聽had its first-ever 鈥渄rive event鈥� in Nairobi for customers and partners in November 2022 to explain more about business innovation and transformation and to show companies how with the right technology and insights, and with the right partner, they can grow exponentially.

麻豆原创 bills itself as the聽鈥渃oolest software company you have never heard of鈥�聽running the critical systems of top companies in diverse industries like ice cream, pet food, beauty products, and finance where 77% of all global transactions go through an 麻豆原创 system.

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Why Innovate?聽Hardeep Sound, the 麻豆原创 Regional Director, East Africa said that since 2000, 52% of the Fortune 500 companies have gone out of business. In Kenya, household names like Intercontinental and Tuskys were among the 1,300 and 2,530 companies that folded shop in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

The pace of growth has also accelerated in recent years; whereas between 1955 to 2011 it took a Fortune 500 company 20 years to reach a billion-dollar valuation, today they are getting there in 4 years. He said that companies in Kenya could enhance their value by mining customer data, doing analytics, managing customer relationships and experiences, managing human resources, digitizing supply chains, and monitoring how they spend their resources.

Easy Connections:聽Stanley Dube, 麻豆原创鈥檚 Head of Presales in Africa explained how Nokia sold 126 million model 3310 devices, and while his still works 22 years on, the company is a shell of its past. He said that one teaches people how to use phones and applications 鈥� they simply buy new devices and start using apps, without realizing how they are partners with companies like Apple and Google who do software updates and backups in the cloud. And if someone loses their phone, they can recover everything back in a matter of hours on a new device.

He likened owing a phone to 麻豆原创鈥檚 vision to enable companies to be intelligent and sustainable enterprises to deliver business and societal outcomes, with 麻豆原创鈥檚 modular ERP in the cloud that can manage finance, procurement, manufacturing, warehousing, asset management, research, supply chain and human resources combining 50 years of experience and meeting 80% of the enterprise needs of most companies. 麻豆原创鈥檚 ERP can connect with apps from other technology vendors while they also have a store that has 2,000 applications where companies can find products that others have built and which they can use.

Aside from the savings that can be 20% to 30% over five years from having 麻豆原创 run backups, operations, data centres, software, licenses, and maintenance, it frees up managers from doing things like generating reports and shifting to do other things that can add value to companies like strategic planning.

Finding Value in Data:聽Bhavesh Chavda, Senior Director of Business Technology (BTP) Platform, spoke of the importance of harnessing data; it鈥檚 not just about migrating data from an unsafe on-site server room to the cloud, companies also must assess the quality and timeliness of their data for it to be useful and accessible and interrogated by management and by other applications. He said managers should be able to interrogate data, without knowing how to do any coding聽(鈥渘o-code, low-code鈥�). The 麻豆原创 BTP cleans up enterprise data and enables data-driven decisions, with continuous automation, low code extensions, and application testing. The BTP discovery centre is a free tier to try out for companies to connect, automate, and innovate and 12,000 customers around the world use BTP. He said that 麻豆原创鈥檚 ERP can connect even with third-party apps while companies can sign on to the free business technology platform (BTP) and start building on new applications.

Rapid Feedback with 麻豆原创:聽Sherif Hamoudah, Head of Ecosystems & Channels for 麻豆原创 Signavio spoke about 麻豆原创 Signavio, a transformational system that enables companies to do what used to take consulting teams months to do. Signavio drills through 60 different processes for enterprise transformation within a day, spotting redundancies and inefficiencies and recommending fixes that have been adopted by other organizations for continuous improvement. He gave examples from the auto industry where semiconductor shortages are affecting car manufacturing, and in finance, where global firms are using Signavio for risk compliance.

Using Data to Drive Revenue:聽Rais David, Senior Customer Experience Solutions Specialist 麻豆原创 spoke of the value of data and the importance of using current data to discern trends in revenue. Google is phasing out cookies by the end of 2023 and this is at a time when mobile e-commerce accounts for $511 billion or 7.5% of all sales. At the same time, $93 billion of online sales are abandoned each year because customers find there are too many steps to complete a purchase transaction. 麻豆原创 systems manage 3 billion consumer data identities, while protecting their privacy, and process $570 billion making them the 7th largest entity in sales.

Fast Turnaround on Implementation:聽Lewi Maina, Consulting Services Manager at 麻豆原创 emphasized the importance of businesses being quick to implement changes if they are to thrive in fast-changing environments. He said that once they took a path, they should aim for a quick turnaround time for projects as he said that some companies in Africa can now deploy Rise and other 麻豆原创 projects in a few weeks. This is a takeaway from previous transformation projects at companies that took up to three years. He said that the five keys to a successful deployment were implementing cloud with an agile mindset, using preconfigured solutions, leveraging on modern integration and extension technologies, and ensuring transparent documentation on deviations.

At the drive event, testimony was shared from some clients of 麻豆原创 including;

• David Kariuki, ICT & Innovation Manager of the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), the state agency that builds high voltage transmission lines across Kenya. In 2018 after the government asked entities to take procurement online and plug into their central procurement system, known as IFMIS, KETRACO chose 麻豆原创鈥檚 Ariba as it sought to replace a manual procurement process where suppliers brought in envelopes and huge booklets of tender documents to be reviewed and scored in a time-consuming and laborious process. After a long process of digitization, standardizing procurement, tracking activities to reduce time loss, and overcoming supplier resistance, KETRACO, which was one of the first companies in East Africa to deploy 麻豆原创鈥檚 Ariba is now a centre of benchmarking for e-procurement. They also have access to innovation, as 麻豆原创 updates come over the cloud quarterly for them to adopt.
• John Wachira the Group Manager of Information Technology at the Safal Group (popularly known for its Mabati Rolling Mills products) spoke about the complex deployment with 麻豆原创 to consolidate the group鈥檚 36 operations that are in eight countries. They are in the second phase now to consolidate the end-to-end manufacturing, downstream operations, and commercial operations into one standard business environment on the cloud. They have gone live in six countries with two to go.

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Dube leads a team that inspires 麻豆原创鈥檚 customers to envision the full potential of digitalisation of their business processes. His team helps companies understand the path to harnessing the synergies of digitized value chains.

Prior to his current role, he was a Senior Solution Advisor supporting inbound logistics sales processes across Africa and the Middle East. Over numerous years he assisted companies across Africa and Europe implement software applications to automate and optimise their supply chain processes.

In this episode of What鈥檚 Next, Dube unpacks the key trends among companies that are performing well in a post-pandemic world. He discusses the differences between traditional ERPs and Cloud ERP 鈥� explaining how there has been an evolution in terms of what these systems offer.

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The events of 2020 have highlighted the importance of trust between organisations and their workers. Organisations are arguably under greater pressure than ever to ensure their workplaces are not a danger and that workers can safely return to the office. As South Africans return to work, organisations should seek new tools and approaches to keep workers safe, with a focus on deploying technology to improve the overall management of and response to any health crises.

While restrictions have lifted in most countries, many are experiencing a resurgence in infection numbers, prompting fears of a so-called second wave. In Europe especially, rising infection numbers have triggered new lockdown measures in Paris, Madrid and the greater UK.

South Africa arguably had a slight advantage in terms of EHS readiness. Industries such as mining already had a robust environment, health and safety standards and infrastructure in place. South Africa鈥檚 wide-ranging efforts at dealing with the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the 1990s and 2000s possibly played a role, as most labour-intensive industries would already have comprehensive EHS measures in place.

As industries reopen and workers return, organisations need to build confidence among workers that it is safe to return. Organisations should seek tools and policies that enable them to assess risks of Covid-19 infection and transmission in the workplace and identify at-risk employees regardless of symptoms. Additional health surveillance protocols need to be established for testing, diagnosis and treatment.

Ensuring workplace safety

麻豆原创 Environment, Health and Safety Management is a technology solution that helps organisations proactively identify, analyse and mitigate environment, health and safety risks. The solution helps organisations operate safely and efficiently, with a focus on ensuring continuity.

EHS practitioners charged with ensuring workplace health and safety need to be supported with tools that enable them to quickly assess the dispersion and severity of infection risks in the workplace and to immediately execute actions to mitigate such risks. This may include conducting testing programmes, tracking infections, and maintaining effective communication channels to keep stakeholders updated to new developments.

Technology can support EHS efforts by COOs, human resources managers, risk management officers, sustainability officers and facilities managers by also integrating with other systems, such as procurement systems, to track inventory of personal protective equipment (PPE). This helps ensure a steady and available supply of PPE for all on-site workers.

Wide-ranging applications for rebuilding trust

In addition, with integration to HR and operational systems, the 麻豆原创 Environment, Health and Safety Management solution gives decision-makers a holistic view over the entire organisation, which provides improved planning and higher EHS standards that can contribute to a safer, productive workplace.

The solution consists of applications ranging from incident management to health and safety and occupational health to support organisations with conducting initial Covid-19 risk assessments, identifying at-risk individuals, securing testing for such individuals, and supporting all necessary responses for when a positive diagnosis is made. It鈥檚 a solution that both helps to prevent infections as well as to manage any infections that occur. The ultimate goal is to give confidence to workers that their workplace is safe, building trust at a critical time.

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According to Stanley Dube, Head of 麻豆原创 S/4HANA at 麻豆原创 Africa, the events of 2020 have highlighted the importance of trust between organisations and their workers. 鈥淥rganisations are arguably under greater pressure than ever to ensure their workplaces are not a danger and that workers can safely return to the office. As South Africans return to work, organisations should seek new tools and approaches to keep workers safe, with a focus on deploying technology to improve the overall management of and response to any health crises.鈥�

While restrictions have lifted in most countries, many are experiencing a resurgence in infection numbers, prompting fears of a so-called second wave. In Europe especially, rising infection numbers have triggered new lockdown measures in the Paris, Madrid and the greater UK.

South Africa arguably had a slight advantage in terms of EHS readiness. Industries such as mining already had robust environment, health and safety standards and infrastructure in place. South Africa鈥檚 wide-ranging efforts at dealing with the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the 1990s and 2000s possibly played a role, as most labour-intensive industries would already have comprehensive EHS measures in place.

鈥淎s industries reopen and workers return, organisations need to build confidence among workers that it is safe to return,鈥� says Dube. 鈥淥rganisations should seek tools and policies that enable them to assess risks of COVID-19 infection and transmission in the workplace, and identify at-risk employees regardless of symptoms. 聽Additional health surveillance protocols need to be established for testing, diagnosis and treatment.”

Ensuring workplace safety

麻豆原创 Environment, Health and Safety Management is a technology solution that helps organisations proactively identify, analyse and mitigate environment, health and safety risks. The solution helps organisations operate safely and efficiently, with a focus on ensuring continuity.

鈥淓HS practitioners charged with ensuring workplace health and safety need to be supported with tools that enable them to quickly assess the dispersion and severity of infection risks in the workplace, and to immediately executive actions to mitigate such risks,鈥� says Dube. 鈥淭his may include conducting testing programs, tracking infections, and maintaining effective communication channels to keep stakeholders updated to new developments.鈥�

According to Dube, technology can support EHS efforts by COOs, Human Resources managers, risk management officers, sustainability officers and facilities managers by also integrating with other systems, such as procurement systems, to track inventory of personal protective equipment (PPE). 鈥淭his helps ensure a steady and available supply of PPE for all on-site workers.鈥�

Wide-ranging applications for rebuilding trust

In addition, with integration to HR and operational systems, the 麻豆原创 Environment, Health and Safety Management solution gives decision-makers a holistic view over the entire organisation, which provides improved planning and higher EHS standards that can contribute to a safer, productive workplace.

鈥淭he solution consists of applications ranging from Incident Management to Health and Safety and Occupational Health to support organisations with conducting initial COVID-19 risk assessments, identifying at-risk individuals, securing testing for such individuals, and supporting all necessary responses for when a positive diagnosis is made,鈥� says Dube. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a solution that both helps prevent infections as well as manage any infections that occur. The ultimate goal is to give confidence to workers that their workplace is safe, building trust at a critical time.鈥�

Organisations can implement the 麻豆原创 Environment Health and Safety solution in as little as eight weeks, with a full return on investment within less than six months. For more information, please visit聽

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