Chongqing Metro, Shenzhen Metro and Seoul Line 9 have all selected Infor’s Enterprise Asset Management solution to deliver highly efficient railway services across Asia Pacific. The dramatic expansion of railways as the mass transportation solution of choice for the 21st century, fuelled by a perfect storm of population growth, urban sprawl and environmental concerns, is challenging the railway industry to manage a growing number of assets more effectively.
According to IDC’s software tracker released in May 2009, the EAM applications market in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan is estimated to reach US $136.9 million in 2009. It is expected to grow steadily at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10%, reaching US$233.1 million by 2013.
“Over the last year we’ve seen the adoption of Enterprise Asset Management solutions being driven by industry-specific challenges and initiatives,” said Lars Faeste, Vice President, EAM Sales, Infor Asia Pacific. “In particular we’ve experienced a considerable amount of traction in the transportation industry, as companies seek ways to enhance operating performance while reducing costs, ensure safe operations and improve their services to meet customer expectations.”
Both Chongqing Metro (Group) Co. Ltd. (CRT) and Shenzhen Metro implemented Infor’s EAM solution to enhance and reinforce equipment management and create reliable, high-performance facility management procedures for buying, using and maintaining equipment. In particular, the deployment of According to Infor, its EAM solution has enabled CRT, a municipal state-owned rail transport enterprise, to enhance work order productivity by 30 percent and achieve 95 percent facility availability. Infor’s EAM has also helped CRT to increase usage rates, extend equipment life and reduce operational costs which, in turn, have boosted the company’s profitability.
“The comprehensive functionalities, advanced technologies and rich industrial experience built into Infor’s EAM solution were critical factors in our decision to choose it,” said Liu Chang-ping, secretary of applied customer information management , Chongqing Metro. “The solution is very suitable for the railway industry, which is highly automated and consists of a variety of equipment, technology, capital and knowledge. Quality and efficiency of the equipment are prerequisites to ensure normal operation of the rail transport system. The Infor EAM solution helps us to implement unified equipment management while lowering operational costs and enhancing performance.”
