BWI: Ramco Wins Prestigious Order from NACIL for MRO Offerings

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Ramco Systems Limited
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:25 AM IST (04:55 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Ramco Wins Prestigious Order from NACIL for MRO Offerings


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Ramco Systems (BSE - 532370, NSE - RAMCOSYS, MSE - RSST); a leading software company focused on consulting, products, and managed services, today announced a prestigious order win from National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) for its Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) suite of Aviation software offerings. As per the agreement, Ramco Systems will provide its complete suite of MRO offerings to NACIL which operates Air India, Indian Airlines, Air India Express and Alliance.

Air India will soon bring all areas of functioning of its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility on to a common IT platform, with the objective of increasing aircraft availability, reducing inventory, ensuring quicker turnaround times and bringing cost effectiveness. This software will help automate the business processes of line and heavy maintenance, component and engine maintenance, quality assurance, production, planning and control, material procurement, inventory, payments and accounting functions, among others.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. P R Venketrama Raja, Vice Chairman, Managing Director, & CEO, Ramco Systems, said "We are happy to win this prestigious order for our Aviation business from NACIL. Our robust MRO offering that empowers some of the best-in-class aviation companies, will now be instrumental in adding significant value and business benefits to NACIL. We see the aviation industry reviving globally and this win has further strengthened our presence and focus in the Global Aviation market."

"We are very excited to add NACIL as our Aviation Customer from the Indian subcontinent. Ramco's MRO offerings provides functionality for integrating a wide range of operations which helps keep costs under control and simplify processes, thereby increasing productivity and returns. This win is a testimony to the strong and robust product we have developed for the Aviation market," added Mr. Kamesh Ramamoorthy, COO, Ramco Systems.

Ramco's solution will benefit NACIL by improving the turnaround time of business processes, leading to increased aircraft availability, reduced float requirement and consequent reduction in inventory. It would also help increase productivity of all resources. This would also enable the airline to improve its revenue earning through more third party MRO jobs. The software shall also be integrated with corporate ERP solutions in the near future.

About Ramco Systems

Ramco Systems, a part of the USD 1 Billion Ramco Group, is a leading IT company focused on consulting, product and managed services business. Headquartered in Chennai, Ramco Systems was started as an R&D division of Ramco Industries in 1992, and later established as an independent company in 1999. The company focuses on providing innovative business solutions that can be delivered quickly and cost-effectively in complex environments. Ramco has over 100,000 users from 800+ customer organizations, globally since inception. The company currently has 14 offices spread across India, US, Europe, Middle East and APAC and employs over 1,400 employees.

Ramco's key differentiator is its innovative approach to develop products through its revolutionary enterprise application assembly and delivery platform - Ramco VirtualWorksT. Ramco Systems has seven major product suites - Ramco Enterprise Suite, Ramco Enterprise Asset Management Suite, Ramco Aviation, Ramco OnDemand ERP (ERP on SaaS), Ramco Business Information Management Suite, Ramco Enterprise Process Suite, and Ramco Mining. A strong domain knowledge coupled with proven implementation expertise enables Ramco to provide specialized solutions in verticals such as Manufacturing, Real Estate & Construction, Energy & Utilities, Logistics, Service, BFSI, Aviation, Government and Defense.

Ramco Systems has been assessed for ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 27001:2005 information security standards. Ramco's BPO unit is SAS 70 Type II certified.

For more information, please visit www.ramco.com

About Ramco Aviation

Ramco Systems is the world's largest provider of Aviation Maintenance & Engineering (M&E) and Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Software Solutions. Ramco's customers include Pinnacle Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines, Shuttle America, Phi, Air Methods, Era Helicopters, Caribbean Airlines, AeroMexico Connect, Republic Airlines, TACA Regional, JEJU Air Co. Ltd. Gulf Helicopters, Indian Airlines, KD Avia, Air New Zealand's-Safe Air Limited MRO Operation, Columbia Helicopters, Air Medical Group, AlSalam Aircraft Co., Jazeera Airways, ADAC Luftfahrt Technik, AirWorks, EnerJet, and Yemen Airways amongst others.

For more information, please visit www.ramcoaviation.com


CONTACT DETAILS
Vinitha Ramani, Ramco Systems Ltd., +91 9840368048, vinitharamani@rsi.ramco.com
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