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CONTACT INFORMATION
Axon Solutions, Inc.
Tom Schwab
+ 1 541.318.3309
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The City of Dallas Selects
SAP and Axon Solutions for City-Wide Enterprise Billing and Customer
System
Top Municipal Water
Utility Partners with Market Leading Implementer
Jersey City, NJ, November 27, 2006 - Axon Solutions,
Inc. today announced that the City of Dallas, the 9th largest city
in the United States, has selected Axon Solutions to implement SAP’s
IS-U Customer Care and Service solution. The Axon led implementation
will replace Dallas Water Utilities’ 20 year old legacy CIS
system and provide the foundation for PAY1 – a City-wide initiative
to consolidate billing services across all departments. The City
of Dallas will leverage SAP® for Utilities solution portfolio
to help transform its entire customer interaction experience with
specific goals of enhancing the quality of customer service and
improving the effectiveness of revenue management and reporting.
The City will begin its SAP implementation later this month and
expects to finish the project by the end of 2007. The project will
provide customer information and world-class billing processes for
approximately 380,000 customers representing more than 1.2 million
people in the greater Dallas Metro area as well as wholesale water
and wastewater services to over 20 neighboring cities . The City
conducted a comprehensive analysis of its core customer processes
to identify opportunities for improved service efficiency and effectiveness,
improvements which will be enabled as a result of the process re-engineering
delivered as part of this project.
Dallas Water Utilities’ Director Jody Puckett said, “This
project is incredibly important for the City of Dallas. Our current
legacy system does not provide a true customer focused platform.
We are depending on Axon and SAP to deliver this foundation for
a city-wide billing solution.”
As a result of the rollout of SAP’s Solution, the City expects
to:
- Enhance customer service - improve call center functions, service
call response time, and on-time delivery through the streamlining
and automation of customer service activities including self service
and web enabled functionalities
- City-Wide Billing (Pay1) – consolidate City fees, charges
and services into one billing environment to enable customers
to receive one bill for the majority of City services
- Provide a foundation for future growth – allow the City
to be more adaptable to ever-increasing customer demands by reducing
the complexity of business processes
“Axon is committed to working alongside the City of Dallas
and Dallas Water Utilities, as it seeks to transform its customer
processes and support the City’s growth,” said Steve
Cardell, President of Axon Solutions, Inc. “Axon’s in-depth
knowledge of the water industry and our total unparalleled experience
of implementing SAP utility solutions will help ensure that the
City of Dallas delivers the identified service improvements to their
constituents.”
Axon
Axon is a global Business Transformation Services company that designs,
implements and supports solutions to complex business issues faced
by multinational organizations that have chosen SAP as their strategic
enterprise platform.
Axon has over 1,400 experienced professionals specializing in the
delivery of change through technology enabled transformation programs.
Axon's consultants bring in-depth industry expertise alongside best
practice functional knowledge to address the strategic, operational,
information management and performance challenges faced by organizations
today. Axon is renowned for its ability to help clients define more
ambitious strategies, build more effective organizations and to
shape more successful futures.
Founded in 1994, today Axon has offices in the United Kingdom,
United States, Malaysia and Australia.
Axon in the US
Axon Solutions, Inc. has a ten-year track record in strategic business
consulting in the US and acquired Feanix Corporation and TUI Consulting
in 2005 and Premier HR in 2006. Axon has successfully grown its
capabilities in the US since these acquisitions becoming the largest
independent SAP Partner with a 100% focus on SAP. Axon’s US
business has approximately 400 employees delivering services to
the Discrete Manufacturing, Travel & Transportation, Public
Sector, and Utilities industry verticals as well as the HCM cross-industry
marketplace.
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