Business Technology Strategy for an Energy Management Company

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Nora Swimm ◽  
Stephen J. Andriole
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
Technology Strategy ◽  
Management Company ◽  
Business Technology ◽  
Primary Mission

This paper focuses on the development of a business technology strategy for an energy management company. EnDis1 manages the distribution of electric power to a specific geographic region, and is a regional transmission organization (RTO).2 The primary mission of EnDis is reliability and security. The case describes the process of developing a technology strategy for the company recognizing the unique mission the company has in maintaining electric power for their customers.

The Application of IT for Competitive Advantage at Keane, Inc.

2011 ◽  
pp. 16-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Andrews ◽  
R. Papp
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Technology Strategy ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Major Player ◽  
Software Service ◽  
To Come ◽  
Written Assignments ◽  
Business Technology

The Keane Company, founded in 1965 by John F. Keane, has grown from a local software service company into a national firm which has three operating divisions and over 45 branches throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Within these operating divisions are multitudes of consulting opportunities, ranging from supplemental staffing, project management and application outsourcing. This case will focus on Keane’s approach to project management and how they provide this service to their clients. This includes not only how Keane is hired for Project Management but how they train their clients on how they too can implement the Keane philosophy of productivity management. Instead of focusing on any one client of Keane, their overall technology strategy will be highlighted, from their early days through the present to illustrate how Keane has successfully incorporated information technology and project management to become a major player in the software service and consulting field. The goal of this case is to provide the student with an example of business-technology strategy in action and allow them to explore future paths that Keane may take based on how they use technology today and in the decade to come. Several discussion questions are included which focus on Keane’s IT strategies and their implementation. These questions can be used to stimulate class discussion or given as written assignments to be handed in.

scholarly journals Electric Aircraft: Exploiting the Synergy between Powertrain, Energy Management and Structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 00026
Author(s):  
Teresa Donateo ◽  
Claudia Lucia De Pascalis ◽  
Antonio Ficarella
Keyword(s):  
Power System ◽  
Evolutionary Algorithm ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Electric Power System ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Electric Aircraft ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

This study aims at investigating the synergy between powertrain and structure within the design process of a fixed-wing tail-sitter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV is equipped with a pure-electric power system and has vertical take-off and landing capabilities (VTOL). The problem is addressed by running a contemporary optimization of the parameters of both the powertrain and the UAV’s structure, in order to maximize electric endurance and payload weight through the usage of a performant multi-objective evolutionary algorithm named SMS-EMOA. Three different designs are selected, discussed and compared with literature results on the same UAV to quantify the increase of payload and cruise time that can be obtained by exploiting the synergy between structure and powertrain. The potentiality of furtherly improving payload through the usage of multi-functional panels, while keeping the same endurance, is also quantified and compared with the technologies proposed in literature.

scholarly journals Design and Simulation of an Energy Homeostaticity System for Electric and Thermal Power Management in a Building with Smart Microgrid

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Parejo ◽  
Antonio Sanchez-Squella ◽  
Rodrigo Barraza ◽  
Fernando Yanine ◽  
Aldo Barrueto-Guzman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Electric Utility ◽  
Simulink Model ◽  
Energy Consumption Patterns ◽  
Pv Generation ◽  
Power And Energy ◽  
Electric Supply

Nowadays, microgrids are gaining importance in electric power generation and distribution environments due to their flexibility, versatility, scalability and the possibility of supplying ancillary services when connected to the grid. They allow for the customization of electric supply for very different types of consumers. Therefore, a new control model for power and energy management based on homeostaticity of electric power systems (EPS) is presented, which has been already analyzed and approved by ENEL Chile in its developmental stage. ENEL, the largest electric utility in the country, is interested in incorporating smart microgrids in the electricity distribution market, as part of a worldwide policy. Such microgrids are to be installed in buildings serviced by ENEL. To demonstrate the model’s utility, a Simulink model of a real microgrid is used, which is comprised of PV generation, energy storage, an air conditioning (AC) equipment and thermal storage of the building upon which the microgrid is installed. The behavior of every element is simulated, including the dynamic thermal model of the building in order to optimize energy management and power supply versus consumption. The behavior of the whole system is analyzed under different environmental profiles and energy consumption patterns using the proposed homeostaticity system.

scholarly journals An Application of the ECMS Strategy to a Wankel Hybrid Electric UAV

2019 ◽  
Vol 304 ◽  
pp. 03010
Author(s):  
Teresa Donateo ◽  
Claudia Lucia De Pascalis ◽  
Antonio Ficarella
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Lithium Batteries ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Electric Power System ◽  
Thermal Converter ◽  
Energy Management Strategy ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Hybrid Electric ◽  
Wankel Engine

In a previous work, the authors optimized the hybrid electric power system for a tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle including a Wankel engine as thermal converter and a permanent magnet electric motor powered by lithium batteries. Startingfrom this optimal configuration, we address here the topic of a refined optimization of the energy management strategy, i.e. the contribution of the battery to the required power in each segment of the flight. The Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy (ECMS) was chosen with the goal of minimizing fuel consumption while fully depleting the energy stored in the battery from the beginning to the end of each mission.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Effects of the Home Energy Management System from an Open Innovation Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
EungSuk Park ◽  
BoRam Kim ◽  
SooHyun Park ◽  
Daecheol Kim
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Electric Power Consumption ◽  
Energy Management System ◽  
Home Energy Management ◽  
Home Energy Management System

The Home Energy Management System (HEMS) is a system for the efficient electric power consumption of each household. It can provide real-time electricity cost information according to electricity consumption, and households can immediately control their consumption of electricity. In this study, we analyzed the effects of the HEMS on the stability of demand for electric power. To do this, we analyzed the causal relationship between the amounts of electric power generation and consumption, from the system dynamics perspective. From the analysis, we found that in the current structure, the fluctuation of the quantity of demand became large due to the time delay in households recognizing the electric bill and adjusting their electric power consumption. However, when the HEMS was introduced, it could be seen that electric power demand remained stable since consumers could see their electricity bill in real-time and could manage their electricity consumption by themselves.

New energy management system for central dispatching center of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1112-1117 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Matsuzawa ◽  
M. Suzuki ◽  
Y. Okuhara ◽  
Y. Kishida ◽  
Y. Kudo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Energy Management System ◽  
New Energy

Business Technology Strategy for a

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Anne Wilms ◽  
Stephen J. Andriole
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Technology Strategy ◽  
Operational Strategy ◽  
Strategy Versus ◽  
Specialty Chemicals ◽  
Technology Strategies ◽  
Business Technology

This paper focuses on the development of a business technology strategy for a large global specialty chemicals company. The requirement was to develop a strategy that aligned with the company’s business strategy, which is not an uncommon requirement for business technology strategies in the 21st century. The expectation was that information technology (IT) would cross the operation-to-strategic chasm and start to generate some significant ROI. The paper explores the elements of the “strategic strategy” (versus an “operational strategy”) as well as ongoing challenges to make both operational and strategic technology work. The authors illustrate a number of strategy development principles that students should internalize as they assess other cases and develop their own business technology strategies.

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