Cloud Computing explained through usersa

Like most technology jargons, cloud computing is best explained through users. For small businesses, cloud computing offers an opportunity to use sophisticated solutions like enterprise resource planning at less than half the cost by avoiding upfront investments in buying software licences and any computer hardware. ET spoke to over dozen users of cloud computing solutions and selected a few from the industrial clusters of Tirupur and Peenya (near Bangalore) to see whether this cloud can really rain benefits.

Now, functioning becomes easier: PS NAIR, MD, ETA Technologies

When ETA Technologies decided to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software two years back, it was the beginning of a transformation. Along with a few other companies, which formed the Bangalore Machine Tool Manufacturing Network , ETA Technologies paid Rs 2 lakh and installed a cloud based ERP software to make functioning easier.

For ETA, it simplified the process of judging quality parameters, quantifying wastage and taking action based on reports generated. Item delays, reason for delays, costing and tracking items became simpler post ERP implementation. "From a customer service standpoint, we have a ready-reckoner of complaints on which the top manage-ment can work on,” says Nair, managing director, ETA Technologies.

“We are also able to check quality parameters and follow-up with suppliers. We have a record of items that get delayed and the reasons why they get delayed. On the manufacturing side, it was very difficult to keep track of each item that goes into a machine we build. But now, each item is segregated and is easier to handle costing,” he points out. ETA Technologies makes special purpose machines, electrical upsetting machines, assembly machines and test rigs for auto components.