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This is an archive article published on October 30, 2010

Country’s first construction ERP lab opens in city

The Construction ERP Lab,claimed to be first in the country,was inaugurated by the National Institute of Construction Management and Research.

The Construction ERP Lab,claimed to be first in the country,was inaugurated by the National Institute of Construction Management and Research,Aurigo Software Techologies and Microsoft at the NICMAR campus in Pune recently. Such Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) labs will also be launched at NICMAR’s Hyderabad and Goa compuses,it was stated.

Speaking at the inauguration,Dr Mangesh Korgoankar,director-general of NICMAR said,”Aurigo’s CPMS and Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP have been incorporated into the curriculum with the launch of the lab and the first batch of students will be briefed on the comprehensive construction ERP solution. Aurigo’s product is very relevant to our industry and we are well aware of Microsoft’s growing dominance in the ERP market place.”

Balaji Sreenivasan,founder and CEO of Aurigo Software Technlogies Inc,said,”Infrastructure spend in India is growing at a sizeable place. With the government spending large portions of the budget on infrastructure and construction segments,it is imperative for companies to have complete visibility into the business and projects and improve efficiency. By setting India’s first Construction ERP Lab,we will enable a new generation of professionals to learn and master software processess that enable quality,timely and efficient construction projects.”

Last year,Aurigo had announced that it was providing software support to NICMAR in collaboration with Microsoft. The objective of Aurigo’s and Microsost’s generous software grant is to provide construction management students of NICMAR access to the same best-in-class,powerful construction ready ERP solution that is deployed in many global projects across the world,it was stated.


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