Sakura Medical Equipment Manufacturers, a leading global histopathology and cytology equipment manufacturer faced several challenges with its legacy supply chain management (SCM) system, including lack of integration, scalability issues, and limited visibility. Sakura migrated to Oracle Cloud ERP, Supply Chain, WMS, and CX to address these challenges. The company worked with NexInfo, a leading Oracle Cloud partner, to implement and integrate the solution with its other systems.

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Challenge

Sakura Medical Equipment Manufacturers is a leading global histopathology and cytology equipment manufacturer. The company was facing several challenges with its legacy supply chain management (SCM) system, including:

  • Lack of integration: The legacy system must be integrated with the company’s other methods, such as its ERP and WMS systems. This made it challenging to streamline business processes and share data across the organization.
  • Scalability issues: The legacy system needed to scale to meet the company’s growing needs. This led to delays and inefficiencies in the supply chain.
  • Limited visibility: The legacy system needed real-time visibility into inventory levels and order status. This made making informed decisions about production, inventory, and shipping difficult.

Solution

Sakura migrated to Oracle Cloud ERP, Supply Chain, WMS, and CX to address these challenges. The company worked with NexInfo, an Oracle partner to implement and integrate the solution with its other systems. NexInfo implementation solution included

  • Development of integrations using PaaS to have seamless data flow between Oracle cloud (ERP, WMS & CX) & 3rd party (TMS, EDI etc.) applications.
  • Working with the Oracle Product team for addressing any challenges in adoption of  newly released products. And working with multiple ISVs to address customer need for an integrated solution in Oracle

Key Benefits

  • Integrated solution: Oracle Cloud ERP, Supply Chain, WMS, and CX are all integrated on a single platform. This enables Sakura to streamline business processes and share data across the organization.
  • Improved visibility: Oracle Cloud provides real-time visibility into inventory levels and order status. This enables Sakura to make informed production, inventory, and shipping decisions.
  • Scalability: Oracle Cloud is a scalable solution that can meet the needs of growing businesses.
  • Reduced costs: Oracle Cloud can help Sakura minimize hardware and software maintenance costs, manual errors, and inefficient supply chain processes.

Why Sakura chose Oracle Cloud SCM and its impact

Sakura Medical Equipment Manufacturers has used Oracle Cloud ERP, Supply Chain, WMS, and CX for over a year. The company has seen significant benefits from the implementation. Oracle Cloud SCM has helped Sakura improve its supply chain performance in several ways, including:

  • Reduced order fulfillment time: Oracle Cloud SCM has helped Sakura to reduce its order fulfillment time by 20%. This is due to the integration of the different modules and the automation of several business processes.
  • Improved inventory accuracy: Sakura’s inventory accuracy has improved by 15%. This is due to the real-time data sharing between the different modules.
  • Reduced manual errors: Integrating the different modules has helped reduce manual errors. This has improved the accuracy of the company’s data and reporting.
  • Reduced costs: Oracle Cloud SCM has helped Sakura to reduce costs in several areas, including:
    • Hardware and software maintenance: Sakura no longer has to invest in hardware and software maintenance for its legacy SCM system. The Oracle Cloud SCM solution is hosted and maintained by Oracle.
    • Manual errors: Integrating the different modules has helped reduce manual errors. This has saved the company time and money.
  • Improved planning and forecasting: Oracle Cloud SCM can help medical equipment manufacturers improve their planning and forecasting capabilities. This has led to reduced inventory costs, improved customer service, and increased profitability.
  • Increased agility: Oracle Cloud SCM helps medical equipment manufacturers become more agile and responsive to changes in the market. This was a critical advantage in a competitive industry.
  • Increased customer satisfaction: Sakura’s customer satisfaction score has risen 10%. This is due to the improved customer service that the company can provide thanks to the Oracle Cloud solution.
  • OCR invoice imaging: Sakura has implemented OCR invoice imaging to automate invoice processing. This has saved the company time and money.

About NexInfo

NexInfo is a leading consulting company specializing in tailored SaaS solutions, specializing in business process design, SaaS implementations, managed services, talent infusion, and migration to Cloud Infrastructure. NexInfo was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.

NexInfo is a certified Oracle Partner for 23+ years with a proven track record of successfully implementing 300+ Oracle Cloud solutions. The company’s team of experienced consultants deeply understands Oracle Cloud and its customers’ specific needs.

NexInfo offers a wide range of services to support Oracle Cloud implementations, including:

  • Business process analysis and design
  • System Integration
  • Data migration
  • Change management
  • Training and support

NexInfo is committed to helping its customers achieve success with Oracle Cloud. The NexInfo team of consultants works closely with the clients, understanding their needs and developing a customized implementation plan. NexInfo also provides its customers with ongoing support to ensure they maximize the benefits of their Oracle Cloud investment.