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Profile
Carlisle Power Transmission Products (CPT) used DAYCO - an operating division and a recognized brand name for belts, tensioners, pulleys etc. The Automotive Aftermarket was part of Mark IV. Parker/Carlisle acquired DAYCO Industrial in 2001.DAYCO was founded in 1905 and with almost 100 years of experience and investments in research and technology in rubber products we are one of the major suppliers in the world. Today 100 % of all MarkIV plants are certified according to ISO 9001 and/or QS 9000 respectively ISO TS 16949.
 
Situation
Carlisle was utilizing the services of a local vendor to provide the technical support services for their JDE System. Carlisle decided to outsource the services to Cognizant for the following reasons:
  • To reduce the cost of maintenance by using Cognizant’s cost effective onsite/ offshore model while maintaining existing service levels
  • To implement a strong process driven maintenance model that uses techniques such as knowledge repository, metrics definition, measurement and tracking
  • To investigate ways to achieve improved service levels on the problems reported in terms of quality and proper documentation.
  • To Leverage Cognizant’s SEI-CMM level V experience and improve upon their process backbone
  • To have access to Cognizant’s experience in AS/400 based applications and fine tune the performance of their system
 
Cognizant’s Solution
Highlights of the Cognizant’s engagement:
  • Technical Support for JDE Manufacturing & Sales & Distribution (Program modification & Bug fixing)
  • Integration & Data Migration/Conversion
  • Development/Customization for New Roll Outs
  • Developments for New Implementation

Cognizant proposes to provide the required application development, maintenance and enhancement services through offshore resources located at Cognizant offshore development center in Calcutta, India.

The technologies which will be used to develop the solution are:
  • AS/400
  • Financials - AP, GL & AR / Manufacturing – Inventory
  • Management, - Sales Order, Purchase Order, MRP, Shop Floor Control, Forecasting, - Product Data Management DB/400
 
Cognizant’s Solution
  • Effective use of onshore/offshore work split helped reduce costs
  • Use of Cognizant’s tested processes helped reduce quality related problems
  • Process improvements achieved through Cognizant’s continuous improvement focus
  • Knowledge repository put in place for the client
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"We continue to deepen our relationship with Cognizant because they are team-oriented, highly responsive, provide flexibility and scalability to quickly ramp up large project teams, and have multiple competencies."
Tim Brennan,
IT Director, US Cold Storage
 


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