I.R.I.S. has been awarded the contract for the supply of software and services to implement ECM solutions at the Belgian national railway company SNCB. The agreement is for four years and will cover the acquisition of software applications for ECM projects, as well as consultancy, training and maintenance during the implementation of ECM projects.

           The proposed services cover project management, organizational consultancy, process analysis and design, document analysis, architecture and design of solutions, software configuration, integration of solutions and documentation.
            Yves Alsteens, Sales Manager I.R.I.S. Solutions & Experts, said that the company has highlighted three aspects for the success of SNCB projects:
                  - Organizing documents and guiding change management
                  - Documentary information, control of glossaries and records retention schedules
                  - Documentary data processing.
          Etienne Van de Kerckhove, CEO of I.R.I.S. Group: ‘This four-year framework agreement must be one of the biggest electronic document and process management contracts in Europe. The SNCB is the largest employer in Belgium, with more than 60,000 employees. Its document management requirements are significant, spanning many different areas, and we are positive that we will be able to help ICTRA increase the efficiency of many processes and departments in the coming years. Moreover, the financial impact for I.R.I.S. will certainly be noticeable as of 2010.’
           Pierre De Muelenaere, President and CEO of I.R.I.S. Group, aded: ‘We are happy that we were able to convince the SNCB of the quality of the products and technologies developed by I.R.I.S. for document capture and our expertise in running major document management projects for many administrations and companies in several European companies. We trust that there will soon be thousands of satisfied users of our solutions at the SNCB.’