Sunshine Healthcare selects IFS Applications 9 to support growth

Standing from left representing Sunshine healthcare Priyankara Perera – Head of IT, Shantha Bandara – General Manager Operations, Lasantha Perera – Head of Finance, S.G Sathasivam, CEO/ Managing Director and representing IFS, Jayantha De Silva, President/ CEO, Kavinda Mahawedage, Head of Public Sector and Strategic Accounts, representing Ernst and Young  Shanaka De Silva, Director Advisory, representing IFS Shiraz Lye, Director Sales and Marketing and Lahiru Weligamaga – Senior Manager IT Advisory representing Sunshine healthcare Ltd. 

The enterprise applications company IFS  announced that Sunshine Healthcare Lanka Ltd,  a subsidiary of Sunshine Holdings PLC,has chosen to deploy IFS Applications 9. 

Sunshine Healthcare sources, markets and distributes pharmaceuticals, neutraceuticals, medical diagnostic equipment and surgical products to over 2,000 pharmacies across Sri Lanka. Following a competitive evaluation process, the company has decided to replace its several legacy systems with a fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution from IFS. 

IFS Applications will integrate Sunshine Healthcare’s Healthguard-branded pharmacies, and its inventory withthe company’s central warehousing and headoffice. The IFS solution will cover the functions of finance, supply chain, sales and marketing, document management, and business analytics including business intelligence.

“Sunshine Healthcare is expanding its operations at a rapid pace and putting in place a robust system that can allow this pace of growth is of utmost priority for the business,”Sunshine Healthcare Lanka Ltd CEO/ Managing Director S.G Sathasivam said. “IFS Applications proved that it’s a robust solution compared to rest of the products in the market, and the solution offered covered our needs, and especially with regards to the scalability and agility that met our expectations now and for future. I look forward to a swift and effective implementation project.”

Jayantha De Silva, President / CEO, IFS Sri Lanka added,“IFS is pleased to embark on this collaboration with Sunshine Healthcare. IFS Applications 9, with its agile platform and scalability, is well suited for the company that is growing rapidly and I have no doubt that with the experience and skill of the IFS consultancy team, the deployment will be executed quickly and seamlessly.”