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SMBC GROUP
SMBC ’ s partnership with Visionet Arshad Masood is the Managing Director and CEO of Visionet Systems Inc ., a leading digital technology solutions company that helps their global clients increase agility , reduce costs , and enable business and technology outcomes . Visionet played a critical role in designing and developing SMBC ’ s supplier spend analytics data lake and PowerBI dashboards .
The Visionet delivery team hit the ground running , engaging with SMBC ’ s business partners across multiple group companies and regions to identify , map , ingest , and rationalise data from six ERP / AP ( Accounts Payable ) systems with ten general ledgers into a single repository .
“ While it may seem like a relatively straightforward exercise , it was exceptionally difficult ,” says Wadsworth . “ Working with fragmented systems , data models and inconsistent data values presented numerous challenges , all of which the Visionet team addressed head on .”
In addition to the design and development of the data lake , Visionet developed PowerBI reports that are not only easy to use and exceptionally versatile , but also graphically sophisticated . “ Visionet ’ s client partner , Rajasshri Phadnaik , played a key role in managing our overall relationship and went beyond the call of duty to drive programme success ,” says Wadsworth . “ We
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