Does Teapac ERP software result in cost savings?

In a recent presentation to the owner of a group of tea estates in Kolkata, I was suddenly asked “Will there be any savings in cost if I install Teapac?”

The question set me thinking and when I returned to my office I asked my team for some figures for rations in different gardens where Teapac is installed. The Census of the garden for workers and dependants is through the Teapac system and so I thought maybe I should check whether a correct census has made any difference to the ration quantities. The results of three gardens are given below:

Garden	Ration Quantity before Teapac per fortnight	Ration Quantity after Teapac per fortnight	Savings per fortnight	Savings per year (approx)	Approx value of Savings per year
Garden A: Crop 14 lac kgs;  Permanent Strength: 1200 workers	9,000 kgs	8,300 kgs	700 kgs	16,800  kgs	Rs 1,33,980/-
Garden B: Crop 7 lac kgs;  Permanent Strength: 650  workers	5000 kgs	4600 kgs	400 kgs	9600 kgs	Rs 76,560/-
Garden C: Crop 20 lac kgs; Permanent Strength: 2600   workers	30,000  kgs	28,800 kgs	1,200 kgs	28,800 kgs	Rs 2,11,392/-

Note: Rice @ Rs 8.61 per kg and Atta @ Rs 7.34 per kg.  Rice and Atta considered 1:1.

The table reveals that there are savings for all the gardens irrespective of size and number of workers. The maximum savings is for Garden C where Teapac will pay for itself in full within 17 months only on the savings in Rations alone! Other than Rations there will be additional savings in mandays, better control over stores and lower inventory stocking etc. Similar analysis of mandays before and after Teapac should throw up some interesting results as well!

So install Teapac and save money as well!

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