The Copperleaf Decision Analytics Solution is now live at Rheinische NETZGesellschaft (RNG), a 100% subsidiary of RheinEnergie AG. RNG manages and operates over 30,000 km of distribution networks for electricity, gas, water, and district heating in the city of Cologne and the surrounding region of Germany.<\/p>\n
For Copperleaf, this is our first live Copperleaf system in Germany, and hopefully the first of many implementations led by Fin Jennrich, Copperleaf\u2019s Customer Experience Lead in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region. To celebrate this milestone, we interviewed Fin and RNG\u2019s Head of Network Strategy, Jan Patrick Linossier, to find out how Copperleaf will support RNG on its drive to become ISO 55000 certified.<\/p>\n
What were RNG\u2019s main goals for this project?<\/strong><\/p>\n Jan: \u201cOver the past several years, RNG has been on a journey to establish a value- and risk-oriented asset management approach and continuously improve its asset management capabilities. The implementation of an AIPM solution like Copperleaf is one of the key building blocks to further solidify the foundation of ISO 55000 aligned asset management at RNG. The implementation was driven by five goals:<\/p>\n What were the key things you felt made the project successful?<\/strong><\/p>\n Fin: \u201cThe team! We established an excellent working relationship with both the RNG and Capgemini Invent team members and worked closely and intensely together throughout the entire project.\u201d<\/p>\n Jan: \u201cThe staged implementation process, starting with a proof of concept (PoC), helped us verify that we had selected the right solution prior to fully implementing it. We had also established a solid and common understanding of the underlying ISO 55000 core processes. Thus, we knew exactly what we wanted to achieve, which enabled us to always steer things in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n C55 will give us transparency about risks, portfolios, investments, and related decision-making processes across the electricity, gas, water, and district heating networks we manage.<\/p>\n Jan Patrick Linossier Were there any lessons learned?<\/strong><\/p>\n Fin: \u201cInvolving future users as early as possible to get them on board is really critical for project success.\u201d<\/p>\n Jan: \u201cWe also learned that it\u2019s not necessary to have everything (data, organization, and processes) perfectly right in order to start an AIPM project and successfully complete it. The key is to get started and make improvements as you go.\u201d<\/p>\n What are the key benefits you think you\u2019ll get out of implementing the Copperleaf solution?<\/strong><\/p>\n Jan: \u201cRNG has voluntarily and proactively set compliance requirements, including transparency, unified processes, and improved decision-making approaches, in order to ensure alignment to ISO 55000. Copperleaf will be a key component to help us realize this. With Copperleaf, we will get transparency about risks, portfolios, investments, and related decision-making processes across the electricity, gas, water, and district heating networks we manage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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