{"id":16717,"date":"2015-08-20T10:56:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T10:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/?p=233141"},"modified":"2015-08-20T10:56:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T10:56:55","slug":"thames-tideway-tunnel-taps-accenture-in-netsuite-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/thames-tideway-tunnel-taps-accenture-in-netsuite-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Thames Tideway Tunnel taps Accenture in NetSuite deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_233151\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/files\/2015\/08\/sewer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-233151\" src=\"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/files\/2015\/08\/sewer-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"Accenture claims this is the first implementation of a multi-tenant cloud-based ERP system at a regulated utility in the UK\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Accenture claims this is the first implementation of a multi-tenant cloud-based ERP system at a regulated utility in the UK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thames Tideway Tunnel, the project company set up to manage London\u2019s \u201csuper-sewer\u201d overflow reduction project, has deployed NetSuite\u2019s cloud-based ERP platform in a bid to reduce costs and drive flexibility in its financial and project planning operations.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which is due to start construction on a super sewer system to tackle sewage overflowing into the River Thames, said it required a flexible, low-cost IT systems implementation to support its core financial and project planning operations.<\/p>\n<p>It enlisted Accenture to help deploy NetSuite OneWorld across the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn agile and intuitive back-office IT system is critical for effective management and delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects,\u201d said Robin Johns, head of Information Systems at Thames Tideway Tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe selected Accenture to help us with this implementation based on its extensive experience with NetSuite cloud ERP technology and complex system integrations. We also chose Accenture for its ability to offer practical solutions to deliver an IT platform that will help facilitate financing and construction of the super sewer, while keeping costs down for customers,\u201d\u00a0Johns said.<\/p>\n<p>Maureen Costello, managing director of Accenture\u2019s utilities practice in the UK and Ireland said this is the first implementation of a multi-tenant cloud-based ERP system at a regulated utility in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>It \u201cdemonstrates the company\u2019s innovative approach and commitment to efficiently manage the delivery of this capital project,\u201d Costello said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thames Tideway Tunnel, the project company set up to manage London&rsquo;s &ldquo;super-sewer&rdquo; overflow reduction project, has deployed NetSuite&rsquo;s cloud-based ERP platform in a bid to reduce costs and drive flexibility in its financial and project planning operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2263,1989,225,3271,911,1976],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accenture","category-enterprise-it","category-erp","category-maureen-costello","category-netsuite","category-news-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16718,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16717\/revisions\/16718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}