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1 USER REPORT PROCESS INDUSTRY abas ERP abas ERP is making information smooth User report Sunny Chemicals (H.K.) Ltd. ERP PPC MRP ebusiness

2 abas ERP is making information smooth Sunny Chemicals (H.K.) Limited looks back on a quick growth. Founded in 1997, Sunny Chemicals started with 30 employees and now employs over 160 people. Nowadays, Sunny is the sole agent in Hong Kong and Mainland China for a variety of chemical products; including pigments, coatings and plastics additives, wax additives and coating resins. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the company operates a network of 12 sales offices throughout Mainland China and Macau. Growth creates new needs We carry about 1,000 products and have more than 6,000 enterprise customers in Hong Kong and Mainland China, demonstrates Mr. Avan Cheung, General Manager at Sunny Chemicals, his enterprise. This rapid growth requires a complex, dense supply chain process and a very complicated data management system. Without a comprehensive and reliable system to address this situation, Sunny Chemicals was at risk of losing business because of inefficient operations, workflow delays and poor communications.

Headquartered in Hong Kong, the company operates a network of 12 sales offices throughout Mainland China and Macau.

3 Amid this challenge for structural change, Sunny Chemicals was also required to generate over 100 reports every month for its principal business partners. Containing mission-critical information for business evaluation, analysis and forecast, these reports utilized data from the company s different branches in China, with a dedicated staff member in Hong Kong assigned to manually coordinate the collection, consolidation and production of the reports every day. Yet this laborious system was not only a waste of valuable manpower in both the company s headquarters and its branch offices, but was also vulnerable to human error and data delays. What we needed was to streamline and improve this process with a powerful and highperformance computing system, explained Avan. We really needed to access up-to-theminute business information to make important time-to-market decisions. This was decisive for us to maintain our competitive edge and business growth. Quality in management Driven by a management philosophy of pursuing excellence in quality, Sunny Chemicals not only achieved the internationally-acclaimed ISO9001:2000 certification, but also decided to implement a corporate-wide ERP system. After evaluating over 20 vendors from Hong Kong, Mainland China and other countries, the company was still unable to find a suitable solution. At an event for prospective customers in 2005, we noticed the extraordinary power and functionality of the Linux-based abas ERP solution. Sunny Chemicals immediately recognized the advantages, which would help to usher in a new era of growth and profitability.

Hong Kong assigned to manually coordinate the collection, consolidation and production of the reports every day.

4 abas ERP fulfills the requests After reviewing the successful reference cases of abas ERP applications at the event, we realized the solution s functionality, high manageability and robust flexibility perfectly matched our business and requirements, said Avan. Sunny wanted to operate and run the company s increasingly complex and dense supply chain process. The management should be enabled to access mission-critical information and up-to-the-minute reports for business evaluation, analysis and forecast. A comprehensive data management system was to be established that can process and handle data from the company s many branches throughout China. Real-time critical data and business intelligence After one year in development, the system was test-run in April Even during this test period, Sunny Chemicals found that the new system enabled significant improvements in operational efficiency and productivity. The new system automated our entire operations, from sales, purchasing, and inventory management to shipment and delivery, explained Avan. This greatly shortened our supply chain cycle. We have greatly benefited from the automated data management process. All reports are now generated with just a click. This not only saves manpower, but also speeds up our response-to-market capability by providing an instant view of real-time business intelligence. The solution has also helped Sunny Chemicals to maintain good relationships with its principals, who now use the company s timely, comprehensive business reports and analysis to make more accurate business forecasts and develop more effective business strategies.

The management should be enabled to access mission-critical information and up-to-the-minute reports for business evaluation, analysis and forecast.

5 Improvements: Automated workflow and streamlined processes improve both operational efficiency and staff productivity Innovative mobile escalation and sales approval procedure boosts the company s competitive edge and revenue growth Centralized data processing provides an accurate, real-time window for data reporting and evaluation, improving response-to-market capability Improves relationships with principals by providing timely, comprehensive business reports and analysis Improves the accuracy of business forecasts and the effectiveness of business strategies Implementation partner: ABAS Business Solutions (PRC) Ltd. Lowers TCO by enabling dramatic savings on licensing costs, long-term maintenance and future upgrade expenditure Product profile abas-business-software The brand name abas Business Software includes the products abas ERP for production, abas Trade for trade and service companies and the ebusiness solution abas eb. abas Business Software (ERP, PPC, MRP, ebusiness), a solution for medium-sized companies, is flexible, adaptable and future-proof. The clear structure and well thought-out implementation strategy of the system enables a short implementation period, as well as a trouble-free integration into the company structure. Specific adaptations can be integrated with very little effort. With every upgrade new functions and technologies are constantly added to the standard software. As a result, abas users are always using the most up-to-date product. abas Business Software can be run using Linux, Unix and Windows. ABAS has supported the open source operating system Linux since Approximately 80% of over 1,900 abas installations are based on Linux. abas Business Software - range of services: Sales/sales order processing/ shipping, purchasing/purchase order processing, warehouse management, scheduling, logistics, materials management/mrp, production/ppc, financial accounting, fixed asset accounting, cost accounting, controlling, ebusiness, etc.

relationships with principals by providing timely, comprehensive business reports and analysis Improves the accuracy of business forecasts and the effectiveness of business strategies Implementation

6 Company profile ABAS Software AG, The core competence of ABAS Software AG is the development of flexible ERP and ebusiness software for mediumsized companies. More than 1,900 customers throughout the world have opted for both ABAS as IT specialist, and for the integrated abas Business Software. The company ABAS that was once characterized by students has now become a group of companies. ABAS Software AG in Karlsruhe employs about 90 people, together with over 50 abas partners worldwide that is a total of approx. 550 employees. The abas software partners provide on-site support and a range of services including implementation, hardware and network support, customization and a helpdesk and ensure short reaction times and high service quality. International partners in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Australia and the USA represent the ABAS Software AG throughout the world. The partner network is continuously expanded. Company profile Sunny Chemicals (H.K.) Ltd., Sunny Chemicals (H.K.) Limited looks back on a quick growth. Founded in 1997, Sunny Chemicals started with 30 employees and now employs over 160 people. Nowadays, Sunny is the sole agent in Hong Kong and Mainland China for a variety of chemical products, including pigments, coatings and plastics additives, wax additives and coating resins. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the company operates a network of 12 sales offices throughout Mainland China and Macau. ABAS Software AG As of May 2007 Subject to change without notice Article: User Report Sunny Chemicals 2007 ABAS Software AG Südendstraße Karlsruhe GERMANY Tel. +49 (0) 7 21 / Fax +49 (0) 7 21 / info@abas.de

The company ABAS that was once characterized by students has now become a group of companies.

ERP project secures jobs at make-to-order manufacturer

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