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ISO 9001-2008 certified company

BACKGROUND

• SKANDA is an Information Technology Consulting organization having direct presence in India and also services requirements through partners in UAE, KSA and Singapore.

• ISO 9001-2008 certified company.

• Managed by professionals having multi-domain experience with 100+ person years in managing and delivering IT services to global corporations.

• Strong value system, corporate governance and commitment to quality.

• Focused on technology solutions across industries such as Banking and Financial services, Retail, Pharma and Telecommunications. Offerings also cover Enterprise Business Solutions and Project Management Outsourcing Services.

• Very strong BFSI and ERP domain practice across consulting, business analysis, application development, testing, implementation and post implementation support.

• Multi culture, multi location, equal opportunity company with focus on customer satisfaction, quality products and service.

• SKANDA through their partners in UAE and KSA, can process visa for their consultants, who can deployed on contractual basis at a very competitive rates.

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WHY SKANDA?


Business Domain

(BFSI, ERP)

Information Technology

Enabled Services

Information Technology

•  Sound knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle practices & processes

•  Multi product exposure across business domain •  Multi geography development & implementation

expertise •  Consulting mind set (Product, Process, Domain) •  Stakeholder and Client facing roles •  Staff augmentation - reduced time to engage •  Project and Quality Management •  Onshore-offshore methodology – reduced cost

•  Expertise across multiple domains and business verticals/horizontals

•  Operational process and transaction expertise

•  Global perspectives and best in class learning

•  Sales – Top line & bottom line focus •  Leadership Skills

•  Leverage domain and IT expertise •  Reduced learning time through practical

training on domain & processes •  Support revenue and profit growth

through opening of new business lines for the BPO

•  Solutions to support both Bank and BPO leading to reduced implementation & transition time + improved governance

•  Reduced sourcing time

OUR OFFERINGS ON A PAGE

Technology Resource Contracting

Niche core banking system resources

Business Process and Technology Consulting

(BFSI, ERP)

Offshore application Development and support


OUR OFFERINGS – TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CONTRACTING (1/3)


SKANDA supports the need for IT organizations/departments to increase agility, overcome short-term capability deficiencies and hiring restrictions through resource contracting arrangements. As such the following models are available – 1.  Flexi Staffing – Resources can be made available for both short/long term engagements across domain, operations or technology. 2.  Contract / Contract-to-Hire – Supports client intent of permanently hiring a resource from a contractual position after an agreed period. Candidates will be sourced, recruited and on-boarded as contract employees and later transitioned as permanent candidates 3.  Direct Hire - SKANDA supports organizations requirement to hire resources on one time, direct placement mode.



1.  Enterprise Relationship Management •  Focused enterprise selection based on target offerings •  Requirement understanding and validation •  Single Point of Contact for communication and redressal •  Service Agreements/SLA and TAT defining

2.  Project Management •  Recruitment logistics - Candidate identification, screening and fitment evaluation •  Coordination with client organizations for recruitment procedures •  Post recruitment process – billing, feedback, follow up

3.  Associate Engagement •  Align client requirements with right fit candidate – right person for the right job •  Associate induction to client policies, culture, procedures •  Periodic and timely performance checks and appraisals •  Issue resolution, expectation and attrition management

4.  Operations •  Timely completion and submission of time sheets, MIS and supply of employee reports •  Timely submission of invoices and documentation to meet statutory and legal

requirements •  Proactive support provided post finalization of annual operating plans/budgets in

preparation of fiscal requirements



Technology / Areas Specialization

Core Banking Solutions Functional / Technical / Techno Functional (Temenos T24 / Finacle / Flexcube / Hogan / Systematics, etc)

Oracle EBS – Financials / EBS - HRMS / EBS - SCM / EBS - Utilities / EBS - Technical / OBIEE / OBIA / Core DBA / Apps DBA

SIEBEL Functional / Technical

SAP CRM / Warehouse / FICO / MM / SD / Mobility / SUP / EPM / Netweaver / MDM / Basis / ABAP

Infrastructure UNIX / AIX Admin / Data Guard / Firewall

Application Development .NET / JAVA / J2EE

Technologies Mainframe / Cobol / RPG

OUR OFFERINGS – BUSINESS PROCESS & TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING (1/2)

1. SKANDA has built centres of excellence (COEs) in select business and technology lines such as Banking and Financial services (BFS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) primarily for the manufacturing industry

2. Within BFS our business consultants have worked with financial institutions globally and possess business and IT skills that cover all lines of banking business such as Retail, Consumer, Commercial, Private, Corporate Banking and Capital Markets

3. Specifically, associates have worked on Temenos T24 / Finacle / Flexcube Core Banking engagements across all phases of the SDLC

4. On the ERP domain, SKANDA has expertise on process and technology consulting for the manufacturing sector, specifically for the apparel industry.

5. Our consultants have supported client requirements across APAC, Europe and Middle East regions with multiple product installation and business consulting engagements.

6. SKANDA has consultants with a good mixture of functional and technical expertise and experience levels ranging from 3–20 years.

7. Our geographical coverage (India, UAE, KSA and Singapore) and industry wide expertise allows it to quickly ramp up associate numbers depending on client requirements


OUR OFFERINGS – BUSINESS PROCESS & TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING (2/2)


SKANDA Consulting Solutions

Strategy assessment,

definition and

roadmap

Process blue print and re-engineering

Business transformatio

n support

Defining IT Operation

model Enterprise wide Risk

and IT governance

models

Strategies for cost

optimization

Portfolio and programme

management health checks

S K A N D A h e l p s businesses with IT enabled solutions that are strategic, sus ta inab le and positively impacts bottom line

Our business case for reducing costs and risk through a defined transition r o a d m a p enhance returns & efficiency.

IT Operating Model bui lds on ‘as is’ a d v a n t a g e s t o model a ‘to be’ state by leveraging on people, process & technology

W e h e l p b u i l d models to optimize vendor relationships that supplement cost and overhead reductions

W e i d e n t i f y & m i t i g a t e operational, market & enterprise wide r i sks and put in place governance frameworks

Banking and Financial Services – Center of Excellence (CoE)


BFSI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE - CAPABILITIES


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•  Consumer Banking

•  Commercial Banking

•  Private Banking

•  Corporate Banking

•  Investment Banking

•  Capital Markets

•  Insurance

•  Process consulting •  Business Process

definition

•  Risk Assessment •  ‘As Is’ process map

•  ‘To be’ process map

•  Testing & execution •  Quality &

standards definition, setup, execution and monitoring

•  3rd party product resell – Core Banking and Insurance

•  Presales support – RFP/RFI

•  Business Analysis

•  Functional Architecture

•  Testing strategy

•  Implementation

•  Support

•  Offshore application development

•  Temenos T24 / Finacle / Flexcube product expertise

BFSI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE – TEMENOS T24 / FINACLE / FLEXCUBE

EXPERTISE


1.  SKANDA has built strong capabilities on the Temenos T24 / Finacle / Flexcube Core Banking platform to help banks have the flexibility to undertake changes quickly with reduced cost of ownership.

2.  Our associates have worked across all T24 modules / Finacle / Flexcube, project managed T24 / Finacle / Flexcube engagements and have also supported requirements on a standalone basis for financial institutions globally.

3.  SKANDA has its core competency in the following areas –

•  Requirement Management and Analysis – Requirements definition, management and validation

•  Functional and Technical Architecture – Define functional and technical landscape •  Local Developments – Design, develop and maintain local customizations – includes

developments and interfaces •  Testing – End to end functional and technical testing •  Data conversion and migration to and from T24 (jBASE to Oracle) •  Upgrade existing installations of T24 •  End user training.

4.  SKANDA has consultants with a good mixture of functional and technical expertise and experience levels ranging from 3–20 years.

Enterprise Resource Planning – Center of Excellence (CoE)


1.  SKANDA has experience in upgrades and implementations of various modules of the Oracle E-Business suite and also in implementing best practices within Oracle ERP

2.  Functional and technical specialists across the E-Business suite with certified project managers to support implementation and upgrades

3.  Module expertise across HRMS, Financials, Order Management, Sales and Marketing, CRM, BI, HRMS, Manufacturing, Procurement and Supply Chain management

4.  Delivery models structured to client requirements with implementations undertaken within time and budget parameters.

• Requirements elicitation • Gap Analysis/ scoping • Design • P r o d u c t s u i t e

assessment • Development & testing • Solution roadmap &

migration strategy • Project Management

Pre- Implementation

• Customization support • Interfacing/ integration

with other products • Platform migration •  S o l u t i o n

implementation • Production support • User training

Implementation support

• Post implementation review

• Functional/Technical trouble shooting

• System admin./DBA • ERP upgrades • Performance tuning &

monitoring

Support & other services

ERP Center of Excellence – oracle Enterprise business solutions (eBS)


Project Preparation

Business Blueprint

Realization

Final Preparation Go Live

and Support

Enhancements

Authorization

Reports

Conversion

Interfaces

Business Processes

Organizational Structure

Project plan

Scope

Business Processes

Procedures

Test Cases Reports

Interfaces

Conversions

Test Plan

Training Materials

Go Live Plan

System Performance

• Access to large talent pool of SAP certified, experienced IT professionals

•  End to end SAP support for all SAP implementations.

•  Experience in remote software development to support specific client needs

• Reliable and dedicated project team members ensuring discipline, reliability and risk reduction.

Finance | Controlling | Funds Management & Treasury |Asset Management & Project Systems |

Sales & Distribution & Materials Management | MySAP SRM |Business Warehouse Integration |

Extended Warehouse Management |ABAP Programming & Data Management

SAP Module Exposure

SAP Delivery Practice

ERP Center of Excellence – SAP Practice


1.  SKANDA has partnered with a leading solutions provider to provide Enterprise Resource Planning solutions for the manufacturing industry

2.  The product offers solutions for –   Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

  Supply chain Manufacturing (SCM)

  Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

  Human Resources and Payroll Management (HRM)

  Asset Management (AMS)

  Point of Sale (POS)

  Order and Budget Management

  Capacity Planning

  Export Import Documentation

  Financial Accounting

  Management Information

3.  The system has been installed in over 150 sites across locations in APAC, Europe and the Middle East and caters to small and medium enterprises with 50 to 2000 employees

4.  SKANDA supports sales, implementation and post implementation support of the solution for India, Middle East and Latin American markets

FEATURES ü Faster access to orders and status from any part of the world ü  Digital sample library with histories of costing with features of instant Quote Generation for your customers ü  Detailed Order and shipment information with style images and measurement chart in form of a Digital Library. ü  Detailed planning and bill of material help understand inventory and process requirements for all orders instantly. ü  Line wise capacity planning with user friendly Gantt Chart. ü  Time and Action scheduling integrated to a Factory Planner with a Block Board Calendar User Interface ü  Base Program interfaced with production program that generates dynamic bill of material (BOM) for each stage of production. ü  Detailed budgeting for every customer order to set critical paths for manufacturing and cost. ü Flexible Purchase & Stores Management features with markup costing for any time inventory position with track across factories and stores. ü  Unique tracking of orders and available inventory that is tightly integrated for both internal and external processing. ü  User friendly Bill Passing features with detailed information on each vendor bill with information on quality, shortage information of all material received inward ü  Daily analysis reports with stage breakups and factory behavior pattern. ü  Shipment and EDI enabled documents for dispatches with automated e-mailing to customers on shipment information. ü  A fully loaded web-enabled query reporting system for the entire modules of the solution

Our Offerings – Product Services (ERP)


OUR ENGAGEMENT MODELS

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Outsourcing Model • Onshore model – All

work at client’s site • Offshore model – All

work at SKANDA India site

• SKANDA engages with c l i e n t f o r s c o p e d e f i n i t i o n a n d requirements at the c l i e n t s i t e a n d development work is carried out at SKANDA India site

• Competitive blended rates are applied on the onshore-offshore model

Bu i ld-Opera te- T rans fe r Model

• SKANDA engages with client for need analysis, a n d s t r a t e g y understanding

• SKANDA works with client for scope definition and requirements

• S K A N D A c a r r i e s o u t offshore product build at India site

•  SKANDA implements product at client site and undertakes to operate the product for an agreed period

•  On meeting SLA, product control transferred to client

S t a f f A u g m e n t a t i o n Model • C l i e n t s m a y h a v e

constraints in engaging full time employees

• SKANDA provides skilled resources for short term o r l o n g t e r m e n g a g e m e n t s o n c o n t r a c t u a l o r permanent terms with product, technology , business or consulting expertise

• Pricing on time and material basis or fixed price basis could be considered

Collaborative Model • S K A N D A a l s o

p a r t n e r s w i t h c o m p a n i e s w i t h b e s t i n c l a s s p r o d u c t s a s resellers/distributors

• We work on product development, staff a u g m e n t a t i o n , implementation and p o s t i m p l e m e n t a t i o n support models for o u r p a r t n e r organizations

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Development 1 - Java/J2EE, .NET, Java Architect, JD Edwards developer, WCS developers, UI/UX developers, C#, AS400, IBM Stack engineers. Testing 2 – Manual and Automation testing using tools such as Selenium, QTP, Android testing, ATG Web commerce, QA Engineer


AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Business LineF Capital Markets Core Banking / Islamic Banking * AML

SDLC H | Product F Murex Calypso Fidessa Finacle* Flexcube T24* Hogan Systematics Alnova Norkom

Business Analysis C C C C C C

Architect C

Development 1 C C C C C C C

Testing 2 C C C C C C C C C

Business LineF ATM Risk Credit Cards Comm.Lending Reconciliation Payments Misys Trade Finance

SDLC H | Product F Base 24 QRM Vision+ Hogan

Celeriti Loan IQ Smartstream TLM

Fundtech - GPP Midas Misys TI+ Bank Trade

Business Analysis C C C C C C

Architect

Development 1 C C C C C C

Testing 2 C C C C C C C C C


CLIENTS

20

Thank You

India | UAE | KSA | Singapore

For more details on how SKANDA can help your organization, please contact us at [email protected]

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