Singapore: The New York Stock Exchange-listed Satyam Computer Services (www.satyam.com) has been appointed by Singapore Exchange-listed Jurong Technologies Industrial Corporation (www.jht.com.sg) to implement an end-to-end enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for the electronics contract manufacturer’s (ECM) all four plants in the Asia Pacific.

The project is the first SAP systems contract that the Indian software giant has secured from a Singapore-based ECM such as Jurong Technologies, which recorded a net profit of S$6.2 million on turnover of S$141.6 million for the six months ended 30 June 2002.

The ERP system will allow manufacturing plants of Jurong Technologies - a fast-growing electronics contract manufacturer - in Singapore, Batam (Indonesia) Johor Baru (Malaysia) and Suzhou (China) to be linked on a single SAP-based platform.

Under Phase 1 of the project to be completed by May 2003, Satyam will link Jurong Technologies’ plant in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia; and in Phase 2 (July 2003), the Indian IT provider will complete the loop with the linking of the China operations. Through the SAP system, Jurong Technologies will be able to unify its ERP needs for logistics, financial management, sales, distribution and administration.

“Satyam brings to the table its depth and width of global expertise in ERP for the contract manufacturing sector. In one level of the project, we will also be leveraging on our expertise in business process engineering for our client,’’ says Virender Aggarwal, Satyam VP, head of Asia Pacific. “Our expertise mustered in the electronics sector from the global front means shorter delivery time by three-four months for our customers such as Jurong Technologies.”

Says Jurong Technologies president Lee Lok Fui: “This new ERP platform is a necessary step for us to cater to our fast-growing business needs. It will allow us to retrieve on a real-time basis critical data such as material status, inventory levels, work-in-progress and manufacturing yield.

“Customers of Jurong Technologies will also be able to log in and track their master production schedules. We believe this is a vital step in our efforts to improve quality and customer service levels in a fast-moving industry such as electronics manufacturing.”

Established in 1986, Jurong Technologies began providing ECM services to local as well as overseas electronics original equipment manufacturers in 1988. It was listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange in April 2000. The company has production facilities in Singapore, Malaysia, Suzhou (China) and Batam (Indonesia).

For the year ended 31 December 2001, the group reported profit-after-tax attributable to shareholders of S$8.3 million, a 46.5-per cent increase from S$5.6 million a year earlier on the back of a 32-per cent rise in turnover to S$205.9 million from S$155.7 million.

Satyam Computer Services, a SEI CMM Level 5 company, operates in 45 countries with over 270 global clients, including around 72 Fortune 500 Corporations. Satyam’s dedicated and highly skilled IT professionals provide customised end-to-end IT solutions to industries like telecom, manufacturing, automotive, insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, media and semiconductor.

Satyam has development centres in India, the US, the UK, the Middle East, Japan, Singapore and Australia. It offers a range of expertise that includes software development services, embedded systems, engineering services, systems integration, ERP solutions, enterprise application integration, customer relationship management, supply chain management, product development, e-business, and consulting.