Overview

Adapt IT provides best practice solutions and customised software as per clients’ specifications, aimed at improving efficiency and service delivery by improving people skills (resource capacitation), re-engineering business processes (SOPs and BOPs) and advancing technology (digitisation and 4IR). Adapt IT solution offerings also conform to Government Legislative compliance requirements (i.e. National Treasury mSCOA, Regulations, PPFA, PFMA and MFMA Acts)

The division has over 05 years' experience in implementing and running large scale projects (i.e IT and Operations PMO). The team is well versed in managing, executing, implementing and supporting projects of this nature in terms of size and complexity. Accompanied by good experience working with Public Sector clients, in conjunction with the Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Transport, KwaZulu-Natal Treasury, eThekwini Municipality, and other local and district municipalities.

Our team is fully qualified and equipped to assist in implementing and running your PMO from tool selection to implementation in line with all governance and infrastructure frameworks as stipulated by DPSA. 

Our clients include

Public Investment Corporation, The Land Bank, Dube Trade Port, Johannesburg Water, The Depart of Transport, KwaZulu Natal Provincial Government – Department of Transport, eThekwini Municipality, The Road Accident Fund, SEDA, Eastern Cape local government and more.

Services

  • Microsoft Sharepoint and Power BI
  • ERP Implementation, Maintenance & Support (SAP, SAGE and Oracle)
  • Managed Services
  • Business Performance Management
  • GWEA (Government Wide Enterprise Architecture)
  • Smart Metering (Utilities)
  • eProcurement
  • OpenText
  • Emergency Management Services

Key Partnerships

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Product Overview

Supportive PMO

  • The Supportive PMO generally provides support in the form of on-demand expertise, access to information and expertise on other projects, and the like. Outsourcing the coordinator role is both low cost and quick to implement. 

Governance PMO

  • This model assumes that the PMO is responsible for defining and controlling use of methodologies, standards, templates, and policies related to project delivery. It makes sense to leverage the proven methods and best practices that a provider can bring.

Directive PMO

  • With this model, the PMO is accountable for the project management function within the company and responsible for providing program and project management resources to run projects.

Key Benefits

  • Ability for client to focus on core areas;
  • Access to skilled resources;
  • Faster and better services
  • Increased efficiency;
  • Save on infrastructure and technology;
  • Time zone advantage; and

The Government-Wide Enterprise Architecture Framework (GWEA) is legislated by the Public Service Act (PSA) and Public Service Regulations (PSR) via DPSA to define the minimum standard by which to use an Enterprise Architecture (EA) approach to develop and construct National and Departmental ICT Plans and Blueprints in the Government of South Africa.

Adapt IT uses the Qualiware platform as a proven enabler and accelerator in implementing GWEA to leverage the benefits of implementation, and to ensure compliance with the Public Service Act and Public Service Regulations

GWEA Principles

  • It is used to govern and guide enterprise architecture development and trade-off decisions (i.e. strategic planning, alignment, investment and macro design) of Information and ICT.

High-level Enterprise Architecture Capabilities

  • EA Process
    • EA Development Process
  • EA People
    • Governance structures
  • EA Information System {EA Tools}
    • Adapt IT uses the Qualiware platform as a proven enabler and accelerator in implementing GWEA to leverage the benefits of implementation, and to ensure compliance with the Public Service Act and Public Service Regulations

Business Value Derived

  • Structured basis for decision making
  • Common view of ICT vision
  • Easily understood by business and external service providers
  • Facilitates line of sight between strategy and vision

Adapt IT has partnered with Landis+Gyr to provide smart metering solutions to municipalities in South Africa. Smart metering is able to send and receive information from every touchpoint on the distribution system – enabling big data for intelligent operation.

The solution allows for real-time communication and control of smart meters for electricity, heat and gas. At the same time, sensing devices and data management software ensure data is available and correct for analysis and billing.

Functions include:

  • Communications network monitoring and management
  • Command and control
  • Customer connection and tariff management
  • Data collection
  • Measurement and monitoring
  • Meter data management

Billing accuracy, revenue protection, and operational efficiency – these are some of the requirements of utilities that strive to be more competitive and meet customers’ expectations. Furthermore, infrastructure advances and new grid functionality call for a communication network able to handle an influx of data, while ensuring privacy and security.

GridStream Advanced Metering Infrastructure is the answer. Electricity, gas, and heat meters work alongside switches and monitoring devices to collect the granular information necessary to create relevant offers and to fulfill specific command and control tasks. Multilayer and multi-technology communication networks enable a new level of operational efficiency, leading to a deeper understanding of the grid. Reliable data collection and powerful meter data management solutions effectively manage big data. At last, utility companies can make fact-based business decisions.

Through its partnership with ABB, Adapt IT is able to provide innovation in enterprise asset management (EAM) by leveraging the Ellipse EAM solution. Innovation in EAM enables the competitive advantage only when the cost of change is minimised and the rate of user adoption is maximised. This can be achieved with a mix of optimal out-of-the-box applications that can be extended and integrated to deliver seamless business process, operational innovation and decision-making support.

Ellipse is an EAM application for asset-intensive industries. Developed over the past 30 years, Ellipse continues to be enhanced to support best practices out of the box and extensible innovation in EAM business processes. It provides a modern user interface that may be personalised to meet specific business needs or extended and integrated through a standard based integration platform to deliver innovation for asset-intensive industries.

Key benefits:

  • Analyse effectiveness with complete visibility into work KPIs
  • Financial accountability across the entire asset lifecycle from design to decommissioning
  • Improve accuracy in job scheduling and completion times
  • Improve maintenance efficiency and effectiveness
  • Optimise inventory and inventory carrying costs
  • Reduce critical asset downtime, improve safety and productivity

Workforce Management software empowers managers to improve labour efficiency and meet client human resource requirements by providing tools to ensure efficient rostering and posting of personnel at locations.

SAP HCM implementation
Payroll outsourcing

Adapt IT’s EPM for Municipalities solution provides for budgeting, planning, forecasting with advanced analytics specifically for municipalities. With the company’s EPM solution and backed by its consultants and their deep domain and technical expertise, customers can deliver accurate, driver-based budgets and forecasts.

You can report on actual vs. budgets with workflow, auditability and traceability to transactions. Adapt IT’s models support top-down and bottom-up budgeting, using your business terminology and metrics.

Adapt IT partners with the leading EPM providers in order to deploy robust, scalable solutions which integrate easily with other product offerings.

Adapt IT’s TEM division focuses on helping customers optimise and understand their expenses, in particular, their technology spend. The division has the ability to source invoice data via direct feeds from most of the major technology providers in South Africa. This gives customers complete control to centrally audit, review and manage their technology vendor and other expense spend, contracts, and services.

Customers have received returns on their investment is excess of 500% based on the results of spend analysis. By enabling them to make informed decisions from a central system of record across all technology services, they improve their cost management, allocations, billing accuracy, and overall accountability.

Streamline EM gives customers and consultants a Cloud environment to analyse technology spend by vendor, service, timeframe and across industry standard cost and expense categories.

Product Overview

Our PMO Models

Supportive PMO

  • The Supportive PMO generally provides support in the form of on-demand expertise, access to information and expertise on other projects, and the like. Outsourcing the coordinator role is both low cost and quick to implement. 

Governance PMO

  • This model assumes that the PMO is responsible for defining and controlling use of methodologies, standards, templates, and policies related to project delivery. It makes sense to leverage the proven methods and best practices that a provider can bring.

Directive PMO

  • With this model, the PMO is accountable for the project management function within the company and responsible for providing program and project management resources to run projects.

Key Benefits

  • Increased efficiency;
  • Ability for client to focus on core areas;
  • Save on infrastructure and technology;
  • Access to skilled resources;
  • Time zone advantage; and
  • Faster and better services

GWEA

The Government-Wide Enterprise Architecture Framework (GWEA) is legislated by the Public Service Act (PSA) and Public Service Regulations (PSR) via DPSA to define the minimum standard by which to use an Enterprise Architecture (EA) approach to develop and construct National and Departmental ICT Plans and Blueprints in the Government of South Africa.

The objectives and benefits of GWEA are:

  • To use EA as a means to fully exploit available technologies by enabling and empowering the business to acquire best-fit platforms
  • Enable the leveraging of IT as a strategic asset
  • Provide enhanced information that is available on demand
  • Reduce costs associated with application sprawl and complexity

Adapt IT uses the Qualiware platform as a proven enabler and accelerator in implementing GWEA to leverage the benefits of implementation, and to ensure compliance with the Public Service Act and Public Service Regulations

Smart Metering Solutions

Adapt IT has partnered with Landis+Gyr to provide smart metering solutions to municipalities in South Africa. Smart metering is able to send and receive information from every touchpoint on the distribution system – enabling big data for intelligent operation.

The solution allows for real-time communication and control of smart meters for electricity, heat and gas. At the same time, sensing devices and data management software ensure data is available and correct for analysis and billing.

Functions include:

  • Measurement and monitoring
  • Communications network monitoring and management
  • Command and control
  • Data collection
  • Meter data management
  • Customer connection and tariff management

Billing accuracy, revenue protection, and operational efficiency – these are some of the requirements of utilities that strive to be more competitive and meet customers’ expectations. Furthermore, infrastructure advances and new grid functionality call for a communication network able to handle an influx of data, while ensuring privacy and security.

GridStream Advanced Metering Infrastructure is the answer. Electricity, gas, and heat meters work alongside switches and monitoring devices to collect the granular information necessary to create relevant offers and to fulfill specific command and control tasks. Multilayer and multi-technology communication networks enable a new level of operational efficiency, leading to a deeper understanding of the grid. Reliable data collection and powerful meter data management solutions effectively manage big data. At last, utility companies can make fact-based business decisions.

Enterprise Asset Management

Through its partnership with ABB, Adapt IT is able to provide innovation in enterprise asset management (EAM) by leveraging the Ellipse EAM solution. Innovation in EAM enables the competitive advantage only when the cost of change is minimised and the rate of user adoption is maximised. This can be achieved with a mix of optimal out-of-the-box applications that can be extended and integrated to deliver seamless business process, operational innovation and decision-making support.

Ellipse is an EAM application for asset-intensive industries. Developed over the past 30 years, Ellipse continues to be enhanced to support best practices out of the box and extensible innovation in EAM business processes. It provides a modern user interface that may be personalised to meet specific business needs or extended and integrated through a standard based integration platform to deliver innovation for asset-intensive industries.

Key benefits:

  • Reduce critical asset downtime, improve safety and productivity
  • Improve maintenance efficiency and effectiveness
  • Improve accuracy in job scheduling and completion times
  • Analyse effectiveness with complete visibility into work KPIs
  • Optimise inventory and inventory carrying costs
  • Financial accountability across the entire asset lifecycle from design to decommissioning

Easy Roster

Effective management system used for the rostering and posting of shift workers

SAP HCM

SAP HCM implementation
Payroll outsourcing

Streamline Enterprise Performance Management for Municipalities

Adapt IT’s EPM for Municipalities solution provides for budgeting, planning, forecasting with advanced analytics specifically for municipalities. With the company’s EPM solution and backed by its consultants and their deep domain and technical expertise, customers can deliver accurate, driver-based budgets and forecasts.

You can report on actual vs. budgets with workflow, auditability and traceability to transactions. Adapt IT’s models support top-down and bottom-up budgeting, using your business terminology and metrics.

Adapt IT partners with the leading EPM providers in order to deploy robust, scalable solutions which integrate easily with other product offerings.

Streamline Expense Management (EM)

Adapt IT’s TEM division focuses on helping customers optimise and understand their expenses, in particular, their technology spend. The division has the ability to source invoice data via direct feeds from most of the major technology providers in South Africa. This gives customers complete control to centrally audit, review and manage their technology vendor and other expense spend, contracts, and services.

Customers have received returns on their investment is excess of 500% based on the results of spend analysis. By enabling them to make informed decisions from a central system of record across all technology services, they improve their cost management, allocations, billing accuracy, and overall accountability.

Streamline EM gives customers and consultants a Cloud environment to analyse technology spend by vendor, service, timeframe and across industry standard cost and expense categories.