Software Houses in Pakistan

S.N Name CMMI Location

o Level
1 NetSol Technologies 5 Lahore
2 Technosoft Solutions 2 Lahore
3 TRG Tech
4 Albatross Technologies 3 Lahore
5 Elixir Tec Ibds
6 Descon 2 Lahore
7 Eterprise DB
8 Kalsoft 3 Lahore
9 Si3 System 2 Islamabad
Innovatiions
10 Avanza Solutions 2 Karachi

CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration

Cloud Based ERP Software Companies in Pakistan

S.N Name Location

o
1 Albatross Lahore
Technologies
2 SolutionDots
3 Bizztrax
4 Hisaab.pk
5 Fastservices.
pk
6 Generixsol
7 Wizmen
8 Systemltd Karachi
9 Rivet
Solutions
10 Mazars.pk
Case Studies of ERP Implementation by Firms in Pakistan
When companies layout a plan for their ERP implementation there are two options
they will look into. That is, they have the option to choose the big bang theory
where the installation of ERP systems of all modules happens across the entire
organization at once or the phased out module-wise implementation.

CASE STUDY 1
Company Overview

Pharmatec is one of the rapidly growing modern pharmaceutical manufacturing and

marketing companies in Pakistan. The company’s innovative, value-added products
improve the quality of life and help people enjoy longer, healthier, and more
productive lives. For 20 years up to 1993, Pharmatec was a subsidiary of Sterling
Winthrop Inc. of USA. Today, it is well on its way to fulfilling its dreams of producing
and marketing a wide range of reliable therapies which enjoy the trust of the
medical professionals. The company is said to have a turnover of $10 million
approximately.

Challenges

Pharmatec was using an in-house ERP solution in some of its departments where it
fulfilled their needs to some extent. Since, all the functions were not integrated with
the ERP, thus it had a limited usage. The challenges were:

• Lack of integration in Financials, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Master planning

functions. Subsequently, separate systems were maintained in General Ledger and
Supply Chain Management.

• Inability of the legacy system to support Quality test.

• Manual development of costing sheets by finance department leading to

inaccuracy and human errors.

• Manual creation of Certificate of Analysis by Pharmatec’s QC department.

•Ambiguity in data management due to the absence of a unified data gathering

platform.

• Manual creation of production variance report by the Finance and Production

departments due to the inability of legacy system to show variance between
estimate and actual costs.
• Inability of the in-house ERP to support cost estimation.

• In order to support different segments of Pharmatec such as Toll manufacturing,

there were duplicate items created in the legacy system.

• Manual creation of product-wise profit and loss by the management due to

inability of the legacy system to support product-wise transactions. In a nutshell,
Pharmatec lacked a system that could support and integrate each function and
domain of the company. In addition, the company relied heavily on manual
management of things. These primary issues at Pharmatec were fueling the
development of various secondary issues that have been costing the company a
huge opportunity cost until now. To overcome these, Pharmatec showed a desire to
switch towards a solution that is built on international best practices. The greatest
challenge was in designing and configuring an ERP, which can keep up to the local
market’s needs and practices. Implementing ERP solutions with localization are
never that easy. It takes great efforts and vast knowledge to provide and work
around solutions. From creating utilities in local currency to customizing the taxation
and regulatory requirements, there was a myriad of functions that required expert
industry knowledge and focused work.

Solution

Systems Limited proposed the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 at

Pharmatec and was able to implement the solution at Pharmatec in a record time of
just 5 months. The proposed solution for Pharmatec fitted the company’s operations
most appropriately as the key features of Dynamics AX with regard to automation in
processes, user friendliness and firm security matrix responded well to the
company’s needs. The following modules of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 were
implemented at Pharmatec. Pharmatec was provided with following modules of
Dynamics AX 2012  Financial Management  Production Planning and control 
Procurement and sourcing  Inventory and Warehouse management  Sales and
Marketing.

We made the best decision by deploying this ERP as it enabled us to have the most
integrated process and the most accurate data with minimal errors”

Dr. Arshad Saleem Director Commercial,

Pharmatec

Benefits

 The implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 has helped the company

focus on one of its key organizational goals of business expansion. Other
benefits include:  Implementation of Supply Chain Management and General
 Ledger Dynamics has resolved the issue of integration for Pharmatec. Since it
is an integrated solution, it avoids redundancy in work and allows the key
personnel focus on more analytical data rather than making laborious efforts
on data entry.
 Dynamics role based security has enabled users to avoid duplication of
master data creation. Only authorized users are able to create setups such as
item master, customer, vendor and operation setups.
 Production Control module firmness provides users to obtain reports like item
cost sheet that helps in making comparisons between estimate costs based
on standard prices and actual cost. Dynamics AX also enabled users to design
their own cost sheets as desired.
 Inventory and Warehouse Management module enabled Pharmatec to
incorporate test of raw material, packing and finished material for the first
time in their history of using ERP solutions. Microsoft Dynamics AX enabled
them to test variables, groups and their results and record them. It also
provided Certificate of Analysis report to Quality Management users.
 Product information Management enabled users to create relevant data
center for item master, which contains BOM/ recipe, route, resource and
resource group required to produce or buy them. Product dimension options
facilitated to open one master for different pack sizes. Additionally, in the
legacy system, product dimension option was not available which resulted in
opening different item for every pack size. Microsoft Dynamics AX bridged
this gap with its unique features.
 General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Payable Module assisted the Finance
department in automating their daily operations. Microsoft Dynamics AX
facilitated in making the payments for invoices containing proper supporting
documents such as PO and GRN and proper approval. Payable module has
reduced their reconciliation work for payments. Microsoft Dynamics AX also
facilitated in making pre-payments to vendor and customer with proper
supporting pre-payment invoices, which are knocked off later before making
actual payment to them.
 Prior to the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX, the Product wise Profit
and loss was created by Pharmatec users manually. Microsoft Dynamics AX
automated this process through its financial dimension features by taking the
products as a dimension in transactions.

3 Standard ERP Vendors in Pakistan

SIEMENS Pakistan

Siemens Middle East provides advanced technology solutions across the entire
electrification value chain with strong expertise in automation and digitalization to
help its customers increase efficiency and create value.
Services

 SAP Customization
 Maintenance & Support for SAP Implementations
 Software Licenses
 Installations & Upgrades

SAP ECC 6.0

MODULES
 BASIS.
 ABAP/4 Programming.
 Financial Accounting.
 Controlling.
 Asset Management.
 Materials Management.
 Production Planning.
 Plant Maintenance.
 Sales & Distribution.
 Human Resources - Payroll.

ABACUS Pakistan

(Chairman / President, Asad Ali Khan)

In today's hyper-competitive business environment, being ahead of your opponents

comprises of devising the correct strategies, implementing efficient business
processes, integrating cutting edge technologies, and aligning with the right
business partners who can add value and exposure. It is this very philosophy that
underlines their approach of helping our clients transform their businesses and
create a vibrant new future for business.

After spending almost 30 years in the field of management advice and solutions,
Abacus Consulting has assisted hundreds of clients utilizing their diverse portfolio of
service offerings including Business Transformation Solutions (Including SAP
Implementation and SAP Education), Information Technology Solutions (including
Business Process Outsourcing), Human Capital Solutions and Corporate Finance &
Strategy Consulting.

ORACLE

 Finance
 Supply Chain
  Customer Relationship Management
 System Administration

SAP

MODULES:

 FI- Financial Accounting

 CO -Controlling / Management Accounting
 MM-Materials Management
 SD- Sales and Distribution
 PP-Production Planning
 PM-Plant Maintenance
 QM-Quality Management
 PS- Project Systems
 HCM-Human Capital Management
 FM-Funds Management
 TR-Treasury & Risk Management
 IM-Investment Management
 AIS-Audit Information System
 WM-Warehouse Management
 DMS-Document Management System
 BI/BW-Business Intelligence & Business Warehouse
 EP-Enterprise Portals SAP Mobile Solution
 EHS-Environment, Health & Safety Management

SuperNova

SAP

Since 2001, SuperNova Solutions has provided solutions and expertise to maximize
the ROI in ERP systems. Our customers leverage SuperNova solutions’ unique
combination of deep expertise in Business Processes and software development
skills. This provides a solid base for implementing our own proprietary system
ERManager and world renowned SAP R/3 system.

We Offer Product Solutions and Services:

 Full life cycle SAP Consulting Services
 Pre and Post Go-Live Support
 ERP selection consultancy
 Development and Implementation of our Own ERP, ERManager
SAP – ERP is the combination different modules. SAP some basic modules are
following:
MODULES:

 Financial Accounting
 Cost Accounting
 Material Management
 Sales & Distribution
 Production Planning
 Human Capital Management

SAP - Some advance modules are following:

 Quality Assurance

 Warehouse Management

 Extended Warehouse Management

Practical MIS Implementation

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION

 A Management Information System is an integrated system that provides

information to support the planning and control functions of managers in an
organization.
 A management information system (MIS) provides information which is
needed to manage organizations efficiently and effectively.
 Management information systems involve three primary resources: people,
technology, and information.
 Management information systems (MIS) produce fixed, regularly scheduled
reports.
Identify and inform structured and semi-structured decision problems.

FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING MIS

  Robert Anthony has described a framework which distinguishes between the
different types of planning and control process that typically occur in
organizations.
 Anthony suggested that the area of management planning and control be
segmented into three categories.
1. Strategic Planning
2. Management Control
3. Operational Control

PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF MIS:

The implementation of new information systems is a significant investment for

organizations. Information system implementation process concept is similar to
O’Brien (2004) who explained a five-step process called the information systems
development cycle which includes the steps of

1. Investigation
2. Analysis
3. Design
4. Implementation
5. Maintenance