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Homes and businesses across Melbourne expect safe and reliable energy and look
to United Energy to provide it – all day, every day. To meet and exceed the high
expectations of its customers, United Energy needed to tap into years of historical
data, along with third-party sources, to better understand its customers and the
market and to adapt quickly and effectively. It needed to become an intelligent utility.
The SAP HANA platform was the perfect fit to pull together nearly 1 billion records.®
Now, analyzing this data is quick and easy, and the business can run what-if and
predictive analysis in seconds. Real-time insight has allowed United Energy to identify
previously undetected patterns and respond quickly. All data is in one place, driving
well-informed business decisions and helping the company deliver energy efficiently
and effectively.
United Energy: Reducing Overloads
and Providing Fair Energy with
SAP HANA®

2. | |SAP Business Transformation Study Utilities United Energy
Real-time insight with SAP HANA®
Company
United Energy Distribution
Pty Limited
Headquarters
Victoria, Australia
Industry
Utilities
Products and Services
Electricity distribution
Web Site
www.unitedenergy.com.au
Objectives
• Provide analytical information to allow for better decision making with
what-if and predictive analysis
• Improve understanding of customers and market changes in order to
adapt quickly
• Supplement data with external sources for a comprehensive and
complete view
• Simplify business processes and eliminate outsourcing for improved
corporate controls
Why SAP
• Long-time user of SAP solutions®
• SAP software capabilities to support a lean IT team
Resolution
• Implemented the SAP HANA platform enterprise-wide in just four months®
• Improved forecasting with one view into historical and current data
• Determined a fair and equitable approach to tariffs to provide further value
to customers
• Increased agility through prototyping of projects, allowing a faster time to
value and minimizing risk
Future plans
• Expand use of SAP solutions to include near-line storage (storage that can
be put online quickly) and cloud solutions
• Roll out corporate app store internally and externally
480 million
Rows scanned in under
four seconds
2-day
Payback period due to
real-time insight from
SAP HANA reporting
12 seconds
To run a model scenario
(down from 12 hours)
Safety
Improved by preventing
overloads
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“We had never been in a position where we had multiple years of data in one
place until we brought SAP HANA on board. We’re now able to run queries that
weren’t possible before and have results in a second or less.”
Anna Manojlovic, Manager of IT Strategy and Information Team, United Energy Distribution Pty Limited

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