ON THE WATERFRONT
[BIZ: Liège, September 21] The new GIS will replace the current stand-alone systems with a centralized database, an interface to SAP and connections to Electronic Document Management systems. The GIS is accessible via a web portal and will significantly improve the efficiency of the company in planning network interventions and analyzing field data. The STAR-APIC GIS will bring benefits to a range of departments within SWDE including: a mobile solution for field workers; improved data access for department managers and network engineers; improved tools for drawing offices in charge of daily database updates; tools for laboratory staff to map sampling and water quality, and the water production department for the planning and works maintenance, network projects and water zone delimitation. This new contract strengthens STAR-APIC’s leadership in the provision of GIS solutions for water and sewerage network management. ELYX-XT, a state of the art solution providing managers of technical equipment a ready-to-use unit for ultra-fast I/O of measurements to/from distant devices combined with a set of standard features for controlling, validating, and - if necessary - transforming, the gathered information before sending it back to the device, or to other devices that request that information inside or outside the organization.
STAR-APIC has won the tender to renew the Walloon Water Company (Société Wallonne Des Eaux - SWDE) GIS system with a solution based on the Elyx platform (manages and captures date in the field). SWDE is the largest producer and distributor of drinking water in the Walloon region of Belgium.
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