Extended Partnership Between Sembcorp Industries & Ferranti

Singapore, 24/08/2023 — Today Sembcorp and Ferranti entered into an agreement to provide a unified B2B billing solution to consolidate, streamline and standardize billing processes into a single New Billing System. As Sembcorp expands, the New Billing System aims to seamlessly integrate data and processes that support the complex IT landscape and addresses the challenges from Sembcorp’s business units. This partnership entails the implementation of the scalable MECOMS 365 cloud platform and ecosystem that keep pace with Sembcorp changing environments.

Headquartered in Singapore, Sembcorp Industries aims to transform its portfolio towards a greener future to be a leading provider of sustainable solutions. Leveraging its sector expertise and track record of global innovative solutions, Sembcorp is constantly growing its renewable and integrated urban Solution businesses.

Back in July 2022, Sembcorp undertook a strategic project to implement the New Billing System (NBS). Accordingly, Sembcorp was seeking a highly capable vendor with a proven track record to effectively execute Sembcorp specific scope of work.

Ferranti, a trusted name in the energy and utility Industry, takes pride in its mission to empower Sembcorp by leveraging its cutting-edge technology. The heart of this proposal beside MECOMS 365, that is built on Microsoft’s premium enterprise platform Dynamics 365 and Microsoft AZURE services, is a team of experienced consultants who understand the Singapore market and have the nessecary technology know-how in order to be able to strengthen Sembcorp for future challenges.

“We were looking for vendor with a proven track record and experience in the Singapore market to build our new billing system” said Vickrem Vijayan, Head Energy Commercial. “Ferranti is a specialist in the Utility industry and own the technology to build the application software that suits Sembcorp requirements” explains Charles Koh, Chief Digital Officer at Sembcorp.

Ferranti Singapore was established in 2011 and has deep knowledge of the utility industry in Singapore and its changing needs. The regional Ferranti office houses a team of delivery and support professionals for the APJ market, “We bring the international Ferranti expertise nearer to Singapore customers with a local touch” said Christopher Teo, Managing Director, Ferranti Singapore.

Ferranti and MECOMS solutions are not entirely new to Sembcorp. Earlier, MECOMS R4 was already chosen for Sembcorp B2C business since 2018. With the adoption of the latest version, MECOMS 365, it further testifies the Sembcorp and Ferranti trusted partnership.