Energize Your Asset Performance with Analytics

Free Webcast | Tuesday, 3/9/10 | 12:00-1:00pm Eastern | Click to Register [1]

Utilities are facing tremendous financial and operational pressures from more sources than ever before. The need to integrate renewable energy sources, meet carbon emission caps, replace aging infrastructures, and deploy smart grid and metering technologies all require significant investments and greater operational efficiencies.

 
But a challenging economic climate, decreases in overall consumption, leaner budgets, rate increases, expense reductions and capital reallocation have made funding for these initiatives very hard to come by. So:

• Where will you find the funding you need for new and ongoing projects?
• How can you increase operational performance and service levels?
• How can you greatly increase your return on assets?

And how do you do it:

• In months, not years?
• With little to no organizational impact, disruption or risk?
• Without significant capital outlay?

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The answers, it turns out, can be found right under your nose within your current storerooms. A significant amount of money is spent on Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) activities and inventory management, but 80-90% of that inventory is not managed effectively! This alone can constitute $10’s of millions in waste for every major Utility, each and every year. Chances are, you are one of the 85% of organizations that has yet to fully optimize your MRO supply chain to meet current business conditions.

Join Warren Causey of Sierra Energy Group, and Steve Sotwick of Oniqua Enterprise Analytics as they share proven ways that Utilities can leverage the power of analytics to free up working capital and optimize return on assets.

Who should attend this informative Webcast:
This Webcast is specifically intended for the following individuals within Power Generation and Transmission/Distribution Utilities organizations:

• Operations Managers and Executives
• Financial Managers and Executives
• IT Managers and Executives
• Plant and Systems Engineers

Energize Your Asset Performance with Analytics!
Tuesday, March 9th
12:00-1:00pm Eastern
 
Click here [1] to register for this highly informative Webcast!

• Register today and get a free copy of IDC's "Analytics for Asset Performance", which answers 5 key questions Utilities need to know about leveraging analytics
   
• Three lucky Webcast attendees will receive a complimentary copy of the book "Analytics at Work - Smarter Decisions, Better Results" 
   
• Planning on attending DistribuTECH 2010? Register here [1] to apply to attend a complimentary in-person luncheon with Warren Causey!

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About the Speakers:


 
Warren B. Causey
Vice President
Sierra Energy Group, 
a division of Energy Central

A researcher, writer and technology consultant for more than 30 years, Warren Causey has specialized in the utility industry since 1992. He is author of more than 25 books and his articles (by the hundreds) have appeared in the pages of leading utility industry publications. He has worked as principal-in-charge for a variety of major utility projects, including IT Performance evaluation and gap analyses for Florida Power & Light, Nstar, Xcel Energy and others. And he has headed research/ consulting projects for numerous utilities and vendors, including Northwestern Energy, Nortel and SPL WorldGroup. A frequent keynoter (on leading edge technology in information, distribution and business) at major industry conferences, he founded Warren B. Causey, Ltd., one of the most respected research/publishing/ consulting firms in the industry. He merged it with Energy Central in 2005. For more info, please visit us on line:
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Steve Sotwick
Vice President of Business Development
Oniqua, Inc.

In this position, Steve is responsible for growing Oniqua’s North American business through new client acquisition and strategic partner development. An integral part of Steve’s role includes educating asset-intensive organizations on how MRO-specific analytics from Oniqua can address their specific operational challenges, and achieve maximum return on asset performance.

Steve’s professional background includes over 20 years in business development and sales leadership positions within the enterprise software space. Steve’s passion for business development is largely driven by the opportunity to deliver quantifiable improvements to the clients and partners he works with.