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SMART story

Scottish Water embraces SMART collaboration
solutions to serve its five million customers
SMART plays key role in renewal of Scottish Water’s IT
The Challenges

Scottish Water faces a huge logistical
challenge as the sole provider of water
services to an area of 30,000 square
miles, covering a third of Great Britain.
From its head office in Dunfermline,
Scottish Water co-ordinates the delivery
of its services and the maintenance
of its network, which includes 29,000
miles of water pipes, 31,000 miles
of sewers, over 2,100 treatment
works and field teams dispersed across
the country.
Collaboration solutions from SMART
Technologies are playing a key role in
helping Scottish Water to deliver a worldclass service to its five million customers.

“Innovation is a priority for us and we are
increasingly exploring new technologies and
identifying creative ways of working to deliver
future value and further increase our efficiency.”
Ronnie Mercer,
Chair, Scottish Water

Scottish Water is responsible for
delivering clean, safe and high
quality drinking water to 2.4 million
households and 123,000 business
premises across Scotland. Every day,
Scottish Water delivers 2.1 million litres
of water and takes away nearly 1 billion
litres of waste water.
Scottish Water is the only publiclyowned water utility in Great Britain
and the fourth largest water services
provider in the UK, with 3,700
employees and a turnover of over £1
billion.
Since 2006, Scottish Water has
invested £2.4 billion in modernising its
infrastructure, including information
technology. SMART solutions are
playing a key part in helping Scottish
Water to deliver a world class service to
its customers.

The Solution

Scottish Water decided to install four
SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards
at its head office in Dunfermline, one in
each of its meeting rooms. Each room
was refurbished and equipped with a
SMART Board unit and hub.

The Dunfermline head office is home to
Scottish Water’s key business planning
and co-ordinating functions that work
on the delivery of its business strategy;
investing in infrastructure, continual
improvement of standards for this vital
public service and ensuring value for
money for the Scottish public.
Driving up performance levels, creating
the right inspirational environment,
finding efficiencies and enabling better,
faster decision-making is critical to
delivering this. However, the tools
available for its head office teams to
plan, collaborate and work together
were limited to flipcharts, conventional
whiteboards and projectors.
Scottish Water realised that technology
had a big role to play, as Mark Grieve,
Facilities Management Coordinator,
explains: “We’re publicly owned and
we have to be very careful with what
we’re doing with public money. It’s
also very important to us that we are
utilising the best technology that we
can in order to improve the way that
we work in terms of productivity, as
well as creating cost efficiencies.”

With these tools, Scottish Water’s
teams can use touchscreen commands,
write in digital ink over any application,
make notes that are recorded as they
go, annotate images and amend
wording in real time, generate and
integrate data and instantly capture
the flow of ideas. The whole
collaborative process for Scottish
Water’s key decision-makers is faster,
more engaging and more productive
as a result.
At the end of a meeting, presentation
or brainstorm, the results can be
instantly distributed to all participants,
saving someone the unwelcome task of
typing up meeting notes. This ensures
a faster, more accurate and complete
record and makes a big difference in
maintaining project momentum.
Scottish Water’s SMART Boards are
being put to great use every day by
all of the head office departments,
including the senior management,
finance and IT teams. Part of the
reason for their popularity, explains
Mark, is their ease of use.
“The SMART Boards are being used
at the heart of our business and our
staff have taken to them like ducks to
water. It has created an inspirational
environment, acting as a catalyst
for better collaboration as well as a
platform for idea generation. Critically,
it is very simple equipment that is easy
to operate and can be used by anyone.”
“The SMART Board technology will
be rolled out to Scottish Water’s main
offices, all of which will benefit from
this technology. This is a huge priority
for us. Everyone at Scottish Water is
trying to identify where we can make
future savings and be more efficient.
In this respect, SMART has been an
absolute boon to us so far and will
prove to be that for many years to
come.”

“The SMART Boards are being used at the
heart of our business and our staff have taken
to them like ducks to water. It is very simple
equipment that can be used by anyone.”

SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards have quickly become an essential tool at
Scottish Water’s head office in Dunfermline

Scottish Water also benefited from
training sessions to help their staff to
feel comfortable with the technology
and understand its potential. Mark
explains: “Steljes, SMART’s UK
distributor, did a course of training with
our staff, which was fantastic and they
are now getting confident and enjoying
using the boards. They are now an
integral part of the way we work.”
The Results

SMART’s technology is not only
popular, but is also proving to be
very beneficial in terms of business
outcomes at Scottish Water. Mark
says: “The SMART Boards have had a
hugely positive impact on the quality
of the collaborative experience, the
creativity, idea generation and speed
and unanimity of decision making.”
The impact is being felt not only
in improved working practices and
business decisions, but also in Scottish
Water’s bottom line. Mark explains
that cost savings that are expected to
accrue as a result of Scottish Water’s
investment in new technology:

“There’s been fantastic feedback

Mark Grieve,
Facilities Services Co-ordinator,
Scottish Water

from our teams and we know that
there have been savings from using
the SMART Boards already. Whether
it’s the SMART Boards or the SMART
Bridgit conferencing software, Scottish
Water’s innovation team has identified
where we can make huge savings
in respect of getting the work done
quicker here, not having people travel
to meetings and so on. This
is going to be a significant step
in cutting costs, as well as our
environmental impact.”
The Future

Scottish Water’s transformative
programme of infrastructure, facilities
and IT investment has helped it to
become one of the very best
businesses in Scotland, hitting record
levels of customer service, water
quality and environmental sustainability,
whilst keeping bills low.
SMART has played an important role
in that process and Mark is confident
that there are further benefits to come
when the technology is introduced
to Scottish Water’s other main
offices, allowing for real-time virtual
collaboration across the office network:

SMART Technologies
1.888.42.SMART (U.S./Canada)
or +1.403.245.0333
info@smarttech.com

© 2012 SMART Technologies ULC. All rights reserved. SMART Board, SMART Notebook and the SMART logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SMART
Technologies ULC in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other third-party product and company names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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SMART Scottish Water case study

  • 1. SMART story Scottish Water embraces SMART collaboration solutions to serve its five million customers SMART plays key role in renewal of Scottish Water’s IT The Challenges Scottish Water faces a huge logistical challenge as the sole provider of water services to an area of 30,000 square miles, covering a third of Great Britain. From its head office in Dunfermline, Scottish Water co-ordinates the delivery of its services and the maintenance of its network, which includes 29,000 miles of water pipes, 31,000 miles of sewers, over 2,100 treatment works and field teams dispersed across the country. Collaboration solutions from SMART Technologies are playing a key role in helping Scottish Water to deliver a worldclass service to its five million customers. “Innovation is a priority for us and we are increasingly exploring new technologies and identifying creative ways of working to deliver future value and further increase our efficiency.” Ronnie Mercer, Chair, Scottish Water Scottish Water is responsible for delivering clean, safe and high quality drinking water to 2.4 million households and 123,000 business premises across Scotland. Every day, Scottish Water delivers 2.1 million litres of water and takes away nearly 1 billion litres of waste water. Scottish Water is the only publiclyowned water utility in Great Britain and the fourth largest water services provider in the UK, with 3,700 employees and a turnover of over £1 billion. Since 2006, Scottish Water has invested £2.4 billion in modernising its infrastructure, including information technology. SMART solutions are playing a key part in helping Scottish Water to deliver a world class service to its customers. The Solution Scottish Water decided to install four SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards at its head office in Dunfermline, one in each of its meeting rooms. Each room was refurbished and equipped with a SMART Board unit and hub. The Dunfermline head office is home to Scottish Water’s key business planning and co-ordinating functions that work on the delivery of its business strategy; investing in infrastructure, continual improvement of standards for this vital public service and ensuring value for money for the Scottish public. Driving up performance levels, creating the right inspirational environment, finding efficiencies and enabling better, faster decision-making is critical to delivering this. However, the tools available for its head office teams to plan, collaborate and work together were limited to flipcharts, conventional whiteboards and projectors. Scottish Water realised that technology had a big role to play, as Mark Grieve, Facilities Management Coordinator, explains: “We’re publicly owned and we have to be very careful with what we’re doing with public money. It’s also very important to us that we are utilising the best technology that we can in order to improve the way that we work in terms of productivity, as well as creating cost efficiencies.” With these tools, Scottish Water’s teams can use touchscreen commands, write in digital ink over any application, make notes that are recorded as they go, annotate images and amend wording in real time, generate and integrate data and instantly capture the flow of ideas. The whole collaborative process for Scottish Water’s key decision-makers is faster, more engaging and more productive as a result. At the end of a meeting, presentation or brainstorm, the results can be instantly distributed to all participants, saving someone the unwelcome task of typing up meeting notes. This ensures a faster, more accurate and complete record and makes a big difference in maintaining project momentum. Scottish Water’s SMART Boards are being put to great use every day by all of the head office departments, including the senior management, finance and IT teams. Part of the reason for their popularity, explains Mark, is their ease of use. “The SMART Boards are being used at the heart of our business and our staff have taken to them like ducks to water. It has created an inspirational environment, acting as a catalyst for better collaboration as well as a platform for idea generation. Critically, it is very simple equipment that is easy to operate and can be used by anyone.”
  • 2. “The SMART Board technology will be rolled out to Scottish Water’s main offices, all of which will benefit from this technology. This is a huge priority for us. Everyone at Scottish Water is trying to identify where we can make future savings and be more efficient. In this respect, SMART has been an absolute boon to us so far and will prove to be that for many years to come.” “The SMART Boards are being used at the heart of our business and our staff have taken to them like ducks to water. It is very simple equipment that can be used by anyone.” SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards have quickly become an essential tool at Scottish Water’s head office in Dunfermline Scottish Water also benefited from training sessions to help their staff to feel comfortable with the technology and understand its potential. Mark explains: “Steljes, SMART’s UK distributor, did a course of training with our staff, which was fantastic and they are now getting confident and enjoying using the boards. They are now an integral part of the way we work.” The Results SMART’s technology is not only popular, but is also proving to be very beneficial in terms of business outcomes at Scottish Water. Mark says: “The SMART Boards have had a hugely positive impact on the quality of the collaborative experience, the creativity, idea generation and speed and unanimity of decision making.” The impact is being felt not only in improved working practices and business decisions, but also in Scottish Water’s bottom line. Mark explains that cost savings that are expected to accrue as a result of Scottish Water’s investment in new technology: “There’s been fantastic feedback Mark Grieve, Facilities Services Co-ordinator, Scottish Water from our teams and we know that there have been savings from using the SMART Boards already. Whether it’s the SMART Boards or the SMART Bridgit conferencing software, Scottish Water’s innovation team has identified where we can make huge savings in respect of getting the work done quicker here, not having people travel to meetings and so on. This is going to be a significant step in cutting costs, as well as our environmental impact.” The Future Scottish Water’s transformative programme of infrastructure, facilities and IT investment has helped it to become one of the very best businesses in Scotland, hitting record levels of customer service, water quality and environmental sustainability, whilst keeping bills low. SMART has played an important role in that process and Mark is confident that there are further benefits to come when the technology is introduced to Scottish Water’s other main offices, allowing for real-time virtual collaboration across the office network: SMART Technologies 1.888.42.SMART (U.S./Canada) or +1.403.245.0333 info@smarttech.com © 2012 SMART Technologies ULC. All rights reserved. SMART Board, SMART Notebook and the SMART logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SMART Technologies ULC in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other third-party product and company names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.