ERP Case study. Construction Industry 
 
ERP in a company which is specializing in Glass windows
and glass shutters

BACKGROUND:

ERP for a glass window providing and fixing enterprise 

• This company caters to every need in all areas of Aluminum

Fabrication, especially Aluminum Flush Doors, Glass Windows,
Partitions, Ceiling, Aluminum Composite Panel Cladding,
Structural/Curtain Glazing, Tempered Glass Planner System,
and Patch Glazing Units. Also Provide Facility For Anodizing
and Powder Coating.

• Other Products: Architectural Aluminum Windows, Doors, 

and  Partitions.    Vertical  Sliding  Windows  with  Counter 
Balance. Multipurpose Windows with opening, sliding mesh 
&  guard  bars,  Architectural  Aluminium  Composite  Panel 
Cladding.     

ISSUES & CHALLENGES:

ERP is preferred
‘Enterprise software’ for
small and mid-size
companies, because ERP
offers proven and
affordable ERP solutions.
ERP is scalable and fully
secured IT solution for
managing manufacturing
business.
• Items are transferred to sites where builder is construing the
building. The carpenter will visit the site and install windows,
shutters, etc.
• When it comes to formulating your business model, some
costs, such as energy or healthcare, are largely out of your
control. Other expenses, however, can be more effectively
minimized if you have integrated business management
software such as, ERP, to identify and manage them. ERP
software helps management to cut the costs that can make all
the difference in the success – easily and affordably.

• Material management is a challenge in such kind of industry.

Purchase needs to be integrated with material inwards.

• Costing and estimation is a challenge that needs to be

addressed.

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ERP Case study. Construction Industry 
 
HOW ERP CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES:

Item category and • ERP team’s expertise in Enterprise Software helps the users in
streamlining the organization, automating and integrating key
subcategory
business processes. It takes into account ERP best practices
Glazing across engineering industry for all ERP implementations.

• Structural glazing • Integration of purchase order with stores inward and further issues
helps management to know get MIS related to inventory.
• Stick glazing
• Linking of sales order (Order Receipt Information – ORI) with the
• Patch fitting sale invoice ensures proper material going out as well as accounts
receivables.
Cladding
• Various kinds of bills are made in ERP, such as material sales
• Aluminium invoice, service and material, only repair and service charges bills,
composite panel etc. This also automatically takes care of complicated tax structure
cladding – curved for VAT, service tax, excise duty, and so on.

• Granite cladding By deploying following ERP modules issues are addressed:

18 mm sliding 1. Security module 8. BOM – Bill of Materials

windows 2. Accounts module – module
3. VAT / Sales Tax module 9. Production module
• 2 Glass shutters
4. Excise module (Assembly Production
on 2 tracks
5. Inventory Management and Process Production)
module 10. Automatic email alerts
• 3 Glass shutters
6. Purchase & Pre-purchase module
on 2 tracks
module 11. Sales accounting module
7. MRP - Material 12. Cost sheet / estimation
Requirement Planning 13. Subcontractor IN. Job
module / Supply Chain working for customer.
Management (SCM) 14. Pre-sales and sales
module.

Example of products KEY BENEFITS:

and services of this
Glass company • ERP helps to realize the full potential of user organization’s
significant investment in ERP.
Laminated safety glass • ERP ability to give a ‘tailored’ (customizing) solution helps users
to get maximum returns on investments (ROI).
Tempered glass
• ERP is used by middle management as well as low level
planner system management users for getting real time reports.

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