Accenture and Indus Assist PAKS Nuclear Power Plant Roll Out its Asset Management Solution.BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Accenture (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ACN ACN Accenture (stock symbol) ACN Accenture ACN Australian Company Number ACN Automatic Collision Notification (US DOT) ACN Acetonitrile ACN Anglican Communion Network ) and Indus International Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : IINT) have helped PAKS Nuclear Power Plant The Paks Nuclear Power Plant, located 5 km from Paks, central Hungary, is the only operating nuclear power station in Hungary. Between them, its four reactors produce more than 40 percent of the electrical power generated in the country. (Paks NPP NPP Nuclear Power Plant NPP Net Primary Production NPP Net Primary Productivity NPP Notice of Privacy Practices (US HIPAA medical patient privacy) NPP National Priorities Project NPP New Patriotic Party (Ghana) ) 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 (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. 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 WWER Water-Cooled, Water-Moderated Energy Reactor 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 Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects , 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 SDM - Schematic Data Model ) solution provider, helping clients in a broad array of industries optimize the management of their customers, workforce, spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. inventory, tools and documentation in order to maximize performance and customer satisfaction while achieving significant cost savings. Indus customer, asset and workforce management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space. software products, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. 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 Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one and more. For more information, visit our Website at http://www.indus.com. Indus is a registered trademark of Indus International, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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