Accenture and Indus Assist PAKS Nuclear Power Plant Roll Out its Asset Management Solution
BUDAPEST, Hungary--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2006--Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Indus International Inc. (NASDAQ: IINT) have helped PAKS Nuclear Power Plant (Paks NPP) roll out its new asset management solution which was developed by Indus and implemented by Accenture.
This solution, based on Indus Asset Suite software, is designed to help Paks NPP develop plant maintenance best practices. It also provides the necessary maintenance components and historical maintenance data to enable Paks NPP to obtain future licenses for the extension of its operations.
As part of the 15-month implementation, Accenture and Indus worked with Paks NPP to streamline business processes and integrate and replace approximately 60 technical applications.
This solution is part of a wider program being implemented at Paks NPP to increase efficiency, improve reliability, reduce operations and maintenance costs, minimize maintenance, optimize inventory levels, ensure general safety and regulatory compliance and extend the lifecycle of the plant.
The integrated technical solution covers a range of critical areas of Paks NPP's business, including asset and work management modules, which identify and generate work task requirements and priorities for all of the company's departments.
"This strategic project is the foundation for the next level of asset management efficiency and operational safety," said Jozsef Kovacs, CEO of Paks NPP. "We chose the Indus Asset Suite platform because it is designed to operate within the nuclear sector and helps us meet our business objectives of plant safety and efficiency, while ensuring uninterrupted operations. We also selected Accenture because of its experience and proven track record which is important to us as we continue to provide approximately 40 percent of Hungary's energy supply in a reliable manner."
"After the first successful implementation phase, Accenture will continue to build a long standing business partnership with Paks NPP based on experience and mutual commitment," said Tibor Bacso, an Executive Partner in Accenture's Utilities Industry Group. "We look forward to helping Paks NPP achieve its strategic goals and improve the capabilities needed to ensure continued, effective and safe operations of its power plant."
"Our partnership with PAKS highlights Indus' continued commitment to and understanding of the highly complex nuclear sector," said Greg Dukat, Indus president and CEO. "This was a significant project for us which was completed on time and within budget jointly with Accenture. The solution will enable PAKS to sustain a highly stable environment with resulting improved service and productivity to set a high standard for other European nuclear providers."
About Paks Nuclear Power Plant
NPP Ltd. was founded in 1976 and has operated as a share company since 1992. The Paks facility is based 117Km south of Budapest. It runs four WWER units, each capable of producing 460 MW of electricity and in total providing approximately 40 percent of Hungary's electricity since it commenced operation between 1982 and 1987. Its home page is www.atomenergia.hu.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With more than 129,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$15.55 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2005. Its home page is www.accenture.com.
About Indus International
Indus is a leading Service Delivery Management (SDM) solution provider, helping clients in a broad array of industries optimize the management of their customers, workforce, spare parts inventory, tools and documentation in order to maximize performance and customer satisfaction while achieving significant cost savings. Indus customer, asset and workforce management software products, professional services and hosted service offerings improve our clients' profitability by reducing costs, increasing capacity and competitiveness, improving service to their customers, facilitating billing for services and ensuring regulatory compliance. Indus solutions have been purchased by more than 400 companies in more than 40 countries, representing diverse industries -- including manufacturing, utilities, telecommunications, government, education, transportation, facilities and property management, high tech, consumer packaged goods and more. For more information, visit our Website at http://www.indus.com.
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