| The explosion of new technology, particularly the Internet, is transforming the way Engineering & Construction (E&C) professionals transact and interact. |
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| To thrive in the e-economy, E&C is capitalizing on the strategic advantages that come from speed and information and are taking steps to address all issues related to e-business. In a sector which has high potential risk and low margins controlling the cost and quality of far-flung projects involving hundreds of engineers, purchasers, managers, and contractors, E&C Division has exerted to leverage new economy tools to build up a world class EPC organization. It has undergone a transition from stand-alone systems, towards integrating CAD, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), project scheduling, and other systems. |
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| At the same time it has initiated fast-track deployments of online eProcurement, eConnect, collaboration and project-management tools that could shorten cycle times for designing and building projects at http://www.lntenc.com. This platform enables electronic flow of documents, all of which are very technical in nature during design, procurement and construction phase of a project. It has also enabled procurement of direct engineering materials online from over 14,000 suppliers registered in the Vendor Master in the SAP R/3, E&C Division's ERP system running at the backend. |
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| The Division has created another web platform LnTstores for realizing better margins on high quality engineering raw materials inventory, taking advantage of dynamic pricing model. It has deployed web engines for "online negotiations" and "reverse auctions". EnCorr application provides a single common interface to project team members to send and receive email, letter, fax and Design Transmittal Notes. |
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| The Reverse Auction function in the eProcurement System allows short-listed vendors to participate in a virtual negotiation over the internet. This enables L&T to compress negotiation time and obtain the best price from vendors. |
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| Knowledge Managementsystem records and shares key learning gained through project experience in various industry sectors. |
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| A multi-point Video Conferencing system capable of working simultaneously on IP and ISDN covers Mumbai, Vadodara, Bangalore and Chennai. A high-end document camera and an electronic whiteboard facilitate sharing of data and printed documents online. |
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| TravelClick is a Lotus Notes workflow based application, developed for enabling the employees to carry out all functions regarding travel management which covers , Ticket booking / Guest House & Car booking, Domestic Travel Advance / Travel Settlement. |
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| eOfficeneeds is a JAVA based web application developed for enabling employees to procure day to day office stationery. |
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| LnTeGreetings facility is being used by L&T personnel for sending eGreetings on various occasions such as Birthdays, Anniversary, Festival greetings etc to Business Customers, partners & colleagues. |
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| TurbineOnline website is to provide information on availability of pre-owned Turbines across the planet. Users can find the desired unused or used Turbines, by the advanced search engine, which searches on following single or multiple parameters: Make, Frequency, Capacity[MW] & Fuel used. |
| eZine, a digest of news clippings on L&T, sent every month to our Business Customers, Vendors, ex-L&T-ites and Employees. |