Caritor bags end to end SAP implementation project from Adani Wilmar Limited
By Our Corporate Bureau | 25 Jun 2004
Mumbai: Caritor, a total-technology solutions provider, has won a major contract from Adani Wilmar Limited, part of the Rs. 9,000 Crore Adani group for implementing mySAP ERP in their organisation. Caritor will provide an integrated information backbone across all of Adani Wilmar's processes covering, in Phase 1, the material logistics, manufacturing, planning and execution, finance and customer facing processes. In Phase II, business information warehouse & customer relationship management will be covered. The project will be completed in eight months.
"SAP implementation with the help of Caritor will enable us to enhance our customer focus and will be a significant value addition to our information backbone to sustain our growth. Post-implementation, our support systems will work in a seamless fashion " said Pranav Adani , executive director Adani Wilmar Limited .
Adani Wilmar Limited (AWL), the fastest growing FMCG company in India, is into manufacturing and marketing of branded edible oil products. It markets its edible oils like soya bean, sunflower, cottonseed, groundnut, mustard under the 'Fortune' brand name, Vanaspati under the 'Raag' brand name and Bakery shortening under the Jubilee Masterchef brand name. "Fortune" is today the largest selling edible oil brand in the country (source: AC Nielsen). Ahmedabad based Adani Wilmar Limited started in the year 1999 and has grown to Rs.1,800 crores in this short span.
"Our commitment to Adani Wilmar Limited goes beyond this SAP implementation - we are committed to being their trusted advisors for all their IT initiatives and will certainly bring a business centric approach to all their IT investments" said S G Raja Sekharan, vp sales, Caritor.
Caritor (earlier called IT Solutions) is more than a decade old US$ 58m software services and products company addressing markets in North America, Europe, South Africa and Asia Pacific. The Company has recently set up a marketing presence in India to target medium to large enterprises in the country. Caritor also has distributed software development centers in India.
Caritor's manufacturing practice is committed to building partnerships with its customers and helping them optimize their production processes, enhance responsiveness and collaborate with trading partners to provide superior service to the end consumer. Some of Caritor's solutions include implementation of SCM solutions, development of business integration, EDI, channel management, m-commerce solutions, implementation and complete application management of ERP solutions, custom application development, implementation of product lifecycle management and collaboration solutions to reduce product design and development lead times.
