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Arquis

Water and Environment is the complete solution for the utilities sector. ARQUIS gives you an integrated solution that will allow you to manage your activity on all fronts.

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The ARQUIS solution for water and environment was designed for the entire spectrum of nuclear procedures performed by the operator. The different systems and modules were conceived in order to correspond to the specific characteristics and the most common tasks existing in the typical organizational structure of an operator in the Utilities sector.

What is Arquis?

It is the solution that incorporates the unique characteristics of the business, adopting best practices.

Developed specifically for public or private companies in the energy production, transport, distribution and commercialization sectors, namely in the following subsectors:

Water and Sanitation

The water services sector comprises water supply activities to urban and rural populations and associated activities, such as services, commerce and small industry inserted in the urban fabric. It also includes the drainage and treatment of urban waste water. The waste services sector comprises the activities of collection, treatment and final destination of urban waste. These services are considered to be of general interest, essential to the well-being of citizens, public health, economic activities and the protection of the environment. Currently, the provision of this service is in the hands of the Municipalities and municipal entities, constituted for a more effective management of this activity.

Electricity

Electric energy, being an essential good, is subject to public service obligations, which are the responsibility of all those involved in the electricity sector, among which consumer protection is highlighted, namely in terms of tariffs and prices. Activity regulated by the SEN (National Electric System) that oversees any trader under the market regime. With the liberalization of the sector, any entity that sells electricity is subject to safety and quality standards and internal management tools that facilitate the operation of the business begin to prevail.

Gas Distribution

The distribution of natural gas is processed through the exploitation of the National Natural Gas Distribution Network, through the granting by the State of public service concessions, exercised exclusively and under the public service regime, as well as distribution licenses in autonomous local networks , not connected to the interconnected system of gas pipelines and networks, also carried out exclusively and under a public service regime. The natural gas commercialization activity is free, being, however, subject to the attribution of a license by the competent administrative entity (ERSE).

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The 5 Functional Areas of Arquis

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Management Information

It provides reports for the various functional areas, framing metrics and management indicators specifically defined for the Utilities sector, namely some of the elements requested by regulatory bodies (such as ERSAR for the Water and Sanitation sector).

Thinking about how important it is to understand, anticipate and react to consumer behavior, we put Business Intelligence in favor of your business, so you can monetize and plan the activity.

having at your disposal a set of reliable indicators:

• Performance indicators;
• Reporting;
• Account Consolidation.

Human Resource Management

It is a reliable, user-friendly tool that brings together various processes arising from the administrative management of human resources. Because it is necessary to quantify and financially evaluate the cost of our Human Capital:

we provide the tool that will be able to operationalize all the tasks of the HR department:

• Registration of Employees;
• Time management;
• Salary Processing;
• Performance evaluation;
• Recruitment and selection;
• Training Management;
• Safety, Hygiene and Health at Work;
• Employee Portal.

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Administration and Finance

It’s a financial and accounting management solution that helps you control and analyze your business information. With full integration, you can efficiently manage payments, collections, inventory, cost accounting, assets and cash flow, as well as perform bank collections and reconciliations. You can even manage your financial processes across multiple currencies, locations or companies.

Comprehensive, up-to-date financial information makes it easy to spot trends and gain in-depth insight into business activities so you can leverage that knowledge and identify new opportunities:

• General Accounting (SNC or SNC-AP);
• The 3rd;
• Treasury;
• Administrative and Expedient Management;
• Analytical accounting;
• Immobilized;
• Purchases;
• Stock and warehouse management.

Commercial Management

It provides a complete management system for business processes, including customer management, contracts, services provided (including the planning and monitoring of maintenance activities associated with business processes, such as extensions, connection and maintenance of meters, outages, etc.) , billing and collection in accordance with the company’s specificities.

the best practices in the sector and the Portuguese law in force:

• Registration of Customers / Consumer Locations;
• Contract and Tariff Management;
• Billing Cycle;
• Routes and Readings;
• Collection and Debt Management;
• Tax Foreclosures;
• Consumption Analysis and Estimates;
• Virtual Desk.

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Planning, Construction and Network Management

Developed specifically to respond to the problem of maintaining geographically dispersed and decentralized networks (“field service”), it addresses all the operational and maintenance aspects specific to the sector. It allows the planning of work, management of maintenance/intervention orders, planning and allocation of logistical resources, specialized equipment and teams, by level of competence and adequacy to the nature of Maintenance.

It integrates with the Commercial system, automatically receiving the intervention requests generated and resulting from the activity with customers (new connections, complaints, malfunctions, material replacement, cuts and service replacement, etc.), in addition to the normal maintenance activity in the network infrastructure (pipes, valves, treatment plants, etc.), management of rehabilitation and expansion plans:

• Registration and Network Infrastructure;
• Contracts & Contracts;
• Operational and Service Management;
• Inspection and Inspection;
• Analysis and Monitoring;
• Extensions and Projects;
• Equipment Management;
• Conservation and Rehabilitation.

Based on the best technological options on the market

Vocated at boosting administrative efficiency, it has an optimized workflow and a user-friendly interface. ARQUIS was developed based on the best technological options available on the market, under a single database, ensuring a solid, secure information infrastructure, with low cost of ownership and high compatibility.

Benefits

INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY

Familiar interface and correct data model design, resulting in greater fluidity in operations and profitability in departments. There are warning mechanisms, reducing the margin of error. Reduce bureaucracy in processes and access information from any mobile device.

EASE OF INTEGRATION

An open architecture that allows an easy interconnection with external applications, thus being able to continue to use existing customer tools or preferred products for specific applications.

PERFORMANCE INCREASE

Get a high level of automation and data validation, which means better performance and overall effectiveness for your organization. By improving business data, you achieve substantial loss reduction and, consequently, a significant increase in overall revenue.

FAST IMPLEMENTATION

You will have an easy transition, both at system and user level, to the new working methods of the ARQUIS solution.

QUICK ANALYSIS OF INDICATORS

Dematerialization and reduction of bureaucracy of processes, facilitates the collection and analysis of data, supporting the manager’s decisions, access to information anywhere from any mobile device.

LOW COST

Due to the configurable nature of the system, and the availability model under an operational lease, the cost of ownership of the ARQUIS solution is drastically reduced.