City of St. Paul, MN Implementing SPL(R) Enterprise Asset & Work Management; State Capital Chose SPL to Streamline Asset Management & Timekeeping; Water Utility First to Go Live.

SAN FRANCISCO -- SPL WorldGroup, a leading provider of mission-critical software solutions for the global utility market, today announced that the City of St. Paul, MN, has recently gone live in many of its divisions with SPL(R) Enterprise Asset & Work Management (SPL EAM). The city has looked to SPL EAM to maintain and track capital assets valued at $4 billion within the Department of Public Works (PW), St. Paul Regional Water Services (SPRWS), and the Parks Department's Forestry Unit.

"Regional Water is live with the system as well as several divisions within Public Works and we couldn't be more pleased with SPL's implementation process," explained Steve Schneider, General Manager of SPRWS. "We're excited about realizing maximum efficiencies with SPL as the Department of Public Works and the Parks Department Forestry Unit continue a staged roll-out to their remaining divisions. In all, Saint Paul will have more than 300 users on the system once all of our divisions are live."

The City of St. Paul had identified a priority need for a comprehensive asset management solution to replace numerous disparate and outdated legacy systems in order to reduce redundancies and improve and modernize maintenance practices. To ensure the system would comprehensively meet the needs of all involved agencies, the selection process consisted of creating an unprecedented team of 100 city and SPRWS employees at all levels to rigorously review and evaluate SPL and competitors' products in the crucial areas of functionality and ease of use. SPL EAM was overwhelmingly chosen by the team as the superior solution.

"We underwent a strategic IT master planning process aimed at maximizing the management of the city's infrastructure maintenance via an integrated maintenance management system," commented Steve Schneider, General Manager of SPRWS. "Among all software vendors evaluated, SPL demonstrated the greatest commitment to our project."

"The city of St. Paul is a prime example of a progressive municipality strategically choosing and implementing an integrated EAM/CMMS system to help them realize greater efficiencies over the long run," commented Richard MacDonald, Senior Vice President of Product Management at SPL. "Their commitment and dedication to providing their citizens with better services through astute planning, makes us proud that they chose to implement SPL."

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