Annual Report 2010 - AdP

• promote the implementation of the aforementioned solutions, in national and international markets, in general;
• deepen strategic development programmes, support for the technical management of AdP Group companies, taking into account
the standardisation of business processes for companies operating and running the same type of systems.
Membership of the AdP Group universe endows Aquasis with unique characteristics that differentiate it in relation to other
information technology companies in the Portuguese marketplace, in particular:
• total specialisation in the fields related to water supply system and wastewater collection system (upstream and downstream)
management companies as well as the collection and treatment of urban solid wastes;
• proximity and collaborative development with operational companies, which, allied with the existing engineering knowhow, provide
thorough knowledge of the business and the real problems confronted on the ground;
• the opportunity, in conjunction with operational companies, to test out methodologies and solutions, in a real ambience, thus giving
guarantees as regards their appropriateness to the reality of the sector and the business;
• the guarantee of lasting solutions, with permanent teams dedicated to the development, implementation, training and postinstallation
support and responding to operational/technological evolutions and the constant needs of users.
The main specialist fields of AQUASIS are the following:
• Maintenance and Asset Management Information Systems (SMGA);
• Integrated Operational Management Information Systems (SIGIO);
• Automated Control and Communication Network Systems (Remote management);
• Geographic Information Systems (SIG).
In the aforementioned specialist fields, Aquasis has pioneered the development and application of innovative information technologies
for the analysis of engineering problems and support in decision making and the operation and maintenance of basic sanitation
infrastructures in Portugal. Aquasis, on the one hand, ensures the standardisation of company and management business procedures
and, on the other hand, leverages synergies in the development of activities and rendering them competitive. Solutions are
implemented at companies and management entities in accordance with the specific features and their respective level of
development. Whatever the form of implementation of the solutions developed, Aquasis guarantees high technological standards
and the quality of the work undertaken and, especially, a global vision of information systems, guaranteeing their convergence around
more effective and efficient management.
In the field of Maintenance and Asset Management Information Systems, Aquasis has developed a complex corporative project for
the AdP Group, incorporating the IBM Tivoli MAXIMO Asset Management software, fully integrating the ERP (Enterprise Resource
Planning) tool in operation at this group (SAP). Currently, the system has been adopted by seventeen of AdP Group companies and
now represents an essential system for maintenance activities, whether carried out by the companies, by their own members of staff
or under an outsourcing regime.
In the field of Integrated Operational Management Information Systems, Aquasis has developed, in partnership with the MdeMaquina
company, the Navia.AdP platform. This platform corresponds to a productivity tool for the operational field and able to meet the
day-to-day needs of companies, supporting working practices, information, management and decision making. Endowing operational
management with the operational tools that rationalise resources and optimise results, the introduction of the Navia.AdP platform
at AdP Group companies, in addition to guaranteeing benefits in service quality, drove a significant reduction in operational costs.
Currently, the system is in effect at seven AdP Group companies with a further five due to install the system in the short term.
In the field of Automated Control and Communication Network Systems, Aquasis has been developing its activities in conjunction
with AdP Group companies and the marketplace in general across various fields, including:
• support for companies in negotiating communication solutions with telecommunications operators, boosting the synergies inherent
to the scale of the AdP Group;
• design and production of remote management projects and their respective operational communication networks, including drafting
the submissions for tenders, evaluating proposals and the provision of supervisory and auditing services;
• design and production of multi-service communication networks (VPN-IP MPLS), supported by operator broadband circuits,
including drafting the submissions for tenders, evaluating proposals and the provision of supervisory and auditing services;
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