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Gasometer

Problem

In energy-intensive industries, the cost of energy sources, especially gas, is one of the biggest cost items – these parameters must be incorporated into controlling quickly
Ideally, the current pricing on the energy market is monitored on a daily basis in order to be able to make realistic forecasts on cost trends
The Excel solution previously used required a great deal of initiative and hard work on the part of those responsible and entailed considerable effort

Solution

The Simplifier app creates daily gas forecasts for power plants in just 5 minutes
For this purpose, the exact gas requirement for the next day is determined from the machine data in the SAP ERP system, based on the specific machine utilization in each case
The properties of the individual power plants are stored in the “Gasometer” so that an exact forecast of the resulting gas demand can be made automatically

Impact

Faster forecasting and more savings potential.

Instead of making manual entries in Excel spreadsheets, the Gasometer app can be used to access an automated forecasting basis. Theimproved accuracy of the gas forecast can ultimately save significant amounts of money – and that in one of the most important key issues for the manufacturing industry, energy cost optimization.

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