CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
6 August 2008
Implementation Investments
Geometric to Provide Application Management Services to Ford Motor Company
Geometric Limited announced the signing of a contract with Ford Motor Company, to provide Production Support and Software Maintenance Work.
Geometric will provide application management services (AMS) to Ford for production support of its engineering applications suite, which comprises over 140 integrated applications. The management services will cover issue analysis, investigation, resolution, code fix, software vendor coordination, testing, packaging, validation and global release at various Ford Consumer Business Groups.
Commenting on the contract, Dr. Ravi Gopinath, Managing Director & CEO, Geometric Ltd. said, “Ford is a strategic customer for us, and this contract represents an important milestone in our six-year relationship.”
Currently, Geometric has a team of close to 100 engineers at Ford’s Dearborn facility (USA) and the Ford Technology Services center in India, supporting various projects in the PLM space.
“We are very proud to receive this contract, as it is a recognition of our domain knowledge and technical competence”, said Chakravarthy Kolli, Delivery Head of Geometric’s Chennai operations. “Our new development center in Chennai will address Ford’s quick ramp up demands, as well as host all the necessary training programs for the engagement”.
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