A Straight Line to the Top

A Chief Information Officer’s role in an organization is one that brings all the processes together and makes it work. At the top of the ladder, the CIO should be the person who understands the company’s vision, and put strategies into effect which will help to realize them. But more than just technical, the CIO has to buy into the business vision of the organization. And since you need the buy in from the technology as well as the business vision, where does the drive come in? Read more

Reengineering Logistics

TCS is the epitome of multi-tasking. This year, it consolidates the following: celebrates 25 years, manages 5 million monthly shipments, 170 Service Centers, 2031 couriers on the road daily and makes itself Pakistan’s most technology-intensive company!
In the early 1990’s when people pronounced Psion as Puu-si-on, the IT department of TCS was already well ahead of its time. In its 25th year of operations, TCS not only leads in the market, but quite literally, owns it. Read more

Serving Tech Savvy: Mohammad Khalid Shah, Corporate Director IT, Avari Hotels

When you think of Pakistan you certainly don’t think much of the hospitality industry and give even lesser thought to how a hotel is run in the circumstances that it is. Having only a handful of names that include the likes of the Sheraton, Pearl Continental, Marriott and Holiday Inn, the lack of a strong tourism industry hasn’t provided hotels much reason to provide services geared towards the tourist. On the other hand with Pakistan poised as a hub for outsourcing, manufacturing and infrastructure development, the number of expos, conferences and growth in trade and business find hotels packed with foreigners and out-of-towners that frequent the large cities in search of rest, relaxation and connectivity with the rest of the world. Read more

SAP in 6: Leading Change in the Sector

Read about how one of Pakistan’s oldest food companies managed the fastest implementation of SAP

Anyone who thinks that the processes involved in the purchasing, production and distribution of products within just one company in the Food sector are not complex enough, needs to look again.

As the local palette migrated overseas in search of faster, better and more, the opportunity for the export of products also grew exponentially. The logistical challenges involved in managing the production and distribution for both the local as well as the export market, make this a story ripe for the kind of challenge technology platforms have the potential and ability to address. Read more

Inspiring Innovation: Shakeel Akhtar, Indus Hospital

When you have everything virtual and paperless in an organization, the reliance on a strong, redundant infrastructure is critical for the functioning and long term sustainability of the structure. Though Shakeel Akhtar’s business card says “Manager MIS” for an organization that depends so heavily on IT, Shakeel does more than just the job of the Manager. “We work as a team that has to make the decision that will benefit everyone wired into our Hospital Management Information System. Now that we’ve set up the infrastructure and it has been running smoothly for almost 14 months, we’re looking at constant upgrades, tweaks and ways to make it more efficient.” Read more