LOGICA ANNUAL REVIEW
1989 - - -
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front saver: Man Ray L: Wotan 47713121 1924 back mm: chh Duyfvr Night 1988 Contents In the twenty years since its founding in 1969 Logica has made its mark on the computer software Introduction and systems industry. We have achieved a record of Review of the year growth, a worldwide spread ofoperations and a Staff reputation for quality that are impressive by any standards. We have also been involved in some of Business analysis UluPNr I the key developments in our field developments Research and development that have had a real impact on the advancement or the application of technology and sometimes on Management consultancy \O\l the world at large. Markets Finance 12 We feature some of these landmark projects in this Central and local year s Annual Review alongside descriptions ofour government 14 recent work. Particularly noteworthy is the number Defence 16 ofearly clients with whom we continue to work Space 18 successfully today. Logica is proud to have won the Energy and utilities 20 loyalty and support of so many of the world s major Manufacturing 22 organizations as its clients. Transport 24 Computing and electronics 26 The commitment and excellence ofLogica s staff Broadcasting and media 28 have also been essential ingredients in the Telecommunications and company s succ s. In the staffseetion ofthe review POS[ 30 we concentrate on the approach to career and management development that has enabled Logica Report and accounts to maintain over two decades both momentum for Company information 33 growth and a strong corporate culture, Report ofthe directors 34 Financial results As a focus for our twentieth birthday celebrations 0 Consolidated pro t and this year Logica is sponsoring, The Art of loss account 36 Photography, a magnificent exhibition which 0 Consolidated balance opened at London s Royal Academy ofArts in sheet 37 September 1989 after visiting, the US and Australia. 0 Consolidated source and The superb imang with which we illustrate our application offunds 38 Annual Review have been selected from this 0 Company balance sheet 39 important exhibition which spans the 150 years of Notes to the accounts 40 photography. We are extremely grateful to the Accounting policies 46 artists. lenders and Royal Academy stafffor their Report ofthe auditors 47 cooperation. Five year record 47
Of ce addresses 4-8 Acknowledgements 48
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10.1989
Review of the year
PERFORMANCE systems. The Cambridge 118(1) facility has seen particularly strong demand for its specialist skills in Logica celebrated the twentieth anniversary ofits knowledge based systems. Further projects in founding with turnover Of£180 million, up 32% on speech recognition and human computer the previous year. l re tax pro ts, which included interaction under European and UK wide rescarch the first full years contribution from the acquisition programmes underlined its major role in these of Data Architects in the US, were £2 18.8 million, a important fields. More powerful general purpose growth 0f28%. Earnings per share were 20.0p, up products made it appropriate to complete our move 10%. At year end the number ofstaffemployed out ofspecial hardware manufacture with the worldwide exceeded three and a half thousand. closure ofour Barnet factory.
The company continued to generate a positive cash A marked trend this year has been the growth of flow during the period and year end net cash large projects in sectors such as finance, increased by £3 million to £18 million. manufacturing and utilities, where clients retain a strong in house information systems capability We The directors are recommending a nal dividend of are seeing a tendency to initiate joint development 2.1 p per share net, making 3.1 p per share net for the teams for major new systems ofccntral importance full year, Lip 35% on the previous year. to the client s business. In particular, key contracts for clients such as Barclays, National Westminster and Ford ot'Europe point to growth in the THE YEAR AT A GLANCE development of large administrative systems. Turnover £180m +32% Elsewhere in Europe, a number of the operating Pre tax profit £18.8m +28% companies, especially those in the Netherlands and Earnings per share 20.0p +10% West Germany, showed very strong growth. Several Dividends per share 3.1 p +35% markets experienced high levels ofactivity across continuum] Europe. Our communications system work ranged from an electronic exchange OPERATIONS development for Telic Alcatcl in Belgium to the SMART reservation network in Sweden. In the The UK operations achieved good organic growth transport area, we are involved in harbour and and expansion in many market sectors, particularly shipping projects in the Netherlands and Germany nance, defence, and energy and utilities. However and airport projects in the Netherlands and Italy. in some sectors it proved difficult to sustain the Retail finance work, largely based on ON/2* same level ofgrowth as a few major projects wound products, continues successfully in several areas, down. and in Sweden is providing the foundation for an expanded client base. We also won several The strongest sector in the UK was nance, where strategically important contracts, for example, for We continue to bene t from our very wide range of Gasunic in the Netherlands, and for the Swiss Stock capabilities in this complex marketplace. Against a Exchange, to specify overall design for major new difficult background, defence work showed a clear large scale systems. upturn, with particular concentration in communications, command and control We saw In its first year as an integrated unit, Logica Data yet further development of our leading position in Architects in North America began to realize the the water industry and began our first major benefits ofthe enlarged group. The products side electricity project, In government, the continuing of the business continues to thrive with extended trend towards competitive xed price procurement functionality and new customers for BESS®, the first has resulted in some major successes, although the European sales for the BankMaster/ProfitMastcr preliminary work required to identify risks range and the sale ofthe UK-developcd XA-OO su iciently clearly for both client and supplier leads kernels to Tandem being particularly noteworthy to very protracted procurement cycles. The client project to build a UNIX** version ofthe C3 subscriber management system was a good step Continuing our strategy ofestablishing regional forward, but the slow takeup ofthe Centres ofexpertise, we acquired the staffofRTZ telecommunications products generally was Computing Services and now have a specialist team disappointing. working on share registration systems and a new Bristol office. Our of ce in Aberdeen continues its Within our main sectors in North America we successful specialization in the offshore energy observed some particular themes: in financial market, and from Stockport we are focusing on services, a strong move to the integration ofservices telecommunications, industrial, and retail nance and systems, both to control risk and to provide
services more e iciently; in computer vendors, maximizing product and systems kernels business. heavy emphasis on connectivity, distributed systems and integration; in telecommunications, demand At the same time board level responsibility was from Bell operating companies for expertise and assigned for each ofthe regions described above. In products for customer and network support this context the establishment ofa role to give services. further emphasis to the coordination ofbusiness in continental Europe is particularly signi cant. Although performance ofthc merged operations fell short ofour best expectations, we achieved our PROSPECTS strategic objective ofestablishing a substantial base in North America; Logica Data Architects is making At the time we announced our interim results we a powerful contribution to our worldwide business predicted that the pace ofgrowth in the software in areas such as insurance, message handling and and services market would slow somewhat from the telecommunications. The merger has also been very very high rates ofthe last decade. Evidence ofthis successful in terms ofstaffintegration. trend has emerged over the last six months but it is also clear that there are excellent opportunities for Both revenues and staffgrew strongly in Australia companies operating on a global scale. and the Far East. In Australia we now have over 200 staffand broadly based business in Sydney and From a number of perspectives, Logica is extremely Melbourne. The most important sectors in these well placed to exceed industry growth levels. Across areas are now nance and computer manufacturers, the European Community, legislation in the early with opportunities opening in utilities. In Canberra 1990 s will remove both physical barriers to the we continue to move our federal business more distribution ofgoods and movement of people, and towards system supply and integration trading barriers in sectors such as nancial services. With our broad spread ofoperations. and Given the changed climate after events in the capabilities in areas such as goods movement, People s Republic ofChina, some general electronic data interchange, transport and banking nervousness might be expected in Hong Kong. communications, we are ideally placed to provide There has been no evidence ofany adverse effect on services to companies who wish to take advantage prospects so far, but recruitment and retention of ofthis expanded marketplace. The harmonization experienced local staffis becoming more dif cult in oftelecommunications standards and liberalization the lead up to 1997. Logica s international ofPTT operations, both in Europe and elsewhere, consultancy skills are particularly attractive in this will likewise create extensive opportunities as market place. Promising new work in the competition and demand for new products and telecommunications sector was won during the services increases. Governments are at last year. Elsewhere in the Far East region we continue committing substantial resources to environmental to build business principally around our nancial issues, and Logica s experience in satellite product offerings, particularly ON/2. observation and sensing, and in systems to monitor and/or control water, oil and radiation is Although we have no established base in Japan, particularly relevant, Automating the use of Logica subsidiaries have continued to win transportation and infrastructure is another area substantial contracts from Japanese rms both in where our expertise matches requirements for systems development and research work. environmental managenlent well.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT In the global dimension, more international companies are identifying the need to tackle major Given the increasing need to manage business in administration and communications systems on a our markets on a global basis, and to devote worldwide basis. Although recent mergers and concentrated resource to acquisition and acquisitions in our industry are resulting in larger investment opportunities, we decided during the entities, few are as well established in local markets year to establish a new high level management and as integrated on a company wide scale as group to work across all our operations. The new Logica. group, Corporate Development, is led by three main board directors. With effect from 1 July 1989, The rate ofchange in our industry and in our it has been working with senior managers in the markets provides us with a considerable challenge. subsidiaries to put extra effort into exploiting the We remain con dent in Logica s ability to meet that significant resources and experience ofthe challenge and continue strong growth. company as a whole to grow our business. Other areas ofconcentration for the new group include strengthening links with computer vendors and Staff
Logiea s t affprofile has changed remarkably little personal development are high for the managers of over the twenty years ofthe company s existence. As these units, 60% ofwhom have been in post for two in 1969 the typical Logica staff member s in his late years or le. . . This group is the pool from which twenties has at least one degree in a numerate more senior management posts are lled, providing science. joined either direct from university or after broad experience and stability at higher levels. a few years in another jolx has worked on a range of small and large projects in a variety of roles and is Fourteen ofthe 4-0 or so staffin place at the end of enjoying not only the demanding work but also an Ilogiea s rst nancial year have remained with the entertaining soeial life. company. Halfart mm main board or subsidiary directors. and halfhave other types ofhigh level Although in the intervening years the company has management or consultant posts. This pattern of grown dramatically both in size and geographic retaining high quality people across a range of spread. has gone on to work on even larger more senior positions " one that has also been a feature complex projects and has developed a ofLogica s sucetssful acquisitions. and particularly sophisticated infrastructure to support management holds true in North America with former Data and technicians the culture is close to that ofthe Architects staff early 70s Often cited as a k y to its success Logiea s ability to progress and grow quickly while Many companies in our industry are experiencing maintaining a consistent style results from two main major reorientation and restructuring. Logiea s factors: a genuine commitment to careers and a well formula of attention to individual care r paths and honed approach to management structure. establishment ofresponsne but cons tent management structures seems to bring out the best This year we have seen a further re nement of in an excellent set of people. Its relevance seems as career management with the development ofth valid today as it did twenty years ago. career path guide in the UK. Incorporating an approved version ofthe l rofe sion-al Development Scheme established by the British Computer Society this will assist staff-and their line and career ntanagers to identify training and work opportunities to support career aspirations and acquire, ifdcsiredrtzecognized profes ional qualifications. Such qualifications will gain considerably in importance across Europe with the relaxation ofEuropean boundaries in the 19905.
The career management system in Logiea is based on exibility. variety and individual concerns. Advancement focuses on developing managerial, technical and/or business applications skills. in many cases in several subsidiaries and countries rather than stepwise progression through a rigid hierarchy.
This approach has proved to be both attractive for new staffand supportive ofthe organi' ational \Veegee Clmry Island Brut/1 1940 structure. In an increasingly competitive arena, we recruited a record number of216 high calibre graduates. As in the past, most ofthis r s intake have degrees in computing, mathematics, engineering or related scientific elds. Some 10% however are graduates from arts or other non numerate courses.
Many 0fthese graduates, as well as the more seasoned recruits. will gain experience in management roles as the company grows. Since the outset Logica has built its organization on small units ofaround 30 people with a high degree of autonomy and pro t centre responsibility. The opportunities for both business growth and
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STAFF NUMBERS TURNOVER (L MILLIONS)
3,505 179.5 3.236
2,682 1359 2,348 109.4 1343 87.7
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