Demonstrating the flexibility of the iScala 2.2 collaborative
enterprise-resource-planning (ERP), platform, an East African
mining organisation has selected the technology to taequipment used to crushed aggregateke control of
its management and financial systems.
Athi River Mining (ARM) was founded in 1973 to extract and process
locally-available mineral resources as raw materials for
Kenya’s growing industries.
The company began mining limestone, pulverised for use as
agricultural lime. However, the company rapidly added over 15
different minerals to its product list, serving over 50 different
industries not only in Kenya, but also throughout the East African
region. Further growth of the company took place in the 1990s when
it began value-added processing of minerals and manufacturing of
lime and cement. The company listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange
in 1997.
According to Scala East Africa regional manager Vaibhav Gupta,
since going public ARM has grown in turnover and expanded its
geographical coverage. “The company had been using a
small-scale system, which sufficed until now. “With the
accelerated pace of growth, the organisation felt the need for an
effective, integrated ERP system,” he says.
“The iScala solution suits the present size and oper-ations
of the company while allowing for considerable further expansion,
since this is an organisation that has demonstrated robust growth
in recent years. “ARM also has a requirement to integrate its
materials planning and control, which Scala is able to deliver,
while our functionality comes at better pricing for the
company,” Gupta continues.
Implementation of the solution, including financials, materials,
distribution and manufacturing process, was scheduled to start in
April and the project time is expected to take five months.
Gupta says the company is linking its existing site using
leased-line connectivity, and will deploy iScala over Citrix.
“The same solution will be accessed over the Internet for its
Tanzanian and South African operations.”