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| Solution area >> | Efficient business processes and IT support | |
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| As a result of the liberalisation of natural gas markets new operational market models emerge, e.g. control areas, entry-exit-models, balancing group models, etc. | ||
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| These models lead to fundamental changes of operational business processes of gas companies. These changes affect e.g.: | ||
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 nomination
procedures for all business segments (production, import, transmission,
storage, trade) |
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| capacity
management for transmission systems and storages |
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| allotment
and accounting regimes |
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| operational
agreements |
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| principles
of systems operations (also in connection with responsibilities of control
area man-agers) |
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| installation
of new businesses and services (e.g. gas hubs) |
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| In addition to qualitative changes (different process flows) the process framework can undergo fundamental quantitative changes, e.g. installation of hourly nomination and balancing. | ||
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| These qualitative and quantitative changes of business processes require: | ||
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| a) accurately defined processes, responsibilities and interfaces | ||
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| b) highly standardised business cases, data objects, etc. | ||
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| c) to a large extent automated processes | ||
| Wagner, Elbling & Company support your company’s adaptation to new market models by process management, definition of requirements and implementation of IT systems. | ||
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| Within the scope of process management we: | ||
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| shape
gas business processes, which are appropriate to new requirements of liberalised
markets and define
organisational input/output, documents, data formats, processing steps/decisions
and organisational competencies |
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| define
interfaces and conduct alignment sessions regarding internal an external
relations |
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| document
the results achieved using process management software |
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| define
change management requirements enabling corporate implementation of new
or amended business
processes (changes in IT systems, staff training, contractual amendments)
and coordinate
implementation |
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| Within the scope of defining requirements for and implementing IT-Systems we: | ||
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| derive
functional IT requirements from process definitions |
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| design
the future system architecture considering functional IT requirements,
the existing IT landscape and
currently available products |
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| compile
requirement/target specifications for new software modules to be implemented
or existing ones
to be adapted |
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| conduct
tendering procedures |
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| carry
out/support project management for system implementation |
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| The services of Wagner, Elbling & Company regarding process management services are founded on a deep understanding and expert knowledge of gas business processes and their IT requirements in the following stages of the gas value chain: gas import, international and national transmission, control area management and storage. | ||
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