THE FUTURE IS HERE... ADVANCED METER INFRASTRUCTURE Advanced meter infrastructure supported by SAP NetWeaver can help you optimize cost-effective business processes for sales and customer service, marketing, and data exchange. Find out how. Log-in required. Read the solution brief (PDF). Watch the Webcast. Access SAP Community Network Wiki.

SAP for Utilities solutions support role-specific business processes in the utilities industry, addressing the needs of companies in the generation, transmission and distribution, retail and services, and water segments.

With SAP's comprehensive suite of applications, integrated with leading business support and analytical software, you can optimize key end-to-end business processes – and achieve key business goals:

• Best people and talent with optimized processes for workforce and talent management
• Maximum energy efficiency with energy capital management processes for optimizing energy portfolios and smart meter data integration
• Financial excellence with optimized processes for financial performance management
• High-performing assets with optimized processes for enterprise asset management
• Operational excellence with optimized processes for operations management
• Superior customer value with optimized processes for sales, marketing, and service

With service-oriented architecture as the blueprint, you can create a business process platform – an industry-specific technology platform that enables best practices-based, end-to-end processes that span the functional areas of your business.

For a complete view of SAP software capabilities, see SAP Business Maps for utilities.

Leading Utilities Companies Transform with SAP

Discover how organizations like yours are gaining a competitive edge with SAP solutions.

	Marin Municipal Water District SAP for Public Sector and SAP for Utilities solutions helped this water utility ensure fiscal and environmental vitality through real-time information and integrated business processes. Read how (PDF).
	Northern Gas Networks Northern Gas Networks chose the SAP Asset and Work Management application when it was spun off and allotted 18 months to completely exit its former parent firm's 39 legacy IT systems. Find out why (PDF).
Read about more business transformations with SAP solutions.

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