Over the past year, along with the successful merger of NKD and KIDO into KDC, making Kinh Do become a leading Food Group in Vietnam, all operations of the Corporation have been improved, especially the implementing and running the most advance information technology system in group.
This not only creates a professional working environment but also helps strengthening internal capabilities, improve competitive advantage, reduce cost, eliminate the geographical barrier. Additionally, this facilitates for coordination between departments and between companies within the Group smooth, throughout.
Applying modern information technology in Kinh Do
In the era of digital technology, the investment for a modern information technology platform and deployment of new IT applications are essential requirements to strengthen the internal capability, standardize business processes, create the professional working environment, and enhance the competitiveness for the company. Recognizing the importance of IT investment, since 2007, beside investment in production and business activities, Board of Directors also paid attention to invest for the modern IT system. The investment was not only for an IT basic platform such as computer systems, office applications: email systems, intranet, Internal Network, etc. but also for an most advanced business management system for the Group.
Breakthroughs and pioneering
The milestone of investment activities is when the company kicks off the implementation project of the SAP ERP system – a comprehensive business management solution. Mr.Nguyen Xuan Luan – Vice President cum Project Director said that from the very first implementation days, together with choosing the right implementer, Kinh Do also need to prepare for a best team to coordinate with the implementer to warranty for a success project.
A project team of Kinh Do is established with nearly 100 members for phase 1 and nearly 200 members for phase 2. Project members are selected among the best professional people; all managers and functional executive and nearly 20 experienced IT professionals with deeply knowledge of ERP has been recruited to join the project working with the consulting partner.
Accordingly, in 2007, Kinh Do went-live successfully the SAP-ERP project, marking the event that the first Vietnamese enterprise has successfully implemented the SAP-ERP project. Over five years, Kinh Do has completed six important projects, including:
- SAP ERP for Binh Duong Kinh Do Group (BKD)
- SAP ERP for 3 companies: Kinh Do Group (KDC), North Kinh Do Food Joint Stock Company (NKD) and KiDo Corporation.
- Sales & Operation System Consulting (S&OP)
- Setting Up KPI system consulting
- SAP BI - Business Object
- The latest SAP Human Capital Management project has been gone-live successfully from July 1st 2011.
- Applying ERP as well as other modern application in Kinh Do prove its agility and pioneer of the Group. Kinh Do has continued with its roast map of implementation the other most advanced applications in the world to its business, which make Kinh Do become a corporation with same level of IT platform with Multinational Groups.
Not only pioneer and breakthroughs with the SAP Application system, but IT system of Kinh Do also includes of a comprehensive system providing full service to all of member companies in Group supporting for running the centralize business model of Group such as:
- Centralized E-mail system for all of member companies: KDC, NKD, BKD, KI DO, Kinh Do-Sai Gon (KDSG).
- VoIP phone system facilitating convenient communication and cost reduction are comprehensively implemented throughout the system: KDC, NKD, BKD, KI DO, Kinh Do-Sai Gon (KDSG),Vinabico Company and some distributors.
- Specially, Video Conference system facilitates for organizing online meetings, eliminates the geographical gap between the KDC, NKD, BKD and KIDO