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How exactly will the new platform enhance business performance and corporate governance to benefit the people of Bhutan?First, DHI’s companies provide critical services for the country with electricity supply being one of the key ones. Tapping on SAP ERP, DHI and its companies can improve the strategic alignment and efficiencies of their various business functions and operational processes, enabling better customer experiences and reliable services. With enhanced enterprise productivity and insight from the SAP ERP application, DHI and its companies have the power to adapt quickly and cost effectively to changing business and industry requirements.With better efficiency and cost savings, DHI and its companies can transfer the cost savings derived to the people of Bhutan.
What are the key benefit areas being expected and across what milestones? Also, what would be the role of this platform when you say "it will help steer us towards our ambitious targets and provision of electricity for all in Bhutan by 2013."?
The key benefits expected out of the SAP-ERP implementation is adaptation of best in class business processes, correct and timely business intelligence, centralized platform reducing the need for many systems and people to be deployed across the country, and better project and inventory management allowing the company to efficiently manage the accelerated rural electrification project to provide electricity for all in Bhutan by 2013 since the solution captures the entire rural electrification value chain.
Would DHI consider expanding this or similar platforms to other sectors also in Bhutan like airlines, banking, trading?
Since Bhutan is a small country, it is important that DHI Companies adapt a common approach to use of IT solutions in their companies. Upon successful implementation in the power sector companies, DHI would be very keen to expand the solution to the other DHI companies.
In general for utilities, what are the challenges and potential application areas for IT when it comes to clean energy requirements; T&D losses; metering snags; load management; storage problems; pollution, recycling etc. vis-à-vis economic competitiveness?
One of the ways that IT can play a part is through sustainability solutions. Sustainability solutions address a company’s business processes, which is often driven by common business data. Sustainability solutions can be deployed to help businesses better manage resource efficiency – especially energy management (e.g., AMI for Utilities). Another way is Green IT. Green IT refers to reducing the energy footprint of IT data centers. This can also be applied to the utility industry
Can you share some specifics on the scalability of the solution given the challenges of managing Bhutan's hydropower capacity of 10,000 MW by 2020.
Bhutan has around 1500 MW of hydropower generation capacity. This already makes Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) one of the largest companies in Bhutan. The government of Bhutan and DGPC is working towards developing 10,000 MW by 2020. This would put an enormous pressure on the operation and management of these assets. It is timely that DGPC put in place a stable and best in class ERP solution that can be easily scaled up with the growth in the company.
What would be the equation between SAP and other technology areas like Smart Meters and Smart Grids?
With SAP ERP, it makes it easy for the utility companies to adapt new technologies such as smart grid, AMI/AMR, GIS, Outage system, network management system etc.