Johannesburg
- African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC)‚ the
South African government’s mining company‚ has engaged Barnstone
to implement the Barnstone Mining Solution.
Barnstone
provides strategy‚ advisory‚ system implementation and
outsourcing support services to many leading organisations in South
and sub-Saharan Africa.
Preconfigured
specifically for mid-market mining houses‚ the Barnstone Mining
Solution is a SAP-certified version of SAP’s All-in-One enterprise
resource planning software.
The
AEMFC was launched by the SA government as in an attempt to ensure
the security of the country’s current and future energy supply and
recently to support the beneficiation strategy for the country.
It
already has exploration rights in several areas‚ and launched its
first coal-mining project in Ogies‚ Mpumalanga‚ in 2011. The
project is ramping up to produce 1.6 million tons of coal per annum
at a steady rate for the next 15 years.
“The
huge advantage of the Barnstone Mining Solution is that it comes
preconfigured‚ thus allowing clients to take advantage of
Barnstone’s years of experience in implementing SAP for the mining
industry‚” said Conrad Steyn‚ director of Barnstone.
“The
use of templates greatly reduces risk for the client and speeds
implementation time.”
Barnstone
has already begun implementing a SAP Mining ERP solution including
financial accounting‚ management accounting‚ procurement‚
inventory management and plant maintenance modules for AEMFC.
The
Mining Solution includes process flows‚ process documentation‚
authorisations and workflows‚ based on industry-leading practices‚
thus reducing the need for customisation to the minimum.
“We
have considerable ambitions to grow our business‚ and want to take
advantage of the industry best practice embedded in SAP‚” noted
Arthur Thando Dladla‚ AEMFC.
“Barnstone’s
solution offers us a great way to access SAP within a much shorter
timeframe and at an affordable cost. The great thing is that it is
scalable and so can accommodate the growth that we expect.”
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