adminJOHANNESBURG. – PPC, the leading supplier of cement, has become the first company in South Africa to integrate SAP Fiori into its operations. Officials said this was enhancing operations. “Prior to the Fiori ™ implementation, our CEO, Ketso Gordon was shocked at the convoluted manual processes that supported basic business functions such as applying for leave, procurement approval and requested a more simple, user-friendly procedure using mobile devices,” said Jeetendra Chhika, Head IT Operations at PPC.
Chhika explained that PPC is looking to grow its African footprint, so the company needed to come up with technology to enable its employees to access their e-mail as well as critical documents when they are out on the field or travelling in Africa.
Beyond email and accessing documents, top level management also needed to stay connected to the business and perform functions like approving orders.
Chikka said a simple-to-use, intuitive system was needed, so that employees would not have to spend a great deal of time learning how to use the software.
“We engaged with multiple vendors around a solution but most of these needed to develop or customise their software, whereas SAP Fiori did not, thus making it the most cost-effective and strategic option,” Chhika added.
Marlene de Jager, SAP Africa Account Executive for PPC said, “PPC had a strong, competent team who worked closely with SAP in order to ensure that the implementation went smoothly and any obstacles handled quickly and effectively.”
She added, “PPC’s staff only required minimal training. We sat with the top five execs for five minutes, who all found it to be quite intuitive as they were logging on, reviewing and approving orders in no time.”
SAP Fiori is a collection of apps which supports the most broadly and frequently used SAP software functions, enabling employees to complete workflow approvals, information lookups, and self-service tasks – for an instant productivity boost.
At PPC, the implementation is scheduled over three phases.
The first phase has already gone live while the final phase will be rolled out to the rest of the workforce across Africa over the next year. – CAJ News.
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