BLA Group of companies : ERP Deployment

For its consumables, the BLA group of companies was using FIFO methodology,

only to realize that the valuations were not reconciling correctly, purchase

procedures were not being followed correctly, the company had not implemented

the manufacturing module, and specific requirements for the coal mining industry

were not customized.

This meant that the company required an integrated approach for its

production locations in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh instead of the distributed

database approach which was implemented earlier. In order to achieve this, it

roped in PricewaterhouseCoopers, which did a ground study and recommended a

fresh implementation of Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Two separate businesses were configured in the same instance of Microsoft

Dynamics NAV: one at BLA Industries Private Limited and the other at BLA Coke

Private Limited. As a part of the implementation, inventory valuations were made

available online, fixed asset management and captured asset history dating back

to 1980 were improved, business processes were streamlined, effectiveness of the

purchase process was increased and vehicle and goods movements were streamlined.