India, Mumbai December 6, 2006: Patni Computer Systems., a leading global IT consulting and services provider today announced the successful implementation of SSA ERP LN 6.1 for Xtreme Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of forward-reach rough terrain fork lifts. Xtreme is well known in the infrastructure and construction industry for its range of forklifts, easy loader truck beds and miscellaneous steel structures and support equipments.
"Having set the mandate to double our production capacity, we wanted to improve resource efficiencies and production planning in a short time. To achieve this, we had set ourselves an ambitious timeframe of implementing SSA ERP LN within eleven weeks, and Patni justified the immense faith we had in their capabilities" said Don Ahern, President, Xtreme Manufacturing.
Patni used its rapid implementation methodology to reduce the timeline. This lean methodology is most suited for organizations aiming to deploy out-of-the-box application. Patni's proprietary industry specific templates were deployed to accelerate the 'product mapping' phase'.
Patni's project management skills, technical proficiency in SSA ERP LN, and understanding of mixed-mode manufacturing came to the forefront in the successful completion of this challenging project. Based on the implementation roadmap finalized, Patni conducted a structured review of Xtreme's processes like finance, inventory management and production planning. This comprehensive exercise enabled Patni in realigning the processes to the functional specifications of ERP LN.
"We are pleased to have played a catalytic role in Xtreme's progress on their path to high performance manufacturing. Our experience in executing complex projects has enabled us to complete this implementation in an extremely short timeframe," said Mr. Milind S Padalkar, Senior VP and Head, Enterprise Application Services, Patni.
The rapid ERP implementation has also allowed Xtreme to create value differentiation from its competitors by giving it the ability to build enterprise wide visibility, reduce lead times, and improve customer intimacy.
About Patni
Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI) is a
global IT Services provider servicing Global 2000 clients. Patni caters to its clients through
its industry-focused practices, including insurance, manufacturing, financial services,
telecommunications, and its technology-focused practices.
With employee strength of over 12,000 and multiple offshore development facilities across
eight cities; Patni has 23 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Patni has registered revenues of US$ 450 million for the year 2005.
Patni's service offerings include application development, application maintenance and
support, packaged software implementation, infrastructure management services, product
engineering services, business process outsourcing and quality assurance services.
Committed to quality, Patni adds value to its client's businesses through well-established
and structured methodologies, tools and techniques. Patni is an ISO 9001: 2000 certified
and SEI-CMMi Level 5 organization, assessed enterprise wide at P-CMM Level 3. In keeping
with its focus on continuous process improvements, Patni adopts Six Sigma practices as an
integral part of its quality and process frameworks.
For more information on Patni, visit www.patni.com.
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Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking
statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to
these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in
earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors
which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly
skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client
concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced
demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, liability for
damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Patni has made strategic
investments, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on
raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property
and general economic conditions affecting our industry. The company does not undertake to update
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