IPS-ENERGY™ Enterprise with/without ERP Alternatives Overview and Sample

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Normal Situation

Large system portfolios Big Corporate systems Operating Unit systems (maybe from mergers) Departmental systems Orphan or rogue systems

Large investment Money Time Political capital Personal/professional credibility

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And, there are Issues

Information Technology (IT) Issues Complexity Many technology platforms (OS‘s, Databases, etc.) Duplicate data Many interfaces to develop and maintain

Business Issues Duplicate work Uncertainty

Correctness Completeness Timeliness

Fuzzy relationships Ownership (who owns which data?) Where is the data I need? Which system is the „official“ one?

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Where IPS™ Systems Fit

Foundational Systems (Accounting, Finance, Fixed Assets, Inventory, Human Resources, etc.)

IPS Systems (IPS-ENERGY™, IPS-EPIS™, SmartGridDI™)

[Asset data repository, maintenance & testing; Relay setting mgmt. and workflow; Event & data

analysis and notification, etc.]

Customer Systems (Billing, Outage Mgmt.,

Web site, etc.)

Engineering (CAD, Relay setting

calc., etc.)

Equipment Manf. Software (Relays, test equipment,

etc.)

Operations and Monitoring

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Most Common Issues

Customer or prospective customer already has ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) with:

Purchasing Fixed Assets (Accounting) Inventory management Maybe a „maintenance „ system

Concerns about „Where Does IPS fit?“ Can I keep my current system? How do my current systems and IPS work together? How do I explain to management we need another system? What will IT say?

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The IPS Approach

We understand all those issues........ And the investments We know we have to „fit in“

What we do...... Complement previous investments Play to our strengths to add value

How we do it

Use standard Microsoft® technology (Windows, SQL Server, IIS, etc.) Specific interfaces where appopriate

IPS-CAPE Bridge+ MAXIMO interface (under development) SAP Bridge CIM based Topology

SmartGridDI – universal, configurable interface (and much more) tool Embrace emerging standards such as CIM (Common Information Model) Work closely with customer to get the „best fit“

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The IPS Approach (continued)

Possible strengths of current portfolio (things IPS leaves to them) Inventory management Accounting Purchasing CAD Setting calculations Payroll And lots more...... e.g., SCADA, GIS, customer support and billing

Strengths of IPS (see presentation on Differentiation) Areas of overlap.... Decision points

Asset data repository (IPS has robust data models nearly all power system Asset Groups; IPS Asset Management) Work planning/Work order creation (IPS Planning, Work Ordering, Work execution) Reporting (IPS Report Studio) Analytics (IPS SmartGridDI) Alerts and Notifications (IPS Work Execution, SmartGridDI)

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Maintenance

concept (Templates, Rules)

Equipment database

Planning

Technical asset

data database

Technical

maintenance evaluation &

planning

Mtn. Action assignment

to WO

Execution

(Interfacing with Test Device

Software appl.)

Asset Condition

Evaluation (Analyses)

Alerts, Notification

s

Work orders

Maintenance packages

Documentation Asset Condition Info, Notifications

Resources confirmation

Integrated Maintenance Management Integration With Third Party ERP (SAP, Maximo, Oracle Utilities, Ventyx etc…)

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Offline/Online Mobile Client

WebSuite Client

Desktop Client

IPS-SmartGridDI™

IPS-ENERGY™ IPS-EPIS™

Conditional follow Actions, Notifications, Publication of results, User Configurable Dashboards „Dashboards“

Offline Maintenance Data : Results, Measurements, Inspections…

Online Data Monitoring

SCADA PI Historian

…

Other IT

Data SAP, GIS,

PSSE/ODMS etc……

…

IPS-WebSuite Server

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Thank you very much for your attention

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