CEAT Tyres has gone live on SAP as a part of its vision to adopt the latest production and business practices and implement innovative processes that meet the changing demands of its customers.

CEAT joined hands with IBM Global Business Services to form Project Maitree for the implementation of mySAP across all locations and functions of CEAT Limited (India). Project Maitree had a core team of 60 members from CEAT and IBM.

Paras K Choudhry, MD, CEAT, said "The company has spent close to Rs 10 crore on SAP implementation, and we are expecting a quick payback.. Of course the productivity and revenues will also be boosted."

At CEAT, the SAP implementation covers the entire network consisting of corporate office, 2 manufacturing plants, 34 regional offices, 28 RDCs, 125 C&F agents, 3,500 dealers, 1 mother godown, 15 outsourcing locations, 8 RPD and mixing locations.

The solution includes SAP SCM components of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning apart from Business Intelligence, SAP HR/Payroll and other conventional SAP modules like Financial Accounting & Controlling, Sales & Distribution, Materials Management, Plant Maintenance, Quality Management and Production Planning.

It also integrates 500 SAP users across multiple locations in India, automates the supply chain and replaces distributed legacy applications, enabling CEAT to seamlessly migrate to a centralised and unified IT environment.