ScottishPowerhas awarded a £1.7m contract toESRI (UK)to web-enable itsgeographic information system(GIS).
The utility company said the system will give more than 2,000
staff access map-based information online to improve productivy and
collaboration between office and field staff. It will also
eliminate distribution costs by providing access to all documents
in an electronic format.
Scottish Power chose ESRI because of an existing
utilities-specific version of its foundation GIS platform developed
with software company Miner and Miner.
The system will help improve customer service by enabling
Scottish Power to model the effects of a power outage and identify
customers who may be affected.
ESRI will also migrate the utility company's data from legacy
systems to a central database.
"We see GIS as central to our business as an open platform that
can integrate with all our operational IT systems," said Dave
Clarke, spatial and mobile delivery manager at Scottish Power.
The company operates more than 100,000km of electricity network,
supplying power to more than 4.3 million homes and businesses in
Scotland, Merseyside and North Wales.