IFS drives technology in the paint and ink industry

24-Feb-2010

The importance of a good enterprise resources planning (ERP) system in the highly specialised paint and ink industry can never be underestimated. And global giant for component based business software, IFS responded to the industry’s unique needs with an agile and flexible solution. Shortly after its launch, several leading paint and ink manufacturers in the world including Teknos, Akzo Nobel, Jotun, and Becket Acroma have chosen IFS’ offering to help boost revenue and cut costs.

According to the Vice President IFS South Asia, Jayantha de Silva, with many world leading references in the paint and ink industry, IFS constantly keeps upgrading its solution with new features that are industry unique. This constantly evolving product is offered to companies in the region and world best practices are encouraged along with it.

He pointed out that the advantage in this arrangement is that the implementation and support which are the ‘making or breaking’ factors of ERP projects, would be handled by the very people who develop, own and maintain the product globally.

“Thus, 100% expertise on product and implementation methodology followed by a much needed support right throughout would be handled by the source of the product,” he elaborated.

He further said that the main Research and Development Centre being in Sri Lanka enables IFS to bring in the Asian flavour into the solution. This specially helps the Asian customers to use some of the very specific Asian requirements especially in the paint and ink sector.