At Octopus-e we believe that enterprise
wide management systems are not
about technology alone. They are about
understanding the organization’s SWOT
& application of appropriate
technologies.
With this philosophy in mind, Octopus-e
strives to deliver end to end business
consulting services thus defining the
Information Technology road maps for
SME enterprises across the world. In
addition Octopus-e provides advice to its
customers to enable the most effective
use technology in line with the
organisation’s business interests and
systems requirements.
Our expertise combined with a decade of
experience in working with SME’s has
enabled us to gain a better understanding of
your business.
At Octopus-e, we subscribe to the fact that
enterprise systems are about getting into our
customers shoes and thinking in the same
way as them. This has given us an
opportunity to position ourselves in a
manner to define and deliver a balanced
quality solution while keeping the total cost
of ownership low.
Over the years, the Octopus-e’s enterprise
wide management systems have enabled the
growth of more than 150 SME’s and
Corporates across the world.
Octopus-e has partnered with companies including SAP, Sage Software, Magic
Software & other organizations to provide enterprise wide management systems
that are cost effective solutions and works across diverse geography, business &
cultures in North America, Europe, Africa, The Middle East, & South and South East
Asia.
Octopus-e at a Glance
Consulting Approach
Our consulting approach takes your Strategic Business Objectives as the core criteria
in the process or recommending and implementing the most appropriate solution
for your business. During the consulting process, in addition to analysing business
processes and IT requirements we also take current business issues and external
market conditions into consideration and initiate solution and change drivers in
order to provide you with an improved process and control over your business.
Business Process Re-engineering & Change Management Consulting
Often, companies hesitate to restructure business processes based on industry best
practices in order to suit enterprise applications workings, thus following a
conventional working pattern. Instead enterprises should seize this opportunity and
take the necessary steps in order to restructure business process, face competition
and to successfully adapt to enterprise resource planning. As an ERP implementation
decision is a change management process, suitable policies have to be adopted by
the companies to enable smooth change over from legacy systems to ERP
applications by considering the human behavioural aspects. Octopus-e International
thus offers professional consultation in order to facilitate successful business process
re engineering and change management.
Project Management
At Octopus-e, we take a wider approach to IT project management, thus in addition
to delivering a quality IT service within the time frame and budget we also consider it
as a process of delivering a quality service and continuous trust building exercise
with our clientele. A strong domain expertise, clear understanding of goals and the
objectives of the project, structured requirement gathering, and a strict milestone
based project co-ordination and delivery makes the Octopus-e project management
process extremely successful.
The key features of the Octopus-e Project Management Process are:
• Requirement definition, risk assessment and the feasibility study
• Establishment of key structures, budgets, timelines and milestones
• Creation of extensive documentation and deliverables
• Implementation through a collaborative delivery model
The business benefits achieved through the Octopus-e project management process
include predictable process outcomes, discipline across the entire organisation, an
increased focus on the core business activities and on time and in budget results.
Enterprise Management Consulting
In keeping with the philosophy of offering
excellent management systems to small
and midsized enterprises, Octopus-e has
partnered with SAP since the year 2006.
SAP Business One, a product offered by
SAP is the bundled and integrated business
application that has enabled over 25,000
small to mid-market enterprises to achieve
their business objectives.
With more than 100 SAP Business One
clientele, Octopus-e has established as the
trusted sales and implementation partner
of SAP. SAP India has awarded Octopus-e as the best SAP Business One partner for
the year 2010
Octopus-e has built innovative industry specific solutions & templates to enable
small to midsized companies take maximum advantage of SAP Business One.
Chemical, Metal, Engineering, Trading and Distribution segments have been focused
verticals.
The team at Octopus-e is extremely well trained to follow the best practices in the
implementing the solution. We have successfully the implemented the SAP Business
Once in a record time of 6 weeks!
Developed specifically for midsize companies, SAP® Business All-in-One solutions
reduce the effort, cost, time, and complexity associated with implementing a world-
class business management solution. The software lets you deploy core enterprise
resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and business
intelligence functionality. It also allows you to leverage the best practices of industry
leaders – all at an affordable fixed price on a platform your business will not
outgrow.
Octopus-e has partnered with SAP to deliver the solutions with Business All-in-One
product. The extensive and complicated business processes could be very easily
handled with the solution built using SAP All-in-One; hence a preferred product for
the truly mid-size organisation with highly standardised business practices.
Enterprise Solutions
Data Migration
Data Migration
Data Migration from the legacy systems to the Enterprise application demands
extensive resources as a result is a very challenging process for the small and
medium sized companies. With Octopus-e’s Data Migration tools data can be
imported and exported form and to any format.
Barcode Inventory and POS Retail Compatibility
Octopus- e enterprise solutions are capable of managing barcode inventory and POS
retail. Application components could also be deployed on a multi location stores
scenario to enable barcode scanning and billing activities. The solution also makes
use of web interfaces to enable real time data communication between stores and
the server.
Statutory Compliance
With the vast experience of working as an active business partner for the
implementation and support for ERP applications across different industry verticals
across the globe, Octopus-e has gained a good understanding of several statutory
reporting formats and has standardised such reporting requirements in the form of
solution components. These components cover the requirements of VAT, income
tax, service tax and exports.
E Mail & Mobile Phone Integration
Octopus-e ERP can be integrated with several Mobile phones/ E mail devices and
several email clients in addition to integration with SMS to enable remote
monitoring and alerting.
End to end Web Applications
The use of (B2B) e – commerce network is becoming increasingly necessary in order
to optimise and speed up business solutions. This demands the downstream
integration of the e-commerce applications with the ERP system. Octopus-e has the
expertise to develop the end to end e- commerce enabled web applications.
Application Integration and Business Process Management
It is required that the ERP applications have to communicate with different
databases & applications and this consolidation is enabled by integration. Any gaps
in the business processes that are not being handled by ERP and the automation
requirements can be addressed by Business Process Management.
Octopus-e Expertise
Mobile Enterprise solutions
Enterprises around the world understand
the pressing need to mobilize their
workforces. Companies must have the
ability to move business information
quickly and securely between the back
office and the front lines to stay
competitive.
SAP and Sybase, an SAP company – along
with a vibrant ecosystem of partners –
offer a wide range of mobile applications
and underlying infrastructure, with
unmatched integration to SAP systems,
for secure access to business processes
anytime, anywhere, and on any major
device.
Octopus-e has partnered with Sybase to provide the enterprise mobility solutions.
Mobile applications could be easily developed and deployed to be used with the ERP
applications by using Sybase Mobility Solutions.
Some of the ways to mobilize the business processes and users are;
• Sales: Increase sales effectiveness by providing full access to your sales team to
SAP CRM accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, activities and analytics from
the mobile device of their choice
• Managers: Increase speed of business by allowing managers to approve
workflows like travel request, vacation request and expenses right from their
mobile device.
• Executives: Enable better decision making by giving access to business
information and dashboards from iPads and other tablets.
• Marketing: Empower marketing to execute innovative mobile campaigns and
promotion to reach customers on the move.
• Consumers: Increase your business by letting consumers conduct mobile
commerce and payments
• Field Service: Increase field productivity and customer satisfaction by
empowering your field to reduce service time and get the job done right the
first time.
Beyond ERP
Octopus-e Supply Chain Reporting Solution
The Octopus-e Supply Chain Management
reporting solution is designed for real time
reporting of the supply side activities of
procurement, production, planning,
distribution planning, production allocation,
ware house planning, inventory planning etc
with the demand side activities of incoming
orders & forecasts so that all demands are
met on time with the least cost. In addition
the Supply Chain Management component is
designed to work together with the
Enterprise Resource Planning applications
and extracts the data from associated database to display over a web the necessary
information in the format to facilitate planning and decision making across the
supply chain.
The business benefits of using Supply Chain Reporting are
• Improved supplier performance through a comprehensive supply chain reporting
system.
• First fully web designed engine with access to decision information.
• Increase client satisfaction by establishing and monitoring on-time delivery plan.
• Just in time processing to reduce excess inventory and receive a faster response
to the customer.
• Improve market knowledge and strategic decision-making through
comprehensive real-time sales performance.
• Built in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to provide customers with an
accurate order processing status.
• Collaborative Vendor Managed Inventory
• Sales and Operations Planning
• Order Management
• Smooth functioning of production lines
• Supplier Collaboration
• Procurement Management
• Network Design and Optimization
• Track and Trace
• Timely Fulfilment
• Cost Effectiveness logistics
• Revenue and profit maximization
• Cost control and cooperation among supply chain partners
Business Intelligence & Dashboards
Business Intelligence integrates data from across
your enterprise and provides self-service reporting
and analysis at everyone’s fingertips, so decision
makers spend less time looking for answers and
more time driving strategic decisions.
A good Business Intelligence technology will mean a
better view of the business. Unprofitable product
lines can be eliminated, resources can be moved to
more profitable areas of the business and reporting
is speeded up
• Octopus-e has partnered with SAP-Business Objects to deliver dashboards based
on Xcelsius Software.
• Octopus-e also offers the quarry based simple to configure and use Business
Intelligence Software.
Whether seeking better customer service and operational efficiency, or more timely
and accurate data for forecasting, Business Intelligence systems offer the
opportunity for continued competitiveness, growth and cost savings for business.
Business Integration
Business Integration enables an integrated business
environment with automated processes that
consolidate the disparate data and systems, quickly
and simply. Through integration, your business can
optimise and extract the maximum benefits from your
valuable, but previously dispersed business
information. Octopus-e enables business integration
through the implementation of iBOLT.
iBOLT quickly and cost-effectively integrates a wide
range of IT business applications including SAP R/3,
SAP Business One, Salesforce.com, Oracle JD Edwards,
Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, IBM i (AS/400), Google
Apps and many more. With greater information
knowledge, your business can react with greater speed and agility to new
opportunities, while squeezing more value from everyday business processes.
Business Process Management
Business Process Management (BPM) delivers a pragmatic approach to process
management. A Business Process Management (BPM) solution to a company’s needs
begins with the alignment of business goals with an eye towards creating value
through process change initiatives. This alignment leads to a thorough understanding
and design of representative processes typically following an industry standard
framework. These models promote inter- and intra-enterprise integration and
collaboration of people, systems, processes, and information across the enterprise,
including business partners and customers.
The business benefits of deploying a BPM solution are
• Maximises cost reductions, provides for growth, manages change, and executes
an integrated business strategy.
• Enables cross-enterprise integration to scale and extend management controls
across the technology.
• Manages change effectively as requirements, laws, processes, and regulations
change.
• Provides a structured but customizable environment to extend to other industry
and process automation requirements to minimize training costs;
• Allows for expansion from department-only processes to even broader BPM for
greater business value.
Octopus-e offers a complete range of outsourced services to handle the back office
requirements of our customers. The requirements could be in the form of data entry
operations during the implementation of the enterprise applications and routine
data entry operations. We deploy suitably skilled manpower either at the client site
or our office location based on the need
Outsourcing
The implementation & the management of traditional business management
systems require:
• One time investments in Servers, operating systems, networking equipment, web
enabling software etc.
• Regular management & maintenance costs that broadly include - Network
management, software upgrades, antivirus, anti intrusion firewall, database
management etc
Costs associated with traditional business systems can be completely eliminated
with the Hosted Model provided by Octopus-e which offers business management
solutions with compete company specific customisation & implementation as well
the hosting & maintenance of the complete system. We also provide our customers
with flexible payments options based on equal monthly instalments for the complete
range of services. We also host third party applications by web enabling them so
that these applications could be accessed from any corner of the globe.
The hosting of the applications provide
• World class servers
• Hosting facilities at a world class IDC ensuring easy access & excellent bandwidth.
• Web enabling software that ensures speedy working using the least bandwidth
at the user’s end.
• System health management & regular maintenance.
• Installation of all upgrades from SAP ERP
• Timely Backups & disaster recovery facilities
• Highest standard of Antivirus and Firewall protection.
The advantages of the hosted applications are
• Integration of Business processes across locations - Corporate office, regional
offices, Ware houses, etc.
• Seamless visibility of information across locations in real time.
• Simpler Work flow & transaction flow within all arms of the organization
instantly.
• Optimized utilization of Human resources across the organization - Functional
experts may have access to data at alternate location there by making decision
making better & easier.
• Direct cost advantages - Reduced capital expenditure on servers or software & IT
infrastructure.
• Better utilisation of communication facilities, Availability of Professional IT
administration service experts at reduced costs.
• Reduced Obsolescence on Operating System/ antivirus/ database software.
Hosted Solutions
It is becoming increasingly important to have a competent IT partner for strategic IT
planning and advice at an early stage. Our services are aimed at achieving a superior
IT infrastructure at lower cost. For such demanding objectives, we offer IT
Infrastructure Consulting across various industries.
Our services cover the IT needs including networking, system integration, security,
enterprise management, asset management etc.
Data Solutions
Octopus-e offers the bundled Internet
service together with the enterprise
solutions offering in association with
BHARATI AIRTEL. Based on the kind of
model being delivered; on premise or
hosted, the IT consulting team of
Octopus-e advises the client with the
proper Internet solution.
Octopus-e offers the following services ;
• Enterprise Internet
• Leased Lines (IPL, ILL)
• Point to Point
• MPLS
• VPN in a Box
• VSAT
• IPLC
• Data Center
• Hosting Mail
• Audio Conferencing
• Video Conferencing
Thin Client Application Servers
Octopus-e provides consulting services for the
application server and load balancer, virtual
desktop server and thin client servers. We are also
partners of 2X Software Ltd for their range of
products.
The 2X application server handles complete range
of Load Balancer Scenarios and Thin Client Server
scenarios.
IT Infrastructure Consulting
Airtel comes to you from Bharti Airtel
Limited, one of Asia’s leading integrated
telecom services providers with
operations in India, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh. Bharti Airtel since its
inception has been at the forefront of
technology and has pioneered several
innovations in the telecom sector.
Octopus-e International has been successfully implementing and supporting home
grown ERP products globally for well over a decade.
Over the time the customer support activities have been standardised in order to
provide for timely support and an excellent service. In addition, Octopus-e now has a
dedicated customer support cell of highly trained professional to provide support
services to its customers.
All support requests from customers across the globe are managed with the help of
a web based service request tracking system. In addition we offer support through
over the telephone, internet, remote connectivity and personal visits to customer
locations based on the complexity of calls. Our support packages are designed to suit
specific needs of our valued customers.
With a wide exposure across industry verticals & geographic locations the Octopus-e
team today is well experienced in designing enterprise wide management systems
such as ERP, SCM, and CRM systems across the following industry verticals.
Chemicals
Paints, Inks, Varnishes Epoxy
and Glue
Lubricant additives, plasticizers
and coolants
Water colours and crayons
Oil Blending
Specialty Chemicals and
Fragrances
Construction chemicals and
Bitumen products
Textile and industrial resins,
adhesives and sealants
Agro Chemicals
Other Industry Verticals
Flexible Packaging
Supply Chain management
Transportation & Logistics
Packaged Foods, Beverages and
Dairy
Micro Financing and Banking
Paper and Pulp
Glass Cutting
Infrastructure equipments and
projects
Garments and retail sales
Handicrafts
Metal Processing
Cold Rolling mills
Extrusion Plants
Profile manufacturing
Colour coating & Galvanizing
Roofing sheet and hollowware
Cookware manufacturing
Engineering
Discreet manufacturing
Electronics assembly & parts
distribution
Industry Verticals
Octopus-e Support
• A Decade of ERP Implementation experience in the SME market
• Consulting approach
• Application Development background
• Over 100 successful ERP installations across the globe
• 100 % Implementation success ratio
• Referable clientele
• 10 Years of application hosting experience
• Varied industry verticals expertise
• Highly competent & experienced team of functional and Support Consultants.
• Unrivalled post implementation support
• Experience in implementing systems across multi country/language scenario
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What Makes Octopus-e International Unique?
Keen Vision!
The Keen Vision of an Octopus
sights every opportunity and
scrutinises aspect of its
surrounding environment.
This empowers Octopus-e to
look beyond the traditional
way and think out of the box
to explore opportunities.
Flexibility!
An Octopus conveniently moulds itself according
to its surroundings due to its flexible nature.
Octopus-e is structured in a way that it can easily
adapt to every circumstantial need and package
its services according to the needs to its
customers
Co-ordination
Octopus is a dynamic creature that performs
multiple tasks.
Only a Organisation like Octopus-e with its multi-
dimensional personality with a distinct vision can
perform multiple tasks efficiently and effectively
with great vigour, thereby helping organisations
save on time, money and cost.
Versatility!
Its versatility is the result of the unique
intelligence of the brain
Octopus-e today, stands as a business
ancillary that offers a wide spectrum of
services that reflect its expertise,
performance, excellence etc.
Reach!
An Octopus’s strong network of eight long
arms reaches out extensively to cover the
depth of every area
Octopus-e, with its diverse network reaches
out to its every customer on time to support
them in every possible way to keep them
performing
Creativity!
An Octopus thinks out of the box. If finds no rocks to
crawl under, it builds a shelter by using the available
resources under water.
Octopus-e believes in the out of the box approach in
designing and delivering the solutions with optimal
use of technology and resources.
Power!
If an Octopus loses one of its tentacles
it will soon grow another one in its
place
If our customers face any problems,
Octopus-e with its unique powers of
scrutiny, analysis and strategy,
instantly analyses the problem and
curbs it with reliable solutions.
Grip!
Eight arms help an Octopus to have a
firm grip on anything.
Octopus-e, with its powerful and well-
maintained network successfully takes
every situation within its clutches and
exercises a tight control over the
business processes.
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