ILC provides value-added, high quality turnkey solutions for implementing engineering asset management systems and related logistic management services by applying information technology to meet companies` business management requirements. It operates in a niche market with customers such as the Department of Defence, South African Air Force, South African Navy and Afrox.
"The core of engineering asset management is reliable business intelligence and enterprise integration. Our clients and other companies dealing with expensive, mission or safety critical equipment are usually geographically dispersed and they need to be able to get any data in an easily navigated format at any given time. A Web-based solution with real-time direct access to enterprise data is ideal," says Jan Coetzer, managing director ILC.
Tony Cross, BI business development manager at ICL, comments: "Information Builders` WebFOCUS, besides being endorsed by Gartner and the only BI solution that is ISO 9000 certified, is able to integrate and deliver all critical enterprise data as the point of business.
Coetzer adds: "The traditional approach in implementing systems is to computerise manual transactions that constitute business processes. This approach is flawed in that it is not driven by management objectives, and when only software is implemented the system often collapses once the implementation team withdraws. A proven BI solution, such as WebFOCUS ensures the validity of business processes and supporting information systems at all organisational and operational levels. It provides the basis for re-engineering and system implementation in support of decision-making.
"The ICL/ILC partnership goes further than just a product. South African companies will benefit from joint services aimed at aligning the solution with organisational goals," concludes Coetzer.
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ICL is one of Europe`s leading e-business services companies and employs more than 20 000 people in 40 countries. It designs, builds and operates innovative solutions for customers in the financial services, telecoms, retail, government, utilities and travel markets. ICL helps its customers to transform their businesses and make them more efficient and productive, by providing the IT services needed today together with the end-to-end e-business services to be successful in the new economy. These services include new media design, consultancy and systems integration through to managed infrastructure services that underpin the `mission-critical` requirements of businesses.
For the year ended 31 March 2000, the company`s revenues were lb2,774.6 million. Headquartered in London, ICL is wholly owned by Fujitsu Limited, a lb31 billion leader in Internet-based IT solutions for the global marketplace. ICL is the European-centred arm of Fujitsu`s global IT services strategy.
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