SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd : Integrating Finance Processes

SREI is an infrastructure equipment, infrastructure project, and renewable

energy financing company. Headquartered in Kolkata, with a turnover of more than

Rs 1,500 crore, it operates across the country with a network of 32 branches.

Prior to implementing MS Dynamics AX, the company's systems comprised of COMPAQ

ProLiant 5500 and Xeon 550 MHz processor running an in-house application called

FINIX. This was the key line-of-business application. However, when implementing

Oracle Financials on top of these legacy apps, the company realized that the

solution was more complex than they had anticipated and so they went for a

complete ERP solution to manage their day-to-day business processes. Initially,

they deployed Microsoft AX to manage fund flow and real-time flow of

information, and monitor asset liability. The accounts receivable and accounts

payable modules were customized later to include new functionality to address

asset financing, hire-purchase, lease, and loans. The deployment of Microsoft AX

has automated the entire sales process within the company. When entering sales

orders, the system automatically checks credit limits, customer account

information, pricing agreements, and inventory levels to provide customers with

real-time information.