• DocumentCode
    2170641
  • Title

    Key initiatives in process improvement for newly formed power distribution company

  • Author

    Lahiri, R.N. ; Sinha, A. ; Chowdhury, S. ; Chowdhury, S.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Kolkata
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    20-22 Dec. 2007
  • Firstpage
    33
  • Lastpage
    38
  • Abstract
    There is an essential need for a newly formed Power Distribution Utility (DISCOM) to take a lot of initiatives to become reliable power supplier in a competitive market. The initiatives taken by a DISCOM in different areas like process improvement in technical areas like Operation & Maintenance, Commercial areas like Customer Care to enhance all the related performances. Key challenges involving the initiatives are to deliver quality as well as cost effectiveness to ensure excellence in customer care creates a work environment that encourages teamwork & innovation. With the implementation of the initiatives, effective improvements in the performances in all the areas were observed which enabled the company to IT enabled in the core business operations and adopting best practices for sustainable reforms.
  • Keywords
    customer services; maintenance engineering; power distribution reliability; power markets; DISCOM; customer care; operation & maintenance; power distribution company; power market; process improvement; reliable power supplier; teamwork & innovation; Annual load Initiatives; Discom; Fault management system; Load dispatch Center; Process Improvement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Information and Communication Technology in Electrical Sciences (ICTES 2007), 2007. ICTES. IET-UK International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tamil Nadu
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4735767