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September 30, 2026

Company Overview

The client is a leading FMCG Company with a large presence in India. The company makes Edible Products. It has multiple large manufacturing units in India. The company makes common and separate products in its manufacturing locations.

Challenges

High logistics cost because of lack of shipment planning and Product volume mix
Product costing process was not available. It was based on rough cut calculations
Customer shipment monitoring was missing, with no real-time view of shipments in transit or delayed shipments
Dealer outstanding and credit control was missing
Product profitability or Plant performance was not monitored
Backtracking of quality issues in FGs was missing
Material requirement planning to ensure timely production of what is required and when it is required was missing.
Most data preparation for decision-making was done manually, and decision-making was based more on experience and observations rather than business data management
Auto Information to Employees / Customers / Vendors about
Sales
Schemes
Greetings
TOD, Schemes & Discounts
Combo Offers
Timely Action on Dead Stock SKUs
Timely Action on Outstanding

Solutions

Automate all Business Functions at all Locations.
Capture Cost Attributes at Right Transactions and Locations.
Improved information flow resulting in faster decision-making.
Effective pricing and schemes
Auto distribution of information to the right place and on Right Desk.
Work Flow solutions for approvals and variances which are above benchmarks as defined and make people accountable
Plant wise shift wise contribution and performance reporting
Product wise/customer-wise profitability
Reducing bad debts to almost Nil
Division of Common Cost Attributes at Product / Locations / Cost Centre level

Benefit

Systems proprietary implementation methodology NEWTON ERP was used for deployment of the solution. The NEWTON ERP templates were leveraged during the engagement which helped Nippon Data Systems to fast track the implementation & reduce total cost of ownership by a significant amount. To eliminate the standalone legacy systems and standardise the information systems across the various plants, Nippon Data undertook thorough research. Nippon

Data team conducted a high-level study of the client’s IT landscape. After weighing all the pros and cons, the implementation methodology was fine-tuned to suit the culture and provide scope for customer readiness as well.