CEZ Group is one of the leading economic entities in the Czech Republic; furthermore, it operates in Western, Central, and South-Eastern Europe. The main subject of CEZ business endeavours is generation, distribution, trading, and sale of electricity and heat; trading and sale of natural gas; provision of comprehensive energy services from the new energy sector, and coal mining. CEZ Group is one of the ten largest energy companies in Europe, with more than 3.5 million customers and about 28,000 employees. Arkance Systems group is one of the major CAx, BIM, GIS providers in Europe, with solutions based mainly on Autodesk technologies. We are also a service partner of Safe Software and CEZ group is one of our biggest customers. Big companies such as CEZ need strong and adaptable IT backgrounds. There are many information systems which are operated inside of the whole group (ERP, GIS, etc.). There are many challenges connected to the wide spectre of IT systems – the biggest one is – How to integrate data between these systems? Our presentation will give you insight into how FME platform can build bridges between various IT systems and how FME can fit on workflows inside of big group too. As an example we can mention: - External MS Sharepoint application which uses FME platform in the background for validation of incoming documentation, - Integration between two internal applications for collecting data from surveys, - Self-serve usage of FME platform inside of CEZ group – customized application galleries of FME Server - and so on.

1. FME & power plants – synergy in energy

2. Presenters
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Jan
Zdebor
Specialist of configuration
management
ČEZ a.s.
Lubomír
Lazar
GIS consultants´
teamleader
Arkance Systems CZ s.r.o.
Jan
Albert
GIS consultant
Arkance Systems CZ s.r.o.

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Agenda
1. Who we are
2. Case study of ČEZ a.s.
1. Epoch before FME
2. FME on scene
3. Use cases
3. Conclusion

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Introduction

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Who we are – ČEZ a.s.
ČEZ Group
● One of the largest companies in the Czech Republic
● Leading energy group operating in Western and
Central Europe
● 9 coal-fired power plants, 2 nuclear power plants, 7
hydroelectric power plants, 3 pumped storage plants,1
wind power plant, 4 solar powerplants and other
smaller energy sources

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Who we are – Arkance Systems CZ s.r.o.
FME
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Arkance group
Supplier of
CAD/PDM/PLM/CAM/BIM/GIS/FM
solutions
Autodesk Platinum Partner
Acquisition of VinZero
700+ specialists in EU (120 CZ)
GIS division
Focused on GIS/FM solutions
Own GIS platform twiGIS
20 specialists pro CZ+SK
▪ 3 localities: BUD, PRG, BRN
▪ 4 teams: CONS, DEV, SUPP, SALES
10+ customers with FME
Service Partner of Safe soft

7. Data & Time E ciency.
What else.

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Before FME had come
● Big company = big data challenges
● Lot of manual translations
○ Time consuming
○ Waste of human recources
○ Additional expenses
● Needs to find modern ETL tool
○ The way of automatization
○ Minimization of daily routine manual tasks

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FME on scene
1st FME licence in 2015 (Form)
Pilot project – technological schemes
FME was proved as powerful tool
In 2016-2020 +4 floating licenses of Form
In 2020 after huge demand from employees
was bought license of Flow

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8 yrs of FMEing – pros & cons
● Pros
○ Flexibility (formats, data operations)
○ Scalability
○ Reliability
○ User friendliness
● Cons
○ New license model is not clear as it was

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“FME platform has totally changed the way
how we work with data. Daily automatization
has released our capacity for another
development projects”.
Stanislav Klimenda
Planner & GIS Admin, ČEZ a.s.

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Use cases of FME

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Integration with MS Sharepoint
● Process: Validation of the supplied documentation
● Challenge 1: Save the time of doc checkers & suppliers
● Challenge 2: How to prepare user friendly UI for every
involved sides?

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Integration with MS Sharepoint

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Gallery App
● Process: Validation of KKS uniqueness
● Issue: Detect invalid records
● Challenge: End users need simple „one-click“ app

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twiGIS Data export module
● Process: Users need up-to-date (non)spatial data
● Issue: Not everyone can work with GIS desktop clients
● Challenge: Option to download data via simple GIS web
app

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Conclusion

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Summary
● FME perfectly fits on needs of
large utility enterprise as ČEZ,
a.s.
● Save a lot of time & money
● It´s not only about GIS
● Not many ETL with spatial
● User friendliness & Flexibility
● Gallery App, REST API

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FME has its own spot in every
data workflow!

21. What to remember
1. Communication between solution provider and customer
is the key of success! Just recognize customers needs!
2. FME is highly flexible and adaptable!
3. Just share know-how of FME, it´s worth it!

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Resources
● ČEZ Group - https://www.cez.cz/en/home
● Arkance Systems -https://www.arkance-systems.com/
● twiGIS map web app - https://www.twigis.eu/

23. ThankYou For Attention!
lubomir.lazar@arkance-systems.com

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