ERP for Cement Industry

ERP for Cement Industry

In the world scenario, India is the 2nd largest producer of cement. No wonder attracting huge investments from foreign and Indian investors. It is a vital part of the economy, providing employment to more than a million people, directly or indirectly resulting in some of the recent major government initiatives such as development of smart cities are expected to provide a major boost to the sector.

However, the market opportunities have also led to increased competition for the present companies with many of the world’s leading cement manufacturers now entering India. To succeed in this competitive market, companies require a strong operations management and efficiency improvement, both at the plant level and through the cement supply chain. The ability to integrate all the business functions in a single and a seamless platform allows for greater optimization at each part of the cement supply chain.

With the increasing competition in the market, there is also a significant rise in competition among companies in cement manufacturing industry. Cement industry is basically a capital intensive sector which needs detailed production planning for the optimal use of all fixed assets. For succeeding in this market, there is a need for reliable, efficiency improvement and operations management system, both at supply and the plant level.

Challenges for Cement Industry:

Continuous improvements in plant efficiency and strict government and environmental protection measures require greater transparency of all available data and information throughout the entire production chain. Since cement manufacturing process and cement milling in particular are highly energy-intensive processes, the rising energy costs are forcing cement manufacturers to adopt more and more cost-saving measures. Strict and unrestricted access to all relevant who process data is therefore especially important in the cement industry today.

Sage 300, ERP for Cement Industry gives the management the visibility over the entire operations and aids the management in strategic decision making. Sage ERP Solutions, you can be assured of getting the most out of your investment in this industry. Sage 300, ERP for the cement industry helps in integrating all functions of a cement manufacturer from production to purchase.

The in-depth understanding of the cement industry makes it possible for Sage 300, ERP for cement industry to provide business solutions that lead to increased productivity, lower operating costs and a higher return on investment, thereby giving its clients a competitive edge.

A Quick Round-up Of Cement Industry Challenges :

1. Over-Capacity
2. Sustainability
3. Climate Change
4. Increased Information Security

Here are 4 most important challenges in the Cement Industry:

1. Reduced CO2 Emissions : The cement production industry is closely related to CO2 emissions and hence it is one of the challenges to achieving a carbon-neutral model. The model would revolve around the usage of hydrogen, biomass fuels, and electrification. In line with this, manufacturing companies have also been looking for sustainable alternatives for inland transport. In short, the challenge is to use non-fossil fuels.

2. Automation of Cement Production : The cement manufacturing companies have raised a demand for smart Cement Industry 4.0 for which there should be an increase in automation. Also, the increase in digitalized operations is a challenge that involves big data analysis, sensors usage, virtual facilities, dealing with equipment, and much more.

3. Real-time Data and Interconnectivity : Having better connectivity between members of the chain is quintessential. It is mandatory that the suppliers, services, and inputs used in the cement manufacturing process are required to have a real-time connection so that they can quickly respond to the requests.

4. Getting Digital Identity of Cement : Cement doesn’t remain the same when it becomes a by-product. For this reason, there should be an advanced way to get the digital identity of cement. This would ensure the product’s traceability through its environmental performance. This is one of the major challenges the industry is facing.

How Sage X3 Will Solve Above Mentioned Challenges? 

Some features of  ERP for Cement Industry:

• It assists the organizations to enhance their performance by providing all the strategic data in one place.
• It streamlines entire business processes by streamlining them.
• Sage 300 ERP’s procurement module helps the company to manage procurement of material on a daily / weekly / monthly basis. Through this module, the management can exercise total control over all the procurement on values by vendor contract pricing and authorization as well.
• This system maximizes return on investment.
• Follow-ups, pending orders will be monitored closely with the help of the order management system, executing customer orders and achieving customer satisfaction.
• In case of shortage of stock, transfer from depots and dealers using stock transfer process to deliver the product to the customers on time.
• Process shipment documents efficiently using mass processing capabilities; improve shipment volumes
• You should also use your ERP system to identify slow-moving inventory and price it to reflect its higher warehousing cost.

Benefits Of Sage X3 For the Cement Industry 

1. Comprehensive Financial Control​ : Easily manage consolidated finance books division-wise along with measures profitability, inter-division sales, and purchase on a real-time platform. Also, you can perform expenditure analysis for production subcontracting and more processes. Overhead cost, process cost, material cost along detailed product costing can also be performed along with different analyses that can control the final product cost. Having the best ERP for cement industry also lets you take into account approval and a bill passing for freight processes, purchase, and job works.
2. Advanced Supply Chain Management : Simply track invert and outward movement through different supply chain management features. Plane movements accordingly depend upon stores related, inward, outward, sales returns, purchase returns, scrap movement, waste movement, inter-yard transfers, and much more.
   You can also carry out partially finished batch-wise and WIP pricing while the manufacturing process is going on. Easily track the manufacturing process right from the acknowledgment of raw material to a completely finished good product.
3. Efficacious Production Control and Planning : It is the most important benefit of having ERP software for the cement industry. You can take the most sophisticated and accurate MIS on plant or production casting performance levels. In the case of production planning, you can make a monthly production schedule, change process parameters such as pressure, temperature, etc. along with material requirement planning and item BOM. You can make shift-wise production along with godown control lot and batches while making the overall production process simple and easy. With the quality control benefit, you can achieve accurate MIS on plant or production cost in performance. Get DCS and PLC integration with the Cement Industry ERP.
4. Dispatch and Sales : The ERP software for cement manufacturing has inquiries and quotations with three level-order cycles including contract orders and delivery orders. You can customize their orders on the parameters of the advance amount received and with the detailed information of the actual product that needs to be dispatched. Generate e-invoicing instantly while attaching the delivery orders and weighing slips in a precise way.
5. Cost-Effectiveness : The ERP system also offers the most flexible and effective pricing methods including quantity discounts, sales contracts, credit control, and cash discounts as well. It helps develop healthy customer relationship management and helps to enhance the overall growth of the business.

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