Industry-Specific Information

Utilities
The Utilities industry faces a challenging future: increasing competition, growing public scrutiny, and changing regulatory requirements, plus continuing pressures to reduce costs, optimize asset and service performance, and adapt to new customer demands.

SAP for Utilities delivers the functionality, integration, and scalability you need to respond to today's needs -- and prepare for tomorrow's challenges. This unique solution portfolio is specifically tailored to the needs of electric, gas, and water utilities. Supporting the needs of companies in generation, transmission, distribution, meter operation, retail, and services, these solutions enable you to optimize business processes throughout your entire value chain.

With SAP for Utilities, you can implement strategies to secure your financial foothold, adapt to changing markets, and maintain a strong customer focus in your retail business. You can develop a flexible business platform that optimizes procurement processes, improves service delivery, and supports new collaborative and cooperative business practices. You can also manage assets in your power plant and network operations more effectively, monitor your environmental performance, and meet the challenges of deregulation head-on.

To fully leverage the SAP Utilities  industry solution, SAP Best Practices for Utilities has been developed, which helps you reap business benefits quickly and reduce your risks as far as possible.

   
 
General Industry Information
Strategies for Profitable Growth - Utilities Industry Overview
Power Generation - Industry Overview
Enterprise Asset Management
Service & Asset Management
SAP for Utilities Homepage
SAP Best Practices for Utilities Information
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