German utility EnBW chooses AED-SICAD’s ArcFM™ UT to realize new company-wide standard based GIS solution for all branches
Energie EnBW Regional AG, Stuttgart, Germany, commissioned AED-SICAD with the set-up of an integrated GIS solution based on ArcFM UT .
On August 10, 2005, EnBW Regional AG and AED-SICAD signed an agreement for this project, which covers the migration of the different existing systems and the entire integration of data into the new environment.
As one of Germany’s largest energy suppliers, EnBW realizes a company-wide network information system for all its branches, which will be accessed by altogether over 1.700 users. By introducing the standard application ArcFM UT from AED-SICAD, the enterprise solution is based on the latest standard technology, ArcGIS. Beyond the consolidation of the system environment for documentation tasks, the SAP integration for the support of business processes is an integral part during all project phases.
Dr. Thomas Gößmann, member of the board of EnBW Regional AG and responsible for the field “Technical area organization, technical plant management, network control“, states EnBW’s motives for the system decision:
“We rely on intelligent planning and optimized use of our network infrastructure. It has been our goal to achieve an integrated GIS for all purposes. The comprehensive validation showed us, that an ArcFM UT solution meets our expectations and can be the instrument for a practice-compatible network management. By means of this modern, open application, we realize, together with AED-SICAD, the necessary functionalities close to the standard.“
Dr. Thomas Englert, member of the board, AED-SICAD Aktiengesellschaft:
“Following a professional selection process, EnBW decided in favor of the probably most powerful utilities application on the market. And with AED-SICAD for an experienced project partner who is especially strong in the southwest of Germany. From the realization of EnBW’s new enterprise GIS with its focus on SAP integration, the further development of ArcFM UT will considerably benefit as well. We are very much looking forward to a close and trustful cooperation.“
The agreed overall project is subdivided in three phases. During the first step in autumn 2005, AED-SICAD will provide the management application for the current data capture project “SaVe” for the determination of current market values and the vectorization of the networks. During step two, all of EnBW’s existing systems are seamlessly migrated to the new utilities solution. This covers at the same time the integration of the manifold reference data in the geodatabase of the new system. The third phase shows, that the project is far more than a pure consolidation of the GIS solution. Here, the focus is the further integration of different applications within the company. With this, network information is going to be an integral element of the core business processes.
In the final stage, an estimated number of over 1.700 users will work with the new solution, in headquarters as well as in the regional subsidiaries of EnBW. In addition to the over 1.500 users of the viewing solution, there will be around 200 people working at editing workplaces for capturing, editing and project planning. The network information managed with ArcSDE â in the central database will then be available for a broad user base at decentral locations in a stable and powerful way.
An important task of the overall project is the integration of the network information of the branches electricity, gas, water and district heating. For this, there exist in different previous systems geodata in vector and raster formats, respectively, which are partly connected with alphanumerical data. As a whole, EnBW’s existing GIS environment, which is the result of the merger of a number of regional energy suppliers, is characterized by a heterogeneous structure of systems and data. In the course of the data integration, the graphic and attribute data will be checked for quality, possibly improved and integrated, in compliance with the UT data model, in a central database on ArcSDE. Thus, the network information as a homogeneous and up-to-date asset can be provided throughout the entire EnBW group for multiple and manifold use.