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Gonzo Digimation Holdings ERP Adoption
Date: 2/22/2005
On February 8th, GDH first announced they were climbing on board the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) bandwagon, utilizing a solution package, "SAP R/3 Enterprise" provided by the German company SAP. The system was adopted by GONZO to support the firm's rapidly growing animation property holdings and licensing worldwide. With the move, the accounting system will be brought in house fully in the short term. The ERP "SAP R/3 Enterprise" is described as an integrated mission-critical task application. SAP Japan Ltd. whose headquarters is in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward Mangaes the solution. Previously the speed of managing accounts reportedly became a problem costing time and money. Moreover, there was a necessity for speeding up the proccess and attempting the settlement of accounts by the construction of a common accounting system contained in-house. GDH has accounting data results streaming in from every country in the world. With the news system this can all be handled in real-time along with cost accounting and settlement of accounts. Because these functions can be gradually introduced while covering functions of the purchase sale business and the copyright management business, etc. besides the accounting business, the adoption of "SAP R/3 Enterprise" was decided for the reasons of flexible correspondence to worldwide high growth of GDH in the future etc. SAP's solution includes the management of the copyright, the calculation of the royalty, and the demand function, etc. , synchronization with accounting, achieving rights management that is prompt and accurate and contributes to the basic establishment of the global contents business at which GDH aims. SAP Japan plans to introduce the case with GDH in a contents business seminar that will be held this spring.
Source: Anime News Service