Sunshine Healthcare Lanka selects IFS Applications 9 to support strong growth

From left at the signing ceremony representing Sunshine Healthcare Head of IT Priyankara Perera, General Manager Operations Shantha Bandara, Head of Finance Lasantha Perera, CEO/Managing Director S.G. Sathasivam; representing IFS, President/CEO Jayantha De Silva, Head of Public Sector and Strategic Accounts Kavinda Mahawedage, representing Ernst and Young Director Advisory Shanaka De Silva, representing IFS Director Sales and Marketing Shiraz Lye and Senior Manager IT Advisory Lahiru Weligamaga representing Sunshine Healthcare

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that Sunshine Healthcare Lanka Ltd,  a subsidiary of leading conglomerate Sunshine Holdings PLC, has chosen to deploy IFS Applications 9. 

Sunshine Healthcare sources, markets and distributes pharmaceuticals, neutraceuticals, medical diagnostic equipment and surgical products to over 2,000 pharmacies across Sri Lanka. Following a competitive evaluation process, the company has decided to replace its several legacy systems with a fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution from IFS. 

IFS Applications will integrate Sunshine Healthcare’s Healthguard-branded pharmacies, and its inventory with the company’s central warehousing and head office. The IFS solution will cover the functions of finance, supply chain, sales and marketing, document management, and business analytics including business intelligence. 

“Sunshine Healthcare is expanding its operations at a rapid pace and putting in place a robust system that can allow this pace of growth is of utmost priority for the business,” Sunshine Healthcare Lanka Ltd. CEO/Managing Director S.G. Sathasivam said. “IFS Applications proved that it’s a robust solution compared to rest of the products in the market, and the solution offered covered our needs, and especially with regards to the scalability and agility that met our expectations now and for future. I look forward to a swift and effective implementation project.”

IFS Sri Lanka President/CEO Jayantha De Silva added: “IFS is pleased to embark on this collaboration with Sunshine Healthcare. IFS Applications 9, with its agile platform and scalability, is well suited for the company that is growing rapidly and I have no doubt that with the experience and skill of the IFS consultancy team, the deployment will be executed quickly and seamlessly.”