Ranal Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd Introduces OptiMaint To Revolutionize Maintenance Management

Online, August 16, 2010 (Newswire.com) - In the present day scenario organizations have adopted Information Technology in the areas like the Engineering, Manufacturing, Accounting, Sales and Marketing, etc, but is yet to be implemented in the field of Maintenance Management. Most organizations, be it large or medium is yet to invest in a tool for managing the maintenance activities. The benefits realized by the use of a CMMS are still under estimated. Computerized maintenance allows an effective management of Human, Material and Budgetary resources.

Be it a chain of Maintenance Work Shops of Fleet owners like the Road Transport Corporations, Maintenance Repair Overhauling (MRO), a manufacturing company or a research and development establishment, proper management and maintenance of assets is important for increased Reliability and Availability. Maintenance involves coordination among departments such as Purchase, Stock, and Manufacturing etc. Non Availability of information and a snag in coordination among departments can impact on the maintenance activities and may lead to budget leaks, which would collectively sum to a bigger dent in the cash registers.

"India is seen to be a fast emerging global manufacturing hub with a large number of companies shifting their manufacturing base here. Better cost benefit, quality, precision and productivity are seen as important factors for this move. This calls for an improvised system for managing the maintenance activities for a better throughput. Proper Maintained assets are seen to yield better quality results. This made us feel that there exists a dire necessity of a CMMS solution, which would assist organizations, be it a large enterprise or a SME, to manage maintenance activities as well as address the related areas such as Asset Management, Purchase and Stock Management. Based on the study for a solution which could be adaptable to varied industrial segments and easy to use, we chose Apisoft as our partners as their Product OptiMaint was addressing the needs. It was at the very same time Apisoft was also looking for representative in the Indian Subcontinent.", says P Ramesh Chandra, Managing Director of Ranal Operations in India.

OptiMaint's major advantage is the ease of use and the less learning curve clubbed with powerful functionalities and reporting features. Being an integrated application, the data is easily cascaded into the various modules thus reducing duplicated data entry and redundancy. As per Mr. Ramesh Chandra, "OptiMaint helps the decision makers with a large set of reports related to stocks, costs, maintenance, asset etc which can be looked upon from different levels like company, branch, cost centers, units and can be indicators for decision making." OptiMaint's generic architecture makes it a fitment to any industry verticals, be it Aerospace, Automotive, Healthcare, and Manufacturing etc.

"Indian economy is growing and we were keen to explore this new market. We have seen the explosive technological expansion and many global players in the field of Aerospace, Automotive, and Manufacturing entering the Indian Soil to set up manufacturing facilities. We did not want to delay our entry and have been going through various organizational profiles to partner with. Ranal Software Technologies with their track record and technology know how clubbed with vast market exposure both globally and locally, made us choosing them as our representative for the Indian Subcontinent" says Laurent Menoret, Sales Director of Apisoft in France.

About Ranal Software Technologies:

Headquartered in Bangalore, INDIA, Ranal Software Technologies has offices in Pune and New Delhi. Part of Ranal Group, a technology conglomerate, Ranal Software Technologies has been into technology product sales and support of experience in technology areas such as CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM, robotics and off-line programming, manufacturing process planning and management, program/project management, digital manufacturing and cPLM for nearly a decade. Now is a master distributor of CAMeLEAN/PM, a Enterprise Project Management application and CAMeLEAN/cPLM, a collaborative Process Lifecycle Management. . Ranal has a group customer base of over 600 clients from Automotive, Aerospace, Heavy Engineering, Research Organizations and Government Bodies.

About Apisoft:

Apisoft is headquartered in Nantes, France. OptiMaint, the product of Apisoft is used by over 300 customers in France and across the globe, a significant achievement in 15 years of existence. Apisoft has been recording a constant revenue growth of over 20% every year. Based on multiple industries in mind, OptiMaint is used by various industry verticals such as Aerospace, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Hospitals etc. EADS, Turbomeca, Dassault Aviation, Honeywell Aerospace, Thyssenkrupp Airport Systems, GSK - GlaxoSmithKline are few of the major users of OptiMaint.