Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited, a part of the Kirloskar Group of Companies, has gone live on the Oracle E-Business Suite within a short span of 108 days. The implementation was completed by Hexaware Technologies, a Certified Partner of the Oracle PartnerNetwork.

The company will use Oracle Applications to streamline operations across both its production facilities. The company has implemented key modules from the Oracle E-Business Suite - including Financials, Manufacturing, Distribution and Human Resources - to meet its system and data integration needs across its various departments.

"The implementation of Oracle Applications is a strategic initiative to streamline our existing operations across different locations. This provides an integrated view of information across the various departments to help our decision-making process," said R.V. Gumaste, Managing Director, Kirloskar Ferrous. "The implementation of Oracle Applications in a short period of 108 days shows the flexibility and ease of implementation of the Oracle E-Business Suite and the capabilities of the Hexaware and Oracle teams."

"The manufacturing sector in India is undergoing rapid transformation as Indian manufacturers cater to the increased demand from both the domestic and international markets," said Nitin Paranjape, director, Commercial Applications Sales, Oracle India. "Oracle provides world-class solutions for the manufacturing sector that are easy to implement and use, and which offer immense flexibility. We are happy to partner with Kirloskar Ferrous on their growth path."

"The Kirloskar Ferrous implementation stands testimony to Hexaware’s ability to rapidly deploy Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for the manufacturing industry. We believe in continuously adding value to our clients by offering them the benefit of our extensive domain expertise and application-specific tool kits," said Moorthi Chokkanathan, Head, India and Mexico, Delivery and Operations, Hexaware Technologies. "We received excellent support from Kirloskar Ferrous’ top management."