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GeoLogistics partners with Syntel for IT application management
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 06 August 2003, 19:30 IST
SANTA ANA: GeoLogistics Corporation, one of the world's largest global third-party logistics companies, today announced a strategic alliance with Bharat Desai-headed Syntel, Inc., a global information technology services firm.
Commencing August 4, 2003, the multi-year agreement provides GeoLogistics with enhanced capability to rapidly deliver application solutions in support of its extensive internal operations and the supply chain management activities of its customers on a global basis.
Syntel assumes ongoing management and operational responsibility for all GeoLogistics' IT applications, including its award-winning IT system GeoVista which provides comprehensive global visibility for its customers' supply chains. The alliance further advances GeoLogistics' leadership role for IT within the third-party logistics sector. During 2002, Datamonitor plc, a business information company, ranked GeoLogistics number one for IT capabilities and number two for overall performance, according to an independent survey of logistics managers at leading European manufacturers and retailers.
"Our customers have already said we are a leader in IT capabilities," said Bill Flynn, president and CEO of GeoLogistics. "The alliance with Syntel allows us to enhance GeoVista and expand our IT offerings while improving the quality of the day-to-day service experience to our customers."
Joe Szmadzinski, CIO of GeoLogistics, said "Syntel is an industry leader in applications management and like us, maintains operations worldwide. The alliance allows us to swiftly drive our application software portfolio to the next level while offering our customers highly efficient, cost effective and scaleable supply chain management solutions." Szmadzinski noted that Syntel has earned leading-edge quality and technical certifications as well as high recommendations from its own Global 2000 customers.