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SIM (Service Incentive Mechanism)
SIM The Holy Grail of Customer Service
Designed to simulate competition in a monopolistic market, Service Incentive Mechanism (SIM) is a game changer for the UK water industry. Focused on improving the poor, often substandard customer service currently provided, SIM ranks performance based on metrics such as abandoned calls and written complaints. SIM will financially reward water companies that provide the best customer service and penalize those that dont.
To succeed, utilities must be able forecast and analyze consumer data patterns and SIM scores, identifying areas that need improvement. Read the full article to learn how the SAP SIM predictor model can help utilities improve insight behind SIM scores and prioritize areas for improving customer service.
Shailesh Tekurkar
in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Utilities Industry [Dec. 02, 2011 04:08 PM
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Optimization Support for Real-Time Price Negotiation
Help for Real-Time Price Negotiations
Most business executives understand that pricing is a powerful lever that can be used to close deals and drive profitability. Unfortunately, however, knowing the importance of price optimization doesnt make implementing best-in-class price management capabilities any easier.
What banking, retail, and utility pricing mangers need is a better way to support local pricing decisions. They need advanced analytic tools can address the complexities of modeling multiple rates, fee structures, and customer scenarios, allowing them to identify and adjust the pricing parameters that will close more deals.
Sricharan Poundarikapuram
in Analytics, Banking, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Retail, Utilities Industry [Aug. 10, 2011 03:39 AM
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Leveraging Analysis and Support to Improve Utility Billing
Regular as a drumbeat, utility bills hit mailboxes monthly. The customers expectation is simple timely and accurate billing. The utility company, on the other hand, is faced with a complex task: producing and delivering hundreds of thousands of bills in an efficient, cost-effective manner while staying abreast of the latest analytic trends. Its not surprising that utilities seldom find the time for true decision making support for billing, or realize its value.
To the rescue: Analytics Enhancement for Utility Billing from SAP. Utilities get subscription content and superior performance analytics designed specifically to streamline the billing process and reduce cost to serve.
Learn how SAPs relevant, decision-focused analytical content can help reduce billing-related costs .
Joanne Kelley
in Analytics, Utilities Industry [Jul. 05, 2011 12:18 AM
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Harnessing AMI to Improve Demand Forecasting
Thanks to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), utilities now have access to more granular data on electrical usage patterns than ever before. But how a utility uses this information-rich data can make the difference between valuable insight and wasted opportunity.
Relying on scientific and technology expertise, Performance and Insight Optimization Services from SAP offers the advanced analytics utilities need to leverage AMI data. Using clustered data in mathematical models, SAP can help produce more accurate forecasts at the customer or meter level. The result: predictive analytics that give utilities crucial insight into specific customer behaviors that can improve demand forecasting and, ultimately, the bottom line.
Joanne Kelley
in Analytics, Oil and Gas, Utilities Industry [Jul. 05, 2011 12:16 AM
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SAP Research Unveils the new Future Energy Center
The Future Energy Center, located in Karlsruhe, Germany, and managed by SAP Research, is a collaborative platform demonstrating how the future of sustainable energy generation, distribution, storage, and utilization can be supported by innovative IT.
Jennifer O'Rourke
in SAP Research, Sustainability, Utilities Industry [May. 05, 2011 10:11 AM
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Fairfax Water Taps SAP Communities for Mission-Critical Insight
Doing more with less seems to be the standard mantra for a lot of businesses these days. Fairfax Water, the largest public water utility in Virginia, is no exception. With only 400 employees, the company runs lean, yet manages to serve about 1.7 million customers. How do they do it? Is there something in the, ahem, water over there?
Tim Clark
in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Dashboard Design (Xcelsius), SAP Solution Manager, Utilities Industry [Dec. 14, 2010 06:28 AM
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Cloud Computing, EDI and SAP Information Interchange
This article discusses SAP's new EDI managed services solution called SAP Information Interchange and its cloud computing model.
Kevin Benedict
in Aerospace and Defense, Procurement and SRM, Retail, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC), Standards, Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Automotive, Business Process Expert, Chemicals, Consumer Products, ERP, Industrial Machinery and Components, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Wholesale Distribution [Mar. 18, 2010 05:54 AM
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SAP EDI, Cloud Computing and Business Networks
This article explores the new SII (SAP Information Interchange by Crossgate) and the strategy of business networks.
Kevin Benedict
in Automotive, Retail, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture, Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC), Standards, Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, SAP Business Suite, Chemicals, Consumer Products, ERP, Industrial Machinery and Components, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Wholesale Distribution [Mar. 09, 2010 07:31 AM
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Gartner on SAP EDI - SAP Information Interchange
Gartner has just issued their opinion on the new SAP Information Interchange managed EDI service that operates in a cloud computing environment.
Kevin Benedict
in Aerospace and Defense, Oil and Gas, Procurement and SRM, Retail, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC), Standards, Utilities Industry, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Automotive, Business Process Expert, SAP Business Suite, Chemicals, Consumer Products, ERP, Industrial Machinery and Components, Insurance, Wholesale Distribution [Mar. 04, 2010 11:12 AM
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SAP Makes Decisive Move in EDI
SAP makes big move in the EDI/B2B space by announcing the SAP Information Interchange solution and enhanced relationship with Crossgate.
Kevin Benedict
in Aerospace and Defense, Procurement and SRM, Public Sector, Retail, SAP Business One, SAP Developer Network, SAP EcoHub, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP Solution Manager, Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC), Standards, Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Automotive, Banking, Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, SAP Business Suite, Chemicals, Consumer Products, ERP, Healthcare, Industrial Machinery and Components, Insurance, Integration and Certification, Life Sciences, Wholesale Distribution [Feb. 23, 2010 07:01 PM
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New key figure catalog for Business Process Monitoring available
This blogs gives a high-level overview about all the new features for Business Process Monitoring that will be available end of April 2010. The blog also points out where to find the latest catalog for all available out-of-the-box key figures and their respective selection criteria.
Volker von Gloeden
in Application Lifecycle Management, Run SAP, SAP Business Workflow, Software Support and Maintenance, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP Solution Manager, Utilities Industry, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Financial Excellence, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Insurance, Product Lifecycle Management, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Automotive, Banking, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, SAP Business Suite, Chemicals, Consumer Products, CRM, ERP, Manufacturing, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Wholesale Distribution [Feb. 15, 2010 05:15 AM
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How to avoid classic SAP Mobile solution mistakes.
There are many mobile solutions available that allow access to SAP applications but most are limited by online/offline capability,type of mobile device support or specific application they can integrate to. This blog entry is to share my experience with other business-process SAP users that are contemplating a mobile solution in 2010
NM2_Consulting
in ABAP, Utilities Industry, Travel and Logistics Services, RFID, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mobile, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Healthcare, ERP, Emerging Technologies, SAP EcoHub, Chemicals, Wholesale Distribution [Jan. 31, 2010 01:39 AM
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Wednesdays at Sadie's
How do you keep users involved and motivated to increase their SAP skills? At Inland Empire Utilities Agency in Chino, California, they do it with user-to-user help and good lunches.
Leo Sopicki
in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Solutions, Career Center, ERP, Improving My Experience, Procurement and SRM, Public Sector, Utilities Industry [Jan. 25, 2010 11:53 PM
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SAP Discusses 5 Year Plan - Social Networking, EDI, Cloud Computing and More
This article analyzes a series of announcements by SAP and other vendors about social networking, cloud computing and EDI and what this means for SAP users.
Kevin Benedict
in Automotive, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Procurement and SRM, Retail, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC), Standards, Utilities Industry, Master Data Management (MDM), Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Banking, Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, SAP Business Suite, Chemicals, Consumer Products, ERP, Healthcare, Interoperability, Wholesale Distribution [Dec. 15, 2009 09:11 AM
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Show Me the Money Discussing the VALUE Component of Lifetime Value
Customer value is a coined term used by many of us in our daily CRM preaching but when one tries to bring an organization to agree on such metric things can go wild!
This blog talks about practical approaches and hurdles of creating such metric.
Shuki Idan
in Analytics, Professional Services, Mobile, Insurance, Enterprise Performance Management, CRM, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Beyond SAP, Banking, Utilities Industry [Dec. 07, 2009 06:26 AM
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What is SAP Records Management
This blog is a brief introduction to SAP Records Management - content management & process management solution
Pragya Pande
in Beginner, Travel and Logistics Services, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Public Sector, Product Lifecycle Management, Knowledge Management (KM), Industrial Machinery and Components, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Utilities Industry [Nov. 10, 2009 08:55 AM
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EDI, SAP NetWeaver, eSOA and Cloud Computing
This article explores the problems custom EDI integration scripts cause companies and how SAP's new eSOA and cloud computing approach to EDI means to resolve it.
Kevin Benedict
in Aerospace and Defense, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Procurement and SRM, Retail, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture, Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Integration and Certification, Automotive, Banking, SAP Business Suite, Chemicals, Consumer Products, ERP, Healthcare, Industrial Machinery and Components, Insurance, Wholesale Distribution [Nov. 05, 2009 08:08 AM
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Switching from Traditional EDI and Going Green with SAP EDI
This article describes the challenges an SAP user had with traditional EDI and how new business motivated them to go green with SAP EDI.
Kevin Benedict
in Aerospace and Defense, Utilities Industry, Travel and Logistics Services, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Automotive, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 20, 2009 07:02 AM
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How EDI and B2B Connections Can Destroy Your Company
This article identifies the dangers of upgrading or changing your ERP without first considering the implications to your EDI integrations.
Kevin Benedict
in Aerospace and Defense, Integration and Certification, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Master Data Management (MDM), Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Procurement and SRM, Retail, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Insurance, Industrial Machinery and Components, Healthcare, Automotive, Banking, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, SAP Business Suite, Chemicals, Consumer Products, CRM, SAP EcoHub, ERP, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 12, 2009 02:41 PM
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Mobile Application Workflows and SAP ERP
As mobile applications become more complex and sophisticated and used by large enterprises there will be an increasing emphasis and requirement for automated mobile workflows and supported ERP business processes.
Kevin Benedict
in Business Process Expert, Utilities Industry, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Business Workflow, RFID, Mobile, Master Data Management (MDM), ERP, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 02, 2009 12:36 PM
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54 Questions to Help You Select the Right Handheld Computer for the Job
Handheld computers, barcode scanners, RFID readers and other kinds of mobile devices are used throughout the supply chain, in field services and in warehouse and logistics processes. Selecting the appropriate devices can be a challenge. These questions will help you narrow the selection.
Kevin Benedict
in Consumer Products, Utilities Industry, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, RFID, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mobile, Wholesale Distribution [Sep. 30, 2009 07:51 AM
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