Siemens PTD Enters Into Global Agreement With Leading Mobile Workforce Optimization Provider ClickSoftware
10 Agosto 2004 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Siemens PTD Enters Into Global Agreement With Leading Mobile
Workforce Optimization Provider ClickSoftware BURLINGTON,
Massachusetts, August 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ClickSoftware
Technologies Ltd (NasdaqSC: CKSW), the leading provider of
workforce and service optimization solutions, and Siemens Power
Transmission and Distribution (PTD),(NYSE:SI), announced today that
they have entered into a global agreement to provide high
performance workforce optimization solutions with proven
functionality from a single source to electrical utilities. With a
workforce of around 16,400 and 32 manufacturing facilities and 14
engineering and service locations around the world, Siemens PTD
ensures as a product supplier, system integrator and service
provider reliable transmission of electrical energy from the
generating plant to the consumer. In the 2003 fiscal year (ended
September 30) Siemens PTD achieved sales of 3.4 billion euros and
earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) of 207 million euros.
"Within this agreement, Siemens is contributing its years of domain
expertise related to the work processes and solutions for utilities
worldwide. As a global leader of Workforce Optimization solutions,
ClickSoftware provides proven products, which are able to meet both
a Utility's short and long-term field resource optimization
requirements. Within this significant agreement, Siemens and
ClickSoftware are well positioned to provide mutual clients with
high performance and tightly integrated turnkey solutions,"
commented Dr. Armin Bruck, President of the Energy Management and
Information Systems Division of Siemens PTD. "Better management of
the workforce is one of the best, untapped opportunities for
profitability that exists today," said Dr. Moshe BenBassat, CEO and
Chairman of ClickSoftware. "This agreement will leverage the core
competencies of both organizations within the utility and energy
market. Siemens PTD customer base is now showing focus on workforce
management and Siemens PTD and ClickSoftware will be able to answer
their needs." Siemens PTD and ClickSoftware are currently working
together and co-operating at multiple utilities worldwide and both
companies foresee many additional opportunities as the need to
truly optimize the utilization of field workforces increases. In a
typical implementation, Siemens provides integration, project and
process management support, while ClickSoftware effects the
implementation of its workforce optimization software. Through the
use of such systems, utilities are in a much better position to
monitor and co-ordinate the deployment of their service teams in
the field, while optimizing both crews and fleets. Each crew in
their service vehicle is not only linked to the control center via
PC and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) or GPRS
(General Packet Radio Service), but can also be physically located
in real time by means of the GPS (Global Positioning System).
Within this relationship, PTD will provide focused domain expertise
in electrical utilities particularly in the areas of project
management, technology selection, business process analysis and
systems integration. By applying experiences gained working with
utilities worldwide, the Siemens team will reduce overall project
costs while mitigating risk factors normally seen in such high
profile projects. With a keen awareness of how to successfully
implement critical operations-oriented applications such as
workforce, outage, asset management and Geographic Information
Systems within a tightly integrated IT environment, Siemens PTD
provides its customers with a unique and refreshing project
implementation model. About ClickSoftware ClickSoftware is the
leading provider of workforce and service optimization solutions
that maximize workforce productivity and customer satisfaction
while minimizing operations costs. ClickSoftware's
ServiceOptimization Suite provides an integrated, intelligent
solution for automatic, efficient, and effective decisions over the
entire service decision-making chain. It includes reliable customer
demand and workload forecasting, strategic and tactical capacity
planning, daily service scheduling, troubleshooting and repair
support, wireless workforce management, and business analytics,
connecting all organizational levels and functions. The company is
headquartered in Burlington, MA and Israel, with offices in North
America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information about
ClickSoftware, please call +1-781-272-5903 or +1-888-438-3308 or
visit http://www.clicksoftware.com/. About Siemens Power
Transmission and Distribution Group (PTD) The Siemens Power
Transmission and Distribution Group (PTD), with its Head Office in
Erlangen (Germany), ensures as a product supplier, system
integrator and service provider reliable transmission of electrical
energy from the generating plant to the consumer. With a workforce
of about 16,400, 32 manufacturing facilities and 14 engineering and
service locations around the world, Siemens PTD, the Number Two on
the global market for power transmission and distribution, achieved
in the 2003 fiscal year (ended September 30) sales of EUR 3.4
billion and a Group profit from operations of EUR 207 million. For
more information about this Siemens Group visit:
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information: http://www.siemens.com/ptd-press This press release
contains express or implied forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, those regarding growth
in ClickSoftware's revenues and sales and partner networks. Such
"forward-looking statements" involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results or
performance to be materially different from those projected.
ClickSoftware's achievement of these results may be affected by
many factors, including among others, the following risks: that the
economic outlook may adversely affect the demand for
ClickSoftware's products; that the market acceptance of
ClickSoftware's products may not grow as anticipated; that
ClickSoftware may fail to expand its relationships with third
parties that provide implementation and professional services to
its clients; and other risks associated with ClickSoftware's
business. For additional information regarding risks relating to
ClickSoftware's business, see ClickSoftware's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission including ClickSoftware's annual
report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, and
subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ClickSoftware does not undertake to update any forward-looking
statements. Contacts: Yasmeen Coning LEWIS PR +1-617-454-1106
http://www.lewisvpr.com/ (24x7) Simon Morris ClickSoftware, Inc.
+1-781-272-5903 x2293 DATASOURCE: ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd
CONTACT: Yasmeen Coning, LEWIS PR, +1-617-454-1106, ,
http://www.lewisvpr.com/ (24x7). Simon Morris, ClickSoftware, Inc.,
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