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Caselet 3i InfoTech Unveils New Orion Enterprise Solution

inancial technology solutions and services provider 3i InfoTech has unveiled the
advanced and upgraded version of its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution,
FOrion Enterprise, in Kuwait. The ERP platform, with built-in CRM and SCM and
business intelligence capabilities, offers organisations sharp insights into and control
over operations across the value chain through a single application, the company said.
With its suite of tools such as workflow management portal, individual desktop and
business intelligence and a set of ready functional modules mapped to best industry
practices, Orion Enterprise addresses the needs and challenges of diverse industries.
“Orion Enterprise is aimed at assisting set-ups across finance, manufacturing, sales, supply
chain management, retail, contracting, auto dealership management and human resource
& payroll management,” the 3i InfoTech President (Middle East, India, APAC & Africa
Markets), Mr Pankaj Chawla, said.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/3i-infotech-unveils-
new-orion-enterprise-solution/article2090645.ece?css=print

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
6. ...................................... refers to the flow of materials, information, payments, and services
from raw material suppliers, through factories and warehouses, to the end customers.

7. The function of ...................................... is to plan, organize, and coordinate all the supply
chain’s activities.
8. Most ERP ...................................... have SCM modules so doing an ERP project may be a way
to kill two birds with one stone.

10.4 Benefits of ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integrates internal and external management
information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales
and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP links all the departments across the
company into a single centralized computer system and serves. It is not so easy task to cover the
entire company or organization in a centralized computer system. But ERP software combines
various departments together into a single integrated system, so that the various departments
can share information and communicate with each other very easily.

There are many benefits of ERP system, which are as follows:
1. Ease of data access with data integrity: ERP enables user to access real time organizational
data in a hassle free manner. People will not have to depend on the different department
to access important data and derive organizational trend. All departments can access
every data independently: like stock data, payable, retrieval, sales margin, production
status, material work in progress status, delivery due date, delivery address, customer,
and supplier design document, etc.

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