Intelligent record tracking system for secure access to critical data

The Client:

One of the largest retail chain offering leading brands in the food product market. The client has 487 factories and 253000 employees covering its food, beverage and nutrition business globally.

The Business Challenge:

The client experienced rapid business growth across the globe which gave rise to the need for commercial and legal records management. This resulted in an increase in the infrastructure management costs for preserving these records in compliance with federal, state and local regulations. With increasing time lags to access, share and act on vital information, the client felt the need to integrate information for easy data access.

The Solution:

SAI Systems developed Records Inventory Tracking System (RITS) a store manager workbench solution that improved performance by reducing the time spend in tracking boxes containing records and thereby helping the store manager effectively manage resources. RITS provided a flexible workflow management solution for handling records inventory with a user-friendly interface for easy record entry, tracking and reporting for the end users. This enabled the user departments to rapidly and accurately perform inventory functions for maintaining records thereby ensuring compliance to regulations.

Client's Benefits:

The RITS provided the client with the following benefits:

• Data warehouse to restore historic data without loosing critical information.
• Free up key resources by importing data from external sources resulting in valuable cost and time savings.
• Secure web solution to prevent access to critical information.
• Extend lifespan of existing records for historical, evidential and longitudinal purpose to enable critical decision making.
• Preserve history of boxes for the duration (life span) for which they are active in adherence to federal, state and local regulations.
• Reduce infrastructure management costs and facilitate efficient tracking of data.

Interactive web-based catalogue for quick turnaround

The Client:

The client is a global leader in manufacturing and distribution of apparel and accessories to the European, Asian and South American markets.

The Business Challenge:

The client experienced delays in getting the apparel and accessories designs approved. The client wanted to speedup catalogue maintenance and get client approvals online thereby ensuring faster turnaround. The client decided to develop a website which would provide the flexibility to list all their products online which would allow their clients to choose the design and styles for particular apparel or accessories online and send this information through the website. The challenge was to build a dynamic data driven e-commerce site, which would be user friendly while at the same time would maintain visual professionalism. The client wanted to quickly deploy the solution due to the large product inventory and growing demands from customers.

The Solution:

SAI Systems has created a comprehensive, functional, cost-effective business portal to maintain the e-catalogue. The e-catalogue hosts the full range of products in a high quality and easily searchable format for the customers. This provides ease of access to the catalogue and facilitates quick and efficient tracking of products. The e-catalogue acts as a complete storefront capable of handling the bulk transactions in addition to storing and processing information about products and users of the system.

Client's Benefits:

SAI Systems expertise in creation of B-to-B/B-to-C websites proved beneficial to the client

• SAI Systems was able to provide the client with critical inputs from the design stage to the final implementation of the website.
• Vertically integrate the apparel distribution to provide a wider choice of inventory through its online catalogue and have the flexibility to update the catalogue as needed.
• The client has managed to cut short the time in getting client approvals for the design of their apparels and accessories.
• Substantial cost and time savings.

Industry Relevance:

The Internet is an ideal medium of information distribution because it reduces the time lag associated with publishing content and making it available to the users. This fact is recognized by many organizations that are making extensive and focused use of websites and e-catalogues to provide information about their products and services to their target markets. The website portal is an example of an online catalogue which has allowed the client reduce the time needed in getting approvals for designs for their products which has lead to savings in cost and time contributing to increased sales.