Case Study - Arwen Tech

TEXTILE ERP PORINI for GUL AHMED TEXTILE MILLS

Business

Gul Ahmed Textile Mills (GATML) is Pakistan’s leading exporter of Home Textiles including bed linen, curtains & fabric and also manufactures ‘lawn’ fabric for the domestic market.

The textile giant is also the pioneer in experimenting with cutting edge technology available to gain strategic business advantage. “Talent, Innovation and Technology” are the major success factors of GATML, whose vision is to become the market leader in the textile industry in the Asia Pacific Region, with a world-class textile production unit.

Challenge

GATML has been continuously investing in Information Technology and has also been reaping the benefits for a long time. One of the most important decisions of acquiring an ERP solution was taken by the higher management with the help and guidance of the IT and processing departments.

Some of the main reasons for acquiring a Textile Information System are:

•	Increased competition post 2004.
•	Customer’s demand for transparent integration and real-time access to information.
•	Competition with new and emerging markets.
•	SCM, CRM and B2B becoming mandatory.
•	Dynamic business in need of fast strategic decisions, collaborations, mergers.
•	Flexibility in business model to adapt to emerging requirements.
•	Waste reduction, minimum re-processing, controlling cost and production planning issues addressed to maintain profit margins, increasing competitiveness.

Solution

Why a Textile Specific ERP?

•	Textile business is uniquely different from other manufacturing industries.
•	Specially designed Textile Information System requires minimum customization.
•	Analysis and requirements gathering is quicker.
•	Implementation is relatively smooth and quick.
•	Consultants have textile domain knowledge and background, which is an added advantage on top of specialized software.

Software selection is never an easy task especially in the textile sector, since there are not many options available for a much focused textile ERP solution. Gul Ahmed had been doing their research for the last 3 years for an ERP solution catering to their business needs, and in the process evaluated almost 8-10 different ERP solutions. In the end it was PORINI that fulfilled all their business needs.

Reasons for selecting PORINI:

1	Confidence in Company: PORINI belongs to a Dutch Giant Blue Fox Enterprise listed on the Dutch Stock Exchange.

2	Competitiveness of Solution: The only company with all the textile solutions under one umbrella (ERP, Visual Planning Tools & CAD/CAM Solutions and machine integration tools.

3	Local Support: 16 offices worldwide including Arwen Tech as their local partner in Pakistan.

4	Trained Consultants: 500+ employees worldwide including Textile Engineers, Production Managers and Line Managers as functional consultants.

5	Mature Product: 2500 clients worldwide over a period of 35 years showing confidence in the product.

6	Success Ratio: Almost 80% successful implementation rate, which is comparatively higher than many leading solution providers.

The complete implementation time of PORINI for Gul Ahmed is over 24 months, however they have started seeing benefits and results with phase one going live. The first phase included article coding and warehouse re-engineering from raw cotton to finished fabric, a new article coding structure and making inventory management module live.

The second phase includes order management, procurement and then moving to the production floor. The project has been well received by the management and production managers, and this approach will help them fetch quick results.

Anticipated Advantages to Clients

1.	Better customer service and improved efficiency
2.	Elimination of duplication of work
3.	Lot trace ability
4.	Availability of authentic and real-time information
5.	Elimination of delays in information flow
6.	Better cash flow planning
7.	Lower inventory levels
8.	Visibility to managers in taking timely and accurate decisions
9.	Improvisation of controls
10.	Reduction of re-processing and wastages

Both Arwen Tech and PORINI believe that companies in Pakistan require a complete road map for company wide automation, which includes redesigning of the existing IT infrastructure. Arwen Tech has a complete range of products and services covering end-to-end solutions for both large and mid-size textile companies.

For more information on our Textile ERP solution, please email to erp@arwentech.com