Providing regional links for a multinational’s country businesses
Providing regional links for a multinational’s country businesses
Copy Cat is a multinational headquartered in Kenya that specialises in office automation and IT solutions.
It has businesses in Kenya and Uganda which were run from two separate servers located in each country of operation. This prevented it from running a single Enterprise Result Planning ERP software platform and affected co-ordination and efficiency for its East Africa business.
It has now connected its two businesses by deploying a single server with a seamless and dedicated point-to-point link, delivering reduced costs and increasing the two businesses’ combined productivity. Copy Cat employs over 600 workers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Challenge
- Running two sites with separate servers in Kenya and Uganda.
- Sourcing hardware and software to serve its combined businesses.
- Reconciling the business transacted in every office.
Solution
- Established a single ERP server in Nairobi to support the two offices.
- Established a P2P link from Kenya to Uganda.
- Established an IP telephony system between the two offices.
Result
- Savings from using a single ERP server instead of hosting one in Uganda and one in Kenya.
- Copy Cat has brought its two East African operations onto one platform making it easier to manage and transact.
- The cost of internal communications has been reduced considerably.
Testimonial:
“With the introduction of the P2P connection, we have been able to bring all our regional operations in the two offices under one roof,”
Peter Kane, ICT Manager at Copy Cat.
