HCL, JDA in pact for SW implementation

NEW DELHI: HCL has signed a partnership agreement with JDA to become the prime implementer for JDA solutions in India and the preferred implementation partner for APAC. The HCL JDA agreement will translate into JDA installing its products at the "HCL Center of Excellence for JDA", where JDA will provide the software, training material, e-learning access and support while HCL will provide the hardware training.






HCL will set up a core team for training on JDA as part of ramping up the capacity to offer these services. In the beginning of the association JDA employees will be part of the core HCL team to ensure seamless and excellent quality of service.





HCL has aligned with JDA for many of the products and solutions within their JDA Portfolio suite. The partnership will provide MMS, Win/DSS, Intactix Space Planning and Floor Planning, E3, Arthur Enterprise Suite, and Performance Analysis by IDEAS data warehouse. According to the press release, it is however, the implementation services that will be the key for retail businesses and this is where the HCL-JDA partnership will leverage the alliance benefits to considerable advantage.





With approximately 4,700 retail, manufacturing and wholesale clients in 60 countries, JDA Software Group, is a global leader in delivering integrated software and professional services to handle the demand chain for Retail and CPG industries. JDA Software Group CEO Hamish Brewer said, "By partnering with HCL Technologies, we will augment our ability to support our customers throughout India and the entire Asia Pacific region through access to the extensive resources of India's leading global IT services and product engineering company."