Commenting on ICC’s decision to choose Epicor as its technology partner, senior officials of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) major said the implementation will help the cricket entity streamline its business processes with end-to-end visibility at a time of rapid growth in its activities.

ICC has awarded an integrated ERP mandate to Epicor starting with the implementation of Epicor iScala financial management and iScala Active Planner for enterprise-wide budgeting and forecasting.

Mr. Faisal Hasnain, Chief Financial Officer, ICC said, ‘Our decision to partner with Epicor comes at a time of a rapid expansion of our activities and the need to have an integrated ERP system to further streamline our business processes, reduce costs and save time. Scalability was also an important parameter for us in zeroing in on Epicor products which we are convinced is the ideal answer to handle complex functionalities with ease.’

The ICC was founded on June 15, 1909 by Australia, England and South Africa. These three founding members have been joined by seven further Full Members, 32 Associate Members and 55 Affiliate Members so that the cricket world now boasts 97 member countries from all corners of the globe.

‘At a time of growth, the advantage of an integrated ERP system which can be expanded in step with our enhanced activities is an imperative. With Epicor solutions we will be able to handle budgeting, analysis, tournament accounting and financial control in a streamlined manner at a lower total cost of ownership,’ Mr. Hasnain added.

Commenting on the win, Mr. Basil Daniells, sales director for Epicor, Middle East, North Africa and South Asia said, ‘It is indeed a privilege to work with a global body such as ICC and we consider it as a milestone addition to our client portfolio which now stands at 350 sites in the Middle East & North Africa. We are confident that we will be able to contribute to enhancing the efficiency of ICC as it grows its activities.’

Mr. Daniells continued that Epicor solutions are proven across the globe in various enterprise scenarios and ICC will benefit from the expertise and excellent service levels of the company. ‘We believe it is a challenging addition to our portfolio. Epicor provides comprehensive and measurable services to its clients and ICC will benefit from the advantages we offer.’

Epicor offers a wide range of enterprise solutions designed to meet the industry-specific requirements of manufacturing, distribution, services, hospitality and retail organizations. Epicor’s comprehensive suite of enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, professional services automation and supply chain management software solutions are globally supported by the company’s standard Signature Implementation Methodology.

Specifically, Epicor is implementing national-level solutions for the governments of Tanzania, Malawi, and The Gambia, as well as solutions for dozens of city, municipal and district councils and governments throughout the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and Canada to manage financial, operational and customer information — for better governance and to better serve businesses and individuals under their jurisdictions.

Already established as a leading end-to-end suite of proven industry-specific solutions for midmarket organizations and divisions of the Global 1000, Epicor Enterprise is equally well-suited for government agencies of similar size. With integrated components for financials, customer relationship management (CRM), supplier relationship management (SRM) and business intelligence, Epicor Enterprise provides a single point of accountability, delivering enterprise class functionality at a midmarket total cost-of-ownership.

UN Calls Upon Epicor Customer as Example of Best Practices in Infrastructure Modeling

Last November, the Government of Tanzania was chosen to present its success with its Epicor enterprise-based Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) at the United Nation’s World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia, which addressed critical issues such as technology infrastructure, capacity building, the regulatory environment and financing.

“The Epicor solution is ideal for a developing country where resources – financial and otherwise – are scarce because it provides the best value for money,” said Mrs Nyoni, accountant-general for the Government of Tanzania, which deployed Epicor at 43 key government ministries, 22 regional centres and 85 local authorities.

Epicor provided the Government of Tanzania with a comprehensive budgeting, accounting and fiscal control infrastructure that has significantly improved financial conditions in only five years, helping the government to curb unbudgeted commitments and expenditures and address the demands of its development partners. This initiative, combined with the solid economic policies of the Tanzanian government, led to real GDP growth of more than 5.2% within the first year.

“National governments and smaller government agencies face unique challenges in managing financials, from political pressure to legislative constraints and regulatory mandates, as well as a diversity of agency specific requirements,” says James Norwood, vice-president of product marketing for Epicor. “Epicor Enterprise provides the flexibility to meet agency and national level management while retaining strict control over budgets and costs.”

Global Governments Maintain Budgetary Control with Epicor

Most recently, the Government of The Gambia started, and the Government of Malawi completed, their respective implementations of Epicor Enterprise as a multi-ministerial accounting system.

Mr Kampanje, accountant-general for the Government of Malawi: “Epicor provided us with the best return on investment and was successfully implemented on-time and within budget.” A key determining criteria in the Government of Malawi’s recent receipt of debt relief in the amount of US$2.9 Billion from the IMFS and the World Bank, was the implementation of the Epicor-based Integrated Financial Management Solution for the Public Sector.

Epicor channel partner in East Africa, Soft-Tech, the system integrator on the Tanzania, Malawi and Gambia government implementations, acknowledged the strengths of the Epicor solution as an ideally suited solution. “Our experience implementing enterprise systems for government entities, coupled with the flexibility Epicor Enterprise provides, is a powerful combination,” said Bhakti Shah, Soft-Tech’s lead project manager.