Partners

Biarri is an Australian owned and operated company helping businesses operate more efficiently and profitably by using Operations Research methods to solve complex business problems. Biarri has commercialised the delivery of its mathematical optimisation solutions through SaaS for large companies such as NBN Co Ltd (optimising fibre optic network design), Aurizon (yield optimisation) and Origin Energy (APLNG supply chain optimisation).

ZONE4 is an award winning Interactive Media and Data Visualisation Company, founded in 1999 by Thom Saunders. ZONE4 has successfully delivered hundreds of projects across all online and mobile digital platforms.

Cognisys is a leading provider of information technology (IT) solutions to organisations in both the public and private sectors. Cognisys employs a methodical model-focussed approach, to create the best possible union of business processes and information technology.

P2E (Plan2executE) provides specialist Strategic, Portfolio, Program and Project Management services across all industries throughout Australasia.

Engagements

ACUITAS engagements to date have included the following projects:

Queensland Health ieMR (integrated electronic Medical Record) Project - The ieMR project is the largest IT project currently undertaken by Queensland Government, with a total budget of over $400M over 4 major project releases. ACUITAS provided the Architecture lead for the Hosting and Managed Services (HMS) aspect of ieMR Release One. HMS was a $70M contract that addressed the integrated of the complex Queensland Health IT environment with the external hosted services provided by Cerner Corporation, who provide the electronic medical record solution. ACUITAS is currently working with Release Two of this project within a clinical specialty area.

Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) tender - ACUITAS provided the Enterprise Architecture subject matter expertise to this UXC led tender response for GCUH, which is a new $2B digital hospital. UXC is the largest Australian owned Systems Integrator with an annual turnover of over $600M. The Enterprise Architecture contribution was one of the major differentiating factors in the UXC bid; UXC was successful in securing this $47M tender, which remains the largest tender win in UXC's corporate history.

ACUITAS is currently working with both prospective client organisations and channel companies with respect to its ΣGO solution. Although there are currently no reference sites, our supplier and investor Biarri have an enviable proven track record in the delivery of their optimisation solutions. For their success in significantly reducing costs for the National Broadband Network, Biarri are one of a few selected nominees for a world-wide Operations Research Award for Excellence.

Biarri are readily available as a reference in support of ACUITAS.

Resources

The link below provides a detailed whitepaper that articulates the value proposition of having sound portfolio-decision making.