Category: Enterprise Thought Leadership Archive

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Streamlines Operations with SAP’s R/3 Enterprise

SAIC is a leader in systems design and integration, information security, IT outsourcing, and telecommunications networking and support, with more than 41,000 ... Read Article

Setting a Target for Cost Reduction Programs

Many believe cost performance is back, but we don’t think it’s ever been gone. One outcome of the California energy crisis has ... Read Article

Managing Weather Risk

Introduction The management of weather risk has moved to the forefront in recent years as corporate risk managers have sought to take ... Read Article

Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Better Outage Management

Introduction In recent years, power utilities have had major concerns about the issue of managing outages — especially unplanned ones caused by ... Read Article

The Changing Role of the Utility CFO

Industry Transformation: The New Competitive Landscape The global energy industry is experiencing extraordinary transformation. The forces of deregulation, increased competition, simultaneous unbundling ... Read Article

New Solutions for Energy Companies: Combating the Effects of Market Volatility

Insurance markets and trading markets have traditionally looked at risks from very different perspectives. Insurers worried about 100-year storms while traders focused ... Read Article

The Energy Information Community: Getting from Here to There

Smith: What is the Energy Information Community? Steklac: In simplest terms, the Energy Information Community is a process- enabling, technology-based approach from ... Read Article

Evolution of the Energy Value Chain

The energy industry continues its metamorphosis, driven in various parts by business imperatives to enhance shareholder value, meet industry-restructuring mandates, and realize ... Read Article

Trading Floors, Alternative Approaches To Risk Management And The New Wave Of Convergence?

Why Do Energy Companies Trade? Trading operations appear to be a highly esteemed part of many energy companies. During the last two ... Read Article

Establishing a Competitive High-Performance Contact Center

The Many Opportunities to Improve Call Center Effectiveness and Efficiency The American Customer Satisfaction Index is a cross-industry national indicator that links ... Read Article

Where to Now?

Major states were continuing to open retail electric and gas markets to full competition-in response, great plans were being laid, and extensive ... Read Article

Managing Generator Maintenance in Competitive Electricity Markets

Ineffective Maintenance Can Have a Significant Impact When things go well, maintenance is an activity that is often invisible to senior management. ... Read Article

Increasing Market Share and Profitability in Energy Services

Numerous challenges and opportunities face companies that offer energy-related services to commercial customers and end consumers. The marketplace is large, competitive and ... Read Article

Success in Deregulated Markets: The Multi-Utilities Business Model

A paradigm shift in the utilities industry has been underway for some time now. For decades the industry was characterized by regional ... Read Article

Preventive Maintenance Strategies for Deregulation

Introduction Companies do not emerge into a competitive environment with immediate knowledge of how to compete safely and effectively. Companies faced with ... Read Article
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