Expolanka's IT launches innovative transportation
Mobile App for Expo Freight (EFL) transport:
Expolanka IT recently released the android application for Expo
Freight Ltd (EFL) transport to the Expolanka application portfolio in a
bid to further serve customers who use the EFL transport facility. This
is the third such android app released by Expolanka IT.
While the transport management EFL portal is given to EFL customers
to make transport requests online, this transport app is an integrated
solution to the existing transport management system (TMS).
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Asitha Kaggoda, Head of IT Expolanka Holdings PLC, said, "This
initiative will take transportation to new heights setting international
standards. The main objective of this android app is to conveniently
view the transport requests submitted through the TMS portal on the
mobile phone and enables the customer to approve these transport
requests.
This approval option is included ideally for users who reside in a
central location and monitor the transport requests submitted by the
scattered factory or branch locations. Moreover the user has the option
to search the transport requests and track the status in real time
without any incremental cost. This platform is supported by GPS/ GEO
fencing with the partnership of Dialog using world class technology".
Wasantha Sooriyarachchi, Director - Warehousing (EFL) said, "In line
with EFL's customer centric approach we are happy to have been the first
to develop our own App enabling our customers to further access their
transport schedules and check rates while on the move using their mobile
phone. This will no doubt assist customers in making fast decisions and
being informed about transport schedules 24x7".
Some of Expolanka Group IT's past successes include the Expo Rail
Online Booking Engine, the Cargotrack Mobile App, the Tea Auctioning
System and the Transport Management System(TMS)
Expo Rail Online Booking Engine: The Expo Rail online ticket
reservation system (developed in-house) comprises a step-by-step guided,
user-friendly booking engine.
It also provides functionalities for the cabin crew (printing
boarding pass, manifest) and rail station counter operations (issuing
tickets), back office automations etc. Cargotrack Mobile App: The beta
version of mobile application for Cargo tracking was also developed
in-house and is fully integrated with in-house built freight forwarding
application named as Cargodrive, which is an enterprise J2EE
application.
Tea Auctioning System is an application developed and released in
November 2012 for Expolanka Teas (Pvt) Ltd, one of the leading exporters
of pure Ceylon tea. This application has the feature of uploading tea
brokers' catalogues of any format and type, planning the purchases for a
given tea auction and real time update facility on the purchase
information during the auction. The most attractive feature is the dash
board which shows the live progress of the tea auction to the
management.
Transport Management System (TMS) is the application developed to
cater to the Expolanka Warehouses based transport process. This
application has evolved and matured over time and provides features such
as vehicle fleet master data, online booking facility, vehicle planning,
job performance, costing, MIS reporting and integrated GPS facility.
This too has integration to other applications for information
interchange.
Expolanka Group IT consists of 26 versatile, passionate and energetic
young IT professionals, all of whom are graduates and professionally
qualified personnel in their respective spheres. This core team supports
35+ business entities across the group. The team comprises experts in
areas such as systems engineering, software engineering, support
services (help desk), database administration, project management and IT
governance.
Expolanka Group IT had major achievements and improvement in terms of
technology acquisition, infrastructure development and service delivery.
These achievements were a result of the novel IT vision and the
strategic framework devised to address today's competing business
requirements. The Group IT aspiration is to be the Information
Technology service enabler and the strategic partner for the Company's
corporate vision by delivering state-of-the-art IT infrastructure and
business-aligned service portfolio. |