ERP Solutions of SSA Global

SSA Global
Arvind Verma 27
Parikshit Kanse 16
Snigdha Kotnala 19
Avisek Bhattacharyya 53

About
SSA Global, Headquartered in Chicago, provides enterprise software for functions
including accounting, asset management, planning and scheduling, and supply
chain management.
SSA also offers business process management software, as well as services such
as consulting, integration, and platform migration.
SSA's products include industry-specific applications for markets such as
automotive, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, chemical, and consumer
electronics.
The company's investors include General Atlantic Partners and Cerberus Capital
Management.

⎫ SSA Global has 121 worldwide offices
⎫ Serves more than 16,000 customers
About
⎫ Customers represent market-leading companies in over 90 countries.
⎫ SSA’s average contract selling price is around $250,000
⎫ Ranks 2nd in Enterprise applications market
⎫ Aug 2003 – April 2004 Sales (mil.) $462.2
⎫ Sales Growth over comparable period in last FY 126%

Acquisitions
SSA Global has acquired several enterprise software companies since
April 2001.
April 2001 Max International
April 2002 InterBiz Product Group (from Computer Associates)
Dec. 2002 Infinium Software
June 2003 Ironside Technologies
July 2003 Elevon
July 2003 Baan
Dec. 2003 EXE Technologies, Inc.
June 2004 Arzoon, Inc.
July 2004 Marcam

Verticals Served by SSA Global
Aerospace & defense
Automotive supply
Business services
Chemicals
Consumer packaged goods
Engineering & industrial equipment
Financial services
General process manufacturing
Government & education
Healthcare
High-tech & electronics
Hospitality & gaming
Medical products, devices & equipment
Pharmaceuticals & biologicals
Retail

SSA Solutions
⎫ Customer Relationship Management
⎫ sales management
⎫ marketing management
⎫ service management
⎫ collaborative order management
⎫ Corporate performance management
⎫ Enterprise planning
⎫ Enterprise scorecarding
⎫ Enterprise bi
⎫ Financial management
⎫ General ledger
⎫ Accounts payable
⎫ Accounts receivable
⎫ Fixed assets
⎫ Project accounting
⎫ Fund accounting
⎫ Draft services
⎫ Currency
⎫ Cost accounting

SSA Solutions
⎫ Supplier relationship management
⎫ Spend analysis
⎫ Tendering
⎫ Advanced auctions
⎫ Contract management
⎫ E-procurement
⎫ Supplier collaboration
⎫ The SSA Product Lifecycle Management
⎫ Supply chain management
⎫ Planning
⎫ Execution

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SSA Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is key to business process automation.
ERP helps you control your business day-to-day
It's the heart of manufacturing business
The wheels of your distribution organization
The brain of your planning activities.
ERP is very much alive in today's business world.
⎫ ERP can deliver real-time information on the state of your business
⎫ Help increase efficiency
⎫ Improve service and reduce costs.
⎫ Forward-looking businesses can exchange information and collaborate
with business partners and private exchanges.
Latest generation ERP systems from SSA Global offer extended capabilities in all
parts of the business to become truly integrated with cross functional business
operations.

SSA Enterprise Resource Planning
SSA ERP is a modular solution built for industrial enterprise.
Supports
¬ Finance
¬ Sales
¬ Purchasing
¬ Logistics and
¬ Service functions, amongst others
Its major strength lies in the manufacturing modules that provide multiple benefits.

Manufacturing solutions
Lean Manufacturing
Order Management
Project Management
Service Management
Financial Management
Distribution
SSA ERP
Provide full support for complex multisite
hybrid manufacturing
environments:
¬ Non-discrete
¬ Make-to-Stock
¬ Make-to-Order
¬ Assemble-to-Order and
¬ Full Engineer-to-Order.
It includes
¬ Product as well as process
information modeling, such as BOM
¬ Extensive production costing
capabilities
Advantage : It allows a business to
have tight integration between
production, the enterprise and the
supply chain.

Manufacturing solutions
Lean Manufacturing
Order Management
Project Management
Service Management
Financial Management
Distribution
SSA ERP
Offers a kanban replenishment
environment consisting of
¬ Production kanbans: managed in
the Lean Execution System.
¬ Supplier replenishment kanbans:
managed within the Supplier Portal
Advantage: Enables businesses to
excel in meeting customer
demand for the best products at
the lowest cost.

Manufacturing solutions
Lean Manufacturing
Order Management
Project Management
Service Management
Financial Management
Distribution
SSA ERP
It provides the capability to build a
fulfillment plan that meets desired
customer service levels given
delivery/lead times and manufacturing
constraints.
Key focus areas are managing quotes,
orders, contracts, prices, discounts and
product configuration...
Advantage :
¬ Enables the enterprise to move
towards delivery of the 'perfect order.'
¬ Fulfillment promises can be made
with accuracy, reflecting real world
lead times

Manufacturing solutions
Lean Manufacturing
Order Management
Project Management
Service Management
Financial Management
Distribution
SSA ERP
Manages all the aspects of a company's
projects and contracts with the goal of
assisting you in maintaining your
profitability.
Covers :
Estimates and bids, to engineering,
budgeting, planning, scheduling,
procurement, production, site
execution, billing and progress
tracking...
Advantage:
¬Helps optimize your projects' profits,
return on investment and cash flow.
¬ Provides the tools to help you gain
the control and visibility that the
company needs across the life cycle of
projects

Manufacturing solutions
Lean Manufacturing
Order Management
Project Management
Service Management
Financial Management
Distribution
SSA ERP
It streamlines and helps ensure that all
necessary service is scheduled and
resourced correctly.
It automates field service and depot
repair operations
Advantage :
¬ Offer complete life cycle
opportunities that
¬increase revenue potential
¬increase customer satisfaction
¬ensures improved operational
uptimes for your customers.
¬Improve your responsiveness, speed
of operation, productivity and
profitability.

Manufacturing solutions
Lean Manufacturing
Order Management
Project Management
Service Management
Financial Management
Distribution
SSA ERP
¬ Focuses on streamlining operations
¬ Aims at providing robust and
comprehensive information about the
financial performance.
¬ It accommodates extensive support
for the
¬ procure-to-pay and
¬ opportunity-to-cash business
processes
Advantages
¬Helps manage relationships with
different players in financial supply
chain: customers, suppliers, alliances
and banks.
¬Makes company's financial
performance more predictable.

Manufacturing solutions
Lean Manufacturing
Order Management
Project Management
Service Management
Financial Management
Distribution
SSA ERP
It facilitates:
¬ Freight order management
¬ Carrier selection
¬ Shipment planning and rating
¬ Route planning
¬ Shipment tracking and
¬ Other SCM capabilities...
Advantage
¬ Provides complete control over
entire warehouse operation, from
receiving through to shipping
¬ Helps you plan and execute the
most economical shipment of both
inbound and outbound orders.

Business analysis: Analysis of
Current Business and Technology
Environment , Strategic Advice on
Future Directions , Project Planning
SSA Services
Implementation: The Right
Processes and Steps, The Right
People , Proven Methodology
Education/training: Focuses our
programs on three levels, namely
on the individual, the unit and the
organization as a whole. The
workshops are designed to teach
job-related skills and provide
hands-on exercises for effective and
comprehensive learning
Onepoint support: Around-theclock/around-the-world
availability,
online tools and resources and new
technologies like remote configuration
capture and diagnostics
Optimization: Comprehensive
Strategic, Functional, and Technical
Review , Diagnostic Services ,
Business Process Improvement

Product Line
SSA Advanced Factory Scheduler The Taylor Scheduler is a modular,
Windows-based (NT, 95/98), ODBC compliant Advanced Production Scheduling
solution designed for client/server computing environments.
SSA BPCS (Business Planning and Control System)
SSA BPCS helps organizations gain greater visibility into the supply chain and
will help you manage the complexities of multiple modes of manufacturing and
distribution
SSA BPCS Enable To give the profitability gains and increased collaboration
afforded by e-commerce applications
SSA BPCS Hi Volume is a robust and proven platform for high-volume order
fulfillment. Beginning with order capture, it allows users to rapidly execute the
picking, confirmation and billing processes in offline and online modes.
SSA EAM is a proven, predictable, and affordable maintenance management
system. All capital equipment and facilities can be managed by SSA EAM

Product Line
SSA Cognos Planning Cognos Finance will add tremendous value to the way you
manage your financial processes. Streamline weekly, monthly, and quarterly
closing processes. Reduce budget cycles. Enhance financial data accuracy.
SSA FormTrap FormTrap will effectively present information, move it, deliver
it, store it, archive it, track it, monitor it and manipulate it, to replace expensive
pre-printed forms such as invoices, cheques, purchase orders
SSA Infinium is a comprehensive process ERP system that streamlines
operations, from formula to accounting, and links everyone in your organization,
from operations managers to the CFO.
SSA MANMAN is an integrated group of software products that addresses the
manufacturing, marketing, financial and management reporting needs of
manufacturing companies of all sizes and stages of e-commerce.
SSA MK Logistics It brings integrated, end-to-end logistics and e-business
capabilities to today's new logistics environment.

Product Line
SSA Masterpiece is the comprehensive solution for enterprise financial
management. It operates on multiple platforms and databases, and supports
multiple languages and currencies.
SSA MAX+ is an enterprise-wide, integrated business system designed for single
or multi-site manufacturing and distribution companies.
SSA MK is an ideal ERP solution for organizations operating a mixed-mode
manufacturing environment and for those with configuration or project
management needs.
SSA PRMS is a market-leading ERP solution with the ability to support process,
discrete, and repetitive manufacturing
SSA Process Manager SSA Global Process Manager allows you to capture
information — such as definitions, goals, objectives, procedures and project
outlines; to integrate your processes and project methodologies

Product Line
SSA Warehouse BOSS is a full-featured warehouse management system that
gives you the flexibility to manage a variety of warehouse operations.
SSA Portals customary methods of interacting with application software give way
to role-specific workspaces that hold relevant content for individual job positions
in the organization.
SSA iProcurement BPCS iProcurement provides an application framework for
deploying integrated B2B applications. These applications deliver e-procurement
benefits
SSA Cashbook Cashbook for BPCS is a complete solution for bank reconciliation
that integrates seamlessly with Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and
General Ledger.
SSA EPA SSA EPA, powered by Cognos, is a suite of analytic applications that
provides a foundation for business performance measurement based on a common
factor.

Technology Used
⎫ The SSA Global focus is to deliver business solutions to customers, not a
massive technology upgrade.
⎫ Strategy is for customers to minimize investment in technology for technology's
sake.
⎫ The company use the right tools and technology for the job
⎫ Modern industry-standard technologies like J2EE, JAVA, Websphere, and
XML.
⎫ The result:
⎫ Maximum interoperability to deliver high-impact solutions
⎫ Including a practical approach to portals
⎫ This can help impact your business today — not two years from now.

Technology Used
Technology Foundation — leveraging such leading IBM technology as:
IBM WebSphere® Application Server
IBM DB2® Universal Database®
IBM's Collaborative Portal
Web-Integrated Applications
Middleware to managing processes and communications between applications
Platform Support to provides capability to choose the hardware platforms

Strengths
SSA Global is a multi-product, end-to-end business application company.
Customer-centric Approach
Weakness Opportunities
Delivering the Right Solutions
SSA Global continued to reinvest in its product offerings with 15 percent of total
revenue spent on research and development
New and existing SSA GT customers will benefit from enhanced extension
solutions and protection of their current IT investments.
Excellent, state of the art solutions for manufacturing industry.
Ability to acquire and integrate the firms to grow inorganically
Threats

Strengths Weakness
Baan, EXE, Ironside tools all are packaged as SSA now, rearchitecting on a
common platform not yet done
Acquisitive SSA Global rubs some the wrong way
No focus on organic growth
Lesser width of product portfolio
Opportunities
Threats

Strengths Weakness Opportunities
Local requirements can be addressed, in the local language .e.g. BPCS V8.2
customized in Japanese Language
New verticals such as Telecom, BFSI and Media can be tapped
New markets such as India, China and other developing countries provide a
potential for future growth.
SME segment has potential that can act as driver for growth
Threats

Strengths Weakness Opportunities
Threats
Consolidation by competitors
e.g acquisition of JD Edwards by Peoplesoft and
Navision by Microsoft
Reduction in average deal size
Slow growth rate of Enterprise Application software market. Just 10-12%

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