Companies co-operate on automotive production

A GE Intelligent Platforms product story

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Oct 4, 2007

GE Fanuc Automation Wipro's agreement covers services, point solution development and joint go-to-market activities.

GE Fanuc Automation and Wipro Technologies will work together globally to provide the automotive industry with solutions in the production management area.

This relationship will provide significant value to customers looking to integrate their production management and ERP systems by leveraging Wipro's knowledge of GE Fanuc production management solutions and its expertise in ERP.

"GE Fanuc and Wipro Technologies have substantial experience and shared relationships with the leaders in the automotive industry, making this arrangement beneficial to our clients", said Sudip Banerjee, President, Enterprise Solutions for Wipro Technologies.

"The manufacturing operations of automotive industry present large-scale implementation challenges that are well-served by this arrangement".

"This alliance is a building block in Wipro's overall solution strategy to enable a collaborative value network for our manufacturing clients".

"This is a significant step towards increasing reach as well as establishing complementary expertise in execution", said Ed Martin, Chief Marketing Officer for GE Fanuc Automation.

"Wipro Technologies is a well-respected provider of implementation services in production management".

Wipro's Partha Mukherjee, Head Center of Excellence (COE) Automotive industry, will speak at GE Fanuc's Discover 2007 Users Conference in St.

Louis, 22nd-25th October, 2007.

The title of his presentation is "Startup new lines on time and on budget with more flexibility".

The scope of the agreement covers services, point solution development and joint go-to-market activities.

Wipro's knowledge of supply chain, plant floor operations, enterprise technologies and business processes will enable timely and effective deployment of GE Fanuc production management solutions.

Proficy products encompass an integrated suite of applications providing execution, logistics, quality, tracking, reporting and visibility throughout all of a company's plant operations on any scale.