Pakistan’s Agriauto Selects IBM

IBM Corporation announced it is
streamlining the IT infrastructure and processes of Agriauto Industries Ltd, an auto parts
manufacturer in Pakistan.

The moves will help Agriauto improve operational processes throughout the
company as well as increase uptime as it extends its footprint across the
country.

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Agriauto manufactures auto parts for some of car,
bike, and tractor companies, including Toyota, Honda, and Suzuki, building
components to specifications for local markets. Though it has grown since its founding in 1981, it has plans to expand into new
regions. As it began to strategize it realized that such expansion would
require everything from the company-wide rollout of an ERP system, to new energy-efficient systems
that could help reduce system downtime as well as energy costs.

"As we move to expand our
operations to cover more products serving a wider geography, we required a
comprehensive solution that would enable us to enhance our offering and
maintain our status as one of the leading automotive companies in the region,"
said Fahim Kapadia, CEO, Agriauto.

To start, IBM implemented a SAP enterprise resource planning solution, which
has allowed Agriauto to automate its supply chain and production line. This
work alone has resulted in the company being able to increase its uptime levels
by ten%, to a consistent 99%.

On the systems front, Agriauto replaced its existing HP-based infrastructure
with IBM BladeCenter HS22 blades within an IBM BladeCenter H Chassis.

The holistic IBM solution also includes the establishment of a DR site
based on IBM advanced System x servers and advanced storage systems. Through
the use of two IBM System x3650 M3 servers, as well as an IBM System Storage
DS3500 Express disk system and IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library, the
center will ensure resiliency for Agriauto’ s businesses in the event of a
disaster and prevent interruptions to the manufacturing line.

In addition to performance and increased resiliency,
consolidating onto IBM s BladeCenter solution has allowed Agriauto to unlock savings in energy and floor space, and a lower TCO than
its previous infrastructure.

"Our holistic approach to
resolving Agriauto’ s business challenges has already paid off in tangible
business benefits," said Adnan Siddiqui, country GM IBM Pakistan and
Afghanistan. "With this deployment, we
were able to deliver world class systems and globally tested solutions that
provided the company with greater visibility into their processes and optimized
each step of their manufacturing process efficiently and cost-effectively."