Logica to deliver BI at Royal Mail (UK)
Logica has announced that it has won a 5-year contract with Post Office Limited, part of the Royal Mail Group, to install and support two centralised business intelligence systems. The systems are expected to go live in 2009.
The Post Office has a project underway to modernise its systems and services in an effort to be more responsive to market conditions and changing business needs, and it hopes that this deal will help support this project.
Logica will oversee the implementation of two new management products, Master Data Management (MDM) and Dynamic Intelligence Warehouse (DIW). These will replace two current life-expired systems.
According to Logica, MDM will contain all Post Office reference data, including office addresses and details of products sold by the Post Office, such as stamps and travel insurance.
The company says that DIW is a responsive data warehouse, which will store updated information about the numbers and types of products sold daily at post office branches and other outlets.
Thomas believes the move could be good for Logica, as the company has not performed very well in the UK market over the last few years. In 2007, it announced a profits warning after what it described as a “disappointing performance” in the UK market. Thomas said: “In 2007, the company’s revenue from the UK public sector was up 10%, a performance made even more impressive by the fact that Logica’s overall UK sales fell 8%.”
Harbinder Dhaliwal, director, transport and logistics at Logica in the UK, said: “We are delighted that the Post Office has chosen us to support the transformation of these key systems. By integrating these new systems into its information infrastructure, the Post Office will be able to greatly improve its efficiency, enabling it to better respond to increasingly competitive conditions in its marketplace. Logica’s experience with Kalido systems in other blue chip companies means we are well placed to oversee a seamless transition to the new system. We look forward to continuing a long-term partnership with the Post Office.”
