UMAX is the answer for utilities looking for a powerful and agile business solution. This integrated, standardized, out-of-the-box system was designed, built and certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX, using established utility industry frameworks and proven methodologies.
UMAX combines optimum flexibility with proven functionality and standardly integrates level 3 utility processes. From the process of connecting new retail and business customers, through to the process of collecting the amounts due and interacting with other market parties (such as metering companies, external 3rd parties, etc) UMAX ensures utilities full support.
Moreover, this business solution helps water com-panies to stay in control of the consecutive stages in the different value chains.
3. 1
UMAX - The utility solution
Certified by Microsoft, delivering smart flexibility
UMAX is the answer for UMAX combines optimum parties (such as metering
utilities looking for a powerful flexibility with proven companies, external 3rd parties,
and agile business solution. functionality and standardly etc) UMAX ensures utilities full
This integrated, standardized, integrates level 3 utility support.
out-of-the-box system was processes. From the process
designed, built and certified of connecting new retail and Moreover, this business
for Microsoft Dynamics AX, business customers, through solution helps water com-
using established utility to the process of collecting panies to stay in control of
industry frameworks and the amounts due and the consecutive stages in the
proven methodologies. interacting with other market different value chains.
COMMERCIAL
VALUE CHAIN
MARKET SELL SERVE & MANAGE BILL COLLECT
VALUE CHAIN
PHYSICAL &
METERING
CONNECT OPERATE MAINTAIN
VALUE CHAIN
SUPPORTING
CONTROL & RISK ENTERPRISE
MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
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UMAX stands for and guarantees
Maximized customer revenues
Reduced time & effort spent
Processes built on customer value
Optimized operational margins
Higher productivity via integration
An organization in control
5. 3
Managing water the new frontier
Requiring agility and flexibility
Every day, water companies ensure their drinking water costs at a minimum and
supply millions of litres of meets the highest quality and ensuring that customers
tap water to hundreds of safety standards. remain satisfied.
thousands, or even millions
of customers in their service Alongside these activities For that reason, water
area. they liaise with all relevant companies are looking for
authorities and regulators powerful and agile business
They connect homes and who closely monitor their solutions, supporting them
businesses to the water economic, environmental and in their core client-oriented
distribution network and quality performances. business processes, allowing
provide assistance to them to rapidly adapt to an
customers who are moving Water companies are also ever-evolving environment
house and/or subscribe to facing important changes in and gain insight on the actual
new services. their operating environment. status of the business and its
Gradually progressing market current performance.
Water utilities run purification liberalization may force them
plants, pumps, pipes and to strike a finer balance
meters and carry out tests to between keeping operating
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Choosing for UMAX, your best guarantee for success!
360属 view on the entire process from (new) water
connections to payments
Automation & integration of project, asset, service
& workforce processes
Handle customer requests flexibly & efficiently via
integrated crm
Focus on what really matters through efficient, flexible
and clear processes
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UMAX for water companies
Guaranteeing your future success
UMAX grew out of the idea to B2B target groups during the Sell
deliver an innovative, flexible, moments of truth, such as Support all stages in
the selling process
future-proof and affordable a customer move or a grid
business solution that fully extension Serve & Manage
Interact with customer
supports water companies requests
in the management of the Moreover, the integrated Bill
core client-oriented business project and warehouse Forecast, simulate &
invoice consumptions
processes. Moreover, UMAX management, billing and
was created to lower the collect modules have been Collect
Manage payments
cost-to-serve by optimizing conveniently tailored to & amounts due
these business processes and meet all the requirements
Connect
to reduce the overall cost of of water companies active in Link connections
& network
ownership of the IT landscape. the utility sector. Additionally,
UMAX seamlessly
Operate
The perfect solution for water communicates with other Manage the network
companies market parties such as
government institutions and Maintain
Service the network
UMAX has proven itself as the 3rd party systems such as
perfect solution for managing sub-contractors or other
various sequences of organizations.
customer-related and physical
processes taking place in
virtually all regulated and
deregulated water companies.
The standard features of
the UMAX solution already
An additional advantage is that
the system has been designed
met 90% of our needs
to effectively manage the large
variety of tasks, campaigns and Jan Hammenecker - VMW
channels used to communicate Manager business systems & communication
and interact with B2C and
8. 6
Staying in control of your water company
The UMAX control framework
Being in control is one thing The UMAX control frame- The performance indicators
staying in control another. work (UCF) provides your can be translated throughout
For water companies, it is key employees with actual the organization in a
important to keep operational and real-time information transparent and uniform
margins as optimal as on the status of key manner, through role-tailored
possible. To do so, you need performance indicators dashboards. By doing so,
to have a clear organizational (KPIs): managers can focus on
structure, transparent what really matters and can
processes & roles and data Sales indicators: measure performance at all
that is secured It is equally number of grey water times based on real-time and
important to gain insight in conversions, requests, correct actuals.
the fluctuating path of the Operational indicators:
actuals and to know whats status of processes,
going on at every level of the workload, open cases
organization at all times, in Financial indicators:
order to react as quickly as operational margins,
possible when necessary. cash flow position
The energy sector is a risk
business, and thanks to UMAX,
we are in control
Jeroen van Daal Delta
Sales Director
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360属 lifecycle
From connection to customer... and back
The proper functioning of the instructions sent out so that and investments such as
water distribution network everyone knows exactly what comprehensive grid updates,
and all individual connecting has to be done. Moreover, the roll-out of smart meters
points must be guaranteed at after the intervention the or the replacement of pipes,
all times. Repairs, extensions, system prepares everything transformers and various
updates, new connections for billing. All this to keep other assets.
to the network and meter time spent & effort invested to
installations must be carried a strict minimum. Mobile workforce
out quickly and flawlessly. As management
a water utility you take the Asset lifecycle management UMAX mobile workforce
lead here, and UMAX provides With UMAX you have management module is yet
excellent services in this full control over meters, another instrument to boost
respect to help you focus on connections and cables. productivity. It allows mobile
your core business: managing The asset management communication with teams
the water distribution net, end module lets you manage in the field via smartphone,
to end. complex installations, tablet or PDA. This enables
monitor the lifecycle of the sharing of customer
Efficient handling of customer specific assets (e.g. smart details, such as address and
requests meters) and quickly initiate meter number, and facilitates
When customers request necessary interventions. the exchange of information
a technical intervention, The system also interfaces about the planning and execu-
e.g. a new connection or effortlessly with various tion of technical interventions.
a defect, a team goes on external applications such This module lets you instantly
site. UMAX integrated crm, as geographical information update or even change round
project, asset and service systems. It receives and the work schedule of teams
management modules ensure stores data and generates and individual operatives in
the timeliness and efficiency reports. UMAX ease of the field. You can direct them
of the interventions. The use and powerful features to the address of a customer
software sends service orders make it an indispensable whos just reported a defect,
to the various departments. tool for preparing and while they can report back on
People are scheduled and managing major projects the status of their work.
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UMAX - built on Microsoft Dynamics AX
A leader of industry platform
UMAX is the solution for ers people to anticipate and
utilities built on the Microsoft embrace change so that the
Dynamics AX 2012 platform, business can thrive. The solu-
which is part of Microsofts tion features an intuitive and
top-of-the-line easy-to-use, easy to learn & use Microsoft
integrated and adaptable Office-like user interface and
ERP applications that enable role-tailored dashboards.
business decision-makers
to quickly respond to market Microsoft Dynamics AX is
shifts, take advantage of also a scalable solution that
new trends, increase their can grow as your business
competitive edge and drive expands. Furthermore,
business success. through its layered
Built on Microsoft
structure, MS Dynamics
Dynamics AX, UMAX
AX is a proven solution for AX offers flexibility and
guarantees these
large organizations. Within faster implementations for
advantages:
these organizations it empow- upgrades and updates.
Flexible and modular
solution
Low maintenance
costs
Scalable application
Future-proof solution
Quick adoption ratio
Low total cost of
ownership
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Certified by Microsoft
A proven, robust and trustworthy solution
UMAX is a solution certified UMAX is a proven, robust
for MS Dynamics AX, meaning and trustworthy solution for
it has passed Microsofts most utilities and a guarantee for
stringent tests - performed future success. All these
by Lionbridge and VeriTest, elements taken together
independent software make UMAX the best solution
testing agencies - and meets for utilities currently available
Microsofts highest standards. on the market.
This label assures that
Leveraging on Microsoft technologies
Communicate with other applications within your IT landscape
and external third party systems guaranteeing the consistent
flow of data within UMAX, your business and the market.
UMAX seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Office, offering
common tools for document output, bulk upload of data and
communicating with internal and external clients.
Through Visual Studio, utilities can extend the UMAX
solution with extra modules, tailor-made add-ons or offer web
services to their customers, guaranteeing flexibility.
Through SQL, data is stored in a secure and consistent manner,
offering instant reporting and clear-cut business intelligence,
enabling utilities to be and stay in control of their business.
The cloud solution from Microsoft empowering utilities to
store big data & to source extra processing power for heavy
processes such as: smart meter data and real time billing.
12. 10
VMW opted for change!
Belgian water company reducing its costs with 50%
Profile Solution
VMW is the largest drinking VMW commissioned Itineris Thanks to the
water company in Flanders to install its UMAX solution
(Belgium). It is a partner based on Microsoft Dynamics intelligence
to its associates in the AX. The central database was of UMAX,
municipalities for the brought up-to-date and the
expansion of municipal billing system was adapted, revenues are
sewerage networks. As an where necessary, to the needs automatically
integrated water company of VMW.
it also develops customized coupled to
projects for companies. Advantages the bills and
VMW supplies drinking water Maintenance costs halved
to 2,6 million customers in Flexible and simple productivity
171 Flemish municipalities, User-friendly has increased
spread across the different Integration with other
provinces. The organization applications sharply
has 1500 staff. Intelligent assignment of
bills Jan Hammenecker - VMW
Challenge Significant time savings Manager business
VMW carried out a thorough Improved customer service systems & communication
reorganization but was Hardly any support
working with an outdated required
and expensive customer Exponential growth
management system. possiblities
This made it impossible to
automate specific services
or to serve customers more
efficiently at a reasonable
cost. The customer database
also needed a major clean-
up.
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What other customers have to say
UMAX, a proven solution supporting all utilities
Jeroen van Daal Koen Meersschaert Jeroen Bode
Delta multi-utility company AWW Eneco The Netherlands
Thanks to UMAX we evolved This software package was UMAX has allowed us to
from the management of praised for its flexibility in a achieve three targets at once:
premises to the management study and for us this is very reduce the time to market by
of customers. We can offer important In particular, developing new products very
them advice and help them to in order to keep up with the flexibly, cut the cost-to-serve
save energy. Moreover, now it numerous legal amendments and, gain a better insight into
is easy for us to create reports its essential for AWW to opt our sales processes and the
on everything we do. Before, for a real utility solution with a settlement of contracts.
this was unthinkable. proven track record.
UMAX offers us fast access to data
and efficient first line resolution
Maurice Roovers - Intergas
Customer service manager
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Who benefits from the power of UMAX?
Discover why they chose UMAX
Belgium
E.ON A.G. - one of the Previously, multi-utility To turn its promises - as a
worlds largest power and company Delta used a new entrant on the Belgian
gas groups together with variety of systems to manage retail energy market - into
E.ON IT GmbH recently customer relations, prepare reality, Eneco Belgium was
chose UMAX and Microsoft invoices, manage contracts looking for an efficient IT
Dynamics AX 2012 as the and follow up sales. The solution to support the
solution to support the future company looked for a new company in managing its
growth of their business. and more streamlined ERP new business activities
They consider it to be a direct system. Today, UMAX, based and customer base. After a
and practical alternative to on Microsoft Dynamics AX, thorough study of the market,
SAP-ISU. supports Delta in its day to Eneco chose UMAX.
day tasks.
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The Netherlands
The drinking water producer To better answer the needs Eneco wanted to streamline
AWW decided to change to of the deregulated energy its IT systems and the
a process-driven method of market, Intergas wanted to business processes
working in order to improve streamline its administrative built around them, while
its internal operations and business activities. Now, more simultaneously accelerating
services. Integrated IT than ever, costs, efficiency and the development of new
support is an absolute must innovation play an important products and services. The
for achieving this. AWW role. The gas company company wished to adapt
chose to implement UMAX chose UMAX for distribution its systems for e-business
essentially because of the companies. applications to improve
flexibility it offers. customer service and reduce
transaction costs. For that
reason they opted for UMAX.
UMAX, your best guarantee for future success!
Optimize operational margins via efficient project and
service management
Manage clients flexibly & efficiently via UMAX
integrated crm processes
Manage your performance instantly, through the UMAX
control framework
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Other UMAX software solutions
Supporting all market roles & commodities
UMAX is available in four
standard configurations. Each
configuration is carefully
tailored to the needs of a
particular role in the utility
market and supports different
commodities. UMAX for UMAX for
Suppliers Integrated
All UMAX solutions are B2B - B2C Utilities
modular and scalable. The
solution grows as your The solution for utility The solution for utilities
business grows. Moreover, suppliers operating in active in a regulated market
the business solution can be a deregulated market, or executing multiple
fully integrated in existing IT supporting all commodities market roles
landscapes.
The solution for utility The solution for companies
companies active in the active in managing the
deregulated and regulated distribution net and grid
water markets related activities
Discover the other UMAX
solutions through
www.umaxsolutions.com,
our brochures or contact
one of our partners. UMAX for UMAX for
Water Distribution
Companies Companies
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Registered implementation partners
Delivering the power of UMAX to your doorstep!
UMAX is a global, standardized and packaged software
solution for utilities. However, as in any other business,
utilities have to comply with the (local) regulatory, judicial
and fiscal standards and requirements. R E G I S T E R E D PA RT N E R
Consequently, UMAX needs to be loaded with knowledge
of local markets and industries. For that reason, UMAX is
implemented by partners who are familiar with and fully
understand the utility industry in your region or market.
Each of these partners has been thoroughly screened,
selected and trained to deliver you the best services (adapted
to your market & industry) combined with the power of a
standardized, out-of-the-box and proven software solution-
offered by UMAX.
Ideal basis for success:
Find a UMAX registered
a standardized out-of-the-box solution
implementation partner
built on a leader of industry platform
for your region on
configured to the needs of your utility company
www.umaxsolutions.com
adapted to the local market and industry standards
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The Netherlands and North America.
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Dynamics AX速 platform and related IT services for utilities.
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