L&T Infotech has won two important turnkey ERP projects for computerizing the maintenance of rolling assets of the Indian Railways. The projects have been won against stiff competition from major IT companies.
The end-to-end System Integration (SI) projects were conceptualized and tendered by Center for Railway Information System (CRIS), the IT arm of Indian Railways. Under these projects, L&T Infotech would be deploying the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and the underlying hardware for automating the maintenance of the two major ‘bread-winner’ rolling assets of the Indian railways, namely, the wagon fleet which carries their freight traffic and diesel locomotives which haul their freight and passenger Trains.
The execution of these projects will involve creation of two centralized ERP-based applications: the Freight Maintenance Management (FMM) for management of Freight/ Wagon Depots; and Loco-Shed Management System (LMS) for management of Diesel Locomotive sheds. Wagon Maintenance Depots are the front line units for the maintenance of wagons and Diesel Locomotive Sheds are the front line units for the maintenance of diesel locomotives on 24x7 basis.
“We are happy to be associated with these two projects which are of critical importance to Indian Railways. These breakthrough System Integration projects reaffirm L&T Infotech’s position of pre-eminence when it comes to execution of large complex projects,” said Mr. Sudip Banerjee, Chief Executive Officer, L&T Infotech.
The projects include installation and commissioning; and multi-year ongoing support of hardware and systems in the implementation. The work involves establishing central data center infrastructure; providing LAN at three sheds; and supply, installation & commissioning of hardware and networking equipment. L&T Infotech will also be installing servers, network equipment, close circuit camera systems, touch screens and RFID-based kiosks for easy user interface for the employees.
In addition, a portal-based custom-built application module for providing specified functionalities to users at Head Quarters; Divisions; Divisional and Headquarters Carriage & Wagons (C&W) controllers; Research, Design and Standards Organization (RDSO), Lucknow; and Railway Board will also be provided. These proposed application modules will also be integrated with the existing Freight Operation Information System (FOIS) of the Indian Railways.
This application, along with the sophisticated IT automation tools and integration with FOIS, is anticipated to be a major breakthrough and an important milestone in improving internal efficiency and quality of work in the maintenance depots.
About L&T Infotech
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (L&T Infotech), one of the fastest growing IT Services companies, is ranked No. 5 globally among the Best IT Services Providers by Global Media Services in 2009, ranked 11th by NASSCOM among the top software and services exporters from India and also ranked among the ‘Leaders’ category in the prestigious Global 100 list released by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). The same survey has also featured L&T Infotech in a few prestigious sub-categories:
a) Among 10 companies by Industry Focus in the Oil & Natural Gas sector;
b) Among the best 20 leaders by Industry Focus in the Discrete Manufacturing sector;
c) Among the best 20 leaders by Services offered in the Information/Communications sector;
d) Among the best 5 leaders by region in the Middle East; and
e) As a New Winner in 2009;
A wholly-owned subsidiary of USD 8.5 billion Larsen & Toubro, India’s largest technology-driven engineering organization, L&T Infotech is differentiated by the unique Business-to-IT Connect, which is a result of our rich corporate heritage.
We offer comprehensive, end-to-end System Integration solutions and IT services in the following industry verticals: Banking & Financial Services; Insurance; Energy & Petrochemicals; Manufacturing (Consumer Packaged Goods, High-tech, Industrial Products, Automotive, Chemicals & Process, Media & Entertainment, Pharma, Retail and Logistics); Product Engineering Services (Telecom); e-Governance, Railways and Defence. We also deliver business solutions to our clients in the following Service Lines: SAP, Oracle, Infrastructure Management Services, Testing and Consulting. Our other Service offerings are: Business Analytics, Legacy Modernization, Applications Outsourcing, Architecture Consulting, PLM, Service Oriented Architecture, end-to-end integrated engineering services and embedded system solutions.
Enthused by the multiple laurels won by us, be it earning the No. 1 rank in 2009 in the Black Book of Outsourcing in Engineering Services Outsourcing, or be it winning the Deloitte Fast 500 Asia Pacific Award for 2008 for the second consecutive year, we stand further committed to our vision to provide world-class service to clients in our areas of focus, offering solutions that are based on business and technology insights. (www.Lntinfotech.com)
