IFS expands in Sri Lanka’s tea industry by signing Empire Teas

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IFS the enterprise applications company, signs its third customer in Sri Lanka’s tea export industry with the signing of Empire Teas Ltd. who will deploy IFS Applications 9.

Empire Teas, which is a leading exporter of quality Ceylon Tea, will be embarking on its ERP implementation in two phases. Phase one will empower Empire Teas with a fully-fledged HR solution and will be followed by a second phase focused on deploying a broad set of IFS functionality, including finance, supply chain, document management, business analytics, and manufacturing. When fully implemented, Empire Teas will enjoy comprehensive support of critical processes such as tea auction management and tea blend management.

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At the signing of the agreement (from left): IFS Business Solutions Advisor Sean Fernando, IFS Manager Sales Saahd Ghouse, IFS Director Sales and Marketing Shiraz Lye, Empire Teas Chairman Lushantha De Silva, Empire Teas GM Operations Jeewaka Liyanage and Empire Teas Manager IT Chinthaka Peiris

The IFS HR solution includes comprehensive support for operative and strategic HR functionalities, which will be deployed to cover the 400 plus Empire Teas employees. IFS Applications includes many features that support the unique needs of the food and beverage industry.

Empire Teas Ltd. General Manager Jeewaka Liyanage commenting on the sign up stated, “Empire Teas has laid out ambitious plans for the next five years and has identified that information for decision making is crucial in making those plans operational. With IFS’s solution Empire Teas will be integrating all its business critical functions in a manner that will allow for the management to have the information they need with accuracy and run operations with a higher level of integrity. We look forward to a swift implementation.”

IFS Manager Business Development Saahd Ghouse stated, “IFS is pleased with the extremely fruitful engagement it has had with the leadership of Empire Teas who are very clear in their vision for the organisation and how they hope to leverage Enterprise Resource Planning software for the benefit of the organisation. We hope that this is the beginning of a long standing and mutually beneficial partnership between IFS and Empire Teas.”

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