AL-YAQOUT GROUP
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“ AL-YAQOUT WAS EXPANDING IN DIVERSE SECTORS , OPENING NEW BUSINESSES IN THE FOOD AND MANUFACTURING SECTORS , RETAIL , ELECTRONICS , AND ECOMMERCE — ALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE NOT THERE BEFORE ”
— Dr . Anis Mattur , Group Information Technology Director , Al-Yaqout Group a digital system , created an environment that was impossible to manage . On a daily basis , stakeholders need to know sales information , raw materials consumption , which purchase orders ( POs ) to issue , their current cashflow , what issues they have in business , and stock management . Achieving all of this without a proper ERP system in place is very difficult .”
The right solution for these issues needed to be flexible , customisable , cost effective and robust : enter Microsoft Dynamics AX . Offering the much needed visibility for the aforementioned factors , the ERP system affords Al-Yaqout with a powerful reporting tool that encompasses its group-wide operations . Armed with up-to-date information on cashflow , stock levels , raw materials , POs , sales performance and much more , business decisions can be made swiftly and with the weight of information behind them . In order to maximise Dynamic AX ’ s efficacy across its various business units , extensive functional requirement documents were drawn up for each entity detailing KPIs , internal workflows and
JANUARY 2020