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LogicaCMG and Agresso today announced they had been selected by SKILLED Group, Australia’s leading provider of staffing services, to supply and implement a multi-million dollar enterprise resource planning (ERP) system across the business.
LogicaCMG will build, test and integrate the Agresso Business World ERP platform, which will enable SKILLED Group to streamline and automate its billing and payroll processes to deliver an enhanced service to its clients and employees. In addition, SKILLED Group’s management will benefit from gaining more detailed client, employee and financial reports on a daily basis as well as the confidence that future strategic initiatives can be quickly and cost-effectively implemented.
“SKILLED Group is in expansion phase and has acquired seven companies in the past eight months. We required a solution that would deliver a world class back office system and create consistency across our Business Units while supporting our ambitious growth plans,” said Trevor Punchard, SKILLED Group’s Chief Information Officer.
“LogicaCMG and Agresso Business World was selected by SKILLED Group after a comprehensive assessment of best of breed and integrated solutions which included the major global ERP vendors. Agresso’s ERP platform was most suited to the people and growth orientated focus of our business. We were impressed with the flexibility of their solution to manage, pay and bill out our people and the way this can be applied in our continuing changing business environment,” Trevor Punchard, added.
Colin Holgate, CEO, LogicaCMG Australia said “We are delighted that SKILLED Group has selected LogicaCMG and Agresso as strategic enablers for its growth strategy. The contract is testament to the proven benefits that we bring to organisations when implementing advanced finance, billing, payroll and HR solutions.
Chris Ouwinga, CEO, Agresso commented, “Agresso Business World has the capabilities to help SKILLED Group achieve its business ambitions with an ERP system that is synonymous with agility and compliance. Not only can Agresso provide an intuitive and flexible solution, it offers customers complete autonomy by promoting rapid business growth via post-implementation agility.”
LogicaCMG will act as prime contractor for the design, build, test and implementation phases of the solution.
About SKILLED Group
SKILLED Group Limited is Australia and New Zealand’s leading provider of labour hire and staffing services. SKILLED Group has over 150 offices across Australasia with annualised revenues around $1.5 billion. SKILLED Group partners with clients to improve their workforce efficiency and increase their productivity levels and provides staffing services to the blue collar, call centre and nursing sectors. SKILLED Group is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: SKE) and has approximately 6,200 shareholders, predominantly in Australia. www.skilled.com.au
About LogicaCMG
LogicaCMG is a major international force in IT services. It employs around 40,000 people across 41 countries. LogicaCMG’s focus is on enabling its customers to build and maintain leadership positions using LogicaCMG’s deep industry knowledge and its track record for successful delivery. The company provides business consulting, systems integration and IT and business process outsourcing across diverse markets including telecoms, financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution and transport and the public sector. Headquartered in Europe, LogicaCMG is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE:LOG; Euronext:LOG) and traded on the Xternal List of the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm. More information is available at www.logicacmg.com
About Agresso
Agresso is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) subsidiary of Netherlands-based Unit 4 Agresso (Dutch Stock Exchange EURONET-U4AGR),. Positioned among enterprise solution providers as “The ERP Market’s Definition of Agility,” Agresso offers a fully-integrated suite of ERP solutions for companies in the professional services and public sector. Over 2,400 companies and organizations in 100 countries deploy Agresso Business World for both operational support and strategic management. The company’s role-based, Web Services and Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA) enabled solutions include: Financial Management, Human Resources and Payroll, Procurement Management, Project costing and Billing, Reporting and Analytics and Business Process Automation. With a turnover of €353 million in 2005 the group’s worldwide customer base is served from offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Australia and the United States. www.agresso.com
