Delivering basic utilities to the world’s population is one of this century’s most compelling issues. Our energy & utilities solution encompasses enterprise planning, operations and asset management, combined with capital-projects, supply-chain and services functionality. The result is an integrated suite, relevant from facilities engineering and construction through operations, maintenance and eventual retirement.
IFS is the only broad enterprise-suite vendor whose origins lie in the development of asset management solutions for utilities. Energy and utilities remains an IFS primary segment, with more than 180 best-practices solutions implemented globally. These include for some of the world’s largest power-generation projects, national-grid corporations, nuclear-power plants and multi-national generation, transmission and distribution companies. Thereby, IFS Applications supports enterprise-asset infrastructures critical to quality of life for millions.
The energy and utilities industries’ on-going capital-construction investments highlight information-management issues. Tremendous expense follows from having stove-piped systems for tracking project stages. Addressing this challenge can be a significant contributor to the overall economics of capacity. IFS Applications serves as the system of record—from planning, design, and construction to operations and maintenance (O&M), furnishing stakeholders with consistent, accurate information.
Utilities need integrated asset and financial management to drive better decisions. Equipment-monitoring advances, predictive maintenance and reliability-centered maintenance bring structure to asset-management programs, improving reliability and reducing costs. Maintenance efforts are better directed and inventory control improves with tighter integration with procurement.
IFS supports the information supply chain that utilities must participate in during projects, operations & maintenance and revamps. Integrated supply chain management of procurements, inventory and vendors means better availability of goods and services associated with forecasts of planned and unplanned work.
European and some US utilities are restructuring service-related aspects of their business as separate entities. IFS was early in developing capabilities to manage third-party service providers as an integral part of the utility enterprise.
The Three Gorges Project is the largest water conservation project in the world. It is located on the Yangtze River in Hubei province, central China. The project is aimed at improving flood control, producing electricity, and improving navigability on the river. Upon completion, Three Gorges will be the largest hydropower plant in the world, with a total installed capacity of 18,200 MW and an annual output of nearly 84.7 billion kWh. By October 2004, ten of the 26 units have already been put into operation.
An advanced ERP platform was necessary for us to manage the vast amounts of equipment and documentation with as few employees as possible. The rich functionality provided by IFS made it the only ERP vendor that could satisfy our rigorous requirements. Mr. Cheng Senior Engineer
NHPC Limited (formerly National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd.), a Govt. of India Enterprise, was incorporated in 1975 and presently has an authorized capital of 150000 million and the objective to plan, promote and organize integrated and efficient development of hydroelectric power. Later, NHPC expanded its objectives to include other sources of energy such as geothermal, tidal and wind. NHPC is among the top 10 companies in India in terms of investment.
By implementing IFS Applications, NHPC will create a single database covering all critical business processes and begin a strategy of adopting best business practices. S.R. Roy, Executive Director (IT and Communications)
APTransco, based in Andhra Pradesh, India, came into existence in 1999 as a consequence of the restructuring of the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board (APSEB) to look after transmission of electricity in Andhra Pradesh. From Feb 1999 to June 2005 APTransco remained as single buyer in the state, purchasing power from various generators and selling it to distribution companies.
The successful implementation of the enterprise applications from IFS in APTransco has paved the way for its adoption by other transmission companies in India. Because it helps companies integrate several data sources and processes into a unified system, based on component-based software design, it is of great help to different departments with respect to storing and retrieving information in real time.
Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK), a national sewerage company, whollyowned by the Minister of Finance Incorporated, is responsible for providing sewerage services to 20 million users, operating and maintaining over 9,100 public sewage treatment plants and 16,000 km networks of sewerage pipelines, and providing scheduled desludging services to over 400,000 individual septic tanks in Malaysia since April 1994.
IFS had a successful track record in implementing asset management software globally, coupled with a profound understanding of the needs of our industry. Mr. Ravindran Karupiah, General Manager for IT
Elektrownia Belchatow is among the youngest and largest power plants fired with conventional fuel, i.e. lignite coal, in Poland and in Europe. First commissioned in 1981, the plant had already 12 power units by 1988.The total power units capacity is 4 440 MW. The annual electricity generation of Belchatow power plant is equal to 20% of the total annual electricity production in Poland. As of August 1, 2010, Elektrownia Bełchatów is a branch of PGE Górnictwo i Energtyka Konwencjonalna SA. The plant has approximately 4,200 employees.
Implementing IFS Applications has made the business more efficient and has reduced the costs of the power plant. Because warehouse stocks can be monitored in the solution, their volume has been significantly reduced.
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