Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), whose roots do a reversal to 1952, is today operational in the oil refinery and LPG dispersion space.

The organization has effectively finished Asia's biggest JD Edwards Enterprise One ERP usage spreading over around 400 areas and 4,000 representatives the country over.

The Implementation Plan

As indicated by Sathiavageeswaran, the ERP usage project was begun path in 2000. The accessibility of a sound specialized base was fundamental for actualizing such a substantial activity. This implied constructing a brought together server farm where the servers and applications could be facilitated and also having proficient network for all areas spread over India's topography. Around 400 areas must be associated.

"When we began the execution, one of the essential beginning assignments was to construct a server farm outfitted with servers and the related base required for taking off applications," refers to Sathiavageeswaran. To begin with, HPCL secured three areas inside a month; at last, every one of the 400 areas were finished over a time of more than two years. As every area was chosen for consideration, the related base (like WAN, lease lines, VPN and VSATs) was manufactured at the same time contingent upon the accessibility.

The DC, situated in Mumbai, was fueled with sufficient processing ability to empower it to handle the normal development in the wake of the ERP rollout. The organization is currently fabricating another DC in Hyderabad, which is imagined as an essential DC. "Before the end of 2008, we will move our applications to Hyderabad," says Sathiavageeswaran. The organization runs a refinery in Vizag and has likewise made critical interests in the state, so Hyderabad was a characteristic decision for the new DC.

As HPCL appreciates a national nearness, it was vital to decide the way for the ERP rollout. A few business procedures were examined for deciding the focuses influencing the procedure look. "We arrived at the conclusion that the take off ought to take after the consistent development of the item," clarifies Sathiavageeswaran. Accordingly, the ERP take off began with areas in and around Mumbai, trailed by other Maharashtra and Gujarat areas, lastly, secured the whole impression of every one of the 400 areas.

Arrangement of In-house and Vendor Teams

The undertaking was commenced with a 25 part in-house group containing delegates from every single utilitarian zone. Post the finishing of the principal period of the task, which included framework arrangement, more workers were enlisted into the group and its size now extended to 100 individuals. Notwithstanding this, a group of 100 experts was likewise working from Capgemini's side, which was been the usage accomplice for the undertaking.

Business Process Speed Enhancement and Standardization: Major Benefits

Post usage, the organization has seen generous change in efficiencies. For instance, before the execution, the yearly monetary records conclusion would roughly take a month while the month to month shutting would expend 15 to 20 days. In the previous year i.e. 2007-08, the month to month and quarterly shutting was finished in around five days while the yearly shutting took an insignificant 10 to 12 days.