ELYRIA, Ohio and EDISON, N.J., Oct. 14,
2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Invacare Corporation (NYSE: IVC) and
Birlasoft Ltd (BSE: 532400, NSE: BSOFT), part of the USD 2.4 billion diversified, The CK Birla
Group, have signed a multi-year agreement wherein Birlasoft will
deliver IT-as-a- Service to Invacare, the world's leading
manufacturer of wheelchairs, bariatric equipment, disability
scooters, respiratory products and other homecare products.
Birlasoft will accelerate Invacare's business transformation by
modernizing systems, taking responsibility for the provision of
service desk, applications, server, network and telephony support.
Birlasoft will build a new analytics platform and move the Invacare
data center to the cloud.
As a part of the IT transformation, Birlasoft will implement a
new Product Lifecyle Management system and Invacare customers will
benefit from a new ecommerce portal to access products, spares and
supplies. Birlasoft will support Invacare in global implementation
of SAP S4/Hana and associated SAP solutions, harmonizing business
processes and information flows worldwide. New systems and
processes will help drive innovation and operational excellence, in
compliance with regulations.
"I am extremely excited about this partnership with Birlasoft as
I believe it will allow us to harness the latest in process
expertise, digital innovation and design thinking to connect our
operations, move to the latest technologies, while making Invacare
easier to do business with," said Angela
Goodwin, Chief Information Officer of Invacare.
"A business transformation of this magnitude requires
significant capital investment. We want to improve customer
experience and IT Operating Costs through automation and
digitalization. By having Birlasoft deliver IT-as-a-Service through
an Achievement-Based agreement, we have a partner in this
transformation that is invested in our success," said Matthew Monaghan, Chairman, President CEO of
Invacare Corporation.
"At Birlasoft, we are completely committed to Invacare's
successful business transformation. We bring our focus on
Enterprise Digital, and our strengths in transforming ERP and
operations in both business and IT," said Dharmender (DK) Kapoor,
CEO & MD of Birlasoft Ltd. "We are delighted to work together
with Invacare to achieve our goals."
About Birlasoft
Enterprise to the Power of
Digital™
Birlasoft combines the power of domain,
enterprise and digital technologies to reimagine business processes
for customers and their ecosystem. Its consultative and design
thinking approach makes societies more productive by helping
customers run businesses. As part of the multibillion-dollar
diversified The CK Birla Group, Birlasoft with its 10,000
engineers, is committed to continuing our 157-year heritage of
building sustainable communities. Birlasoft's website is at
www.birlasoft.com
About Invacare
Invacare Corporation (NYSE: IVC) is a
leading manufacturer and distributor in its markets for medical
equipment used in non-acute care settings. At its core, the company
designs, manufactures and distributes medical devices that help
people to move, breathe, rest and perform essential hygiene. The
company provides clinically complex medical device solutions for
congenital (e.g., cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina
bifida), acquired (e.g., stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic
brain injury, post-acute recovery, pressure ulcers) and
degenerative (e.g., ALS, multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), elderly, bariatric) ailments. The
company's products are important parts of care for people with a
wide range of challenges, from those who are active and involved in
work or school each day and may need additional mobility or
respiratory support, to those who are cared for in residential care
settings, at home and in rehabilitation centers. The company sells
its products principally to home medical equipment providers with
retail and e-commerce channels, residential care operators,
distributors and government health services in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. For more information about the
company and its products, visit Invacare's website
at www.invacare.com
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their
registered owners.
For further information please contact:
Melissa
Womack
Global Head, Marketing
Birlasoft
Phone: +1 214 505 0228
Melissa.womack@birlasoft.com
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Matt Rechin
Senior Director Marketing
Invacare
Phone: +1 440 329 6220
mrechin@invacare.com
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Disclaimer.
Some of the statements in this update
that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements include our financial and growth
projections as well as statements concerning our plans, strategies,
intentions and beliefs concerning our business and the markets in
which we operate. These statements are based on information
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uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially
from these forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are
not limited to, the level of market demand for our services, the
highly-competitive market for the types of services that we offer,
market conditions that could cause our customers to reduce their
spending for our services, our ability to create, acquire and build
new businesses and to grow our existing businesses, our ability to
attract and retain qualified personnel, currency fluctuations and
market conditions in India and
elsewhere around the world, and other risks not specifically
mentioned herein but those that are common to industry
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