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.
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 2
WHY SKANDA?
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 3
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
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 4
OUR OFFERINGS – TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CONTRACTING (1/3)
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 5
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.
OUR OFFERINGS – TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CONTRACTING (2/3)
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 6
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
OUR OFFERINGS – TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CONTRACTING (3/3)
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 7
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
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 8
OUR OFFERINGS – BUSINESS PROCESS & TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING (2/2)
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 9
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)
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 10
BFSI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE - CAPABILITIES
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 11
Info
rma
tion
Tec
hno
log
y
Op
era
tions
Busi
ness
es
sup
po
rte
d • Retail Banking
• 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
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 12
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)
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 13
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)
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 14
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
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 15
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)
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 16
OUR ENGAGEMENT MODELS
17
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
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE
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
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 18
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
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE 19
CLIENTS
20
Thank You
India | UAE | KSA | Singapore
For more details on how SKANDA can help your organization, please contact us at [email protected]
SKANDA - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DO NOT REPRODUCE