Atos Origin

[Atos Origin] was formed in October 2000 following a merger between the French company Atos and Origin B.V. from the Netherlands. Prior to that, both companies were the creation of other smaller mergers and acquisitions starting from around 1976. In 1996, Origin B.V. was created after a merger of the Dutch company BSO and the Philips C&P (Communications & Processing) division, while a year later in 1997, Atos was created following a merger of the French companies Axime and Sligos.

Philips Components

In 1997 I transferred from Sinagpore to the Origin Consultancy practice in North America. The first project undertaken in the US was for Philips Components in Santa Clara CA and El Paso TX. The objective of the Project was to implement Baan in the El Paso Warehouses and at the Finance and Administration center in Santa Clara. Being a large distribution center the key success factors were interfacing Baan successfully with a bar-code scanning system and ensure rapid put away and retrival of products using Cross-Docking, Golden Zone location control and Wave building warehouse management techniques. A secondary success factor was implementing Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and GL and interfacing it with Philips general accounting system hosted by SAP. The project was completed in eight months.

Implementation Summary

Role: Project Manager Consultants Directly Supervised: 5 Project Budget: Approximately US3million Project Length: 8 Months

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