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How a multinational engineering consultancy replaced two legacy systems with a single library management solution across 55 countries.
Amec Foster Wheeler is a multinational engineering and project management consultancy operating in over 55 countries. Its library ran across two separate systems, one of which was a legacy Lotus Notes platform due to be decommissioned. The team needed a modern library management system that could serve multiple offices, improve the end-user experience and cut administrative overhead.
Switching to Soutron gave every office a unified search portal across print and digital collections from a single platform.
Amec Foster Wheeler is a multinational consultancy, engineering and project management company with operations in over 55 countries, serving the oil, gas & chemicals, mining, power and environment & infrastructure markets globally.
Its customers, in both the private and public sectors, are among the world’s biggest and best in their fields: BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Dow, EDF, Saudi Aramco, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Hyundai, Chevron, Northumbrian Water and Petronas, to name just a few.
“Soutron software gave us exactly what we required from a modern Library Management System.”
Linda Fawcett
Information Manager
Its library service was being facilitated by two separate systems one of which, a legacy Lotus Notes solution, was earmarked to be decommissioned. Coupled with cost inefficiencies and poor functionality, the time had come to investigate other options.
The company was increasingly aware that more advanced solutions were now available in the LMS marketplace to assist with its future needs, incorporating modern functionality, customizable features and providing a better end user experience.
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After a meeting with Soutron at the CILIP LMS Suppliers Showcase in London, it soon became apparent that Soutron was able to provide a solution ideally suited to Amec Foster Wheeler’s needs.
Linda Fawcett, Information Manager at Amec Foster Wheeler E&I UK says “Although we are an international organization the needs of our library are relatively modest. The host of customizable features within the administration area, the improved functionality for end-users and the whole look and feel of the Soutron software gave us exactly what we required from a modern Library Management System.”
Today the library continues to enable access to both print and online resources for several offices. Thanks to the latest portal technology from Soutron, each office is able to access and search across its entire collection with ease.
The end users appreciate the improved search experience, such as the various content type tabs within results, hyperlinks to external sites, attached documents and a modern look and feel to the system.
With a single solution in place, rather than two, Amec Foster Wheeler E&I UK can offer a single access point for users to search their hard copy library collection as well as the bibliographic details of their various e-resource titles.
“We can import bibliographic data from third party sites with ease, thanks to the tools available with Soutron and if we ever need to ask for assistance or be updated on the latest plans for the system we have always found the team on the helpdesk to be extremely helpful.” says Linda.
To learn more about Amec Foster Wheeler, visit: www.amecfw.com
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A cloud-based library management system unifies disparate database silos into a single searchable index. This gives multi-office organizations a centralized portal where users can search across physical book collections, digital assets, and third-party bibliographic resources simultaneously, improving internal knowledge management.
Migrating legacy systems like Lotus Notes to modern software reduces technical debt, eliminates infrastructure maintenance overheads, and enhances security standards.
Modern solutions also offer flexible administration tools, intuitive search indexing, and simple third-party data import features to streamline corporate information management workflows.
Yes. A modern corporate library platform creates a single access point for multi-format collections. It presents physical hard copies alongside e-resource bibliographic data, external hyperlinks, and attached documentation inside tabbed, customizable search interfaces for better information visibility.
Consolidating corporate databases into a single platform helps global teams standardize how they catalog, search, and distribute technical data. Centralized web portals allow users in different countries to look up research documentation efficiently, accelerating project timelines and reducing corporate compliance risks.
