SUMS.Water has an integrated set of modules, which includes:

Water Billing - [ Download pdf file ]
With a streamlined billing procedure in SUMS.Water, water bills can be generated on schedule, plus the built in error checking for meter readings cuts down meter reading errors or inconsistencies.

Options to integrate with equipment like hand held terminals and barcode scanners offer quick, automatic and accurate data entry for meter reading as well as payment collection.

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Applicant Registration Management - [ Download pdf file ]

SUMS.Water provides new house connections applications with a more streamlined approach. Also by generating documents like contracts, worksheets, stock issuance orders and bills from SUMS, the waiting time for an applicant for a new house connection can be reduced dramatically by as much as 70% to 80%.

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Payroll & Human Resource - [ Download pdf file ]

Training and certification concerns, as well as general employee welfare, can be addressed with a comprehensive human resource module, which should have the following features:

• Detailed employment history
• Facilitates staff appraisal process
• Tracking of staff education & qualifications
• Improved planning of staff development programs
• Performance history tracking
  

One of the most valuable resources in any organization is the staff and their skills. A water utility organization with SUMS.Water implemented will find it very easy and advantageous to maintain up to date detailed information about it's staff. It will be easier to manage the human resource requirements as the organization develop and undergo changes.

Investment in staff knowledge and training can be made judiciously with available information such as staff performance and qualifications.

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Financial Management - [ Download pdf file ]
SUMS, being a fully integrated system, offers substantial benefits in the areas of financial management for instance, better cashflow management, budgeting and forecast. With easily accessible financial data, better management decisions may be made.

Due to integration between the modules in SUMS.Water, coupled with user security controls, the lack of human intervention in certain workflows results in a reduction in fraud.

SUMS.Water not only provides water utility organizations with standard reports, with the Account Schedule feature, key financial reports may be customized to suit the requirements of the Board of Directors or the government Ministries.

Other benefits of feature-rich SUMS.Water include:

• Trace & track ( Drill Down, Navigate and Filter functions) for ease of reconciliation & verification.
• Account Schedules empowers end users to build own reports.
• Eliminates redundant data entry due to integration.
• Produce timely, accurate information for financial control viz, cashflow management, budget management, reporting to directors, finance ministry etc.
• Improves decision making process
• Simplification of the bank reconciliation process.

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Job Management & Inventory Control - [ Download pdf file ]
Successful project management requires an up-to-date overview, detailed budgeting and planning, plus the ability to carry out follow-up analyses based on objective data. SUMS.Water Project Management and inventory modules offer:

• Better budgeting of items & resources
• Improved accuracy for items & resources tracking.

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Fixed Assets - [ Download pdf file ]
The assets of water utility organizations should be properly tracked, depreciated and disposed in order to have more accurate assessment of the financial situations of the organizations.

These features in SUMS.Water Fixed Assets are available:

• Systematic Management of Fixed Assets Register
• Automate calculation of depreciation of assets
• Proper Records of Fixed Assets Disposal
• Immediate overview of fixed assets (book value and accumulated depreciation)

SUMS.Water strong integration means that the financials module will always be supplied with the latest values of fixed assets for accurate financial information. With proper assets tracking, costs can be reduced by not purchasing unnecessary assets, and reducing equipment maintenance with predictive maintenance. By knowing where capital has been invested in assets, Return Of Investment (ROI) may be maximized.

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