This archive report was first published on 26 July 2021.
July 20, Nairobi - Synresins Limited, the largest manufacturer of synthetic resin in East and Central Africa, has attributed its business growth to SYSPRO Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
Established in 1982, Synresins has a total of 75 employees and produces a range of solvent-based, water-based, and specialized resins used across various industries.
Based in Nairobi's Industrial area, Synresins provides various grades of resins in the market backed by excellent research and development facilities to ensure quality products.
According to Synresins Chief Executive Officer Mira Shah, the company's success over the years can be attributed to the SYSPRO ERP system, which has helped the company achieve a return on investment of about 90 percent and a 40 percent increase in employee productivity.
"Technology has played a very big role in what we do. We obviously have had SYSPRO on board for a long time. Why does a company have any ERP system? In very simple words, it is to reduce cost and time in business operational processes," she said.
SYSPRO ERP software automates and integrates core business processes such as customer orders, production, inventory control, and reporting, enabling significant improvements in manufacturing, distribution, and financial management.
Synresins first contact with SYSPRO was in 2013, and the company deployed SYSPRO 6 after realizing the need for a software solution that complemented the dynamics of the growing business.
"Transactions were slow to process, and timely reports difficult to generate. Company operations had slowed down," Shah noted.
Ms. Shah noted that Synresins became the first company to upgrade to SYSPRO 8 in Africa in 2018, with 20 active users spread across Finance, Production, and Supply Chain departments.
"The main driving factor for us to upgrade to the latest SYSPRO module was that we really needed to generate reports that were customizable, interactive, and easy to analyze in order to make timely and well-informed business decisions," she said.
With SYSPRO 8, Ms. Shah underscored that the company has been able to get more value addition, which has led to the simplification and streamlining of its operations.
SYSPRO is a leading, global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software provider specializing in key manufacturing and distribution industries.
