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Case Study On Business Process Reengineering, Data Mining Services And Competitor Benchmarking



Internal Audit
About Client
  • A Multinational company in the Health Care Industry. The company distributes its products through channel partners who claim margins for sales made by them.
  • In India, the Client operates through Distributors which contribute to more than 60% of total sales. Since this is a sizeable chunk involving compliance exposures as well, the need for Distributor management was felt
  • Client was receiving several complaints and instances of whistle blowing on account of malpractices in the market. This created exposure to compliance risks and thereby additional costs to the company. Company needed to achieve better control over compliance

About Client
  • The client is the largest Auto Ancillary group with a turnover of over US$ 2.2 billion.
  • The company also has the distinction of being India's leading two wheeler tyre manufacturer , rolling out over 9 million tyres annually and enjoying highest share with Vehicle manufacturer backed by a strong network of over 2050 Dealers and 20 Depots across the country.
  • An entity Level Risk Assessment was conducted by the client. The board wanted to have a detailed review of the areas identified as most riskier. Following were the needs with reference to these specific areas.

About Client
  • The Client is a fast growing company with multi SBU company, its shares are listed in leading stock exchanges in India. The Company is also trying to diversify its operations recently. In this scenario, Board had to streamline its operations and for an effective internal control system in various SBUs and adopt the best practices.
  • The company had there was a need to review the Internal Controls and scientifically comment on the risk profile of the organization.
  • Comment on the performance of the SBU in comparison to its peers within the company and in the general industry.
ERP Audit  
About Client
  • The Client is a subsidiary company of World's leading manufacturer of various equipments (decanter, separator, valves, pipes, Ts etc) used in beverage, food industries. Client has got six manufacturing factories in India.
  • Client decided to review Production and Procurement Process and related modules in their ERP System (Movex) across six factories.
  • Client wanted to know whether their above processes are correct and in line with best practices.

About Client
  • Client is a state Government owned public transport corporation with bus depots across the state
  • Heterogeneous applications
  • Oracle Financials for Finance and Accounting

About Client
  • Client is a leading textile company in the manufacture of cotton yarn
  • Located in multiple location with SAP application maintained from the central office
  • To ensure the correctness of the data received from SAP

About Client
  • The Client is multinational company offering various shipping and container logistic solutions and transportation services to customers across five continents. It has more than 60 weekly shipping services with rapid transit times to 180 ports across the globe.
  • Client has deployed Port Logistics Application Systems (AFSYS and IQShip).
  • Need is to check the effectiveness and efficiency of Application Controls built in to the system to avoid any business risks,
Process Audit and IT Audit  
About Client
  • Client is a company with diversified business, multi SBU company with its shares listed in leading stock exchanges in India. There was a need to review the Internal Controls and scientifically comment on the risk profile of the organization. As a fast growing company, the Board felt the need for streamlining its operations and for an effective internal control system in various SBUs and adopt the best practices.
  • With different product line in its portfolio, there was a need to customize the audit approach based on the requirements of each such product line.

ERP Consultancy Systems  
About Client
  • Client is part of the USD 2.4 billion business conglomerate , is the largest specialty packaging company - manufacturing laminated and seamless or extruded plastic tubes and medical devices. With over 2700 people representing 20 different nationalities, Client's functions with 25 state of the art facilities in thirteen countries, selling 4.5 billion tubes and continuing to grow every year.
  • Essel decided to implement SAP ERP System in global model covering six countries.

About Client
  • The Client is a Government of India undertaking engaged in the manufacture of newsprint
  • To assess the capability of the Information Technology (BaaN ERP & Client/Server System) in meeting the business requirements of Client
  • To ensure that the required internal controls are deployed in the application
Process Design Evaluation  
About Client
  • Client is operating in the Advertising Industry providing end to end solutions in managing brands. Due to growth in the industry, need to streamline operations and align them with the Strategic objectives was felt. To achieve the same the project was undertaken with the following objective:
  • - To streamline operations and increase the efficiency of the processes.
    - To align processes with strategic objectives
ISO 27001 / ISMS  
About Client
  • Client is a leading pump manufacturing company with manufacturing facilities in 5 locations and selling its products through about 30+ branches at multiple locations.
  • The company's IT setup consists of Oracle ERP application with users spread across multiple location which are interconnected through a centralized network
  • CRI needed to assess the existing level of information security process prevalent in the company.
Network Consulting  
About Client
  • Client operations was established in May 1964 as a Public Sector Undertaking for manufacture of Rail Coaches & its Spare Parts and Mining Equipment. Client has eight manufacturing units spread over four locations and nationwide network of sales offices.
  • Client required a Consultant as their strategic IT Consulting Partner for their below business and IT requirements and initiatives.
  • Client has decided to implement companywide robust ERP System
Risk Assessments
About Client
  • Client one of the leading manufacturer's of automotive components with a turnover of INR 6064.625 Mn. With over 7 factories in India and 6 overseas offices, also having alliances with most prestigious companies. They cater to the automobile requirements of major OEM players such as Maruti, Hero Honda, etc. in India.
  • Client was in the need to:
    - Assess the risks associated with achievement of Long Term and Short Term objectives.
    - Suggest controls for mitigating the risks identified to achieve the objectives.
    - Whether their processes are correct and inline the best practices
    - Implement a Risk Management model into the various processes of the organization.
SAP Audit
About Client
  • Client is, a member firm of leading group which was established in 1788 and currently evolved into one of the largest business groups in India. It has business interests in Sugar, Bio Pesticides and Neutraceuticals
  • EID Parry has deployed SAP R/3 ERP System across their plants (Sugar, Ceramics and Chemicals)
  • The need is to
    Check the effectiveness and efficiency of Application Controls built in to the modules (FICO, MM,SD,PM) of SAP to avoid any business risks and process coverage.
Risk Assessments
Benchmarking entities
Procedure Manuals
Investigation Audits
Data Mining
Internal Controls Review
MIS Reports
Systems Audit
ERP
Bs7799
Information Systems Audit
Data Centre
Best Product Mix
Inventory Control
Time analysis
Cost control