IBM executes ERP solution for Escorts Group

NEW DELHI: Technology giant IBM on Monday said it has executed a contract from engineering conglomerate Escorts Group for deploying ERP solutions.

Through an agreement with IBM, Escorts Group received a workload-optimised hardware solution to replace the company's existing ERP system infrastructure, IBM said in a statement.

"Escorts Group has embarked on a journey of IT transformation to achieve operational & manufacturing excellence...To aid us in this journey we needed a scalable and high-performing IT infrastructure, backed by a robust technology roadmap," Escorts Group CIO Vipin Kumar said.

IBM clearly had the best solution, while ensuring a reduction in our energy footprint and increasing return on investment, he added.

Escorts Group is expanding its current deployment of Oracle's Applications ERP software to cover two new divisions -- a utilisation increase of about 40 per cent.