Trigon LLC is a wholesale distributor of IT and electronics products that implemented SAP ERP to automate its order-to-cash processes. With SAP ERP, Trigon LLC can process purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoices 50% faster. It also has better visibility into inventory levels and material costs, eliminating the need to sell products at a loss. As a result, Trigon LLC has higher profits and can provide its customers with the best products.

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Consumers and businesses have relied on top-notch distribution services for IT and
consumer electronics products from Trigon LLC for close to 20 years. And Trigon LLC
counts on dedicated staff and cutting-edge IT to keep its products and services on
target. At the core of the company’s success are well-timed sales promotions and
unique campaigns, both of which depend on accurate material costing.
With the SAP ERP application, Trigon LLC has introduced best practices in materials®
management. Automation means that it can process purchase orders, goods receipts,
and vendor invoices more quickly than ever. Plus, better visibility into inventory and
material age has eliminated underselling. The result is higher profits for Trigon LLC and
the very best IT and electronics products for its customers.
Trigon LLC: Applying Best Practices in
Materials Management with SAP ERP®

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Trigon LLC eliminates underselling with SAP ERP®
Company
Trigon LLC, part of Abdul
Rahman Saif Al Ghurair
Group
Headquarters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry
Wholesale distribution
Products and Services
IT and consumer electronics
products
Employees
120
Web Site
www.trigononline.com
Objectives
• Reduce delays in the goods-receipt process and vendor invoicing
• Improve the accuracy of material costing
• Ease the identification of demo stock materials issued against each sales
employee
• Provide real-time visibility into warehouse stock quantity as well as inward
and outward transit
• Enable anytime updates to material costs, automatic FIFO stock
allocations, and visibility into material aging
Why SAP
Market-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software with strong
functionality in materials management and logistics
Resolution
• Implemented the SAP ERP application, including materials management®
functionality, under the project name FLAME
• Completed the project in four months within budget
Benefits
• Faster PO, goods-receipt, and vendor-invoicing cycles by automating
previously manual processes
• Accurate costing of materials, driving higher profitability
• Better visibility into stock and inventory, both in the warehouse and in
transit
• Better visibility into material aging through automated FIFO analysis,
reducing the need to sell at lower prices
50%
Reduction in cycle time
for processing
goods-receipt notes
100%
Accurate PO data and
material costing for
submission to higher
management
0%
Of stock undersold at
lower prices (down from
7%), thanks to better
visibility into material
aging
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“Adopting best industry practices using SAP ERP helped us get closer to our
management goal. SAP ERP helped us automate the order-to-cash business
process, improving online visibility over stock, costs, expenses, and sales.”
Arun Chawla, CEO, Trigon LLC

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