• DocumentCode
    464083
  • Title

    Process Improvement Initiatives in a Newly Reformed Distribution Company

  • Author

    Saha, A.K. ; Lahiri, R.N. ; Chowdhury, S.P. ; Chowdhury, S. ; Song, Y.H. ; Panigrahi, T.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Jadavpur Univ., Kolkata
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    6-8 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    247
  • Lastpage
    251
  • Abstract
    After the formation of a distribution company (DISCOM), it takes a lot of initiatives to become a preferred provider of reliable and competitive power to people it serves and a favored company to work for. This work covers the initiatives taken by a DISCOM in different areas like O&M process improvement, commercial process improvement, and customer care process improvement to enhance all the related performances. Key challenges involving the initiatives are to deliver quality and cost effective electricity, ensure excellence in customer care, create a work environment that encourages teamwork & innovation. With the implementation of the initiatives, dramatic improvements in the performances in all the areas were observed which enabled the company to orient the core business operations with information systems and world-class practices for sustainable reforms
  • Keywords
    customer satisfaction; distribution networks; electricity supply industry deregulation; power supply quality; DISCOM; O&M process improvement; commercial process improvement; core business operation; cost effective electricity; customer care process improvement; distribution company; information system; innovation; teamwork; Automatic meter reading; Business; Companies; Costs; Government; Load management; Management information systems; Power system management; Teamwork; Technological innovation; Automatic meter reading; Discom; Fault management system; Load dispatch center; Process Improvement Initiatives; annual load growth;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Universities Power Engineering Conference, 2006. UPEC '06. Proceedings of the 41st International
  • Conference_Location
    Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Print_ISBN
    978-186135-342-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/UPEC.2006.367753
  • Filename
    4218682