National Handloom Development Corporation Ltd. (NHDC) has decided to implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for its commercial activities that will benefit the Indian handloom weavers. The Union Textiles Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar launched the ERP system in Varanasi. Varanasi Mayor, Ram Gopal Mohale; MLA from Varanasi North, Ravindra Jaiswal; Secretary, Textiles, Dr. S. K. Panda and Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Alok Kumar, were also present at the launch.
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NHDC has now become the first PSU under the Ministry of Textiles to have an ERP system.
The move is in line with the Digital India Initiative of Government of India, wherein weavers will gain quicker delivery of NHDC materials that will result in higher transparency and accountability, making the corporation’s activities visible for all stakeholders. In addition to NHDC, all other stakeholders such as mills, transporters, societies, weavers, Office of Development Commissioner (Handlooms), will have direct access to the information in the ERP system.
With the implementation of the ERP system, all the processes such as indenting, purchase order generation and invoice generation, will be performed through the ERP system itself and yarns will be provided to the weavers at the best price across the country. The weavers, now, do not need to visit NHDC office or send indent by post, thus, saving time and money. Besides, the weavers will be also able to access information anytime through the mobile app and can view the stock of the material in yarn depots, and place their indents. In addition, they can check the status of their indents and can get the details of the dispatched material via SMS.
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The principles of Digital India such as scope enhancement, process reengineering, use of integrated and interoperable systems and deployment of emerging technologies like cloud and mobile have also been considered in developing the ERP system.
