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The Proposed Solution
A Utility Meter Reading Solution
2
Introduction
UT Meter Reading System is online mobile
and web based application designed to help
Power/Electric industry to streamline the
process of collecting the readings of electric
meters.
UT Meter
UT Meter solution provides a logical approach to read and update meter reading into CRM
using Mobile through real time synchronization. This solution uses commonly used Mobiles and
very flexible approach with respect to user friendly screen design via mobile application.
3
Current Concern to Electricity Boards
Losses
State Electricity Boards (SEBs) suffers huge financial losses every year due to power theft and ineffective practices
of billing and collection. Apparently, the losses have reached an alarming Rs. 26,000 crore.
Inefficient Practices
It is clear that the biggest fundamental issue hampering the viability of the Indian Power Sector is the sheer volume
or level of Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses that amount to 25%, a very high level by any standard. To
make the matter worse, indirect calculations show T&D losses to be much higher in the range of 40- 50%. In
addition, the distribution system in India is often characterized by inefficiency, low productivity, frequent interruption in
supply and poor voltage.
IT initiative
Information technology (IT) would become the key enabler in the initiatives under the reform process. IT
would not only enable the success of reforms process, it would also act as the catalyst by providing an
information infrastructure essential to the reform process and practices.
4
Problem Statement & Current Process
•  The present system of energy billing with
digital camera is error prone, time and labor
consuming & an overhead to DF & Electricity
Department ultimately.
• Errors get introduced at every stage of energy
billing like lazy readers intentionally capturing
wrong readings, human errors while noting
down the meter reading, data entry errors (also
time consuming), and errors while processing
the paid bills, the due bills & delay in bills
distribution.
•  Generation of consumer sheet
•  Reader goes to consumer premises
•  Takes the photo of meter through digital camera
•  Downloading of photos to computer after
completion of reading.
•  Data punching from photo
•  Data validation and Reading correction
•  Generation of exception reports
•  Creation of B30 file
•  Bill processing in IT
•  Bill printing and distribution
Exisitng Process
5
Proposed System
Our Value
Suitable for all categories business and
personal presentation, eaque ipsa quae ab illo
inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae
dicta sunt explicabo farmers ensure that we will
bring the best of the market to your table.
It could save 2 days in data punching & if spot billing is implemented
with UT-Meter, it could save total 4 days, and complete the billing cycle
in just 6 days.
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B
C
D
E
Use information on loading, voltage and consumption at different levels for
network
Integrate meter reading and billing for C&I customers to eliminate scope for
tampering and manipulations
Reduce theft and increase revenue
Reduce receivables and improve cash flows
Reduce the process cycle time
Provide non-tamperable transparent records. High-level executives can also
access information to monitor performance and minimize corruption, power theft,
etc. It will provide accurate and timely information for decision-making, and cross
area comparisons can be used for motivational purposes.
Improve customer service
Facilitate differential pricing by load factor, time-of-day, day-of-week, peak
consumption, etc., to even out consumption and minimize peak loads. It will shift
the onus of load management to consumer with benefits to all parties.
Proposed System Objectives
7
UT-Meter – Integrated Billing System
Below is the graphical illustration of our proposed application for integrating the Billing System.
8
What Does the Customer Want?
Using our idea the service levels to customers in the areas
mentioned in the figure could be improved by monitoring the four
above parameters.
• Demand vs. provision of new
connections
• Responsiveness to bill queries
• Preferred vs. available facilities
to log complaints
Complaint Handling
• Bill not delivered in time to
make payment
• Waiting time for bill payment
• Preferred vs. available mode of
payments
Payment mechanisms
• Scheduled and unscheduled
outages
• Communication from SEBs on
possible outages and outage
time
Quality and reliability
of supply
• Inaccurate meter reading or no
meter reading
• Meter reading taken but not
reported
• No posting of collection
• Changed meter status
• Split between cycles
• Wrong calculation
Accuracy of bills
The Focus of IT applications for customer benefit
Mandated Focus Area – Customer Benefit Applications
9
Accuracy of bills can be improved by implementing better metering technologies,
taking accurate readings, by avoiding manual intervention and automating the billing
process.
Using our proposed idea payments made will be much safer and more trustworthy. It
will not only make the payments more fast but will also reduce the overall process
loopholes.
The following IT applications can be used for this:
Accuracy of bills
Using Bluetooth printers devices, Spot Billings can be provided to
consumers same time when reading is captured.
Save your time with us
Meter reading mobile interface with billing applications can save money
as it saves reader’s second visit for distributing bills.
Save your money
Simple interface for readers on devices & easy managing Billing
applications through web application.
Easy to use and customizable
10Solution Architecture
Mobile Based Application
Readers’ Simple UI to capture
reading from customer’s
premises.
GPRS / GPS Technology
It captures meter reading along
with reader’s location though
GPS & sent to server or amazon
cloud.
Web Analytics
Plenty of data is generated; there
is a need of better insight. UT-
Meter Analytics Dashboard turns
data into actionable information.
UT-Meter, an Android based GPS & meter reading solution is developed which tracks readers, shows
real-time readings to supervisor, saves time & cost, as it eliminates data entry process & results in
accuracy of consumer's billing generation.
11
Solution Requirements
1.  GPS based Mobile with good camera
and flash.
2.  Data package i.e. GPRS.
3.  Cloud or Data server for web
application.
Hardware
Web application to fetch data
from mobile, perform data
analyses, validations, data
finalization & bill generation in
back office.
Web Application
Mobile based application for
gathering data from field.
Mobile Application
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Reader’s Authenication
Data will be pulled & pushed
from CRM and based on it;
user can login & gets
authenticated.
Select Consumer
User can view a) Existing
Consumer b) New Consumer
Select Category of Consumer
• For Existing Consumer, User
views allocated DTCs.
• User selects DTC & inputs
consumer no & search.
Verify the consumer
Consumer details are pulled
from CRM.
Take Reading
User takes picture, enters
reading & other inputs such as
meter status, meter reader
status, remark & lat/long, if
needed can be edited.
UT-Meter – Reader’s Flow
13
Track Reader
• User’s Lat/Long & UTC
timestamp are taken & pushed
to CRM.
• User’s analytics such as
location & time can be traced
from CRM.
New Consumer
If consumer number didn't
match, User selects New
Consumer & takes reading
New Consumer Reading
User takes picture, enters all parameters as
consumer no, image, reading, meter status,
meter number, DTC, pole no, new meter no,
remark & lat/long, & editable parameters as
consumer no, BU, PC, Bill Month, DTC, pole,
Consumer name, address, pin code, meter no
and sends it to web server.
UT-Meter – Reader’s Flow Continue..
14
Application Screenshots
Login Screen Download
Consumers
Dashboard
Very flexible approach with respect to user friendly screen design via mobile application.
15
Application Screenshots continue...
Consumer List Consumer
Details
Consumer Form
Quick access to consumer list, its details & easy navigations.
16
Utility Vertical
Perfect for reading any number of water,
gas, or electricity meters.
Real time
• Multiple users can be reading different
routes at the same time.
• Updates the main server app in real-time,
making the review of meter readings faster
and easier in your office.
Bill Calculation
Mobile calculates the bill on applicable
charges, surcharges and rebates on the
customer's category.
Flexible & Efficient
• Works on all internet connected smart phone
and tablet devices with Android OS.
• It Helps to streamline the process and
ultimately will result into enhance efficiency and
the productivity
Quick Search
User can search the details of particular
Consumer with the Consumer name,
Consumer no., Meter no or any relevant
information which is available with user.
Meter Status & Alerts
▪ Meter reader can check the meter status and
set the current meter status in Mobile.
▪ Application provides the alert messages with
the wrong data and unconditional data.
UT-Meter Key Features
Photo Capture
Application captures the meter image with
current reading and send to online server.
Tracking
Track the device on scheduled time to time &
maintain the mobile device movement history.
Works Online/Offline
• Mobile device work in both the mode offline/
online as direction of operator.
• Compatibility to all browsers like Mozilla,
Google chrome, safari, internet explorer etc.
Data Management
• Web application helps to upload, download
and validate the data as and when required.
• Easy to import/export the data from various
sources of files.
17
Why UT-Meter ?
Efficient
Efficient Monitoring and
Control of “Meter readers”
Activities.
Happy Customers
Boost customer experience
& Satisfaction with accurate
billings.
Security
Protect organization from
the false reporting of meter
reading to the central
agency for billing purpose.
Connect IT with Utility
• B r i d g i n g t h e G a p
between Power/electric/
gas and water industry
a n d M e t e r r e a d e r
representative.
• Identify & eliminate
bottlenecks of Utility
industries.
Optimum Performance
Drive the performance of
industry to gain the
revenue and customer
satisfaction.
Increased Productivity
• Increase the productivity
and time management.
• Maintaining the information
about the devices provided to
t h e m e t e r r e a d e r s
representative.
Offline Use
Business Analytics
• D e p l o y a c t i o n a b l e
business intelligence.
• V a r i o u s r e p o r t s
generation with respect to
the meter readers and the
consumers.
• Facilitate pro-active
decisions with the help of
Analytic tools.
Allow meter readers to
acquire the offline meter
reading.
18
A Solution For Billing Consumers
End to end solution from meter reading to
spot billing with android based application &
Bluetooth printers.
UT Meter with Spot Billing
Features
• Calculate Consumer’s Bill in Online & Offline mode.
• Easy to integrate billing web service with mobile application to calculate consumer’s bill with accuracy.
• The time required for Billing Calculation & Bill distribution (Duplicate Bill with receipt) is saved.
• Cost effective with respect to time and money.
• Better cost Realization.
19
Values Outside
The UT Meter solution will ultimately be labor-saving and
inexpensive and can collect huge amounts of valuable data
that is easy to understand for business decisions.
Transparency
Security/
Control
MIS reports
Better Service
Accountability Manageability
What can you achieve with this UT-Meter Solution?
To know more call us @ 8554997882 or mail us at info@kunalinfotech.net
55, Suyog Nagar, Ring Road,
Nagpur, Maharashtra – 440015,
India.
info@kunalinfotech.net
+91 8554997882 / +917123010539
Thank You!
Get in Touch.
kunal-infotech

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UT-Meter - An Efficient Meter Reading Solution

  • 1. The Proposed Solution A Utility Meter Reading Solution
  • 2. 2 Introduction UT Meter Reading System is online mobile and web based application designed to help Power/Electric industry to streamline the process of collecting the readings of electric meters. UT Meter UT Meter solution provides a logical approach to read and update meter reading into CRM using Mobile through real time synchronization. This solution uses commonly used Mobiles and very flexible approach with respect to user friendly screen design via mobile application.
  • 3. 3 Current Concern to Electricity Boards Losses State Electricity Boards (SEBs) suffers huge financial losses every year due to power theft and ineffective practices of billing and collection. Apparently, the losses have reached an alarming Rs. 26,000 crore. Inefficient Practices It is clear that the biggest fundamental issue hampering the viability of the Indian Power Sector is the sheer volume or level of Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses that amount to 25%, a very high level by any standard. To make the matter worse, indirect calculations show T&D losses to be much higher in the range of 40- 50%. In addition, the distribution system in India is often characterized by inefficiency, low productivity, frequent interruption in supply and poor voltage. IT initiative Information technology (IT) would become the key enabler in the initiatives under the reform process. IT would not only enable the success of reforms process, it would also act as the catalyst by providing an information infrastructure essential to the reform process and practices.
  • 4. 4 Problem Statement & Current Process •  The present system of energy billing with digital camera is error prone, time and labor consuming & an overhead to DF & Electricity Department ultimately. • Errors get introduced at every stage of energy billing like lazy readers intentionally capturing wrong readings, human errors while noting down the meter reading, data entry errors (also time consuming), and errors while processing the paid bills, the due bills & delay in bills distribution. •  Generation of consumer sheet •  Reader goes to consumer premises •  Takes the photo of meter through digital camera •  Downloading of photos to computer after completion of reading. •  Data punching from photo •  Data validation and Reading correction •  Generation of exception reports •  Creation of B30 file •  Bill processing in IT •  Bill printing and distribution Exisitng Process
  • 5. 5 Proposed System Our Value Suitable for all categories business and personal presentation, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo farmers ensure that we will bring the best of the market to your table. It could save 2 days in data punching & if spot billing is implemented with UT-Meter, it could save total 4 days, and complete the billing cycle in just 6 days.
  • 6. A B C D E Use information on loading, voltage and consumption at different levels for network Integrate meter reading and billing for C&I customers to eliminate scope for tampering and manipulations Reduce theft and increase revenue Reduce receivables and improve cash flows Reduce the process cycle time Provide non-tamperable transparent records. High-level executives can also access information to monitor performance and minimize corruption, power theft, etc. It will provide accurate and timely information for decision-making, and cross area comparisons can be used for motivational purposes. Improve customer service Facilitate differential pricing by load factor, time-of-day, day-of-week, peak consumption, etc., to even out consumption and minimize peak loads. It will shift the onus of load management to consumer with benefits to all parties. Proposed System Objectives
  • 7. 7 UT-Meter – Integrated Billing System Below is the graphical illustration of our proposed application for integrating the Billing System.
  • 8. 8 What Does the Customer Want? Using our idea the service levels to customers in the areas mentioned in the figure could be improved by monitoring the four above parameters. • Demand vs. provision of new connections • Responsiveness to bill queries • Preferred vs. available facilities to log complaints Complaint Handling • Bill not delivered in time to make payment • Waiting time for bill payment • Preferred vs. available mode of payments Payment mechanisms • Scheduled and unscheduled outages • Communication from SEBs on possible outages and outage time Quality and reliability of supply • Inaccurate meter reading or no meter reading • Meter reading taken but not reported • No posting of collection • Changed meter status • Split between cycles • Wrong calculation Accuracy of bills The Focus of IT applications for customer benefit Mandated Focus Area – Customer Benefit Applications
  • 9. 9 Accuracy of bills can be improved by implementing better metering technologies, taking accurate readings, by avoiding manual intervention and automating the billing process. Using our proposed idea payments made will be much safer and more trustworthy. It will not only make the payments more fast but will also reduce the overall process loopholes. The following IT applications can be used for this: Accuracy of bills Using Bluetooth printers devices, Spot Billings can be provided to consumers same time when reading is captured. Save your time with us Meter reading mobile interface with billing applications can save money as it saves reader’s second visit for distributing bills. Save your money Simple interface for readers on devices & easy managing Billing applications through web application. Easy to use and customizable
  • 10. 10Solution Architecture Mobile Based Application Readers’ Simple UI to capture reading from customer’s premises. GPRS / GPS Technology It captures meter reading along with reader’s location though GPS & sent to server or amazon cloud. Web Analytics Plenty of data is generated; there is a need of better insight. UT- Meter Analytics Dashboard turns data into actionable information. UT-Meter, an Android based GPS & meter reading solution is developed which tracks readers, shows real-time readings to supervisor, saves time & cost, as it eliminates data entry process & results in accuracy of consumer's billing generation.
  • 11. 11 Solution Requirements 1.  GPS based Mobile with good camera and flash. 2.  Data package i.e. GPRS. 3.  Cloud or Data server for web application. Hardware Web application to fetch data from mobile, perform data analyses, validations, data finalization & bill generation in back office. Web Application Mobile based application for gathering data from field. Mobile Application
  • 12. 12 Reader’s Authenication Data will be pulled & pushed from CRM and based on it; user can login & gets authenticated. Select Consumer User can view a) Existing Consumer b) New Consumer Select Category of Consumer • For Existing Consumer, User views allocated DTCs. • User selects DTC & inputs consumer no & search. Verify the consumer Consumer details are pulled from CRM. Take Reading User takes picture, enters reading & other inputs such as meter status, meter reader status, remark & lat/long, if needed can be edited. UT-Meter – Reader’s Flow
  • 13. 13 Track Reader • User’s Lat/Long & UTC timestamp are taken & pushed to CRM. • User’s analytics such as location & time can be traced from CRM. New Consumer If consumer number didn't match, User selects New Consumer & takes reading New Consumer Reading User takes picture, enters all parameters as consumer no, image, reading, meter status, meter number, DTC, pole no, new meter no, remark & lat/long, & editable parameters as consumer no, BU, PC, Bill Month, DTC, pole, Consumer name, address, pin code, meter no and sends it to web server. UT-Meter – Reader’s Flow Continue..
  • 14. 14 Application Screenshots Login Screen Download Consumers Dashboard Very flexible approach with respect to user friendly screen design via mobile application.
  • 15. 15 Application Screenshots continue... Consumer List Consumer Details Consumer Form Quick access to consumer list, its details & easy navigations.
  • 16. 16 Utility Vertical Perfect for reading any number of water, gas, or electricity meters. Real time • Multiple users can be reading different routes at the same time. • Updates the main server app in real-time, making the review of meter readings faster and easier in your office. Bill Calculation Mobile calculates the bill on applicable charges, surcharges and rebates on the customer's category. Flexible & Efficient • Works on all internet connected smart phone and tablet devices with Android OS. • It Helps to streamline the process and ultimately will result into enhance efficiency and the productivity Quick Search User can search the details of particular Consumer with the Consumer name, Consumer no., Meter no or any relevant information which is available with user. Meter Status & Alerts ▪ Meter reader can check the meter status and set the current meter status in Mobile. ▪ Application provides the alert messages with the wrong data and unconditional data. UT-Meter Key Features Photo Capture Application captures the meter image with current reading and send to online server. Tracking Track the device on scheduled time to time & maintain the mobile device movement history. Works Online/Offline • Mobile device work in both the mode offline/ online as direction of operator. • Compatibility to all browsers like Mozilla, Google chrome, safari, internet explorer etc. Data Management • Web application helps to upload, download and validate the data as and when required. • Easy to import/export the data from various sources of files.
  • 17. 17 Why UT-Meter ? Efficient Efficient Monitoring and Control of “Meter readers” Activities. Happy Customers Boost customer experience & Satisfaction with accurate billings. Security Protect organization from the false reporting of meter reading to the central agency for billing purpose. Connect IT with Utility • B r i d g i n g t h e G a p between Power/electric/ gas and water industry a n d M e t e r r e a d e r representative. • Identify & eliminate bottlenecks of Utility industries. Optimum Performance Drive the performance of industry to gain the revenue and customer satisfaction. Increased Productivity • Increase the productivity and time management. • Maintaining the information about the devices provided to t h e m e t e r r e a d e r s representative. Offline Use Business Analytics • D e p l o y a c t i o n a b l e business intelligence. • V a r i o u s r e p o r t s generation with respect to the meter readers and the consumers. • Facilitate pro-active decisions with the help of Analytic tools. Allow meter readers to acquire the offline meter reading.
  • 18. 18 A Solution For Billing Consumers End to end solution from meter reading to spot billing with android based application & Bluetooth printers. UT Meter with Spot Billing Features • Calculate Consumer’s Bill in Online & Offline mode. • Easy to integrate billing web service with mobile application to calculate consumer’s bill with accuracy. • The time required for Billing Calculation & Bill distribution (Duplicate Bill with receipt) is saved. • Cost effective with respect to time and money. • Better cost Realization.
  • 19. 19 Values Outside The UT Meter solution will ultimately be labor-saving and inexpensive and can collect huge amounts of valuable data that is easy to understand for business decisions. Transparency Security/ Control MIS reports Better Service Accountability Manageability What can you achieve with this UT-Meter Solution? To know more call us @ 8554997882 or mail us at info@kunalinfotech.net
  • 20. 55, Suyog Nagar, Ring Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra – 440015, India. info@kunalinfotech.net +91 8554997882 / +917123010539 Thank You! Get in Touch. kunal-infotech