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From left: Representing IFS Sri Lanka, Mithila Ranjithan – Principal Consultant Finance, Shiraz Lye – Director Sales and Marketing and Jayantha De Silva - President/CEO. Representing Stafford Motor Co. Ltd. Dr. Kalinga Kaluperuma – Managing Director/CEO, Charaka Perera – Director, Thushitha Kamalchandra - CFO
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announced that Stafford Motors Company Ltd., the sole agent in Sri Lanka for Honda, is updating its existing installation of IFS Applications™. Stafford Motors has been running on IFS Applications since 2005. The upgrade will provide enhancements in areas such as finance, distribution, service and maintenance, document management and the main automotive business processes such as sales, service and spare parts management. The upgrade will be deployed during a five-month implementation project led by IFS Sri Lanka. The formal signing of the upgrade agreement took place recently at the Stafford Motors head office in Colombo. Stafford Motors Managing Director/CEO Dr. Kalinga Kaluperuma said:“The company has achieved impressive growth over the last decade in terms of its operations, manpower, dealer network, branches, products, services, etc. It has also recorded exponential growth in the number of its customer transactions, which has resulted in higher revenue and profits. IFS Applications has supported this growth continuously since 2005 and we believe that the time is right for us to invest in the next level of the solution, which will support us in our next phase of expansion.” IFS Sri Lanka President/ CEO Jayantha De Silva added: “IFS has a tried and tested product offering for the automotiove sector, be it a dealer or an OEM. Stafford Motor Company is one of the oldest Honda distributors within Honda’s global network and their well-managed growth has been supported by IFS Applications since 2005. The upgrade will enhance existing functionalties and the ease-of-use of the system. I look forward to a rapid and successful implementation and wish the core teams of the implementation project the very best.” For more information about how companies in the automotive sector are benefitting from IFS visit www.ifsworld.com/si-lk/industries/automotive.
