DIGITALISATION OF THE DANISH DISTRICT HEATING SECTOR
CASE CATALOGUE 2023
“THANKS TO FORSYNING|BI, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE SPREADSHEETS FROM OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING BE CAUSE WE NOW RECORD EVERYTHING IN THE BACKEND SYSTEM FORSYNING|FOF. HAVING THE DATA WE NEED AT HAND HAS GIVEN US A REAL SENSE OF SECURITY.”
LISBET DAMSBO LUND, CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AND ADMINISTRATION MANAGER, ASSENS FJERNVARME
detected a significant improvement in the reliability of its reports. Managing director Marc Roar Hintze explains that reports have become more uniform. This means figures are more accurate and reliable. Previously, reporting was based on data input manually from large and complex spread- sheets. This led to uncertainty about the accuracy of the data in the reports.
helpful in other areas than administration. The ability to cre- ate a visual overview of temperature data and consumption at individual households makes the solution a good tool for temperature optimisation. It is particularly helpful following the recent hikes in heating prices. Customers and the district heating company can easily pin-point installations that are not working optimally via the built-in temperature analysis in Forsyning|BI.
Marc Roar Hintze also explains that Forsyning|BI has been
Assens Fjernvarme Efficient And Flexible Data Analysis Using Business Intelligence CASE 11
SCREENSHOT FROM SOFTVÆRKET’S BI SOFTWARE
Challenge A heavy workload in connection with financial reporting and data processing spurred Assens Fjernvarme, located in the Western part of the Danish island of Fyn, to look for a tool to make administrative work processes more efficient and pro- vide a better overview of the district heating company’s data. Solution Assens Fjernvarme decided to use the software company Softværket’s Business Intelligence software, ‘Forsyning|BI’. The software enabled integration of the large amounts of data generated and collected in the different systems used by Assens Fjernvarme. Forsyning|BI has replaced manual data processing in Excel spreadsheets with automatic reporting. Besides reducing the amount of time employees spend on administration, the solution has also increased flexibility and data security. Results The standard reports in Forsyning|BI in particular have helped Assens Fjernvarme save time.
budgets, projects and abnormal meter readings. The reports also make it possible to visualise key figures from operations such as transmission losses, costs per produced unit, and additional waters. In the past, Lisbet Damsbo Lund, Chief Accountant and Administration Manager, would have had to spend an entire day analysing and processing data in an Excel spreadsheet. This is no longer necessary thanks to the new reports. She can now open a standard report to gain a quick over- view or delve into individual items. This has made budget analysis both easier and faster. Lisbet Damsbo Lund also mentions other benefits from being able to merge different data sources in the Business Intelligence solution. She has also found that Assens Fjern- varme has become much more flexible with regard to data processing. It is no longer necessary to prepare a new report in Excel if someone urgently needs a specific report. Instead, the infor- mation can be extracted from Forsyning|BI immediately.
INFORMATION
Meters Address Email Phone
Company Solution Providers Employees Heat
3.451 Stejlebjergvej 4, 5610 Assens, Denmark post@assensfjernvarme.dk +45 64 71 10 24
Assens Fjernvarme Softværket 13 78 GWh
The reports have been adapted to the utilities sector, and they provide real-time summaries of financial statements,
Since implementing Forsyning|BI, Assens Fjernvarme has
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