scholarly journals Assessment of psychosocial factors in office and operational groups of employees of a Regional Electricity Distribution Company in Iran – A case study

Heliyon ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. e00714
Author(s):  
Omid Aminian ◽  
Ataollah Moradi ◽  
Sahar Eftekhari
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Electricity Distribution ◽  
Distribution Company

QFD for utility services: a case study of electricity distribution company DESCO

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Rajib Anwar ◽  
A.K.M. Masud ◽  
Farhana Abedin ◽  
Muhammad Enayet Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Distribution ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
Utility Services

scholarly journals Elicitation of the Factors Affecting Electricity Distribution Efficiency Using the Fuzzy AHP Method

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Vecihi Yiğit ◽  
Nazlı Nisa Demir ◽  
Hisham Alidrisi ◽  
Mehmet Emin Aydin
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Electricity Distribution ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Efficient and uninterrupted energy supply plays a crucial role in the quality of modern daily life, while it is obvious that the efficiency and performance of energy supply companies has a significant impact on energy supply itself and on determining and finetuning the future roadmap of the sector. In this study, the performance and efficiency of energy supply companies with respect to productivity is investigated with reference to a case study of an electricity distribution company in Turkey. The factors affecting the company’s performance and their corresponding weight have been determined and obtained using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and the Fuzzy AHP methods, two well-known multi-criteria decision-making methods, which are widely used in the literature. The results help demonstrate that the criteria obtained to evaluate the company’s energy supply performance play a crucial role in developing strategies, policies and action plans to achieve continuous improvement and consistent development.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Protection of Critical Infrastructure in Nigeria. A Case Study of Protection of Power Facilities in Abuja

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saladin Quadri Adigun
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Electricity Distribution ◽  
Security Personnel ◽  
Protection Strategies ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Government

This research work investigated the protection of critical infrastructure in Nigeria with special attention to electric power infrastructure within Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The study was guided by six research questions and the instrument employed for the research was titled ‘Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Protection of Critical Infrastructure’ (EEPCI). The study was carried out among the consumers of electricity in three of the six Area Councils, the security personnel employed to guard as well as the workers of the power facilities called Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in the capital territory. The entire population of the study was 3,750 and this cut across the strata of the stakeholders in power industry. The data gathered were analyzed by the use of frequency, percentages and statistical mean distribution technique. Findings from the study showed that the existing protection techniques are weak, unassertive and the power companies are slow to mitigating effects of attacks on their facilities. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that policies and equipment protection strategies be utilized by the power companies and the government. The study laid emphasis on establishment of community anti-crime group and provision of free toll hotline for emergency purposes. Furthermore, the penalty for damages to power facilities was recommended to be stiffer and the security should be empowered to excel in their profession.

scholarly journals PORTFOLIO ROBUSTNESS EVALUATION: A CASE STUDY IN THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Carlos LOURENÇO ◽  
João Oliveira SOARES ◽  
Carlos A. BANA E COSTA
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Multiple Time ◽  
Electricity Distribution ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Support

Managers continually face the task of allocating resources to projects when there is not enough money to fund them all. Portfolio Robustness Evaluation (PROBE) is a multicriteria decision support system developed to help managers to perform that difficult task. This paper presents a PROBE model, developed for an electricity distribution company, to select the best portfolio of projects, subject to budget constraints for different types of projects and various organisational units in multiple time periods. Projects requiring large-scale investments are analysed separately from the small-scale projects. The robustness of the selected portfolio of large-scale projects is analysed in an iterative process where broader uncertainty ranges are considered for the values of the projects, and also when an environmental impact criterion is added to the evaluation model.

scholarly journals Total Quality Management: the case of an electricity distribution company

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carla de Souza Gomes dos Santos ◽  
Leandro Machado Carvalho ◽  
Caio Ferreira de Souza ◽  
Augusto da Cunha Reis ◽  
Alberto Eduardo Besser Freitag
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Electricity Distribution ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Technical Procedure ◽  
Pdca Cycle ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
Practical Implications

Goal: this research aims to deploy TQM in the new customers area of an electricity distribution company, located in Campos dos Goytacazes (Rio de Janeiro), based on three management pillars: guidelines, processes and routine. Design / Methodology / Approach: the nature of this work is applied research, with a qualitative problem approach, characterized as exploratory, using case study as a technical procedure, with data collected between april and september of 2015. Results: the performed methodology allowed a reduction of both "orders after deadline" (12%) and "unproductive visits" (22%) indicators. Limitations of the investigation: the research presented limitations, first, because of the resistance of some employees during the tools implementation and second, the methodology was implemented only in a sector of the company. Practical implications: the study was based on indicators and targets already used by the company. It was proposed and implemented an anomalies analysis and tools such asthe PDCA cycle, Pareto and Ishikawa diagrams, 5W1H, and Standard Operating Procedures. Originality / Value: there is little research with emphasis on TQM, especially when referring to an analysis using three levels of management (guidelines, process and routine) in the Brazilian electricity sector.

scholarly journals Elicitation of the Factors Affecting Electricity Distribution Efficiency using Fuzzy AHP Method: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vecihi Yigit ◽  
Nazli Nisa Demir ◽  
Hisham Alidrisi ◽  
Mehmet Emin Aydin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Electricity Distribution ◽  
Ahp Method ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
And Performance

Energy consumption constantly increases day-by-day, which enforces suppliers and consumers in to plan the needs for the short and long terms. This obliges studying to device useful and accurate ways to predict the need for use in corresponding periods of the time. One of these fields of study is the efficient and uninterrupted energy supply over distribution infrastructures. It is obvious that the efficiency and performance of energy supply companies plays an important role in energy supply itself and has a critical value in determining and finetuning the future roadmap of the sector. In this study, the performance and efficiency of energy supply companies with respect to productivity is investigated over a case study of an electricity distribution company in Turkey. The factors affecting the company’s performance and their corresponding weights have been determined and elicited using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and the Fuzzy AHP methods, as two well-known multi-criteria decision-making methods. The AHP method differs from other methods in that it can evaluate qualitative and quantitative expressions together, calculate the consistency rate, and show the hierarchical structure between sub-criteria and alternatives depending on the criteria. In addition, it is a decision-making method that is widely used in the literature. The Fuzzy AHP method, on the other hand, reflects the evaluations of people better than the classical AHP method and provides convenience during the evaluation. The results help demonstrate that the criteria elicited to evaluate the company’s energy supply performance plan a crucial role in developing strategies, policies and action plans to achieve continuous improvement and consistent development.

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