Clai – Oracle – Sinfo One.
Clai: increase efficiency to
compete with global players
CLAI originated in 1962 from an idea by
some farmers and breeders from Imola
who came together with the view to
seizing new development opportunities
for their firms and products.
Continuous growth, based on its very
close ties with the land, has allowed CLAI
to develop its slaughtering, meat and
cold meat processing and marketing
activities,
to
become
a
leading
manufacturer in the sector across Italy
and abroad. In fact, in recent years,
CLAI has increased its focus on foreign
markets through specific sales networks
in different countries.
(www.clai.it)
Acquired Technology
The IT solutions adopted by Clai in a long-term IT strategy are:
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Complete Oracle JDEdwards suite;
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DOT – vertical for Food & Beverage developed by Sinfo One within Oracle Applications
(commercial premiums and promotions management);
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Document management system on Oracle ECM (quality and purchasing).
Clai – Current status and needs
Clai was equipped with several computer systems which had been developed over time to
suit the needs of individual users.
The company needed to:
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Facilitate integration between strategies and operations;
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Effectively manage information in real time to compete with global players;
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Increase business efficiency through better cost and time monitoring;
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Guarantee increased support to new commercial strategies;
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Offer a high level of customer service;
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Govern change.
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Sinfo One Spa Via Benedetta 77/A – 43122 Parma - Tel. +39 0521 9371
[email protected] – www.sinfo-one.it
Assessment project goals
Taking business objectives into account the assessment project developed by Sinfo One’s
experts set the following goals:
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Improve the value of communication within the company through the common
approach to processes and criticalities by all departments;
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Achieve a global vision of all company applications and identify criticalities;
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Develop an IT strategy in line with business growth;
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Support company change through qualitative and quantitative analyses;
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Increase business efficiency and effectiveness (costs and time monitoring);
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Offer a higher standard of service in its reference market (commercial goal).
Why the assessment project
The assessment plan that Sinfo One proposed to CLAI was considered as a good
opportunity to verify and review IT development strategies and to reengineer business
processes.
Sinfo One’s methodology links business strategies to processes through specific
proprietary tools. This allows the company to concentrate analyses and diagnostic efforts
only where necessary, e.g. on business processes that are particularly relevant to the
achievement of strategies.
Each analyzed process is evaluated in terms of both organization and human and
technological capital, aiming to identify the gaps that hinder process efficiency and
effectiveness and therefore the achievement of business strategies.
On the basis of this “gap analysis” evolutionary scenarios are drawn up and presented to
the client.
This methodology successfully combines two design needs, the speed and cost
effectiveness of the analysis and its completeness, which would otherwise be
incompatible.
Analysis and results
Sinfo One proposed a check up of company processes and IT systems for the future
development of a structured strategy in Clai’s IT sector.
The project commenced in October 2009 and the final results, as well as possible future
scenarios, were presented in March 2010.
The study was developed in four phases. The first phase produced a diagnosis of the
company’s starting point and a process application map, which were then the subject of
qualitative and quantitative analyses in the second phase of the project.
The third phase measured the gaps found against the benchmarks and presented the
results. In the fourth and final phase of the assessment process short- and long-term
interventions and scenarios were proposed.
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Sinfo One Spa Via Benedetta 77/A – 43122 Parma - Tel. +39 0521 9371
[email protected] – www.sinfo-one.it
Why Sinfo One
Clai selected Sinfo One believing it is the most qualified partner to develop an IT system
analysis project capable of providing better competencies in Italy both in technology (for
the development of business management implementation scenarios) and in PMI
processes.
Clai found the right degree of expertise and methodological approach in Sinfo One,
specializing in analysis projects and process re-engineering, supported by the knowledge
of the best technological solutions available in the market.
Sinfo One was also selected in view of its numerous references and consolidated
experience in the Food & Beverage sector, both in terms of preliminary studies and for the
technological development of new IT strategies.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sinfo One Spa Via Benedetta 77/A – 43122 Parma - Tel. +39 0521 9371
[email protected] – www.sinfo-one.it