Working in conjunction with Logica, Omniware’s Omnisafe health and safety software has been selected to deliver a new Incident Reporting Information System for the MOD. Under a 10-year contract, it will be rolled out in early 2008 across 1,000 key MoD users, such as incident and claims handlers, equipment managers and policy staff.
The objective of the new system is to improve health and safety across all 300,000 MoD personnel through better information collection and analysis, and improved handling of claims following any health & safety incidents.
Jeremy Martin, Logica’s Project Manager said “The client’s requirements demanded three key aspects – maximum use of COTS, specific domain requirements and speed of implementation. In our comprehensive independent evaluation of potential products, Omnisafe’s modular, off-the-shelf design, allied with the ability to tailor both look and functionality to the client’s specific requirements whilst retaining many of the advantages of a COTS product meant that it scored highly in all three areas.”
The new system features an information capture tool, a workflow tool and a management reporting layer, to help the MoD gather information on trends and frequency of accidents, in order to develop equipment and processes that are safer for all staff, whether they are servicemen, civil servants or civilians. For the first time it will also interface with both MoD and non-MoD systems, to make it easier to exchange information on incidents and claims.
Peter Hawkins, UK Managing Director of Omniware, explains, “Although it was originally developed for the oil and gas exploration industry, Omnisafe’s simple but comprehensive modular structure means its adaptation to other sector needs has been swift and seamless; working with LogicaCMG on such a high-profile and prestigious project has demonstrated the system’s flexibility and speed of adaptation.
“In this instance, the key requirement has been for incident reporting, but the system has modules to cover every possible need, from CoSHH to the environment, and from risk assessments to staff training, records and instruction. So whether you are in the defence industry, or construction, chemicals, or anywhere else with medium- to high-risk work activities, the software has practical applications that won’t break the bank to implement.”
Press contact:
Peter Hawkins, Managing Director,
Omniware UK Ltd.
Tel: +44 (0)7866 573925
E-mail: peter.hawkins@omniware.com
About Omniware Ltd:
Omniware has its origin in the oil & gas industries on the Norwegian continental shelf, with offshore installations and massive, high-risk investments. Early Omniware customers simply demanded high-quality support systems to mitigate the risks involved, and to do whatever they could to avoid human and capital loss.
Evolution
Since the early 1990’s, the two Omniware systems (Omnisafe also has a sister product for procurement, called Omnicom) have undergone significant refinement, to meet the needs of increasingly stringent global Health & Safety requirements in complex business areas.
At the same time, the product has adapted to requirements from new business areas, typically “downstream” from oil & gas, such as refineries and chemical operations, energy companies, utility companies, manufacturing industry, construction, and lately also shipping, trading and financial institutions – even police forces and local government.
It has become apparent that this is a system with universal application, from the basic day-to-day controls in small businesses to the most sophisticated needs of multi-national conglomerates. For more information, visit www.omiware.com
About Logica
Logica is a major international force in IT and business services. It employs around 40,000 people across 41 countries. Logica focus is on enabling its customers to build and maintain leadership positions using Logica deep industry knowledge and its track record for successful delivery. The company provides business consulting, systems integration and IT and business process outsourcing across diverse markets including telecoms and media, financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution and transport and the public sector. Headquartered in Europe, Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE:LOG; Euronext:LOG) and traded on the Xternal List of the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm. More information is available at www.logica.com
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