Oracle Energy and Water, SAP Utilities implementation services encompass a wide spectrum of solutions tailored for the energy and utilities sector. These solutions leverage a deep understanding of the industry’s demands and state-of-the-art technological knowledge.
CriticalRiver elevates Oracle Energy and Water, SAP Utilities implementation by embracing a holistic strategy. Specialized in Design, Build, and Test, we offer solutions that stem from an acute understanding of its operational nuances. This ensures optimal efficiency and promises a heightened Return on Investment (ROI). As a trusted partner in Oracle Energy and Water, SAP Utilities implementation, CriticalRiver stands out in its commitment to driving tangible business value and assisting customers in achieving the best outcomes from their investments.
Delivering Sustainable Energy Sector Solutions
As governments commit to Net Zero Policies and the scaling up of renewable energy capacity, power distribution companies confront the monumental task of aligning with these policies while ensuring grid stability. At CriticalRiver, we specialize in empowering utilities and consumers to achieve tangible business outcomes by implementing sustainable AMI or smart grid solutions leveraging our expertise in Oracle Energy and Water, SAP Utilities. This enables significant enhancements in:
Operational Efficiency
via AMI for real-time data exchange with meters/devices
Revenue Protection
through accurate billing and tamper detection, reducing aggregate technical and commercial losses
Grid Management
through demand response programs and demand-side management initiatives
Environmental Impact
mitigation by integrating renewable energy, transitioning consumers into “prosumers”
Predictive Maintenance
by monitoring assets and accurately tracking KPIs
Cost Savings
through automation, eliminating manual meter readings and maintenance
Grid Resilience
by adapting to changing energy demands, weather conditions, and emerging challenges
Consumer Engagement
through portals, mobile apps, and detailed energy consumption reports
Our Offerings
Partner and Client-side delivery support from 1 to 50 resources – onshore, near shore, and offshore.
Systems Integrator and Client-Side Implementation Services
Our services encompass specialized Oracle Energy and Water solutions such as C2M, CCS, CCB, MDM, AMS, and MWM. We also support advanced metering infrastructure, energy data management, analytics (OUA), and on-premise to cloud transitions. With expertise in implementations, enhancements, patches, upgrades, maintenance, support, and managed services, our solution engagements foster operational excellence through technology, allowing the Utility to focus on its core competencies and performance metrics.
Post-go-live SWAT Teams for Backlogs/To-Do Management
We go beyond implementation, providing tailored post-go-live support ranging from short-term SWAT teams to long-term staffing solutions. Our “To-Do” backlog management teams specialize in swiftly tackling and resolving post-go-live system exceptions. This includes prioritization and sequencing of work, escalation aversion, exception resolution, and supporting continuous knowledge transfer to utility staff.
End-to-End Utilities Integrations
Utility Integrations facilitate the seamless connection of diverse systems used by utility companies, such as metering, billing, customer service, dispatch, field work, GIS, assets/ inventory, general ledger, banking/ financial transactions, credit, collections, safety, regulatory, etc.
These integrations improve operational efficiency, streamline processes, and create real-time data flows for visibility into business operations. We support SOA Fusion, BizTalk, Workato, and other leading integration platforms.
Data Conversion
In an age where data is the new gold, ‘Data Conversion’ plays the pivotal role of a skilled artisan. This process meticulously translates data from one format or structure to another, ensuring its integrity and consistency. Whether it’s about ushering in new systems or merging diverse databases, data conversion ensures a seamless transition, preserving the essence and accuracy of the original data. By ensuring data remains both consistent and readily accessible, businesses can make informed decisions, build strategies, and offer value, all rooted in trustworthy data foundations. We specialize in large, complex data conversion programs for Oracle Energy and Water solutions.
Utilities Reporting and Insights
Vast Expansion of Data for Interrogation
Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are driving a new universe of business realities and opportunities for Utilities.
- Digital transformation of utilities
- Real-time Customer Orders, Inquiries, Transactions
- Real-time monitoring of Utility Processes
- New investments in monitoring, understanding, and predicting customer behavior and operational events
- Expansion of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the operational landscape
This innovative solution provides businesses with pre-defined report templates or carefully curated bundles tailored to capture key metrics and insights. Designed for swift integration into various systems, these packages eliminate the time-consuming and often intricate process of constructing reports from scratch. By streamlining this crucial function, businesses can swiftly access and analyze the necessary information, ensuring timely decision-making. This offering enhances operational agility and ensures consistent, standardized reporting across the board.
Our experts enable you to transform operations with cutting-edge technology. Our solutions encompass RPAs and AI-driven Chatbots for enhanced efficiency, empowering businesses with advanced automation capabilities.
RPAs with an AI-driven Chatbot
The fusion of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and AI-driven chatbots offers a potent mix for high-volume, time-sensitive transactions like service turn-on/turn-off. RPA handles repetitive tasks swiftly and accurately, optimizing operational efficiency. On the other hand, AI-enabled chatbots provide 24/7 customer engagement, personalization, and intuitive assistance, elevating the user experience. This combination frees up human resources for more complex tasks, ensures compliance, and allows adaptive learning for continual improvement. It’s a scalable solution that harmonizes speed, accuracy, and customer-centricity.
Empowering utilities with exceptional billing and customer system support, CARE 360 is designed to deliver operational reliability at an optimal price point.
Through a commitment to continuous innovation, CARE 360 provides comprehensive managed services that meet the dynamic needs of utility management. By aligning with strategic advancements in core systems, CARE 360 ensures sustained operational excellence and resilience in an evolving utility landscape.
CARE 360: Comprehensive Service Offerings
- Application Management & Support: Ensure continuous performance of Oracle Energy and Water systems, minimize downtime, and resolve issues faster.
- Data Integrity & Security: Avail advanced data protection strategies, access controls, encryption, and system administration to safeguard sensitive utility data.
- Functional & Technical Enhancements: Seamless execution of system changes and updates with minimal disruption, backed by thorough testing and QA.
- Release Management: Get full oversight of release schedules, version control, and patch management to ensure your system stays updated and secure.
- Custom Solutions: A range of bespoke tools to enhance system performance, improve efficiency, and meet your specific business needs.
POD (ProductOriented Development) Design-Development services to clear defects and enhancement backlogs quickly and efficiently without a broad, long-term contractual commitment.
Design
We specialize in tailoring solutions that perfectly match client requirements, objectives, and the distinctive nuances of a utility’s processes. This ensures an accurate configuration of Oracle’s C2M solution to meet your specific needs.
Build
When executing the design, we bring the detailed design to life, ensuring a seamless configuration and integration of the C2M solution with the desired functionality.
Test
Our testing and automation services ensure flawless operation of the application and end-to-end solution, guaranteeing accurate processing, dependable regression tests, and a smotth transition to production.
We help elevate utility management with tailored solutions like Testing Automation and Testing-as-a-Service for reliable, efficient automation of systems and regression testing at machine speed.
CriticalRiver’s automated testing platform is built for meter to cash, to stop that disruption before it gets into production.
We apply targeted on-line testing of top transactions – with repeatable test cases and data to ensure end users can still work, as well as batch comparison to ensure that the high volume of highly varied data in a nightly batch still produces expected results.
Automated On-Line Testing
- Foreseen conditions
- Extended lifecycles
- ‘Negative’ testing of conditions not expected
Batch Comparison Testing
- Very high volume of scenarios
- Covers real production data scenarios
With CriticalRiver’s Testing Automation Services, our clients can put enhancements and fixes into production and still sleep at night.
Our Talent on-Demand solution offers flexible workforce options for organizations, providing access to skilled professionals on a temporary or project basis and without a long-term commitment. Benefits include:
- Responding to changes in demand
- Meeting evolving business and technology needs
- Cutting labor costs and increasing efficiency and productivity
- Accessing a larger pool of specialized experts
Implementation Services
Partner and Client-side delivery support from 1 to 50 resources – onshore, near shore, and offshore.
Systems Integrator and Client-Side Implementation Services
Our services encompass specialized Oracle Energy and Water solutions such as C2M, CCS, CCB, MDM, AMS, and MWM. We also support advanced metering infrastructure, energy data management, analytics (OUA), and on-premise to cloud transitions. With expertise in implementations, enhancements, patches, upgrades, maintenance, support, and managed services, our solution engagements foster operational excellence through technology, allowing the Utility to focus on its core competencies and performance metrics.
Post-go-live SWAT Teams for Backlogs/To-Do Management
We go beyond implementation, providing tailored post-go-live support ranging from short-term SWAT teams to long-term staffing solutions. Our “To-Do” backlog management teams specialize in swiftly tackling and resolving post-go-live system exceptions. This includes prioritization and sequencing of work, escalation aversion, exception resolution, and supporting continuous knowledge transfer to utility staff.
End-to-End Utilities Integrations
Utility Integrations facilitate the seamless connection of diverse systems used by utility companies, such as metering, billing, customer service, dispatch, field work, GIS, assets/ inventory, general ledger, banking/ financial transactions, credit, collections, safety, regulatory, etc.
These integrations improve operational efficiency, streamline processes, and create real-time data flows for visibility into business operations. We support SOA Fusion, BizTalk, Workato, and other leading integration platforms.
Data Conversion
In an age where data is the new gold, ‘Data Conversion’ plays the pivotal role of a skilled artisan. This process meticulously translates data from one format or structure to another, ensuring its integrity and consistency. Whether it’s about ushering in new systems or merging diverse databases, data conversion ensures a seamless transition, preserving the essence and accuracy of the original data. By ensuring data remains both consistent and readily accessible, businesses can make informed decisions, build strategies, and offer value, all rooted in trustworthy data foundations. We specialize in large, complex data conversion programs for Oracle Energy and Water solutions.
Data Services
Utilities Reporting and Insights
Vast Expansion of Data for Interrogation
Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are driving a new universe of business realities and opportunities for Utilities.
- Digital transformation of utilities
- Real-time Customer Orders, Inquiries, Transactions
- Real-time monitoring of Utility Processes
- New investments in monitoring, understanding, and predicting customer behavior and operational events
- Expansion of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the operational landscape
This innovative solution provides businesses with pre-defined report templates or carefully curated bundles tailored to capture key metrics and insights. Designed for swift integration into various systems, these packages eliminate the time-consuming and often intricate process of constructing reports from scratch. By streamlining this crucial function, businesses can swiftly access and analyze the necessary information, ensuring timely decision-making. This offering enhances operational agility and ensures consistent, standardized reporting across the board.
Process Automation and AI
Our experts enable you to transform operations with cutting-edge technology. Our solutions encompass RPAs and AI-driven Chatbots for enhanced efficiency, empowering businesses with advanced automation capabilities.
RPAs with an AI-driven Chatbot
The fusion of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and AI-driven chatbots offers a potent mix for high-volume, time-sensitive transactions like service turn-on/turn-off. RPA handles repetitive tasks swiftly and accurately, optimizing operational efficiency. On the other hand, AI-enabled chatbots provide 24/7 customer engagement, personalization, and intuitive assistance, elevating the user experience. This combination frees up human resources for more complex tasks, ensures compliance, and allows adaptive learning for continual improvement. It’s a scalable solution that harmonizes speed, accuracy, and customer-centricity.
CARE 360 (Managed Services)
Empowering utilities with exceptional billing and customer system support, CARE 360 is designed to deliver operational reliability at an optimal price point.
Through a commitment to continuous innovation, CARE 360 provides comprehensive managed services that meet the dynamic needs of utility management. By aligning with strategic advancements in core systems, CARE 360 ensures sustained operational excellence and resilience in an evolving utility landscape.
CARE 360: Comprehensive Service Offerings
- Application Management & Support: Ensure continuous performance of Oracle Energy and Water systems, minimize downtime, and resolve issues faster.
- Data Integrity & Security: Avail advanced data protection strategies, access controls, encryption, and system administration to safeguard sensitive utility data.
- Functional & Technical Enhancements: Seamless execution of system changes and updates with minimal disruption, backed by thorough testing and QA.
- Release Management: Get full oversight of release schedules, version control, and patch management to ensure your system stays updated and secure.
- Custom Solutions: A range of bespoke tools to enhance system performance, improve efficiency, and meet your specific business needs.
Design-Development as a Service
POD (ProductOriented Development) Design-Development services to clear defects and enhancement backlogs quickly and efficiently without a broad, long-term contractual commitment.
Design
We specialize in tailoring solutions that perfectly match client requirements, objectives, and the distinctive nuances of a utility’s processes. This ensures an accurate configuration of Oracle’s C2M solution to meet your specific needs.
Build
When executing the design, we bring the detailed design to life, ensuring a seamless configuration and integration of the C2M solution with the desired functionality.
Test
Our testing and automation services ensure flawless operation of the application and end-to-end solution, guaranteeing accurate processing, dependable regression tests, and a smotth transition to production.
Testing Automation
We help elevate utility management with tailored solutions like Testing Automation and Testing-as-a-Service for reliable, efficient automation of systems and regression testing at machine speed.
CriticalRiver’s automated testing platform is built for meter to cash, to stop that disruption before it gets into production.
We apply targeted on-line testing of top transactions – with repeatable test cases and data to ensure end users can still work, as well as batch comparison to ensure that the high volume of highly varied data in a nightly batch still produces expected results.
Automated On-Line Testing
- Foreseen conditions
- Extended lifecycles
- ‘Negative’ testing of conditions not expected
Batch Comparison Testing
- Very high volume of scenarios
- Covers real production data scenarios
With CriticalRiver’s Testing Automation Services, our clients can put enhancements and fixes into production and still sleep at night.
Talent on Demand
Our Talent on-Demand solution offers flexible workforce options for organizations, providing access to skilled professionals on a temporary or project basis and without a long-term commitment. Benefits include:
- Responding to changes in demand
- Meeting evolving business and technology needs
- Cutting labor costs and increasing efficiency and productivity
- Accessing a larger pool of specialized experts
Our Holistic Approach
We adopt a holistic system implementation and optimization approach, ensuring that every facet of your Oracle Energy and Water, SAP Utilities needs is addressed with precision and finesse.
Design
We provide tailored solutions that align with our clients’ requirements, objectives, and the unique nuances of their utility processes, ensuring precise customization of Oracle solutions to meet their needs.
Build
The build phase then takes this tailored blueprint and actualizes it, ensuring that the Oracle system is seamlessly integrated and customized to deliver the desired performance.
Test
The test service, essential in any robust system deployment, ensures that it operates flawlessly before the Oracle utility system goes live, guaranteeing smooth transitions and minimizing disruptions.
Success Stories
Why CriticalRiver
At CriticalRiver, we excel as a leading Oracle Energy and Water, SAP Utilities partner. Leveraging our expertise in partner products, we offer tailored solutions and cutting-edge managed services. With a global delivery model spanning the US, Philippines, and India, we provide 24/7 support for design, development, and testing, ensuring cost-effective models for implementation, post-production support, cut-over support, backlog management, multi-platform utility analytics, test automation, RPA, and more. Our core competencies include functional and technical architecture, testing, training, data conversion, fusion SOA suite, and workstream leadership.
Our dedicated Utilities Innovation Lab provides a transparent, agile, adaptable approach to meet your Oracle Energy and Water, SAP Utilities product needs while minimizing costs and maximizing ROI.
We excel in test planning, scripting, and execution, including test automation QA services based on client requirements.
We offer flexible engagement models with onsite, offsite, onshore, near-shore, and offshore consultants.
Certifications
Certifications
Customer Cloud Service 2021
Implementation Specialist Certification
Infrastructure Certification
and OCI Saas Platform Relationship
Certifications
Customer Cloud Service 2021
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