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eChain Core Solutions

Axapta Dynamics AX eChain Technology has adopted and strongly recommends Microsoft Axapta (Dynamics AX) for medium-sized manufacturing company ERP needs. We will assist you with your Dynamics AX selection, implementation, customizations, integrations and training.

Active RFID and Locating Technologies Optimize strategy, selection and implementation of Active RFID, IR and Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS). We provide leadership in RFID Supply Chain and ERP integration to fully leverage the potential of these emerging technologies.

i2 Technologies Implementation and Enhancement Needs assessment, selection, design, implementation and training. We have particular Core Solutions with i2 Technology applications including Demand Planning/Demand Management, Transportation Planning, Optimization and Supply-Chain Planning with many years of experience working with these superior technologies.

SOAR™ Strategic Operational Assessment The SOAR™ Assessment deliverable is an exceptionally documented report of your current performance, areas in need of improvement, and specific ranked steps and activities needed to resolve your key problem areas, improve performance and generate a multi-million dollar ROI.

CPFR Collaborative Planning Forecasting Replenishment eChain can show you how to best implement CPFR strategies and technologies to achieve a 3 month ROI with your CPFR investments, and add tens of millions of dollars of operational savings to your company in the first year.

SOA Messaging and Middleware We understand the significant value of dynamic B2B and System to System integrations, and can support your messaging, middleware and integration needs with Service Oriented Architecture solutions.

eChain Technology SAP ERP Practice and Core Solutions

eChain Technology Provides ERP Expertise for Enterprise SAP R/3 - SAP ERP Implementations

With SAP, you gain the visibility to pinpoint inefficiencies – and the capabilities to transform them into competitive advantage. The foresight to identify new opportunities – and the agility to respond. The functionality to optimize your operations – and resources to extend best practices to your entire value chain.

The most difficult part of SAP R/3 is its implementation. Simply because SAP R/3 is never used the same way in any two places. For instance, Atlas Copco can have a different implementation of SAP R/3 from Procter & Gamble and so forth. Two primary issues are the root of the complexity and of the differences:

Customization configuration - Within R/3, there are tens of thousands of database tables that may be used to control how the application behaves. For instance, each company will have its own accounting "Chart of Accounts" which reflects how its transactions flow together to represent its activity. That will be specific to a given company. In general, the behavior (and appearance) of virtually every screen and transaction is controlled by configuration tables. This gives the implementor great power to make the application behave differently for different environments. With that power comes considerable complexity.

Extensions, Bolt-Ons - In any company, there will be a need to develop interface programs to communicate with other corporate information systems. This generally involves developing ABAP/4 code, and considerable "systems integration" effort to either determine what data is to be drawn out of R/3 or to interface into R/3 to load data into the system.

Due to the complexity of implementation, these companies recruit highly skilled SAP consultants to do the job. The implementation must consider the company's needs and resources. Some companies implement only a few modules of SAP while others may want numerous modules.