Wipro did the requirement study and suggested a web-based application for the client that would run in a central server and be accessed through the clients' intranet.

The Wipro team designed and developed an application, now called Inter-company Management System (IMS). Capturing invoice details of inter-company shipments is the core of the IMS application. It acts as a one-point interface for all inter-company transactions for the purpose of tracking the status of invoices, payments and recording/escalating disputes and reconciliation.

Wipro has set up a web-based user interface to IMS allowing users to directly enter the invoices into the IMS system. IMS has a three-tier architecture with IIS as web-server, MTS as middle ware and MS-SQL database. The application has been developed in ASP, Java and VB scripts. The Wipro offshore team works as a virtual extension of the Clients' IT department.

IMS is projected to reduce cycle time of reconciling all accounts from 3 months to 1 week. Successful implementation of the offshore model of software development has resulted in huge cost savings for the customer.