India’s premier Defense Equipment and Systems Company, Larsen & Toubro (L&T Defence) has been awarded the 2020 Infor Customer Excellence Award in the Manufacturing Industry Category for the APAC region. Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, made this announcement.

The award recognizes L&T Defense for driving innovation through digital technologies and showcasing achievement of exceptional business results. A panel of Infor solution and industry experts selected the company for its technology implementation and innovation, performance improvement and quantifiable business benefits.

Dedicated to Precision Manufacturing and Systems Integration, it embarked on next wave of digitalization journey to enable a connected ecosystem for measurement of Overall Operational Efficiency (OOE). Infor LN, combined with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) facilitated L&T Defence digitally connect the facilities across the workshops with an aim to achieve operational efficiency, conformance to stringent quality standards, cost optimization and gain real-time insights for facilitating informed business decisions.

“With the ever-changing business environment, manufacturing units today face the complexity to deliver high-quality products while optimizing business processes and meeting stringent compliance guidelines. Infor is committed to delivering robust industry-specific solutions with agility for L&T Defence to help meet industry requirements, compliance and gain transparency on business operations in every footprint,” expressed Ranga Pothula, General Manager, India Business Unit and Senior Vice President, Infor.

Commenting on the company’s achievement, L&T Defence spokesperson said, “The advent of Industry 4.0 technologies provides the defence sector an opportunity to digitally transform business operations and strategically unlock new opportunities for gaining a competitive edge. The award demonstrates our strategic focus to retain technology leadership through sustained innovation for actualizing value creation goals.”

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