NAPCO, the largest flexible packaging company in the Middle East has signed an agreement with Microsoft Arabia to deploy Microsoft Business Solutions’ Axapta enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Atos Origin, a leading MS partner, will design and implement the solution, which will provide an end-to-end enterprise management tool for the company.
“We have selected Microsoft Business Solutions as our strategic partner to implement a complete solution at all our manufacturing units in the Kingdom,” said Wassim Henoud, NAPCO. “We believe that this partnership with Microsoft will help us build on our leadership position by using business applications and technology to continuously improve the quality, consistency, and economic value that our products bring to our customers.”
NAPCO has manufacturing plants in Dammam, Riyadh, and Jeddah that service clients across the Middle East. Atos Origin is looking forward to the challenge of this nationwide implementation, which will cover ten NAPCO manufacturing units.
“We will provide NAPCO with a very specialized solution in flexible packaging, designed to fit the processes and unique requirements of the industry sector, from real-time shop floor data collection and integrated estimating to complete roll-traceability from raw material through to finished goods,” said Husni Roukbi, CTO, Atos Origin Middle East. “Microsoft Business Solutions’ Axapta is a multiple company, multiple currency ERP solution with core strengths in supply chain management, manufacturing and e-business, that can help mid- to large-sized businesses gain a real competitive advantage. The modular elements of this application and the interfaces in the system mean that it can be quickly and easily tailored to support unique business processes, making it a very attractive proposition for customers and those organizations that want to see a quick return on investment from an effective solution.”