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SOLUTIONS BV Project phases:

ITS-NetProject
. Preparation/Planning
Implementation/Execution
Commissioning/Maintenance
Our FTTH / FTTX network planning &
With:
project management software is
Material management
an important member of our suite
Contract management
of FTTH solutions & planning tools.
Project management

FTTH / FTTX planning & management of turn-key projects

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FTTH / FTTX planning

CONTENT
Introduction FTTH / FTTX network planning
General information
Project orientation
Job orientation
Material management
Project management
Reporting
The FTTH Software Suite
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Introduction, summary
ITS-NetProject
Extensive system for: Material, Contract and Project management.
Lego-like structure: three project levels with building blocks.
Total process control, including: purchasing, contractors, progress reports.
Completely customizable and simple to operate.

Picture: FTTH project preparation, implementation and commissioning, project info, supplier info, datasheets
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Introduction

ITS-NetProject is made for the complete project- and material management of turn-
key telecommunication FTTX / FTTH projects.

It is also used to get a quick estimate of cost and sales prices, material and labour
quantities for concepts/drafts and detailed network designs.

ITS-NetProject is the proven product of 30 years of experience in designing,

engineering, installing, commissioning and maintaining communication networks.

The software can have added value for anybody who has to deal with network
engineering & planning, business case calculations and turn-key projects, large and
small, urban and rural, business areas, FTTX networks and massive FTTH projects.
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Introduction

ITS-NetProject: our software for FTTH / FTTX project planning & management.

Turn-key projects.
The FTTH / FTTX network planning software was originally made by and used
internally by: NKF (Nokia / Philips) / Draka (Prysmian Group) and their project offices
with local staff for the planning & building of turn-key OSP Telecom projects.
Demands: simplified project structure, detailed reporting, clear project management.

History.
Since 1983 NKF has been developing pc software for project management. In 1985
NKF started the creation of Toppics, a successful project management software,
created specially for very large Out Side Plant turn-key projects. The development of
NetProject started in 1995 as a replacement for Toppics. Since then the software has
been renewed every year and has been used intensively in several countries in:
Africa, Asia, Europe, The Middle-East & The Caribbean for Copper & Optical fibre
networks. Since 2012 the software is commercially made available by ITS.
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General information

ITS-NetProject is developed as a multi-user system with a central MySQL database.

This project planning software offers, per project:

Material management
Product management (Component & Supplier management)
Purchasing
Store management (store content, incoming and outgoing materials, etc.)
Contract management
Contractor definition
Contract definition (scope, labour components, prices, etc.)
Project management
Job / work-order definitions
Implementation scheduling with Job release & material issue notes
Progress & as-built reporting, billing & payments
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Project orientation

ITS-NetProject is both project- and job (work-order) oriented. Each project is build up
in its own project-file, separate from the other projects.
There is one MASTER project which is accessible for modification by authorized
personnel only. In the MASTER project all relevant data (for instance price-
information) is centrally controlled and kept up-to-date.
From within each individual project, information can be copied or updated from this
MASTER project and any other project.

Creating a new project can be done in several ways:

Start a new empty project
Start a new project with all definitions from another project

Within a project you can:

Define & modify materials & installation units manually
Copy certain (or all) materials & installation units definitions from other projects
Update material & installation unit definitions with relevant data & prices
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Job orientation

ITS-NetProject uses only three ABC levels to define a project:

1.Area-activity Job level

2.Building-block Plant-unit level
3.Component Component level

1.Job level (work-order / activity): plant-unit codes with job-specific quantities

2.Plant-unit level (installation unit): material and/or labour, combination of components

3.Component level: a material or labour element

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Job orientation, definitions
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Job orientation, design link

This system is successfully implemented in numerous projects. Plant-units may be

regarded as multiple component units, whether they are material components, labour
components or a combination of both. The plant-units were introduced to simplify
design, project management, purchasing and invoicing procedures.

ITS-NetProject is typically used in combination with our network design tool ITS-
NetDesign. With ITS-NetDesign jobs are created automatically, simply by making
designs with our drawing FTTH / FTTX objects. To these drawing objects, plant-units
and quantities are attached automatically. This drawing information can easily be
imported / updated by ITS-NetProject, within seconds all network designs details,
quantities and costs can be shown with a variety of standard reports.
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Job orientation, design link

The direct link between our network design & project management software

ITS-NetDesign Design of detailed FTTH-networks

AutoCAD based creation of all required
FTTH / FTTX network design drawings and network related quantities.
Unlimited project / network size
Totally customizable
Produces installer-ready designs
Automatic labelling
Automatic job creation

Reporting
ITS-NetProject Detailed installation and material quantities
and costs per job/activity/area/project.
FTTH / FTTX Project Management
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Job orientation, design link

The direct link between our network design & project management software
ITS-NetDesign
FTTH / FTTX network design

ITS-NetProject
FTTH / FTTX Project Management
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Job orientation, design link

Example:
When drawing in Autocad with the ITS-NetDesign toolbar:
Click in the FTTH / FTTX toolbar Tubecable 40/10x7 in trench
Draw a simple line with a length of 1 meter

In ITS-NetProject the following Bill of Quantities will be produced automatically:

DRAWING-OBJECT: Tubecable 40/10x7 in trench 1m

.
1 HDPE-duct 40mm 1m

2 Guidetube 7/5.5mm 10m

3 Prefabrication guidetubes in HDPE-duct 1m

4 Duct identificationmarker 0.5pce

5 Trenching 1m

6 Laying tubecable 40mm/10x7mm 1m

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Material management

In a project-environment, the material management is of the utmost importance. The

control over the material locations and material flows has a very high organizational
and financial impact on the project.

In ITS-NetProject, therefore the following material management tools are available:

Product management
Purchasing
Store management
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Material management

Product management
ITS-NetProject: all material and labour components to be implemented in a project can
be uniquely defined with article codes, units, supplier information, price information.
Quality control documents can be attached per component.

Example:
In the main component
screen an overview is given
of the 89 component
definitions in this project X.

A larger FTTH / FTTX

project can have 200 300
component definitions.
(Copper > 900 definitions)
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Project management

Project management
ITS-NetProject is organized in such a way that it can directly be used for project
management purposes.

In ITS-NetProject jobs, defined by a scope and a planning, are issued to the contractor
for implementation.
During the preparation phase the contractor checks the received job on completeness,
amounts, etc. and reports deviations to the customer.
Any necessary modification to the original job description is done by site instructions.

The sum of the job issue-notes and the site-instructions states the actualized job
definition: this is the up-to-date version of what the contractor has to do. In this way the
implementation process can flexibly be adapted to the circumstances while keeping
completely in control.
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Project management

Project management
A job can be so large or complex that it has to be implemented in parts or sections. For
this purpose release notes are issued to inform the contractor when he is allowed to do
a certain portion of the job / work. On these release notes the progress is reported, as
well as the as-built data.
PREPARATION IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSIONING

JOB ISSUE SITE

- SCOPE INSTRUCTIONS
- PLANNING

ACTUALISED
JOB AS-BUILT
DEFINITION DATA

RELEASE
NOTE 1 PROGRESS
REPORT

RELEASE PROGRESS
NOTE 2 REPORT
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Project management

Project management
The following picture displays the main job menu screen. The upper part of the menu
displays the different jobs which are to be implemented in this project. In the lower part
of the menu the contents and details of the job selected and highlighted in the upper
part are displayed.
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Project management

Project management
By selecting / double clicking a job all detailed information is shown:
Contract (contractor+prices) selection
Design status & Logistical status
Quantity details for designed, extra work & as-built
Attached documents
Release notes
Progress reports & Billing & Payments
Material & labour details
And more.
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Reporting

Reporting
ITS-NetProject contains a flexible report generator.
On all levels (jobs, plant-units, components) or items like contractors or suppliers a
specific report can be generated..

There are already more than 80 standard reports, they can be:
Modified, pre-viewed, printed, exported (pdf, Word, Excel, html, data)

The lay-out of all reports can be adapted to the project specific wishes

Some examples:
Bill of Materials (BOM) per job(s)/area/project
Bill of Quantities (BOQ) per job(s)/area/project
Bill of Quantities prices (BOQ) per job(s)/area/project
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FTTH / FTTX Software Suite

ITS-Software Suite, summary:

FTTH / FTTX ITS-Software Suite

Is a proven software solution to Design, Build & Maintain FTTX networks.

The ITS-Software Suite has designed, registered and installed several

millions of connections.

The ITS-Software Suite:

Cost optimized automatic CAD design
Dedicated software for FTTH / FTTX Project-Management
Simple conversion from pre-registration to As-built network registration
Offers full process control over your projects
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FTTH / FTTX Software Suite

Our FTTH / FTTX network design & engineering software solutions:

Design Build Operate & Maintain

ITS-NetDesign Design of detailed FTTH-networks

AutoCAD based creation of all required drawings
Network design and network related quantities.

ITS-NetOptimus Cost optimized network design

Automatic, based on material & installation costs
Automatic optimization
Simplifies complex networks
Managing of all labour, quantities & costs.
ITS-NetProject Material management & process control

Project Management
Registration &
ITS-NetID Documentation
Creation of fibre connections /
Network Registration jointing reports. Integrated GIS.
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FTTH / FTTX Software Suite

ITS-Software Suite, network design:

ITS-NetDesign
Flexible solution for FTTH / FTTX design, based on Autocad.
Automatic: costing, cabling, labelling, easy switch from P2P to GPON.
Fast output as: schematics, installer ready & as-built designs. Easy to learn.
Picture: FTTH network design Amsterdam including labelling, calculations, project management and registration
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FTTH / FTTX Software Suite

ITS-Software Suite, project management:

ITS-NetProject
Extensive system for: Material, Contract and Project management.
Lego-like structure: three project levels with building blocks.
Total process control, including: purchasing, contractors, progress reports.
Completely customizable and simple to operate.
Picture: FTTH project preparation, implementation and commissioning, project info, supplier info, datasheets
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FTTH / FTTX Software Suite

ITS-Software Suite, network registration:

ITS-NetID
Optical fibre network registration with easy tree structure en integrated GIS.
All information directly available for multiple users.
All network details are direct available in multiple views and GIS.
Lego-like customizable building blocks. Easy to operate.
Picture: FTTH network documentation, registration views: tree, cable route, interactive map, GIS
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FTTH / FTTX Software Suite

ITS-Software Suite, automatic cost optimized network design:

ITS-NetOptimus
Our automatic network design solution.

Creates the highest quality FTTH / FTTX network-designs by using complex

optimization algorithms within a user friendly graphical interface.

Cost optimized network designs are made in minutes instead of days.

Optimization parameters:
Civil costs
Material costs
Installation costs
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FTTH / FTTX Software Suite

ITS-Software Suite, automatic cost optimized network design:

ITS-NetOptimus offers substantial benefits in terms of reducing the

engineering time and network building costs.

The best network designs are listed with costs and made visible within minutes
Picture: FTTH project photo, multiple calculations, alternative designs listed, best DP areas
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FTTH / FTTX Software Suite

ITS-Software Suite, automatic cost optimized network design:

Network designs and costs are directly available per area.

Multiple levels and network concepts.

Substantial savings (approx):

20 % less drop cable by improved grouping homes
2 % less distribution cable by best DP positioning
2% less trenching costs by improved routing

100 times faster than manual / alternative engineering

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