Water & Utilities
Enhancing Water Industry Operations with Improved Data Usability
Sigmafine improves data quality used in water balance, leakage estimation, and meter analysis to integrate with ERP and business intelligence to support corporate governance and improve operations.
Eliminate uncertainty to improve outcomes in operations management, day-to-day and strategic decision-making, innovation, and business process reliability and performance.
Sigmafine pulls together disparate data types (operations, inventory, quality, energy and utilities consumption, chemicals and catalysts usage, material movement including receipts and shipments) into an integrated model that is solved continually. The result is a validated, trustworthy operational dataset ready for use by:
- People in operations management, planning and scheduling, business, financial control, energy management, environmental control, etc. for decision making and redirecting business and operations
- Applications that require validated data to perform optimally
- Business processes that depend on trustable data to achieve their targeted outcome
Meter Management
Gross error detection, as well as, identify and reduce measurement bias and drifts.
Performance Monitoring
Early detection of process deviations and measurement errors allowing users to more accurately estimate, monitor, and control site losses.
Loss Monitoring
Leakage estimation and monitoring, including loss calculations (ILI)
Compliance Reporting
A single source of truth, allowing users to automatically transfer data to business systems and databases.
Consolidation of Disparate Data Sources
Sigmafine pulls together disparate data types (operations, inventory, quality, energy and utilities consumption, chemicals and catalysts usage, material movement including receipts and shipments) into an integrated model that is solved continually.
ERP Integration
Closed-loop business process integration with ERP for cost allocation, performance reporting, etc.
Supported Applications
- Water and energy balancing, including water stock management
- Suspect meter identification
- Leakage estimation and monitoring, including loss calculations (ILI)
- Fiscal and/or commercial reconciliation of water, energy, and other utilities exchanges through third-party interconnections
- Data validation for compliance reporting
- Gross error detection
- Closed-loop business process integration with ERP for cost allocation, performance reporting, etc.
The Benefits of Improved Data Quality
The direct benefits of improved data quality in the water industry include:
- Reduced water losses
- Reduced energy and utilities consumption
- Improved cost allocation accuracy
- Improved billing
The Business Impact of Implementing Sigmafine
Customers who have implemented Sigmafine have achieved:
- Improved loss avoidance by identifying bad meters early on
- Reduced time to decision due to data validation automation
- Reduced risk due to an improved dataset with quantifiable quality
- Deferred capacity increase investments due to more optimal operations
On top of delivering these benefits that drive operational excellence, it’s been estimated that Sigmafine has a payback period of less than 6 months – a critical value proposition for customers who are tightening resources to stay competitive.
Sigmafine References in Water & Utilities
Customer:Â Instem Beaver Valley by Rexsoft
Used for:Â Improving data quality used in water balance, leakage estimation, meter analysis, and compliance mandates
Benefit:Â Improved process knowledge, leakage reduction, and pricing accuracy; benefits totaling $3.8 MM
Water & Utilities
Enhancing Water Industry Operations with Improved Data Usability
Sigmafine improves data quality used in water balance, leakage estimation, and meter analysis to integrate with ERP and business intelligence to support corporate governance and improve operations.
Bernard Morneau
Industry Principal for Water & Utilities
Pimsoft, Inc.
Houston