In the world of rapid technological changes, there is a demand for better quality products and services that can only be supplied by a high level of productivity which requires automated manufacturing. As industrial environments become more advanced and connected, automation technology is developing at a rapid pace. To deliver the communication features and intelligence required at the plant floor and beyond, enterprises need solutions that can provide high performance together with power efficiency. To provide the best-in-class industrial automation software solutions to clients with high emphasis on quality and supportability, Bangalore headquartered Elpis IT Solutions comes to the fore. The company offers a range of innovative products in Industrial Automation segment apart from Software development as Service and Staff Augmentation service. Elpis IT Solutions, the industrial automation software product company is strategically partnered with Software Toolbox Inc., USA to provide information technology and consulting services to them.

Plethora of Industrial Automation Solutions
Software Toolbox Inc., which is a collaborative automation software provider, delivers off-the-shelf industrial automation software products and development tools coupled with the highest level of product knowledge, facilitating world class technical support to virtually every industry worldwide.Their software applications are used in supervisory control, data acquisition, visualization, reporting, operations management applications and interfacing to upstream MES and ERP applications.

Elpis IT Solutions leverages a range of innovative products in industrial automation segment developed by Software Toolbox Inc. that encompass HMI Add-Ins, OPC Application tools and OPC Development tools. “We have partnership in place to help them in developing some of their Automation Products and for Technical support in India, and we are also authorized distributor in India to bring a number of their world class products to India,” proclaims Sudhakar Chakravarthi, CEO at Elpis IT Solutions.

John Weber, President, Software Toolbox Inc., USA shared that Elpis IT Solutions has been the right choice as a partner. “Elpis IT Solutions has been an excellent choice as a partner as we continue to grow our global business. They truly understand what we need and work diligently to deliver it to deliver added value,” Weber added.

Off-the-Shelf Solutions
Sudhakar Chakravarthi points out that through the off the shelves world class products from Elpis IT Solutions, customers get immediate solutions. “We help up from the beginning to completion of projects. We do offer our clients quality custom software solutions with the help of our Software Development team. Additionally, we offer custom software not only in industrial automation domain, but also in Custom Enterprise applications,” adds Sudhakar.

Elpis IT Solutions also offers their own OPC Server to the Indian market, any OPC Client can communicate and get the real time data and it is IoT enabled too,” adds Sudhakar. He further explains that over the years his team at Elpis IT Solutions has developed the ecosystem to provide turnkey solutions to its clients. “Be it PLC and Electrical panel commissioning or SCADA, HMI Installations or custom software development, our customers can get one-point solution,” unveils the CEO further.

Apart from providing industrial automation and Custom Enterprise applications, the company is well versed to offer staff augmentation service at client’s premises too. “We do staff augmentation to manage our customer’s project on their location. Since we are flexible, cost-effective and maintain world class quality, customers prefer us as one point solution provider,” he further shares. “We found Elpis IT solutions to be a highly competent team. They are flexible to work with and deliver high quality solution on time and within budget. We are extremely happy with our working relationship with Elpis and trust them for our technology needs,” said Jobvite Inc., USA. In addition to Software Toolbox and Jobvite Inc., many other partners of Elpis IT Solutions are also benefiting from the services offered.

Agile Methodologies in Software Development
In the Agile methodologies, product owner or a client is also part of our team; who gets the transparency on the product development. Leveraging these features of Agile Methodology, Elpis IT Solutions, help clients make informed decisions about the product delivery and Quality. Sudhakar further explains that client will interact with Development team very often. “In this process client gets frequent updates to Products and every time quality is improved too. End customer will be happy as they get the important updates often and they don’t have to wait for months or years. Even late changes in the requirement are also accepted,” unveils the CEO.

Industrial Automation - A Valued Commodity of the Future
Today as there are a plethora of software solutions at disposal, industrial automation is becoming a valued commodity. Sudhakar points out that currently there are many industries in India using the automation software effectively and many are slowly exploring the automation software. “Our aim is to be a pioneer in software automation and leader in staff augmentation. Couple of our new in-house developed products are ready to be launched this year. One of them will be OPC Server, this will be our core product to Indian market and we expect to grow rapidly as demand grows for it every day in India,” unveils Sudhakar. Another offering from Elpis will be Portable HMI, wherein engineers would be able to carry around and connect to hydraulic systems and collect real time data and share it using IoT technology. “In the next five years Elpis IT Solutions is expecting to be a USD 15 to 25 Million dollar company,” signs off the CEO.