IKKI, Beyond Finances

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Companies that gained +20% margin with IKKI, and stayed.

7 published cases. IKKI has had clients since 1995. Auditable numbers, testimonials with name and job title. Every client is willing to talk to you before you decide.

Electronics manufacturing operation
Electronics manufacturingMid-market

IKKI client since 2008

Schurter

Schurter is a Swiss multinational with an industrial operation in Brazil. Its tax department was dealing with a growing volume of NF-e electronic invoices and constant changes to tax rules.

−70%
time spent on the monthly close
+20%
profitability in the industrial operation
100%
inbound NF-e electronic invoices captured automatically

The challenge

The previous system froze during the monthly close. The team spent 4 days just to reconcile inbound invoices and generate SPED, Brazil's digital tax bookkeeping files. Tax exposure was high because of unprocessed inbound invoices.

The IKKI solution

  • ✓Rollout of the IKKI ERP with the automated XML Capture module
  • ✓Direct integration with SEFAZ, the state tax authority, to download authorised invoices
  • ✓Rule-based tax checking before bookkeeping
  • ✓Training focused on the tax routine
“

At IKKI, we feel the security we need. The technical team responds fast, and the system keeps up with growth without becoming a bottleneck. Today I close the month in 1 day instead of 4.

Marcelo Soares · Administrative and Financial Director, Schurter
Distribution · Lighting operation
Distribution · LightingLarge enterprise

IKKI client since 2004

LEMCA

LEMCA is the largest distributor of lighting products in Brazil, with 36 years in the market and customers across the commercial, medical, airport and entertainment segments. The operation involves thousands of SKUs with a pronounced ABC curve and ICMS-ST, the state VAT tax substitution regime, across multiple interstate transactions.

21 years
of relationship with IKKI
−40%
reconciliation time with manufacturers
100%
compliance with interstate ICMS-ST (state VAT tax substitution)

The challenge

Managing thousands of fast-moving SKUs, ICMS-ST in several states and payment terms that vary by customer. Reconciliation with suppliers and manufacturers consumed an entire back-office team.

The IKKI solution

  • ✓IKKI ERP with embedded WMS to manage thousands of SKUs
  • ✓Automatic ICMS-ST calculation on interstate transactions
  • ✓Credit limit and payment term management per customer
  • ✓Native BI with ABC curve, turnover and stockouts in real time
“

IKKI has followed our growth for more than two decades. When we started, we were a lean operation; today we are a national reference in lighting distribution, and the platform evolved with us, without us ever having to change vendors.

Executive Board · Executive board, LEMCA
Food manufacturing operation
Food manufacturingLarge enterprise

IKKI client since 2010

Village

Village is a 100% Brazilian manufacturer of panettones, chocolates, biscuits, cakes and seasonal items, second in national market share for panettones. It operates with batch control, mandatory expiry dates, high seasonality (Easter and Christmas) and ICMS-ST in several states.

15 years
of relationship with IKKI
−50%
losses from product expiry
+15%
margin per product line

The challenge

Extreme seasonality concentrates 70% of the operation in 3 months of the year. Batch and expiry control was manual, pharma-food ICMS-ST varied by state, and the monthly Bloco K filing, the digital production and stock ledger, consumed days from the tax team.

The IKKI solution

  • ✓IKKI ERP with full batch and expiry management
  • ✓Automated Bloco K with tax bookkeeping of inventory
  • ✓ICMS-ST calculation with the MVA added-value margin rate kept up to date per state
  • ✓BI on expiry, turnover and loss, with early alerts for items close to their expiry date
“

With the IKKI method and the cloud ERP, we managed to identify where we were losing margin and correct course quickly. The return on investment came in less than 5 months.

Executive Board · Executive board, Village
Manufacturing · Automotive die casting operation
Manufacturing · Automotive die castingMid-market

IKKI client since 2018

Presmak

Presmak specialises in die casting, machining and finishing of technical components in aluminium and zamak, supplying the Brazilian automotive sector. It operates a 10,500 m² industrial plant with more than 55 years of know-how in casting.

7 years
of relationship with IKKI
−55%
time to close a production order
+25%
presumed tax credits recovered

The challenge

Operation driven by production orders, registration of steel-industry NCM codes (Brazil's tariff classification) with specific IPI/PIS/COFINS federal taxes, and control of by-products and scrap. Production planning needed real-time visibility to honour contracts with carmakers.

The IKKI solution

  • ✓IKKI ERP with production planning by production order and multi-level bill of materials
  • ✓NCM registration with sector tax rules pre-calibrated
  • ✓Automatic XML capture for raw material and scrap
  • ✓Production BI with OEE indicators per production order and cost centre
“

IKKI.Digital transformed the way we see our operation. Today we know exactly the profitability of each order the moment it comes in. That completely changed our commercial decisions.

Executive Board · Executive board, Presmak
Logistics and transport operation
Logistics and transportMid-market

IKKI client since 2012

JC Durigam

JC Durigam operates in three states with branches and distribution centres. Each branch had its own entry routines, which created duplicate records and inventory discrepancies.

13 years
of relationship with IKKI
−60%
rework between branches
+18%
operating margin in 12 months

The challenge

Duplicate records across branches, inventory discrepancies between systems, and no consolidated view for executive decision-making.

The IKKI solution

  • ✓IKKI ERP rolled out across 3 states with branches connected in real time
  • ✓Unified records for customers, products and suppliers
  • ✓Business Intelligence consolidating indicators from the 3 units
  • ✓Multi-level approval workflow
“

We operate in three different states and IKKI's ERP integrated the whole operation. It eliminated rework and duplicate entries, and gave me a single view of the business that I had never had before.

Julio Cesar · Partner and Director, JC Durigam
Logistics · Temperature controlled operation
Logistics · Temperature controlledLarge enterprise

IKKI client since 2016

Friozem

Friozem has been a reference in temperature-controlled storage, transport and distribution for more than 40 years. It runs 10 units in Brazil's main commercial hubs, serving critical cold chains (food, pharmaceutical, biologicals).

9 years
of relationship with IKKI
+24%
margin on optimised routes
−60%
time to issue CT-e electronic freight bills in batch

The challenge

Coordinating 10 distributed units under a critical temperature SLA, issuing CT-e electronic freight bills at high volume, and controlling costs by route and by customer (the freight payer). Transport ICMS assessment, which varies by state and by payer, required extensive manual work.

The IKKI solution

  • ✓IKKI ERP with native CT-e and MDF-e, the electronic freight manifest
  • ✓Fleet module with preventive maintenance and fuelling
  • ✓Automatic transport ICMS calculation by state and payer
  • ✓BI on route, occupancy and margin in real time
“

I never imagined we would have such a clear view of our numbers. The rollout was fast and the support is entirely human. I recommend it to any company that wants to grow safely.

Executive Board · Executive board, Friozem
Engineering · Public infrastructure operation
Engineering · Public infrastructureMid-market

IKKI client since 2018

FBF Engenharia

FBF Engenharia works in civil infrastructure engineering, paving and maintenance of public spaces, serving municipalities, state departments and public bodies in the state of São Paulo. It runs multiple simultaneous projects, public contracts with progress measurements and committed funds, and a lean administrative structure.

8 years
of relationship with IKKI
several times
larger in operation · same structure
0%
administrative rework between projects

The challenge

Keeping up with significant revenue growth without inflating the administrative structure. Controlling cost per project, contractual measurements, committed funds and INSS/ISS withholdings (social security contribution and municipal service tax), while keeping the finance team the same size as the operation multiplied.

The IKKI solution

  • ✓IKKI ERP with project management by contract, measurement and cost centre
  • ✓Standardised administrative workflow for public committed funds
  • ✓Automated control of withholdings (INSS on labour assignment, withheld ISS, IRRF withholding income tax)
  • ✓Business Intelligence consolidating profitability by project and public client
  • ✓Embedded consulting to evolve processes alongside the growth
“

IKKI gave us the administrative and operational control we needed to grow safely. Today we run an operation several times larger with the same lean management structure.

Executive Board · Executive board, FBF Engenharia

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