Oracle was chosen as a result of this search. Akbay states that Oracle's flexibility was crucial in this decision: "We wanted to see the support of a world-famous company in the program we would buy. At the same time, the software had to be flexible in order to meet our needs. After a thorough period of research, we decided on Oracle ERP systems, believing that it would meet our needs and started the project."
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After choosing the system, Karbosan decided to work with Innova in order to implement the Oracle ERP system. Akbay explains that Innova's significant experience with Oracle and strong references from the manufacturing industry played a role in their decision. Saying that they had difficulties during the process; but were able to overcome them thanks to Innova's support, Akbay describes the project process as follows: "We experienced serious difficulties. We did not know how we could part ways with a system that we had been used to for more than 30 years and move on to a new one. Innova's experience proved very significant for us at this stage. The Innova team helped us tremendously at every stage of this transition process to ERP. We overcame our
Another advantage of the system is that top management can access the reports whenever and wherever they wish. Management has access to the screen display of any report, can make the necessary decisions and can share these decisions with the lower management. In addition, the information is now 100 percent consistent. Akbay states that the data obtained from different sources on the same topic for a report previously may have contradicted one another, whereas now this is no longer a problem.
Akbay maintains that the acquired speed and productivity are reflected in business results, yielding a significant growth performance in 2006 and 2007: "While Karbosan usually grew a few points annually, we showed a double digit growth performance for the two years following our implementation of the ERP system. We began driving a faster car so we accelerated as well. In short, we are very pleased with the advantages that the new infrastructure has provided us with."