plantERM by Aitken Spence Powers Elpitiya Plantations
View(s):plantERM, a high-performance Enterprise Resource Manager (ERM) for the Plantations sector developed by Aitken Spence Technologies has been successfully implemented at Elpitiya Plantations PLC, covering its head office, and over a dozen tea, rubber and pam oil estates and factories.
plantERM is designed, developed and implemented by Aitken Spence Technologies (AST) to suit the requirements and standard practices of the strategically important industry, according to an AST media release.
“The enterprise resources management (ERM) solution by Aitken Spence Technologies is the first truly web-based and centralised system in Sri Lanka with both operational and financial modules integrated to cater to multi-location, multi-crop requirements with seamless integration for consolidation. We are thrilled that plantERM has been received exceptionally well by our client, Elpitiya Plantations. This has resulted in wider interest in our product from the plantations industry in Sri Lanka”, noted Dinesh Mendis, Director of AST and Aitken Spence Group.
The development process of plantERM engaged industry experts and consultants with considerable experience in research and development. Developed through open source technologies, plantERM seamlessly integrates operational and finance modules to work as one single solution. plantERM is a web-based solution that requires minimum bandwidth for data communication and posses a secure administration module to control access and monitor activities.
“We are delighted to have partnered with Aitken Spence Technologies to introduce an ERM solution to Elpitiya Plantations. We see plantERM as a powerful tool that gives us timely and accurate visibility of the health of our business. Given the scope and engagement, we are pleased with the relative low cost of ownership and the time frame of deployment,” said Tony Gunawardena, Director of Elpitiya Plantations PLC.