Jaleel Holdings, a leading wholesale player in the Middle East, has selected Keane as the company's SAP implementation partner for its subsidiaries - Jaleel Wholesale Point, Jaleel FMCG Distribution and J Mart Supermarket.

Keane is a global services firm that specialises in optimizing information technology (IT) investments.

The implementation will help Jaleel Holdings reduce inventory holdings, increase product range and yet have a good rotation of products, bringing in transparency and better controlling measures throughout the organization.

It will also help determine customer requirements better thereby improve the ability to serve them.

“Jaleel, with their unique combination of wholesale and retail businesses, coupled with their large presence in food services distribution, is a strategic win for us in the Middle East," said Ravi Mahalingam, vice president, Keane Middle East.

Jaleel will also have the early adapter advantage of aligning them with a world-class ERP like SAP through our retail industry best business practice implementation process,” he stated.

“We are confident that we will be able to help them achieve a seamless transition from their legacy to SAP ERP,” he added.

Sameer Mohammed, managing director of Jaleel Holdings, said the company has had a rapid growth in the last few years and having a large scale market expansion plan in mind, "we are constantly re-inventing ourselves and adapting to changing market dynamics."

The solution footprint for Keane’s implementation covers the core ERP processes across finance, supply chain, human capital and business intelligence, as well as integration with their retail point of sales solution and van sales solution.

Talking about its partnership with Keane, Abdul Gafoor Kunhu Mohamed, executive director at Jaleel Holdings, said, a compelling combination of experience, approach, and expertise made Keane a distinct partner of choice for Jaleel.

"Our SAP ERP implementation will enable us to achieve growth, productivity, process standardization, and customer satisfaction," he added.-TradeArabia News Service