| Taylor Wimpey, a major house builder, has selected market leading COINS to support their UK business. COINS House Building clients now represent 55% of the UK House Building market, including the top three.
Through a rigorous and extensive due diligence process Taylor Wimpey concluded that COINS offered the closest fit for its UK business. COINS strong position in the House Building industry and the ability to roll out an industry specific solution were major factors in the decision. Taylor Wimpey believes they are now well positioned to deliver greater value to their shareholders through standardisation of processes and the use of fully integrated management information. The joint project team commenced the design and build phase of the project in mid December 2009 with the roll out planned to start in the second half of 2010. As many as 1,200 of Taylor Wimpey’s UK employees will be logging into and taking advantage of COINS new Open Architecture solutions including: Financials, Procurement, Bill of Quantities, Valuations and Automated Payments, House Sales with web connector, Customer Care, Land Appraisal, CVR, Forecasting, House Sales, Work Flow Server, House Builder Business Intelligence Dashboard, Data Marts and OA designer for independent reporting.
Derek Leaver, CEO COINS, states: “We are delighted to welcome Taylor Wimpey as a major new customer following what was a comprehensive selection process. Their decision to choose COINS bears testimony to the quality of our product, our people and our track record in this industry and gives us tremendous encouragement in these challenging times. We look forward to a long and positive relationship with Taylor Wimpey.”
Fergus McConnell, Divisional Chairman at Taylor Wimpey and Executive Sponsor of the project comments: “We believe using the OA product across the whole UK business will allow us to take best competitive advantage of the new technology and deliver market leading management information to our business leaders. Our business strategy is to move towards ‘one system, one process’ and by purchasing the breadth of COINS functionality we will be able to achieve that very rapidly.” Andy Feldon IT Director at Taylor Wimpey comments:
“COINS was a frontrunner principally due to its industry fit. The other options considered would have required a longer implementation and increased risk as functionality gaps would have to be plugged. We look forward to working with COINS and partnering with them to develop the product in the future. The move to a single integrated solution also supports our strategy to consolidate and simplify our technology estate.”
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