SAP IS-U is
SAP's Industry-Specific Solution for the
Utilities Industry. SAP IS-U is a sales and
information system
An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems are composed by four components: task, people ...
that supports
utility
As a topic of economics, utility is used to model worth or value. Its usage has evolved significantly over time. The term was introduced initially as a measure of pleasure or happiness as part of the theory of utilitarianism by moral philosoph ...
and
waste disposal
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.
This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitorin ...
companies.
SAP IS-U supports
business functions such as meter reading, meter
data management
Data management comprises all disciplines related to handling data as a valuable resource.
Concept
The concept of data management arose in the 1980s as technology moved from sequential processing (first punched cards, then magnetic tape) to ...
, scheduling,
billing,
invoicing
An invoice, bill or tab is a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer relating to a sale transaction and indicating the products, quantities, and agreed-upon prices for products or services the seller had provided the buyer.
Payment ...
,
accounting,
customer service
Customer service is the assistance and advice provided by a company to those people who buy or use its products or services. Each industry requires different levels of customer service, but in the end, the idea of a well-performed service is that ...
, and integration to
customer relations management. This component can manage and bill customers who receive services, purchase goods, or pay fees and taxes.
SAP IS-U helps
electric
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described b ...
, gas, and
water utilities of all sizes in
regulated
Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. F ...
, transitioning or deregulated markets. It offers management of business processes to help utilities gain visibility for better decision-making and responsiveness to
market demand
In economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given time. The relationship between price and quantity demand is also called the demand curve. Demand for a specific item ...
s. SAP IS-U is an integrated component of SAP
enterprise software
Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software (EAS), is computer software used to satisfy the needs of an organization rather than individual users. Such organizations include businesses, schools, interest-based user group ...
, and uses functions of the
mySAP
SAP ERP is an enterprise resource planning software developed by the German company SAP SE. SAP ERP incorporates the key business functions of an organization. The latest version of SAP ERP (V.6.0) was made available in 2006. The most recent S ...
standard components FI, CO, AM, SD, PM/SM, and MM. SAP IS-U.
[SAP ISU IUT 110 210 220 230 240]
References
Further reading
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External links
Official SAP for Utilities User Groupon SAP Community Network (Implementation, Forum, Solution Map, Wiki)
SAP Library - SAP Utilities
SAP Utilities
SAP IS Utilities ebooks
SAP E-Books
The biggest SAP forum
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