Isuzu Philippines transform operations with Oracle automotive industry solutions

Photo shows (from left) Kumar Rasaratnam, general manager, iOM Philippines; Takashi T. Tomita, executive vice president, Isuzu Philippines Corp. (IPC); Ryoji Y. Yamazaki, IPC president; Mina Lim, acting managing director and finance director, Oracle Philippines; and Edler Panlilio, sales director for applications, Oracle Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines—Isuzu Philippines Corp. (IPC), a leader in diesel-powered commercial vehicles, has chosen Oracle automotive industry solutions to achieve management excellence and address complex business processes. IPC has set out to integrate multiple business processes from operations to finance, to support the market’s growing demand for its products, and improve service to its distributors and customers.

The products selected include: Oracle Inventory Management, Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications, Oracle Configurator, Oracle Order Management, Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Oracle Discrete Manufacturing and Oracle Financials. These products will help IPC accelerate time to market, optimize demand-driven supply chain, gain competitive advantage and leverage operational investments. With the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1, IPC expects to increase productivity, achieve seamless collaboration among business units and respond rapidly to the needs of its distributors and partners any time of the day.

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 streamlines internal processes, reduces costs, and improves the operating environment by accelerating delivery to customers and monitoring stock levels. It also helps to support IPC’s build-to-order and build-to-stock process. Oracle Business Suite 12.1 covers the entire sales process from placement of order, delivery to customer, invoice preparation and compensation to distributors.

This project will be deployed by iOM Philippines, a service provider and a Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN).

“With Oracle’s impressive track record in providing solutions specifically for the automotive industry, we are confident that we will benefit from world-class IT systems—reliable, responsive and tightly integrated to improve efficiency, reduce operational costs and gain more profit,” said IPC president Ryoji Yamazaki. “Using the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 will also provide us with the support that we need for our growing business while protecting our plans for further investment and expansion.”

“We are pleased to work closely with Isuzu to provide them the best automotive solutions available in the market today,” said Mina Lim, acting managing director and finance director of Oracle Philippines. “The Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 will help Isuzu maximize productivity by enabling collaboration among their various business units.”