Bangladesh textile giant, Hamid Fabrics Ltd (HFL), manufacturer of solid-dyed fabrics for the 100% export oriented Ready Made Garment (RMG) industry of Bangladesh has chosen IFS Sri Lanka, the global enterprise applications company to deploy IFS Applications.

Following a comprehensive evaluation of the ERP market, HFL selected IFS Applications as its central business solution to increase efficiency, and improve planning to better service their customers.

IFS Sri Lanka will see a fully-fledged manufacturing, maintenance, finance, and distribution solution implemented at the company's head office and 3 mills in Bangladesh.

The IFS solution will streamline the company's weaving, dyeing, and finishing processes, which currently operate at a weaving capacity of 10 million yards per annum and a dyeing and finishing capacity of 30 million yards per annum. The solution will also power the company's future expansion into yarn dyeing and thread spinning.

When fully deployed, the IFS solution will support business-critical processes such as finance, distribution, andmaintenance. It will also feature the user-friendly, role-based interface IFS Lobby and the IFS Manufacturing Visualizer.

Hamid Fabrics has since its inception in 1996 grown to be the largest textile supplier to Bangladesh's apparel industry, said Mr. Abdullah Al Mahmud,Managing Director, Hamid Fabrics Pvt Ltd. They have made strategic investments in cutting-edge machinery and textile manufacturing technologies, which have helped them achieve this status within a relatively short time.

Investing in a world-class ERP solution such as IFS Applications is the next step in this journey. IFS has the level of sophistication that they require for their vast, diverse, and complex manufacturing operations and they look forward to a speedy and efficient implementation.

IFS Sri Lanka are very excited to add Hamid Fabrics to their growing customer list that includes some of Bangladesh's best-known brands. They look forward to building a lasting and mutually beneficial relationship with the group.

HFL with a combined capacity of about 30,000,000 yards per year, and a supreme commitment to quality, has established itself as one of the most reliable players in Bangladesh.