SQL Star International Limited, an IT knowledge and enterprise services unit, has bagged the first strategic outsourcing contract in the SME market segment.
Granules India Ltd, a fully integrated pharmaceutical formulations manufacturer with the world's largest 'granulation' capacity, has entered into an agreement to outsource its entire Information Technology (IT) management to SQL Star, a release said here today.
This strategic contract will include Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution deployment, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solution, Process Control Systems Integration and implementation, and IT facilities and operations management, release added.
SQL Star will integrate Granule's processes across the entire supply chain, finance and HR covering operations spread across their headquarters at Hyderabad, three plants in India, Sales and Marketing office in the United States and the logistics, distribution and technical support network globally. This ERP implementation is scheduled to be operational from July 1, company's CEO Narendra Shukla said.
Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ (MARCH 06, 2006)