Bristol, UK, November 16 2011, UNIT4, the world’s leading provider of business software for Businesses Living IN Change (BLINC™), would like to congratulate its client the NHS North Central London Cluster Procurement Cooperative, for being shortlisted in four categories for the UK Public Sector Digital Awards - Best example of shared services in practice, Best example of ICT-enabled innovation and enterprise, Best example of commercial innovation and Best project delivery.
The awards, which are supported by the Prime Minister David Cameron, recognise technology excellence and innovation in national and local government, the NHS, education and the third sector. The NHS North Central London Cluster Procurement Cooperative provides procurement shared services to six organisations, with 1400 requisitioners across 200 locations. In its first 12 months of trading the service, underpinned by UNIT4’s Agresso Procurement Platform, has made cost savings of £2.7M, increased customer satisfaction by 200 percent and electronically captured over 90 percent of purchases.
“We are of course delighted to have been nominated,” said Jeff Nielsen, the Head of the Procurement Cooperative. “It’s a testament to the hard work of the team and the members of the cooperative. Also we hope the project demonstrates that technology has a vital role to play in supporting ongoing change and positively contributing towards the modernisation of public sector operations.”
The winners will be announced on Thursday 19 January at the London Guildhall.
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About UNIT4
UNIT4 is a global business software and services company aimed at helping dynamic public sector, and commercial services organisations to embrace change simply, quickly and cost effectively in a market sector it calls 'Businesses Living IN Change' (BLINC)™. The Group incorporates a number of the world’s leading change embracing software brands including Agresso Business World, our flagship ERP suite for mid-sized services intensive organisations and Coda, our best-of-class financial management software.
In the UK we focus strongly on the public sector, where we are the leading provider of ERP systems to local government and post 16 education organisations, as well as having a considerable presence in the emergency services and health sectors. We also focus strongly on professional services organisations and a range of commercial sectors including Financial Services, Retail and Media and Publishing. Overall we aim to be the UK’s foremost business software company, providing solutions that transform the delivery of public services and comprehensively support commercial organisations in their ability to adapt and prosper in rapidly changing environments.
With operations in 17 European countries, as well as 7 countries across North America, Asia Pacific and Africa and sales activities in several other countries, its revenue was €421.7 million in 2010. UNIT4 is headquartered in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands and has over 4,000 employees. It is listed on Euronext Amsterdam and is included in the Amsterdam Midcap Index (AMX). For more information on UNIT4 or any of its operating companies, please visit the website at www.unit4.com, follow us on Twitter @UNIT4_UK
