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SAP In Novo Nordisk

Pharmaceutical

Manoj Kumar

Dhanesh Kumar

Naveed Ansari









About Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a Multinational Company

Headquarter Denmark

International Offices in 75 countries

Workforce More than 33,900 employees

(October 2012)

Approximately 43% of employees are located in Denmark

(14,642)

57% in rest of the world (North America: 5,403, Japan &

Korea: 1,075, International Operations: 4,998,China: 3,956,

Europe: 3,896.



About Novo Nordisk

Workforce Ratio 37% in international sales & marketing

27% in production18% within research and development

18% in administration

Product areas Diabetes Care

Growth hormone therapy

Hormone replacement therapy

Haemostasis management

Q3 sales $ 19,845 in Million

Annual sales $ 66,346 in Million



Systems Applications and Products in

Data Processing (SAP)

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is a concept and

SAP is a ERP tool (software)Where the information

flow from one function to another is integrated very

tightly.

SAP is Enterprise software develops ERP solutions to

be used by companies to manage business operations.

Other ERP's in market are BAAN, JD Edwards,

ORACLE ERP, MFG PRO



Cross Functionality

It is a technique that cross the boundaries of traditional

business functions (such as marketing and finance), in

order to reengineer and improve vital business processes all

across the enterprise.

These functions are neither completely dependent on each

other nor completely independent of each other.





Novo uses SAP

Currently Novo uses four modules of SAP

Finance, HR, Logistics and Accounts

It allows fast communication, cost efficiency and

effective outcomes

It also uses other systems like, ACS and TIS.





Finance

•Budgeting and Planning

•Approval of Projects

•Collaboration with other departments e.g. Accounts

•Communication with Head office for financial reviews

of company



Accounts

•Cash Management, A/C Receivables, A/C Payables and

other cash related functions

•All transactions are posted on system, making it easyfor planning.

•Any crucial payment is posted on system for approval.If it is below Rs 50,000 HOD can approve it otherwise it

is directly sent to CFO.



Logistics

•It is continuously in contact with head office.

•It is in continuous collaboration with finance and

accounts department.

•Order is placed through system

•All documentation and status is posted on system for

review from head office



Human Resource

•Maintains separate account for each employee in system.

•Each employee has separate ID in system and profile

includes their JD and daily tasks and assignments.

•Salaries are updated monthly, finance approves and

Accounts disburse it.



Advantages of SAP

Enhance Efficiency and Quality in work performance.

Allows easier global integration

Time and Costs Saving

Reduce error chances

Enhance Security

Enhance Operational Activity

Superior Service & Customer Caring

Cross Functionality

Work Remotely



Disadvantages of SAP

High costs. you will spend a lot of money in licenses

High Consulting Fee at the time of infrastructure

Lack of Flexibility and lack of speed due to Java

applications.

It is not user friendly due to Rich internet applications

are not supported by all browsers Demanding expensive

serversImplementations have a risk of project failure



Time Information System

•System runs on BiometricAttendance Machine.

•Same as DAR in SZABIST.

•Records employees Entrance and

outgoing time.

•It is only in use of HR department



Access Card System

For security and safety, access card is used to open themain door to office.

It is give to all employees in organization.



Virtual Private Network

Organization’s connection is secured by hardware

VPN from Cisco.

Access to SAP is VPN secured, because SAP has global

presence in all the Organization’s regional offices

throughout the globe.

An employee will need a VPN code to connect to system, if

he/she is working from home or some other place





Sales Reporting System

All sales persons working in country are given PDAs

of Samsung.

Salespersons save all orders, input from doctorsand competitor intelligence in PDAs.

All the updates from PDAs are transferred to company

and all updates from company are transferred to PDAs.

Novo is using NEST, which synchronizes PDAs

with central system.



Learning

IT plays a supportive role in business operations

Practical implementation of various concept studiedin course. E.g. VPN, Extranet and Intranet etc

Also, these systems provide business with cost

efficiency, competitive advantage and smoother

operations.



ANY QUESTION…….



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