Asset Management
Integrating GIS into traditional ERP and asset management applications can bring brand new insights and efficiencies.
When it comes to asset management, there is one group of companies that understands the advantage of using geography more than most: utility companies. For many years, virtually every activity of their business has demanded an understanding of where pipes, cables and lines are located for maintenance purposes, and to model how geographically related attributes such as local soil, water or air affects their day-to-day performance.
British Waterways, for example, has around 2,000 miles of waterway to maintain. By integrating ESRI GIS and asset management into SAP, the company can adopt a ‘capture once, use many’ approach to data, ensuring accurate, up-to-date information is efficiently recorded from the outset and shared across the business.
Learn more about how ESRI GIS is delivering significant time and cost savings ›› [228kb, pdf]
But the asset management benefits of GIS are now being embraced by organisations of all sizes - to quite remarkable effect.
In the Middle East, for example, the groundbreaking Masdar City aims to be the world's first carbon-neutral city, starting from its construction phase. Managed by international engineering and construction firm CH2MHILL, this pioneering project requires all assets to be logged, examined and modelled to a level of detail never seen before – and ESRI GIS is playing a significant role.
Discover how ESRI GIS underpins construction and ongoing
maintenance of this incredible city ›› [1mb, pdf]
The fact is, wherever there are assets, there are overheads. To prevent excess cost, they must be managed and maintained. To manage them effectively, you must have detailed information on their location.
To get that full insight, you need a geographic approach.
Find out more about this technology
- Read about ESRI (UK)’s solutions for asset management
- Learn more about Geographic Information Systems
- What is GBI?
