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1. What is middleware?

Explain the role and contribution of ERP


implementation partners of Arvind.
Solution: The term is most commonly used for software that enables communication and
management of data in distributed applications. In this more specific sense middleware
can be described as the dash in 'client-server' (or the '-to-' in peer-to-peer for that
matter). Object Web defines middleware as: "The software layer that lies between the
operating system and applications on each side of a distributed computing system in a
network." Services that can be regarded as middleware include enterprise application
integration, data integration, message oriented middleware (MOM), object request
brokers (ORBs), and the enterprise service bus (ESB). Distributed computing system
middleware can loosely be divided into two categories those that provide human-time
services (such as web request servicing) and those that perform in machine-time. This
latter middleware is somewhat standardized through the Service Availability Forum and
is commonly used in complex, embedded systems within telecom, defense and
aerospace industries. Datatex and SAP are the partners of ARVIND in implementing ERP
model.

Role and contribution of Datatex:


1. Solution based on latest web based technology, already running on the cloud;
2. Annual new versions and system releases providing technology and functionality
upgrades;
3. Fully manned help desk facilities in many languages;
4. Competence networks in 5 continents providing local support;
5. Access to the world's largest and best trained grouped of textile and apparel ERP
consultants;
6. Access to world's largest group of textile and apparel solution users.

7. Largest textile install base in the world.


8. Largest number of countries where our solutions are installed and running.
9. Hundreds of satisfied customers with tens of thousands of concurrent users.
10. Over 25 years of activity with the same focus, same ownership;
11. Never stopping to invest in development, with exceptionally high percent of revenue
going towards R&D;
12. Active product laboratory (datatex Lab. Srl).
13 .Advanced Technology (web services among others) allowing for full integration of
shop floor and corporate systems to our ERP solution.
14.Availability of full suite of fully integrated solutions for all areas of activity from fiber to
garment, from sales to purchasing thru inventory control, WMS, planning, scheduling,
shop floor management, costing, maintenance, quality management, BI, CRM, PDM and
more.
15. Textile and apparel planning systems;
16. Textile and apparel scheduling systems.
When Datatex came into being in 1987 it brought together two sets of expertise: the first
was that of a group of textile management consultants, highly familiar with the sector's
working practices; the second was that of an established software house, specializing in
ERP - enterprise resource planning - solutions. Their aim was to build an ERP application
for the textile and apparel sector that would adapt itself to the working practice of each
company - rather than forcing users to adapt their processes to the application. Their
second aim was to develop a service model going well beyond the simple delivery of a
software package - a long-term commitment to creating software solutions for the textile
and apparel sector with extended life-cycles that grow and support the user's changing
business operations through the years.

Role and contribution of SAP:

Optimize tasks/activities in

Sales

Delivery

Billing

Key elements of the SD application module include :

Pre-sales support

Inquiry processing

Quotation processing

Sales order processing

Delivery processing

Warehouse management

Billing

Credit Management

Sales Information system

Supports

Procurement

Inventory

Key elements

Materials procurement (purchasing)

Inventory management

Invoice verification

Material valuation

Vendor evaluation

External Services management

Purchasing Information System (PurchIS)

Inventory Controlling Information system

To plan and control the manufacturing activities

Key elements

Bill of Material (BOM)

Routings

Work Centers

Sales and Operations planning (SOP)

Master Production Scheduling (MPS) Capacity Planning

Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)

Shop Floor Control (SFC)

Production orders

Product costing, activity-based costing

Work in process

Kanban

Production planning for process industries (PP-PI)

Repetitive Manufacturing

HR Human Resource

Key elements

Recruitment

Payroll & Time management

Travel Expense accounting & Benefits

Workforce planning & Training administration

Organization management

Functionality

User friendliness

Flexible structure

Real Time Integration

Enterprise Wide Integration

Desktop Integration

Individual Solutions

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