MIDAS SAFETY

SUBMITTED TO: SIR FAISAL MASOOD

Team Members
1. Suleman Sadruddin - 15996
2. Arsalan Afaque -

INTRODUCTION :
Midas Safety is known by its customers as the no. 1 global private-label
safety glove manufacturer in the world.
For over 30 years, hundreds of globally renowned PPE safety brands
have been relying on Midas Safety as a credible OEM of industrial safety
gloves. Our vast range of products make us the only super market of
gloves, committed to offering consistent quality and innovative
solutions to our customers across 50 countries.
Our customers know that their business can progress and thrive safely
when they work with us. This is demonstrated every day through
exceptional customer service, high quality product manufacturing and
industry knowledge.

Locations of Midas Safety

Products
The group offers a wide range of products like Gloves, Protective Clothing,
Protective Gear & Environmental Protection Equipments.
Their gloves are used in a multitude of industries including automotive,
medical, chemical, environmental, metal fabrication, food processing,
pharmaceuticals, electronics, aerospace, plastics, pulp & paper etc.

MISSION & VISION

STATEMENT:
Mission Statement :
Your Safety is our Concern.
Vision Statement :

Commitment to customers ensuring

satisfaction, and providing value
for money without ever
compromising quality, makes us
your single source for all Personal
Protective Equipment requirements

PHASES IN ERP LIFE CYCLE

Adoption decision phase

Retirement phase

Acquisition phase

ERP LIFE
CYCLE

Evolution phase

Implementation phase

Use and maintenance

phase

GAP ANALYSIS IN ERP SYSTEM

Results from one implementation for other
unit
Integration between power users
Traditional and best practices
Out source of SAP servers

ANALYSIS OF
ERP LIFE CYCLE
PHASES

ADAPTION PHASE
ERP Vision Statement :
To integrate all business processes of Midas safety throughout the group for
ease in reporting to the top management and to have real time information
regarding financial and manufacturing systems.

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ERP Goals & Objectives :

Business growth
Customer service / satisfaction
Paperless environment / automation
KPI Monitoring
Cost leadership

ADAPTION PHASE:
ERP readiness assessment :
Organization Culture : First the management decided to change the organizational culture and to compete in the
markets with the best business practices.
Well-defined business processes: To make the business process that help the organizational to make the improvement
IT infra-Structure Since Midas Safety is located in 6 countries, the third priority was of the server location.
Affordability/Commercial Midas was ready to implement the ERP because the ROR is more.
Employees skill sets end users will learn the new way to work with new software.

ERP Implementation Decision:

It

took about 6 to 12 months to analyze whether the group needs to Implement ERP to increase the efficiency of its
different SBUs and to get a competitive edge over its competitors.

ACQUISITION PHASE:
Creation of SRS Document :
The documents were prepared during a detailed session with ERP consultants. Scoping has been
finalized and the SRS document has been maintained.

Evaluation of ERP Products :

Following ERP Product Evaluation was carried out by Midas IT Professional.
SAP
Oracle Seibel

ACQUISITION PHASE:
Criteria for ERP Product Evaluation :
Functionality
Flexibility
Cost
Availability of skill set in the market
Scalability
ERP users by your Competitors
Support & Maintenance

ACQUISITION PHASE:
Demos from ERP Vendors :
During the acquisition phase demos were taken from following vendors to select the ERP
that suits their business functionality :
IBM
Siemens
Abacus
Generic or Vertical ERP :
Midas Safety preferred a Generic ERP solution so that a wide range of functionality can be
availed as per company needs.
Consultant Group :
IBM Group was selected for SAP Implementation in organization, because of brand name and
the expertise of the consultants and the experience of implementing the ERP system.

IMPLEMENTATION PHASE:
Implementation Strategy
In Midas Safety phase wise implementation strategy was adapted in order to
mitigate the failure risk
Power Users Selection
IT Professionals with in-depth knowledge of company portfolio and business
were selected as power users
Preparation of AS-IS Process
AS-IS process were prepared before the implementation process so that TO-BE
process can be easily adapted during the implementation phase.

IMPLEMENTATION PHASE:
Adoption of Standard ERP Functionalities :
Finance

95%

Procurement
Production

95%
80%

Sales & distribution

HRM

95%
90%

OCM Team :
Internal SAP consultants team was formulated for each module to accounts for long term basis.
No OCM consultant was hired

IMPLEMENTATION PHASE:
Blueprints Sign Off Time:
It takes 6-8 months to sign off the blueprints documents.
Quality Assurance System :
Following QMS Systems were used:
DEV
QAS
PRD

ERP Sign off Time:

It took around 2 Years for ERP Implementation in Midas Safety, which was supposed to be completed in about
18 Month.
Number of End Users
Midas have 1000 end users which are performing business transactions every day.
Consultants Involved :
Approximately 8 Consultants from IBM were involved in implementation of ERP

IMPLEMENTATION PHASE:
Steering Committee Members:
Senior Managers and Above.

ERP Locations :
In Midas Safety ERP is implemented in below mentioned locations:
Midas Pakistan.
Midas Srilanka.
Midas Bangladesh.
Midas Canada.

IMPLEMENTATION PHASE:
Legacy Application:
It was immediately discontinued to test the PRD with the daily operational
activities. End Users were highlighting the issues to make the system more
easy.
ERP Difficulties
During UAT and EUT, we faced the difficulties and maintain the log so that IBM
consultant debug.
Check List of ERP Implementation

USE AND MAINTAINENCE PHASE:

Support from Consultant :

The mandatory support from consultants were taken for a period of 1 Year after the
implementation phase of ERP.
Maintenance Support :

Initially a group of internal consultants were used for supporting in the maintenance
activity of ERP
in case of any complex issue
outsource consultants were also
consulted to ensure smooth operation.
ERP Up gradation :

The group is deciding to upgrade its current ERP to meet the demands of competitive
market.
ERP Satisfaction :

The group is 95% Satisfied from ERP Performance.

EVOLUTION PHASE:
The Company has Evolved its ERP by implementing SAP BI, BO, CRM, Ariba,
planning tool, Success Factor (Performance System).
Also, the data base server is upgraded to SAP HANA (4.0)
For better result and outcomes they have inter link HTML AND SAP

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SAP

R&D

References
1. Midas Safety ERP Team
2. Midassafety.career
3. myportal.midassafety.com
4. www.midassafety.com

THANK YOU !