Tham khảo tài liệu 'case study - orchid chemicals', công nghệ thông tin, quản trị mạng phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | A Case Study – Enterprise Networking – Cabling & Free Space Optics A combination of a hybrid network and a SAP implementation across all its locations, has enabled Orchid to grow from Rs. 400 Million (US$ Mio) in its first year of operation to a Rs. 3710 Million (US$ 78 Mio) in 2000-2001. With its chosen path of aggressive growth, through investment in expansion of product range and manufacturing facilities, Chennai based Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited (OCPL), has grown from single manufacturing location in 1994 to a multi-location company today. In 1997, an in-house business application called Inventory Accounting System / Financial Accounting System (IAS / FAS) was developed keeping in mind the single location of OCPL. This application was used for capturing data of activities at the manufacturing facility at Alathur and the head office. While this solution ensured that the company’s business remained unaffected, the power of data integration between multi locations was not available. The architecture of IAS / FAS was such that, the two systems could not be linked. Since time was short, it was decided that a standard and totally integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application will be implemented. OCPL implemented SAP in 6 months. A Case Study – Enterprise Networking – Cabling & Free Space Optics Earlier days - solitary systems. Initially OCPL started of with 10 base-T Local Area Network (LAN) consisting of BNC, UTP & Thick Ethernet in 1995 at the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) plant at Alathur and the head office. At the same time a team of 18 software engineers was formed to develop the GUI based IAS / FAS application to automate the various business processes of OCPL. The application was ready for use in 1997 and was installed at both the locations. Says Raghu Ram , General Manager, IT, OCPL, “While the company’s business was running smoothly with the IAS / FAS, there were many disadvantages due to its deployment. Firstly
