IFS forays into Singer Pakistan with largest deal

INVESTMENT: IFS Sri Lanka, the global enterprise applications company, managed to strike a deal with Singer Pakistan, with an investment of US$ 500, 000 making it the largest single investment in Singer Pakistan in its entire history of over a century, while Sri Lanka, has recorded this as one of the largest software exports.

"This is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, which is a merger of global ERP best practices and Singer company best practices into one system, enabling Singer Pakistan to respond quickly to market changes," Vice President, IFS Asia Pacific Jayantha De Silva said, explaining that this system facilitates resources to be used in a more agile way to accomplish superior business performance and competitive advantage.

He said that the ERP information system integrates all manufacturing and related applications for the company and supports it by multi-module application software that help a manufacturer or other business manage the important parts of its business, including product planning, parts purchasing, maintaining inventories, interacting with suppliers, providing customer service, and tracking orders.