Gurgaon-based Delhi Land & Finance (DLF) Group is moving to integrate its technology platforms spread across a range of businesses from real estate to hotels and entertainment parks. DLF Universal Ltd, the group's flagship company, has inked an applications design and maintenance contract with Chennai-based enterprise applications and services provider Ramco Systems, to streamline business operations across the DLF group of companies.

DLF management will get access to data real-time for informed decision-making, a Ramco release said. Ramco Systems will implement its Enterprise Series suite of applications for DLF Universal Ltd. Built on Ramco VirtualWorks, the Enterprise Series comprises functions that include finance, demand fulfillment, procurement, inventory, HRMS and maintenance functions.

The solution will also encompass business specific components like leasing, accounts receivables, services billing and broker management. DLF Universal Ltd has in recent years, graduated from real estate into a range of business verticals like homes, offices, shopping malls, special economic zones, hotels, infrastructure, and entertainment parks. It currently has over 130 million sq. ft of projects to its credit.

The group has planned projects of over 117 million sq. ft, which will comprise 95 million sq. ft of residential, 15 million sq. ft of commercial and 6 million sq. ft of retail projects.

The first phase of the implementation is expected to go live by October 2006 and the second phase by December 2006, Ramco said in a press release.