Adopting digitization and cloud based consolidated business optimization, the fast-expanding conglomerate, Brown & Company PLC, recently embarked on their digital transformation journey in collaboration with ZILLIONe, the leading provider of pioneering enterprise-wide business solutions, in the largest successful deployment of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS. It is also significant that Browns Group becomes the very first enterprise in the South East Asian region to implement the latest Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central cloud-based solution, with ZILLIONe as the solution provider.
Established in 1875, Browns has flourished over the years to grow into a household name with a reputation as strong as its years are long. The group is one of Sri Lanka’s largest diversified conglomerates, which manages a fast growing and valuable portfolio of brands across several key industry sectors, such as automotive, power generation, agriculture and plantations, pharmaceuticals, investments, marine and manufacturing, and leisure.
Given the pressing need of Browns Group of aligning their objective with the digital revolution, the company required a fully integrated sophisticated ERP solution that automates their operations while enabling faster growth and derivative market strength. Being an award-winning Microsoft Partner in the region who has proven to cater to evolving customers’ needs and unique business scope, ZILLIONe was assigned to deploy the latest Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS to Browns Group to unleash their digital transformational capabilities.
Facilitating Brown’s digital approach, ZILLIONe team successfully implemented the Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS to Browns Group automating 17 companies, 250+ users across B2B, B2C, Service, Manufacturing, InterCompany & Group Consolidation sectors, together with custom developed modules, Integrations to Banking and Sales Force Automation solution, and most importantly within a relatively short time frame making it a remarkable accomplishment to the company. The solution was deployed ensuring rapid progress together with new features, functionalities and extensive modules enabling increased efficiency and streamlined processes across finance, trading, manufacturing, services, and supply chain functions of the company.
As a result of the Browns digital revolution initiative involving cloud ERP, the company’s remote and distributed services have been widely adopted, effective work practices have been introduced, and digital forms of collaboration have been embraced in previously unprecedented ways owing to the newly implemented digital strategies and digitized processes that accelerated efficient decision making. Progressively, it has also empowered employees to embrace ‘anytime anywhere’ working flexibility, work wherever the business takes them, with complete capabilities on any or multiple devices, in the cloud, across Windows, Android, and iOS devices.