White Paper Kenandy Cloud ERP Overview
Kenandy TM Cloud ERP Key Benefits Easy to use Global Social Mobile Real-time visibility Fast deployment Users can tailor Add fields Change workflows Create reports and dashboards IT can customize Integrate to other apps Extend with custom apps Customizations protected during updates Secure Scalable Predictable per-user-per month pricing Technology is powering disruptive business models in every industry sector. Mobile, social, global, and real-time visibility these are the capabilities that you need in your business processes to stay relevant today. But, most of all, you need to be able to adapt to the next change, because change is happening at an ever faster rate. That s why we created the Kenandy Cloud ERP Platform from a clean sheet of paper. The result is a totally different type of solution that adapts to your business, rather than your business having to adapt to the system. With flexibility for you to change your business process anytime, Kenandy helps you keep pace with the changes that tomorrow will bring. Kenandy is the cloud ERP platform for the modern enterprise. Kenandy Empowers Real People to work the way they want to work on any device anywhere in the world it s easy to use, implement and change. Kenandy automates all of your core business processes including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, planning and production, and global financials. Kenandy allows you to continuously tune your business to take advantage of opportunities and improve results. When your business process changes, you can change your system. On-board new areas of the business, for example, acquisitions or regional operations, very quickly. Personalize the user experience. Create dashboards on the fly. Add new fields, logic or workflows. Don t worry about getting stuck on old, out-of-date releases. Your customizations are preserved during updates that deliver new technologies and capabilities, so you can keep up with technology change too. Empower Users with ERP That s Easy to Use Empower your employees, customers and suppliers with a real-time, global, mobile, and social single source of truth. Intuitive user experience easy-to-use design speeds and expands user adoption The right user experience for everyone designs for the mobile, casual and heads-down user Easy to learn multilingual context-sensitive Help, training videos, and support form the Kenandy Community of experts and users Mobile access anywhere, anytime and on any device Social collaborate to resolve issues quickly. Capture and store an audit trail of your communications and decisions. Real-time visibility access to a secure, real-time single source of master data, transactions and conversations 2
Empower Your Business with ERP That s Easy to Implement Quickly on-board new businesses, acquisitions and new markets with automated operational and financial business processes. Complete integrated ERP Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Planning and Production, and Global Financials Global foundation multilingual, multicurrency, multi-country, and multi-company Kenandy s architecture allows you to modify business processes and the user experience, including screens, dashboards and even the device. This doesn t require programmers. Simplicity and this Do It Yourself aspect were among the primary reasons Blue Clover Devices selected Kenandy. Cindy Jutras, President Mint Jutras No hardware or software to buy or install true multitenant Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Scalable per-user per-month price no large up-front costs, no maintenance fee Fast Deployment implementations as fast as 90 days with rapid see-it-as-you-go sprints Templatized implementations standardize business practices across unit or geographies Empower IT with ERP That s Easy to Change Adapt to change very quickly, customize with clicks not code, extend business processes 50% faster, and always stay up-to-date. Reduce the IT backlog business experts can easily add fields, customize workflows, build dashboards and reports for themselves Build extensions faster Kenandy is built on the #1 PaaS, the Salesforce1 Platform, which speeds custom extensions Easy to integrate APIs, user and IT tools accelerate integration across the enterprise to non-kenandy cloud and legacy applications Update protection customizations and integrations are secure and protected even when Kenandy updates the core package Secure and scalable highest level of security and the proven scalability of the Salesforce1 Platform Trust Kenandy to Get You There Kenandy is built on the Salesforce1 Platform, a proven, scalable and secure platform serving more than 100,000 organizations, 220,000 applications, 3 million users, 1 billion transactions per day with an average request response time of less than 300ms, all with an average uptime of over 99.9 percent. 3
Kenandy Is the Cloud ERP Platform for the Modern Enterprise With a multitenant SaaS solution, new product functionality is delivered quickly, with three to four updates per year. Kenandy delivers end-to-end integrated processes: Order-to-Cash Procure-to-Pay Planning and Production Global Financials The adoption of cloud solutions in the enterprise is rapidly growing. You can t afford to be left behind! Kenandy will give your business the power it needs to keep up with disruptive technology and business changes. It s easy to use, implement and change. And has all the modern cloud, mobile and social capabilities that companies need to transform today. You ll get real-time visibility into your business, so you can see what needs to change. Kenandy develops and delivers new functionality really, really fast with 3 updates a year. You always have access to the latest version, because we apply the updates for you. You can quickly configure the software to meet your business needs and also reconfigure it as your needs change. And, best of all, your custom configurations will not be broken by new updates. Today, Kenandy offers complete Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Planning and Production, Global Financials. With a roadmap driven by our customers, we will continue to build new applications you can leverage. If you need to scale to more users, you can simply add users at any time. Customers Distributors Employees Suppliers Contract Manufacturers Mobile ORDER-TO-CASH PROCURE-TO-PAY Kenandy Social Collaboration PLANNING & PRODUCTION Real-Time Visibility GLOBAL FINANCIALS Multitenant Infrastructure Scale & Security Cloud Database Mobile Services Social Services Reports & Dashboards Point & Click Workflow Rich APIs Multi-Language Development 4
Order-to-Cash Sales orders are the life-blood of any business! Managing order-to-cash efficiently is key to improving sales results, optimizing inventory and increasing customer satisfaction. Kenandy automates your global order-to-cash process for maximum efficiency and provides you with alerts when exceptions occur. Since Kenandy is on the cloud, everyone your customers, employees, contract manufacturers, and distributors can have real-time, secure visibility into orders, shipments, inventory, invoices, and collections. Kenandy can integrate with any CRM, so your sales team can generate sales orders directly from won opportunities and quickly determine available-to-promise. Procure-to-Pay With rising cost of goods and increasing global competition, managing procurement strategically is more critical than ever. Kenandy automates your global procure-to-pay process, so you can focus on your procurement strategy. With Kenandy, your procurement process runs smoothly from requisition to payment alerting you only when a problem needs your attention. Kenandy manages procurement of goods and services for your direct and indirect procurement needs. With Kenandy, your employees, suppliers and contract manufacturers can have the real-time, secure visibility and collaboration they need to make sure you get the right goods and services at the best cost. Planning and Production With Kenandy, you get the capabilities you need for planning and production completely integrated with your order management and financial operations. Whether you are a discrete manufacturer, made-to-order supplier, consumer goods company, or distribution service provider, Kenandy provides processes you and your team need to be coordinated and effective in today s world of global, distributed operations. Kenandy Cloud ERP includes planning, inventory management, engineering, production, and MRP. Kenandy also has a unique patent pending process for managing complete component and finished good traceability especially needed by companies who have FDA tracking or other tracking requirements. 5
Global Financials Kenandy Global Financials are tightly integrated with Kenandy Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay and Planning and Production processes, ensuring that you always have accurate and real-time visibility into your financial picture. Designed for the needs of large enterprises, Kenandy has a multi-company, multi-country, multicurrency, and multilingual foundation, so you can do business anywhere in the world. And to track critical business metrics, Kenandy tools make it easy for end users to develop dashboards and reports. You ll gain efficiency and reduce risk with end-to-end processes that run automatically and alert you to any exceptions. Built on the Leading Cloud Platform Kenandy Cloud ERP is built on the Salesforce1 Platform, a proven platform renown for scalability and reliability. By leveraging the Salesforce1 Platform, Kenandy can focus its development efforts on innovative ERP business applications, without having to maintain data centers or develop core infrastructure or manage database software. Salesforce does that for us and for you! You can redirect a significant portion of your budget from maintaining in-house complex hardware and software infrastructure to implementing applications and business processes that provide real business value quickly. And you or your IT staff can quickly build extensions or custom apps as needed for the unique needs of your business. Services and Support Committed to Your Success Putting our decades of ERP expertise together with our growing network of consulting and application partners, our goal is to bring together all the services you need to maximize the benefits of Kenandy in the shortest time. From getting you up and running rapidly to keeping you at peak performance, Kenandy and its partners can deliver the services you need, when you need them. 6
Proactive Support Kenandy has tools and processes in place to notify you about new Kenandy functions and features, new releases and other important messages. You are always maintained at the latest software release. The Kenandy Community is a key component of Kenandy support. The Community is only available to Kenandy customers and partners, and is accessible directly from our application via single sign-on. You have the ability to interact with other customers and with Kenandy technical experts to discuss and resolve questions and problems, and share ideas and best practices. It includes a robust, searchable knowledgebase, as well as relevant technical material and tutorials that are available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week wherever you are and whenever you want. Kenandy offers multiple levels of support so you can choose the best approach for your environment. Whether you choose our Foundation Support included with each license, or Premier Support for more comprehensive coverage, you can rest assured that we ve got you covered with expert assistance to keep your business operating at peak efficiency. Implementation Services We can help you through the complete process, from mapping and loading your existing data, through training and go-live, into production. Or let us direct you to one of our consulting service partners, many of whom have experience with a range of systems and best practices along with their expertise in Kenandy ERP. Professional Services Have additional needs for specialized business logic or application integration for your business? Our consulting services partners can provide professional services for advanced development and integration with your legacy systems or supply chain partners. 7
Move to the Cloud Now! For some companies, moving ERP to the cloud means replacing their core ERP system. For other companies, a more gradual migration better fit their needs. In working with our customers and prospects, we have identified three patterns of adoption: Two-Tier Organizations that embrace two-tier ERP strategies are better positioned to both navigate volatile global business conditions and acquire or divest operations that generate operational efficiency and growth. Cognizant 20-20 Insights, January 2013 EMERGING MARKET JOINT VENTURE ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY CORPORATE ERP DIVESTURES PRODUCT LINE Companies that have a core on-premise ERP for their corporate operations, but need to move quickly with acquisitions, global expansions, joint ventures, divestures, or simply don t want to continue their long and costly on-premise roll-outs, are implementing a two-tier ERP strategy In this strategy, the on-premise ERP is kept at the corporate core. Cloud ERP is employed for new and strategic areas of the business with integration back to the corporate core, for example, to corporate finance. Edge PROCUREMENT ORDER MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION MANUFACTURING CORPORATE ERP 8
Similar to strategic deployment, some companies want to keep their core corporate ERP for areas such as finance, but need a modern and easy-to-use solution for other business areas like indirect procurement or manufacturing. These customers implement an edge strategy with cloud functional areas integrated back to the corporate core on-premise ERP. Both the two-tier and edge deployment models offer you a proof of concept to experience what cloud ERP can offer, without disrupting your core ERP. Integration with your core ERP is easy to accomplish. Core CORPORATE ERP For companies that are running aging legacy systems, the time has come for a full ERP replacement. Rather than take on a multi-year or on-premise implementation, customers are moving to the cloud, as a way to leapfrog into a modern architecture. Implement Kenandy Cloud ERP as your core operational system and get the benefits of faster time-to-value, greater collaboration with your customers and partners, and more flexibility to adapt to changing business demands. Get Started Today Whatever strategy you choose, it s critical that you evaluate how cloud ERP can transform your business. One thing is for sure your competitors are not waiting. Kenandy can help you determine the strategy that is right for your business. And we can work with you to test scenarios for your business, so you can start to empower the people in your business today. 9
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