People in 15 municipalities across Colombia rely on Acueducto, Alcantarillado y Aseo de Barranquilla S.A.E.S.P. (Triple A) to keep their cities and drinking water clean and safe. Triple A focuses on improving the lives of its clients and on generating corporate value for all of its market segments by maintaining the highest quality standards across its supply chain.
Triple A is recognized on a national and global level for the efficiency and quality processes of its aqueduct system operations. So the company decided to stimulate accelerating time to value and reducing total cost of ownership (TCO). This is good news for Triple A and for the people it serves.
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Company
Acueducto, Alcantarillado y
Aseo de Barranquilla
S.A.E.S.P. (Triple A)
Headquarters
Barranquilla, Colombia
Industry
Public sector
Products and Services
Water and sewage services and garbage collection
Employees
500
Revenue
US$130 million
Web Site www.aaa.com.co
Objectives
• Implement standards to comply with International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS)
• Leverage accountability with the legal requirements
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Why SAP
• Long-term success achieved with the help of SAP software, which provides specific solutions for key business processes
• SAP’s commitment to deliver quality projects on time and within budget
• Solutions that are in line with requirements and simple to implement
Resolution
• Chose the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud service to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO)
• Centralized finances using SAP ERP powered by SAP HANA
• Standardized and improved the quality of data and reports
• Complied with the local legal requirements
Future plans
• Stay on the cutting edge of technology with SAP software
• Keep improving quality of life in the community
• Maintain a leadership position with national and international recognition for aqueducts, basic sanitation, and other services through process excellence
“We already count on the SAP HANA platform in the finance, administration, and business intelligence departments, but when we saw that SAP HANA
Enterprise Cloud would help us reduce our TCO and assure the operations, we moved to the cloud.”
Julia Serrano, CFO, Acueducto, Alcantarillado y Aseo de Barranquilla S.A.E.S.P.
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