Thursday, February 19, 2009

SMEs and SAP Contribution to Indian Market

By Howard Hayes

Small and medium sized (SME) enterprises are defined as firm with a turnover that is beneath certain peculiar boundaries. The average company hires around 50 staffs while the medium sized companies have fewer than 250 staffs. Entrepreneurs start with some set-ups and their last success rests on application of the exact technologies. Such companies are changing their attention to (IT) information technology, as industries have realized that IT, in co ordination with appropriate business strategy, plays a pivotal role behind the ever so progressive progression of SME.

Entrepreneurs conceive that competition with MNCs can be a hurdle in the course of their development but experts opine that performance of proper technology providing an integrated system is the key to improved business skill. Information Technology in business unit keeps the primary commercial operation which needs to be upgraded periodically, else outmoded applications leads to severe info gap. The stored data in different positions is commonly not interlinked, leading to breakdowns in the business procedure and revenue loss.

Nowadays, SAP (Systems Application Products in Data Processing) is the most common business vendor and it has successfully developed business management systems designed for SMEs. The small and medium enterprises can now look forward to practicing the most successful business software solution that provides more than financial and accounting updates.

SAP was accomplished in 1972 by five ex-IBM engineers in Walldorf, Germany. It has since then extended and is today 1 of the premier software developers in the world. The success behind the exponential growth of this enterprise is set on its first integrated organization wide package called SAP R/2. This was further developed and led to the release of SAP R/3 which is utilized world wide.

Such technology offers intensive capabilities which handle whole commercial operations covering particular as well as main fields. The answers in effect offer large gains to whatsoever SME through it's functional controls covering financial and management accounting, sales and distribution, manufacturing planning, production and inventory, etc. SAP serves the total financial answers designed in particular for small and medium sized corporations such as SAP Business 1 and the pre-packaged My SAP All-in-One Solution to the SME part in India.

SME sector in India makes up to roughly 95% of all the industrial units. Some SMEs who have successfully applied SAP are ACPL, Navin Fluorine, WIPRO, Bristle Cone, Siemens, etc.

Associated Capsules Private Limited is today the largest producer of Gelatin Capsules and is successfully working 5 units in Maharashtra. It has set up it because SAPs great service, back-up and support and has solved various problems by facilitating quick and instantaneous management decisions. This integrated based system enables the company to answer to the various market challenges; smoothes flow of vital commercial information, enhances productivity and amends time management.

As already outlined, SAP has made huge contribution to the commercial market in India. It has already brought up a strong partner eco system which is proving to be very fruitful. Some of the automotive suppliers, pharmaceuticals, construction, textiles and rubber business houses are loving the profits of SAP solution.

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