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Capgemini ses - smart grid operational services - going mobile is smart fact sheet (gr)
1. wish to be better prepared for
unexpected incidents such as
power outages.
To help meet these challenges,
companies are looking to adopt
mobile solutions to further control
costs, improve productivity and
make better decisions throughout
their organizations.
The mobile solution described in the
following Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI) case study
was developed by Capgemini
in collaboration with
Hydro One
Overview
Although utilities have greatly
improved back office operations, they
are still feeling pressure to increase the
efficiency of routine activities. A wide
range of drivers is fueling this pressure.
Deregulation is making the industry
increasingly price competitive, while
government and industry compliance
requirements are becoming ever
stricter. As transmission and
distribution infrastructure continues to
age, so, too, does the workforce.
Qualified people are getting harder to
find and more expensive to hire.
Customers are demanding 24/7
availability, environmental awareness,
accurate billing, and quick fault
resolution. In addition, utilities
Energy, Utilities and Chemicals the way we do it
Utility Mobile IT Adoption
Going Mobile Is Smart
2. Meanwhile hundreds of miles away,
supervisors back at the project office
monitor the installations as they take
place, in real time. Of particular
importance from a customer service
point of view, are exceptions where
installation cannot be completed. These
issues are quickly resolved by on-site
changes to the work order, and if
additional equipment or services are
required, both are dispatched quickly
to the site, plus recorded in inventory.
A strong return on investment is only
the beginning of the bottom line
results. In fact, a strong ROI doesn’t
even touch on the immediate benefits
of employee and customer satisfaction,
or the long term benefits such as
record updating, long term equipment
monitoring, superior forecasting of raw
materials, and during an emergency, the
rapid dissemination of instructions.
The New Mobility
The definition of a “mobile solution” has
evolved. Phase one, wireless e-mail and
Internet access, enabled employees to
communicate with co-workers and
access information remotely from their
cell phones. Phase two was the creation
of industry-specific applications, such as
those designed for utilities. The third
phase saw the improvement in the
actual mobile device, as witnessed by
today’s handheld or “pistol grip” mobile
units that are designed for field work,
working consistently without losing
connectivity or draining battery power
too quickly. And today’s devices come
with a “whatever you choose” selection
of options: GPS information, bar
coding, voice applications, signature
capture, imaging, printing and pairing
with calibration tools to name just a few.
The most recent phase delivered vast
improvements in mobile application
security. This changed the whole
paradigm for how mobile technology
can be used. Companies now trust the
technology with information that flows
Networks, one of our many client
partners in the utility industry. The
challenge was to deploy an Advanced
Metering Infrastructure (AMI) that
spans a geographical area twice the size
of Texas. Capgemini was asked to
develop a robust set of processes and
tools to enable the mass meter change
operation, and in response, we
designed the Meter Change
Automation (MCA) approach. MCA
is a leading industry example of how
an industrialized process—
specifically, a mass replacement of
over 1.2 million electrical meters across
Hydro One Networks’ service territory
in Ontario, Canada—is being enabled
through the latest mobile technology
and tools. The result will be significant
cost savings to the client.
With our global AMI project expertise
and the collective intelligence of the
world’s leading utility companies
behind us, Capgemini is in a position
to offer advice on what to look for
when considering mobile solutions
and to provide leading practices for
their implementation within the utility
industry. In addition, this report looks
at the “new” mobility, and outlines
several high-payoff mobilization
areas that all utility executives
should consider.
The AMI Case Study
Consider this scenario. Hundreds of
field workers travel to individual homes
and businesses across Ontario. Their
mission is to convert over 1.2 million
conventional electric meters to smart
meters. The initial estimate for each
end-to-end change was two to three
weeks to complete. But these field
workers carry small, wireless, hand
held PDAs and tablets that enabled the
change to be completed the same day.
Rugged and adaptable to extremes in
climate, the devices manage every step
of the process, from creating the initial
paperless work order to documenting
the meter change and changing the
customer over to a new billing system.
not just back from the mobile device,
but out of the enterprise. Organizations
are able to use mobile units to bring
information into enterprise applications
such as Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP), Enterprise Asset Management
(EAM), Customer Information System
(CIS) and Supply Chain Management
(SCM). This advancement is
particularly important to utilities,
where rapid incorporation of
information from the field allows
companies to optimize power
generation, transmission and
distribution through improvements
in planning, scheduling, inventory
management, logistics and
other processes.
Why Go Mobile?
Utilities know they need to increase
productivity and find cost savings, but
they may be unclear about how mobile
technology uncovers those benefits. At
Capgemini, where we are completing
live deployments in utilities, we can
confidently say that a mobile solution
adds value in virtually all parts of a
utilities provider’s value chain.
Two key capabilities offered by going
mobile stand out above the rest.
Mobile solutions allow repetitive,
time consuming activities to be done
faster and accurately.
The AMI Case Study began with an
existing process to replace meters,
which was cumbersome and error
prone. Back office clerks generated
work orders, and field staff visited
locations carrying printed installation
orders on which they hand wrote their
reports. Back at the office, clerks once
more copied the data into the customer
service system. Often, they couldn’t
read the handwriting and stopped
to verify an address or locate
missing information.
3. Utility Mobile IT Adoption: Going Mobile Is Smart 2
Selecting the Right Mobile
Solution: Leading Practices
Suppose it is known which areas of
the business need to be mobilized and
a strong business case for mobile
deployment has been presented. How
does one select the right solution?
Usability
No matter how brilliant the underlying
technology or tangible the business
benefits, will the mobile solution be
easy to use, durable and dependable?
Such features greatly reduce frustration
for the front line users of the mobile
hardware. When equipping the mobile
field force for smart meter installation,
Capgemini helped the client select
durable mobile devices that could
withstand field conditions of weather
and location, with battery life that
ensured usage over a long period
without interruption.
It is important to also look for intuitive
workflow that reflects the way workers
actually perform tasks. Inquire about
solutions that don’t always depend
exclusively on connectivity. “Thick”
client based applications, which
store pertinent data and logic on the
device so it can be used even when
connectivity is not available, offer a
great advantage to employees in
the field.
Solution Architecture
and Integration
Mobile solutions are generally geared
toward getting data in or out of back
end systems and integrating it with
exchange information. The best
mobile solutions are able to integrate
seamlessly into multiple systems
immediately in order to provide
employees with all of the information
they need as a part of a single
application, and to allow workers
to simultaneously update several
systems based on information
captured in the field.
In the AMI Case Study, the mobile
solution did far more than just convert
traditional meters to smart meters. The
mobile solution was designed so that
workers replacing old meters were able
to electronically gather other important
data such as meter numbers, meter
reads, GPS coordinates, and customer
premise details. This information is
critical in the next phase of the project’s
implementation because it provides an
interface for a paperless meter
decommissioning process. It will allow
for the recycling of conventional meters
and a method of cost recovery.
Mobile Benefits Beyond Cost
Savings and Productivity
Mobile technology creates a wealth of
direct and indirect cost benefits. In
addition to increased productivity and
reduced costs related to streamlined
operations and administration, labor,
scheduling and inventory handling,
mobile technology can:
■ Improve visibility into work status
■ Enhance safety and security
■ Reduce compliance and reduce
regulatory fines
■ Increase responsiveness particularly
during an incident like a power outage
As a result, employee and customer
satisfaction increases dramatically.
Utilities also report that the overall life
of their assets is extended because
engineers and technicians now have the
time to do preventative maintenance.
Easy access to historical records
improves first time fix rates. Finally,
extending core back end systems to
mobile devices helps companies get the
most out of their investment in these
applications. Mobile solutions that
integrate into existing enterprise
systems means that sophisticated
systems, like project management
and GIS, are now extended to as
many employees as possible.
Equipping our client’s mobile field force
with mobile PDAs, with a custom built
Work Management application, is like
giving each member of the team a
small computer to carry on their belts.
The device provides a paperless
solution that reduces installation times
by allowing the mobile field force to
download/upload their work orders
by batch from the office or field each
day or as required. Whether they are
repairing, inspecting, installing or
reading a meter, most of the
information already is recorded on
the device. If the installer makes an
error entering data, the device corrects
mistakes on-site, such as address
inconsistencies or missing data. New
information is recorded in real time in
the customer service system, which
streamlines the process for verifying
installation or dealing with
customer inquiries.
Mobile technology facilitates two-
way exchange of information.
Consider the technician on the job
in a northern community, miles from
the main office. He needs to review
past repairs on equipment that is
malfunctioning, plus check the status
of parts in inventory. By being able to
quickly review asset conditions and
historical repair data with confidence
that it is updated, accurate information,
he is able to make a decision in the
field and then clear his decision with
his manager hundreds of miles away
that afternoon.
The ability of today’s mobile devices to
flow information into an organization’s
data banks and enterprise applications
is especially beneficial to electrical
companies. Data from the utility either
resides outside of the enterprise (meter
readings, asset condition, etc.) or is
needed but otherwise inaccessible
in the field.
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