About

While we are under NDAs to not disclose the name of the company for privacy reasons and we will honour that, what we can tell you is that this is a company at the forefront of fertilizer manufacturing in the US. They are among the very few names that are always ready to bring in the latest and greatest innovations to the vast agriculture industry in the US. They are also a company that not only believes in the best kind of innovation but also believes in caring for the environment and their patented manufacturing techniques are environmentally conscious. It was a privilege to work with such a brand like this.

Background

This reputed Fertilizer Company largely relied on manual documentation of their balance sheets and transactions and while most of their payment was through traditional bank transfers but they simply did not have a system in place to automatically document and account for these transactions. This resulted in a lot of inefficiencies and errors in operations. Furthermore, this company simply did not utilise any Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and the only solution for them was a custom integrated ERP solution to ensure streamlined transaction documentation and better data accessibility. That is how our paths crossed as we started this incredible journey with this legacy brand.

The Challenge

The primary challenge was cost reduction and efficiency improvement with the help of a system that makes it possible to manage the company from a single database and ensure security and scalability. The challenge therefore was to create a finance-focused Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software solution that would be able to not only perform and record transactions as an autonomous bookkeeping and ledger system but also streamline the entire business process of this fertilizer company. This system would be an information database of communication between multiple departments and also a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution. To summarise the challenge, we had to completely digitize the business processes of this company and centralise data so that we could achieve peak efficiency. Therefore, we had to ensure the following things.

The Objective

• Finance-focused ERP solution that is capable of performing autonomous transactions, bookkeeping and also recording transactions and performing advanced ledger operations.
• A company operations dashboard that would enable admins and executives to have a complete overview of everything from manufacturing, inventory, logistics, market conditions, sales, CRM etc.
• A CRM solution capable of handling numerous grievances and providing customer complaint resolutions as well as maintaining and nurturing interactions with potential customers.

The Solution

The solution that we came up with this a combination of proprietary software and techniques along with industry-trusted solutions that we custom-crafted to fit perfectly according to the needs of this legendary company. We utilised the Agile approach towards the SDLC in a modular approach that ensures step-by-step implementation of each and every module and functionality. Our primary focus was the ERP dashboard which was primarily based on an automated ledger system that was capable of performing transactions autonomously and semi-autonomously. After being satisfied with the performance of the finance and accounting module, we then continued to add multiple levels of functionality to this system in the form of Supply Chain Management (SCM) modules for inventory management and logistics.

We then moved on to other important areas of focus such as the sales and marketing module that keeps track of wholesale orders as well as retail orders for the company. This module and all the other modules are integrated with each other and especially with the automated ledger system that keeps track of all expenses and credits.