challenge of its revenue growth targets, Sutlej Textiles needed to improve efficiency across its end-to-end business processes. The textiles sector is highly competitive, and there is constant pressure to cut costs while improving quality and time-to-market for an increasingly diverse range of products. Sutlej Textiles recognized that implementing an integrated ERP solution could both help it achieve these goals and enable improved business control and transparency.

About Customer

Sutlej Textiles and Industries Limited, part of the K K Birla conglomerate, is a major producer of textiles in India. The company’s activities span all stages of textile production, from spinning and weaving to dyeing, finishing and even the manufacture of clothing. With a marketing network in 60 countries around the globe, Sutlej Textiles has ambitious plans to reach US$ 240 million in annual revenues within the next two years. As a mid-sized company operating in an extremely competitive business environment, Sutlej Textiles must keep tight control over its IT costs.

Solution

Sutlej Textiles selected OBTTextile, a qualified SAP Business All-inOne partner solution from ZenSar OBT Technologies Limited, based on SAP ERP 6.0 software, and running in two logical partitions on an IBM System i 550 server under the IBM i operating system. The OBTTextile solution supports all of the production planning, materials management, manufacturing, financial, sales and marketing processes at Sutlej Textiles, and provides a single, integrated view of business performance to senior management. In addition to ensuring efficient, transparent processes, the SAP software enables rapid response to changing market conditions and improved collaboration between different internal teams. By selecting an IBM System i 550 server with advanced logical partitioning capabilities, Sutlej Textiles was able to implement the production and development environments for its SAP solution on the same physical machine, sharing processing resources flexibly.

Impact #1	The integrated ERP environment delivers accurate, timely, integrated data spanning all activities and processes, giving Sutlej Textiles a clear view of performance across all aspects of its business.
Impact #2	Running the software on the IBM System i platform ensures extremely high reliability, availability and performance - at low total cost of ownership.
Impact #3	The integration of database management and backup and recovery services into the IBM i operating system enables a high degree of automation, keeping the total cost of ownership low as well.

Impact #1

The integrated ERP environment delivers accurate, timely, integrated data spanning all activities and processes, giving Sutlej Textiles a clear view of performance across all aspects of its business.

Impact #2

Running the software on the IBM System i platform ensures extremely high reliability, availability and performance - at low total cost of ownership.

Impact #3

The integration of database management and backup and recovery services into the IBM i operating system enables a high degree of automation, keeping the total cost of ownership low as well.

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Sutlej Textiles finds a solution that suits its business with IBM and SAP

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