Cognizant offers solutions to CAT Group

By agencies   |   Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 19:30 IST
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CHENNAI: Cognizant Technology Solutions, a provider of IT services has announced that it has leveraged one of its pre-built business process frameworks, Yardelligent, to quickly build a yard management solution for CAT Group, a major European logistics company. The custom solution integrates with CAT Group’s central vehicle management system and provides accurate vehicle tracking and better resource planning capabilities. “Cognizant was able to quickly understand our unique processes and in this case developed a solution utilizing their business process framework that best suited our needs. Cognizant brings significant business knowledge to the relationship and works closely with business users,” Jan Huizeling, CIO,CAT Group said. Cognizant’s Yardelligent combines manufacturing and logistics industry experience with technology capability to deliver innovative solutions for the predictive location of assets, asset inspection and operations tracking in real time. Cognizant was able to build the solution in a relatively short time frame while at the same time providing CAT Group the flexibility to add functionality. “Cognizant has industry specific frameworks based on a scalable and customizable architecture, which can be easily leveraged to meet a client’s specific needs. The frameworks allow us to deliver IT solutions that help customers meet business needs quickly,” Lakshmi Narayanan, President and CEO, Cognizant, said. “Cognizant’s approach to global delivery stands out, not simply in its unique ‘on-site/offshore’ approach, but in the organization of our businesses around specialized industry practices, where extensive domain knowledge leads to optimal software solutions.”

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