Point of view - Gord Reynolds

1. Deployment, Maintenance
and Supervision of Radio
Water Meters
Smart Water Services Platform
Over the course of eight years, SWS
Platform has benefitted from our
experience on Energy and evolved
from a Meter rollout planning tool
into a fully-fledged Radio Meter
management system. Its design has
been influenced by the experience
of managing the rollout of millions
of Meters in Europe.
A whole set of key functionalities
SWS Platform allows Water Utilities to:
ƒƒ Manage stocks, work orders, field
orders, meter tracking and com-
munication to consumers regarding
deployment of new meters, radio
modules, radio networks elements
(repeaters and concentrators)
ƒƒ Organize and manage field
operations regarding
maintenance for
meter,
Capgemini’s Smart Water Services
Platform (SWS Platform) is a unique
off-the-shelf solution enabling Water
Utilities to deploy and manage Radio
Water Meters and networks.
SWS Platform is the only proven end-
to-end, integrated workflow engine
that manages the entire Radio Meter-
ing lifecycle, from program planning,
meter rollout, and operations through
to maintenance.
In real-time, SWS Platform tracks
asset inventory, manages work order
execution, controls material and field
service logistics, and monitors status
and performance remotely.
As a multi-utility, multi-client plat-
form, SWS Platform is highly con-
figurable and flexible. It takes into
account different functional and
regulatory requirements that apply
to different geographies.
Energy, Utilities & Chemicals the way we do it

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radio network elements replacement,
repeaters displacement, and settings
modifications to concentrators
ƒƒ Collect indexes using Meter Data
Management through head-end
Interfaces of various industry
manufacturers
ƒƒ Supervise radio collection with
alerts management, incident
management, and automated field
orders generation functions.
Why SWS Platform?
Since our pricing is based on usage,
SWS Platform offers the best value for
money. The SWS Platform operates as
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) making
set-up rapid and inexpensive, and
you choose how much you use. SaaS
solutions lower the Total Cost of
Ownership by up to 65% compared
to a classic ‘built’ solution.
SWS Platform is meter manufacturer
agnostic, its open architecture will
integrate with any meter, head-end
and master data management system,
and any ERP system including SAP
and Oracle.
Capgemini also offers turnkey ser-
vices with SWS Platform at the heart
of the system.
With EUR 915 million revenue in 2010
and 12,000 dedicated consultants engaged
in Energy, Utilities and Chemicals projects
across Europe, North & South America
and Asia Pacific, Capgemini’s Energy,
Utilities & Chemicals Global Sector serves
the business consulting and information
technology needs of many of the world’s
largest players of this industry.
More information about our services,
offices and research is available at
www.capgemini.com/energy.
About Capgemini and the
Collaborative Business Experience
With more than 115,000
people in 40 countries,
Capgemini is one of the world’s foremost
providers of consulting, technology and
outsourcing services. The Group reported
2010 global revenues of EUR 8.7 billion.
Together with its clients, Capgemini cre-
ates and delivers business and technology
solutions that fit their needs and drive the
results they want. A deeply multicultural
organization, Capgemini has developed
its own way of working, the Collaborative
Business Experience™, and draws on
Rightshore®
, its worldwide delivery model.