Coal India to roll out biz blueprint for ERP

Kolkata: Coal India Limited (CIL) is streamlining a business blueprint for implementation of Phase I of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - christened 'Project Passion'. The business blueprint is awaiting CIL Directors resolution nod after which it will be placed before the Mahartana coal behemoth's Board for its clearance. This is being pursued under the 100 days programme.

Once the Board clears the decks the blueprint will become a Standard Operating Procedure for the much needed standardization across Coal India and all its subsidiaries covering the seven modules under ERP. The modules include Production & Planning; Marketing & Sales; Plant Maintenance; Materials Management including Goods, Works & Services; Finance & Control; HR and Project Monitoring.

In August 2018, CIL Board green flagged the implementation of ERP in CIL and its subsidiaries in two phases. Phase I of the ERP implementation is being taken up in Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Western Coalfields Limited, Coal India and North Eastern Coalfields and expected to go live in September 2020. This includes integrating 21 major hospitals with the ERP through implementation of Hospital Management System.