MATRIX ERP AT MANI GROUP

Case Study:3
 The Company
• Mani Group is one of the largest construction companies
in East India.
• Headquartered in Kolkata, the company started
operations in 1981.
• In the last two decades it has built homes for 500 families
on 1.6 million square feet across 26 locations in Kolkata.
• It has several housing complexes, commercial complexes
and shopping malls and several infrastructure projects to
its credit.
• In the last few years the company has spread its
operations to locations such as Jaipur (Rajasthan) and
Dubai.
 The Challenge
• The Mani Group has more than 130 companies in
its fold with several projects running at various
locations through out the country.
• Each company had its own database and
information system, which was not connected to
the head office.
• Getting a 360-degree integrated view of the
business was proving to be impossible for the
management.
 The Solution
• With the help of an ERP solution(MATRIX)
based on IBM’s DB2 technology,
• Mani Group has consolidated all its databases
across the group companies.
• The ERP solution harnesses the power of a
fast and robust database and enables the
management to take strategic business
decisions.
 The Implementation
• The ERP implementation took 12 months to
complete and was done in a phased manner.
• In the first phase Matrix implemented several
modules such as
– financial,
– material management,
– marketing,
– project planning and control
• The solution is customized to meet the needs of a
large construction company like the Mani Group.
 Modules By MATRIX ERP
• Bill of Quantity Module:
– helps in Project Cost estimation.
• Bill of materials of :
– material,
– labor
– equipment.
• Material requirement planning :
– work projection of a particular month/week.
• Real estate marketing module.
– The company maintains a large database of high net worth
individuals.
– Whenever it launches a new project it can now easily send that
information out to all its customers.
– The module helps the company track all the pre-sale and sale
activity.
– The module helps to take care of the company’s marketing
activities like
• bookings,
• registration,
• agreement and so on.
– It has made the planning and forecasting of demand extremely
easy.
 Changes observed
• In a very short frame of time, the Mani Group has
started witnessing the results of enterprise
management and consolidation of information.
– tight integration between all projects and site offices
with the company headquarters.
– As a result of this improved coordination there is
greater efficiency across the various business
processes and functions.
• The company is able to get a complete break
down of its project costs in terms of material
consumed, civil construction cost and track its
funds better.
 The Benefits
• All departments and site offices are now
connected on a single platform.
• The management team gets a complete
overview of the projects .
• Instant availability of data and reports.
• Information flows freely between
departments .
• Tremendous improvement in fund
management.