Piñakamasarap Corporation, the maker of Marca
Piña Soy Sauce, recently adopted SAP Business One. This move is aimed at
improving Marca Piña’s operational efficiency to meet its business demands and
to ensure its continued competitiveness in the global market. ABM Computech
Enterprises, a licensed reseller of SAP Business One, facilitated the
integration of the software into the operating systems of the company.
ABM Computech Enterprises is an affiliate of
the BayanTrade Group of Companies
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Piñakamasarap Corporation, one of the country’s
longest established manufacturers of condiments, has been part of the Filipino
family for four generations.
It
distributes Marca Piña Soy Sauce in the Philippines as well as in the United
States, Japan, Germany, Australia, Italy, Spain, France, Canada, and the United
Kingdom. The Marca Piña team saw the need for a system that will allow
Piñakamasarap Corporation to meet its operational requirements more
efficiently.
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Before, the system we followed was usually based on gut-feel,
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said Mr. Tian Sy Jr., managing director of Marca Piña Soy Sauce.
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We needed to
make informed decision but reporting was done manually, so it took a lot of
time and manpower to get the information we require.
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said Mr. Sy.
Before the acquisition of SAP Business One, The current system was
extremely inefficient as the company opted to employ more people to do manual
data mining.
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Add to this is the fact that whatever was computerized through
our previous system had corresponding paperwork as backup,
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said Mr. Sy.
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Also, use of computers was mainly centered on word processing. This meant an
arduous process that prevented the Marca Piña management from arriving at
decisions as timely and decisively as possible. Extensive use of manual
efforts also meant higher operating costs in the long run.
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With the implementation of SAP’s Business One, Piñakamasarap
Corporation’s expectation to increase efficiency and time savings, and reducing
operating costs in all areas of operation, while eliminating redundant tasks,
thus allowing its management team to focus on sales-generating and
cost-effective efforts were met,” said Jennifer Ligones, country manager of SAP
Philippines.
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With SAP Business One, our users now follow a system and
discipline that helped the company increase work efficiency and get real-time
data. We can now accurately track movements of raw materials to
work-in-process to finished goods and eliminate valuable differences between
manual and system count. SAP Business One gave the users a sense of
ownership and accountability in each task assigned to them. Our
customers are more satisfied because we can easily give them updated account
status and meet their reporting requirements at any given time. And most
important of all, we were able to eliminate the difficulties of doing manual consolidation
of work and reports.
"We are very thankful that the ABM team worked with us hand-in-hand
and made sure that our requirements and expectations were met. Even
during the initial stage of proposals, I already felt their team work and
dedication to serve. This is very important since we have very little
experience and we need the best people to make this a success. The
knowledge and expertise of the consultants made us confident that Marca Piña
is in sync and ready for
what SAP Business One has to offer,
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said Mr. Sy.
He added,
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Piñakamasarap Corporation
made the right decision in partnering with SAP Business One and ABM as
we strive towards continued excellence.
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