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Safic Alcan Unifies Its International Accounting System for More Precision and Better Forecasting

PublisherOracle
Format PDFDate added30 Jun 2007
Topics ERP, Database Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing
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Safic Alcan is the European leader in the chemical rubber processing industry and is developing its presence as distributor of chemicals to the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sectors. Safic Alcan is also France's leader in the chemical coatings industry. The company wanted to build an open, scalable accounting and financial system that can be managed by the parent company and ensures worldwide uniformity. The challenge was to improve management of a large number of small-scale foreign subsidiaries that need a flexible Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution with low implementation costs. The company implemented a comprehensive ERP solution based on Oracle Database and Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne products line, unifying financial and reporting processes worldwide for greater customer insight and precise financial reporting.

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