Snapshot

This leading Australian energy supplier explores, generates, and delivers electricity, natural gas and LPG solutions both locally and internationally. The company’s gas division sought to transform its existing, error prone, manual, Excel-based approach to asset maintenance management. A fundamental change was required to automate and improve processes, and deliver transparency, standardisation, accountability and cost savings. 

Challenge

• Manual asset maintenance management processes were unreliable and labour intensive
• A need for improved forward planning accuracy at a lower cost
• Insight into how actual maintenance costs align with plan was inconsistent and difficult to provide

Solution

• The implementation of a fully integrated cloud-based solution to replace the existing error prone, Excel-based approach
• DXC’s Asset Maintenance Planning Accelerate Templates used to leverage the power of Oracle EPM Cloud Planning
• With best practice dashboards and visualisations the cloud-based solution can be accessed across multiple platforms

Results

• Accurate forward planning of major asset maintenance events including shutdowns
• Trusted by users with transparency across the entire process, and flexibility to adjust timing and costs
• Improved financial management and better insight into cost-effective ways to conduct asset maintenance

“The innovative IP that DXC was able to offer with our pre-built templates was a game changer during the evaluation process. Once we demonstrated the value-add the Accelerate Template provided, the company knew it was a perfect fit.”

Steve Hitchman, analytics solution director, DXC Technology