TechnologyOne wins Qld utility $2 million systems upgrade

Peter Dinham
Monday, 07 September 2009 14:14

IT Industry - Deals

TechnologyOne has secured a contract valued at more than $2 million to upgrade the ICT systems at Queensland south-east water authority, Seqwater, to integrate and standardise the utility’s business processes and planning.

The Queensland Government statutory authority, which owns and manages the water supply stores, dams and infrastructure that deliver water to the south-east of the state, is to deploy a range of TechnologyOne solutions, including financials, supply chain, human resource & payroll, enterprise budgeting, business intelligence, works & assets, enterprise content management and performance planning.

Seqwater CEO, Peter Borrows, said business processes and planning would now be integrated and standardised across the organisation, and the new solutions will “reach into every aspect of the management of Seqwater, from monitoring and maintaining pipes and dams to ensuring employees receive the right training to do their jobs and cutting costs by streamlining supply chains.”

Borrows said TechnologyOne had been selected following a rigorous tender process, citing the “elimination of third party suppliers and the confidence of working with a local company that supports and services all IT systems as deciding factors.”

“This will enable Seqwater to improve reporting and take a more strategic approach to forward planning with regard to people, physical assets, administrative systems and budgeting, armed with more accurate data and analysis tools.”

TechnologyOne executive chairman Adrian Di Marco, said today that the Seqwater deal is the company’s first within the Queensland water industry.
 
However, the Brisbane-headquartered company now supplies software to the majority of Victoria’s water industry and counts 35 water authorities and corporations nationally as customers.

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