Wartsila has established its Information Management Competence Centre in India. The Competence Centre, located in Kesar Solitaire, Navi Mumbai will be headed by D. Govindrao, Associate Vice President. Therefore, Wartsila Information Management has a strategic goal of providing all ICT solutions and services to enable Wartsila's and its customers' success.Â
The Competence Centre has been established in India on the basis of long IT sourcing tradition, good language skills, adaptive IT work culture and large and affordable resource pool. Rakesh Sarin, MD of Wartsila India Ltd said, “Wartsila IM works as a customer centric organization and enables and supports the company to provide lifecycle power solutions to enhance the business of our customers whilst creating better technologies that benefit both the customers and the environment.” He further added, “Wartsila is a thought leader in the power sector and has been instrumental in changing the dynamics of the industry in India. It is through innovative products and services; we set out to be the most valued business partner of all our customers.”Â
The new IM seeks alignment with the business strategies in portfolios, competencies and locations as well as sustainable costs reduction through better use of existing assets, lower supplier costs, clear responsibilities, dedicated competence centers and more accurate delivery. The services provided globally from Competence Centre India at this stage will include the development and level 2/3 support of all non-engineering applications, Master data management, ICT equipment operative purchasing, Authorizations management and Infrastructure services including servers, databases and networks. The Competence Centre caters to more than 17000 users spread across more than 70 countries.Â
