BS helps organizations assess their IT needs categorically and an identifying the most compatible reliable and robust ERP system. Further it ensures the selection of a suitable implementer and monitors the implementation process till it goes live.

Features:

• Renders clarity in identifying business and functional needs.
• Stringent evaluation criteria and professional advice
• Monitors proper implementation of selected solutions
• Downsizing costly mistakes often associated with unsuccessful IT implementation
• Render possible IT integration without a huge capital outlay.

Means Methods and outcome:

The process begins with defining the scope that details the need for an ERP system implementation and the means to its successful integration into an organization. Once the need for ERP implementation is ascertained astral assumes the following sequence of activities.

ERP Readiness Assessment:

The success of an ERP implementation greatly depends on the state of readiness of the company and the willingness and acceptance to change by its personal. Therefore, it is crucial to ascertain the current state of the organization in order to decide on the training requirement for its personal, plan and manage the course to change.

The factors that are crucial for the smooth implementation of ERP in the organization is identified in the assessment phase. Categorical analysis and valuable conclusions drawn based on the assessment reveals the possibility of taking the right decision regarding ERP implementation.
To ascertain the readiness, Astral fosters an assessment amongst the employees of an organization. Three different questionnaires are prepared in order to assess the following.

• IS maturity level of the personal
• Openness and willingness to accept the imminent change
• The readiness of the company to accept the ERP way.

Systems Study:

An in-depth and extensive study is carried out on the existing business processes of the existing business of the organizations. Further the results of the study are mapped with the best practices in the industry for process excellence

Product Fitment Capability:

The business processes of the organizations are analyzed to draft the present and future requirement. A detailed analysis on whether the drafted requirement can be fitted into an ERP systems is carried out to affirm the possibility that to  implementing the ERP system the organizations will be able to achieve its objectives. The results brought out in this phase will help us decide whether we need to proceed in implementing the ERP systems in other words whether or not we will achieve success by implementing the system.

ERP Consulting:

Selecting and implementing a suitable ERP system, sailing through the process that call for changes within the organization and emulating changes that are necessary are unquestioning complex. Regardless of the size of the business and perceived resources, the ERP implementation should be approached with a great deal of planning. Astral plays a key role in assisting the organization in selecting a suitable ERP product and implementer through a scientific and methodical process.

ERP Product Selection:

With an insight to business needs options available are assessed. The selection process weights factors like functional capabilities, user friendliness of the product is likely accrue by opting the ERP way. Astral helps the implementation of a scalable ERP that accommodates rapidly changing business conditions and the increased traffic of information that runs across the supply chain.

ERP Implementation:

The success measure of an ERP project is in its effective implementation more than above the ERP products itself.
Therefore it is essential to pay due attention to the implementation process. The first time implementation of the ERP requires a structural approach that rightly integrates people process and technology. Astral’s implementation process covers all the basics by following a sound methodology which greatly increases the likelihood of success by enabling all the features, minimize customization, getting user acceptance, rendering support till the system goes live without cost and project time escalation.

Change Management:

Effective change management strategies must be carried to promote the infusion of ERP in the workplace. Astral’s change management tools not only reduce the pain associated with the ERP change, but also help people in the organization absorb new efficiencies.

Need For an ERP:

If an organization is experiencing one or more of the following business conditions, it is time to seriously consider implementing an ERP solution or replacing the current one.

• Fast and uncontrolled growth.
• The Company’s exact financial performance is unknown
• Unknown or inaccurate job costs
• Inventories that do not meet or far exceed production requirement on a consistent basis.
• Duplication of efforts in order to capture vital data that impacts employee efficiency.
• Commonly setting inaccurate customer expectations
• Promised delivery dates are regularly missed
• Unknown operations performance
• The current system is negatively impacting the organization’s ability to grow.
• Little or no ability to forecast and plan production requirement within any degree of accuracy.

Software Application Consultancy:

Astral adopts a three phased approach to software application consultancy akin to that of ERP Consultancy. The process includes readiness assessment, product fitment capability and the actual implementation of the software application.

Software application consultancy from Astral supports the implementation of software solutions like

• Retail Management System
• Hospital Management System
• Dealer Management System

Data Center is a facility used for housing a large amount of information processing equipments, typically servers, computers and network and communication equipments. As the name implies, a data center is usually maintained by an organization for the purpose of handling the data necessary for its operations.

Enterprise have two choice in establishing their Data Center

1. Enterprise Data Centers: Data Center created and owned by the enterprise.
2. Hosted Data Centers: Data Center created and maintained by service providers who offer hosting services to enterprises.

Disaster Recovery Site minimizes interruption to business operation with a standby infrastructure that fosters continuity even in the event of a disaster. It protects information even when a catastrophic strike that can cause serious damage occurs. It is essential while marketing, the delivery of your products/services are not hampered and the continuity and reliability associated with your business is never at stake.

• Establishment of disaster recovery centre
• Successful testing of disaster recovery site

Astral ensures that the Data Centre and Disaster Recovery infrastructure is robust and reliable. The program also ensures availability of critical data in the event of a disaster and provides a long-term data archival and protection.

Benefits:

• Continual functioning of business at emergency facilities
• Availability of critical data in the event of a disaster.
• Robust and unfailing data centre and disaster recovery infrastructure. 

ERP Audit:

Means Methods and Outcome:

• Implementation Review:  High Level and essential practice that validates whether the implementation has been carried out in an optimal manner that supports business needs. 
• Business Features Mapping: Review of features configured in the modules and identifies the missing features and functions of module and components.
• ERP System Security Review: Ensures the system administrative component is properly configured and the system is secured.

Astral supports organizations take that seconds look with a neutral yet critical sense of judgment. The ERP audit renders a clear indication over the current status quo of the ERP system and its performance. It also validates the system and offers recommendation on possible improvement areas.

To get the ERP product go-live just completes the half-point pf the race. With that we are initiating a new way of handling operations and delineating the flow of information. We ought to monitor the performance of this system and check whether  or not it is yielding the desired results, Such an effect will throw light into non-performing or under performing areas and possible way pf redemption.

Benefits:

• Ensures the accuracy and reliability of data processed in the ERP.
• Ensures the integrity, confidentially and availability of information generated the ERP system.
• Constructing simple and effective ERP organizational structures tailored to the organization.
• Identifies ERP system capabilities, resulting in effective utilization of features and proper integration of modules.
• Clear identification of bottlenecks and pain areas in ERP which the management has to pay attention to.

Application Review:

Means Methods and Outcome:

• Preliminary Understanding: Initial study that leads to a preliminary understanding of the systems that is prevalent in the company.
• Micro -Walk-Through of Application Modules: Analyzing the control weaknesses that are existing in the process flow pertaining to various modules.
• Module Features and controls: Reviewing the module feature and controls configured in the system and identified the gaps against best practices.
• People process Association: Interview users at audit location concerned with module.
• Application Login IDS & Associated roles will be gathered and analyzed for SOD Violations.
• Master Data – Table Values will be scanned using Data Analysis Tool.
• Review points will be discussed and a final report will be prepared with observations classified under VED (Vital, Essential and Desirable) based on their critically.
• Monitoring of implementation, if required.

Features:

• Extensive review of modules with respect to Business User Requirements.
• Testing for the existence and efficiency of internal controls
• Review of data integrity within modules, interface between modules, system users accounts and SLDC.
• Master Data Validation
• Review of the following areas of application/system
• Error Handling  & Recovery Procedures
• System Usability and pain Areas.
• Correctness and consistency of calculations/output under the various scenarios.

Benefits:

• It ensures the accuracy and reliability of the data processed.
• It ascertains the integrity, confidentially and availability of information used in the system,
• It identifies System Capabilities, resulting in effective utilization od features and proper integration of modules.
• It results in clear identifications of bottlenecks and pain areas in the software applications where management focus is essential. 

Means Methods and Outcome:

It is a security review program from Astral tailored to assess the information security and its supporting processes, Systems networks, etc. The review generally covers the following:

• Operating System Security
• Database Security
• Network Security
• Application general controls and
• Other administrative controls.

The information system security review outlines key steps for augmenting the security awareness efforts carried within the enterprise. It ensures the positioning of key system security controls and monitors adherence to security standards. It also validates the adequacy of application controls supporting key business processes.

Features:

• Review the reliability and integrity of management, financial and operating information.
• Ensures compliance with policies, regulations, procedures and laws
• Checks the means to safeguarding the assets of the system
• Appraises the efficiency with which the recourses are employed
• Tracks the accomplishment of set goals.
• Ensures an organization’s information confidentially, Integrity and Availability

Benefits:

• Protection against unauthorized disclosure of classified information, loss of data integrity, and will ensure the availability of the data in the system.
• Unique threats are identified and documented
• Detailed Examinination of Hardware and Software

Astral’s Process based Internal Audit is a far-reaching service with evident and guaranteed results.

We have termed it ‘Process Based’ as it literally views each function in coherence with the rest pf the function and more as part od a process and as contributing to the organizational objectives.
The process based internal Audit helps organizations

• Strengthen their focus on core competencies.
• Minimize operational costs and
• Gains them access to world-class internal audit practices

The domain expertise accrued over the last two decades in internal Audit enables us to benchmark the process with organizations that have similar traints.
There are more reasons that make Astral’s Process Based Internal Audit outcome-centric. To gain more insights into our audit features please read further.

1. Operational Success: Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of operation in order to achieve business objectives.
2. Evaluating the financial and information systems which enables
3. Strategic planning
4. Decision planning
5. Cost efficiency and cost controls.

Compliance of statutory regulations
Controls: Disciplined control environment and mitigation of risks  through effective ‘policies and procedures audit’. 

Benefits:

• Our well tested risk assessment methodology will help you identify those that needed to be controlled rather than spreading thin, the resource across all processes. This will facilitate quality output.
• Post Audit follow-up on action plans will ensure that the action plans formulated are duly implemented.
• Continual support ensures continuous adherence to law, and internal policies and procedures, appraisal of key performance, effective risk management and governance process.
• Organizational Transformation through effective monitoring mechanism that render continuous value addition.
• Department inter dependencies are appraised and streamlined.