Exelon Energy Delivery (EED), a unit of Exelon Corporation and one of the
largest electric and gas utilities in the United States has selected CGI Group
Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB), a leading provider of utility solutions and
services, to deliver an enterprise-wide Mobile Workforce Management (MWM)
software solution as well as mobile mapping capabilities that will automate the
work of approximately 2,650 field personnel.
EED comprises Chicago-based
ComEd and Philadelphia-based PECO. The two utilities combine to distribute
electricity to approximately 5.2 million customers in Illinois and Pennsylvania
and gas to about 460,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. The CGI MWM
software will be deployed to a variety of workgroups within ComEd and PECO
including, Distribution System Operations, Construction and Maintenance,
Transmission and Substation, and Field and Meter Services to fulfill their
mobile implementation objectives.
CGI’s utility solutions team will
implement its PragmaCAD MWM software to automate field-resource allocation,
scheduling, assigning, dispatching, and monitoring of fieldwork. CGI will also
manage the implementation of third party electronic mapping software to fulfill
the work order mapping crew location and street-level routing capabilities in
the field.
“Our goal is to drive standardization with leading
technology,“ said Jerrold Martin, Vice-President of Information Technology for
Exelon Business Services Company. “We were looking for partners capable of
leveraging our enterprise-wide approach. The CGI software provides the
functionality, flexibility and scalability required to meet these business and
operational goals.”
Mark Browning, IT Program Manager for Exelon
Business Services, stated: “The primary goal of the Exelon Energy Delivery
Mobile Workforce Management Project is to provide field personnel with access to
mission critical information electronically. CGI provides the right software to
achieve that objective”.
Timothy McGuire, Vice-President of Construction
and Maintenance for ComEd, stated: “Customer service is a top priority for us.
The Mobile Workforce Management system will significantly improve our ability to
effectively plan and respond to our customer needs and help us achieve our
customer growth targets.”
“Partnering with market-leading mobile system
providers like CGI will provide us with the capability to increase service
productivity, while bringing the added benefit of cutting overall service
costs,” added Michael Innocenzo, Vice-President of Distribution System
Operations for PECO.
Doyle Beneby, Vice-President of Construction and
Maintenance for PECO, commented: “Considering end-to-end operations management
in the areas of planning, construction and maintenance, field-proven technology
is indispensable. The PragmaCAD mobile system will be an integral part of our
strategy to improve the overall safety and reliability of our field operations.”
François Ouzilleau, Sector Vice-President for CGI’s utility solutions
practice, concluded: “CGI is proud to work with Exelon to rapidly deploy their
enterprise mobility initiative. We intend to provide a synergy of expertise to
drive productivity and efficiency. Exelon will benefit from unparalleled
solutions and services to meet its business and operational goals now and into
the future.”
CGI provides information technology solutions to North
America’s leading utility providers. In 2006, CGI’s Utility Solutions Group has
signed contracts with a combined value of approximately $23 million. CGI’s
utility clients include Baltimore Gas & Electric, Hydro Quebec, Hydro One,
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Oklahoma Gas and Electric, Public
Service Electric and Gas and Southern California Edison. CGI utility services
and solutions span the horizontal workflow between customers, control rooms and
field crews. Real-time, continuous management of critical processes are enabled
through a field-proven solution portfolio that includes mobile workforce, outage
and network management and real-time operations management.
About
Exelon
Exelon Energy Delivery is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon
Corporation, one of the nation’s largest electric utilities with more than $15
billion in annual revenues. It distributes electricity to approximately 5.2
million customers in Illinois and Pennsylvania, and gas to 460,000 customers in
the Philadelphia area. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon trades on the NYSE under
the ticker symbol EXC.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI Group
Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and business
process services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ
approximately 25,000 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business
process services to clients worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States,
Europe, Asia Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North America,
Europe and India. CGI's annualized revenue run rate stands at $3.6 billion
(US$3.1 billion) and at December 31st, 2006, CGI's order backlog was $12.6
billion (US$10.9 billion). CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE
(GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index as well as the
S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap Indices. Website: www.cgi.com.
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For more information:
Yvonne
Gibson
Director of Communications, Canada
yvonne.gibson@cgi.com
905-695-6421
