Czech Electric Distribution Utility Goes into Production with ArcFM™
Fort Collins, CO -- ZCE, a regional Czech energy and
distribution company, completed migration from ArcInfo 7 to ArcFM 8.3
within one year. The new solution provides enhanced functionality and a
utility-specific enterprise GIS solution. Following the ArcFM “design,
develop, and deploy” project methodology, ArcData, Miner & Miner's
distributor for the Czech Republic, conducted the implementation and
migrated the data to the geodatabase.
ZCE is a member of CEZ Group, the largest energy group in Central and
Eastern Europe, and covers a service area of 6,800 miles with a population
of 860,000 in the Western region of the Czech Republic.
The ArcFM Solution was integrated with SAP's IS and PS modules for this
project. The GIS SAP Business Connector and SAP Exchange Infrastructure
(SAP IX) are used to integrate both technologies. The GIS also provides
data to other operational systems within the company, including outage
management and customer information (CIS) systems. Currently, ZCE has 30
editors located in five separate offices using the system and over 300
viewers accessing data via the web using ArcIMS.
Petr Skala, GIS Coordinator for ZCE, says, “At first, our users were a
bit unsure about using the new system, but after only one month of
production use, they are very comfortable with ArcFM and ArcGIS. The
benefits of this solution can be summarized as follows: faster and easier
editing for our users, GIS data availability for all relevant employees at
any time, and robust integration with other enterprise information
systems.”
About Miner & Miner
Miner & Miner (M&M) is a world leader in the development
and implementation of GIS software for utilities. M&M's ArcFM Solution
and extended services assist electric, gas, water, and wastewater
utilities in increasing productivity, lowering costs, and improving
services by allowing them to effectively manage spatial information.
Founded in 1946 as a full-service electrical engineering firm, M&M has
been a business partner of ESRI since 1987. This partnership has enabled
M&M to become the world's leading developer of ArcGIS applications for
the utility industry. M&M services include implementation and
customization of software to fit the needs of individual utilities. For
more information, please visit www.miner.com.
About ARCDATA PRAHA
ARCDATA PRAHA, s.r.o. was founded in 1990 as a company fully
oriented to geographic information systems. ARCDATA PRAHA aims at
providing the best available GIS technology and services to customers and
users in the Czech Republic. ARCDATA PRAHA offers a complete GIS solution
including software, hardware, GIS data - geographic databases and remote
sensing data and wide range of services. ARCDATA PRAHA is an official
distributor of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Inc.,
the world leading developer of GIS software, and authorized distributor of
Leica Geosystems AG software products in the Czech Republic. More info: www.arcdata.cz.
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