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IPS Asset Performance Management

Now that Gartner¹ has released their 2019 Market Guide for Asset Performance Management Software², it is time to review the state of the APM solution here at IPS and project the future of IPS in the APM space.

For IPS, our desire has always been to provide a complete solution for our clients. We have concentrated our efforts on the Power Utility Industry as that industry represents our greatest strength because of the number of professionals from that industry that we employ. From the beginning, we created an EAM system with a World-Leading data model library that was designed from the ground up to provide enhanced capabilities to not only provide traditional Preventative Maintenance through time-based maintenance cycles but Condition-Based Maintenance through exceptional (referential) and calculated cycle times. This allowed you to adjust the maintenance schedule based on logic such as age or usage.

Moving forward several years, it became clear that it was not enough to react to conditions but to attempt to predict when conditions could happen. Enter APM. Asset Performance Management is still evolving at different rates in different industries and is largely driven by intensely asset-centric industries where the need to minimize system downtime is essential.

Here is the primary pain point in every asset-centric industry. How do I increase the reliability of my system and minimize downtime without expanding my maintenance budget? The answer, while not simple, is not as complicated as you may think. When calculating the health of an asset by aggregating the data collected from your EAM system and calculating the rate of deterioration of each of your assets, it becomes possible not only to predict asset failures but to maximize maintenance activities by concentrating effort on those assets at greatest risk.

When using advanced analytics to calculate the probability of failure, cost of failure, rate of deterioration, and end of life, it becomes easier to make strategic decisions such as when it is more advantageous to replace aging assets rather than maintaining them. Optimize your maintenance strategies not only by moving maintenance on assets with greater critical risk forward, but also delay maintenance activities on assets with low-risk values.

Unlike other APM solutions, IPS offers the complete package. Our APM package is fully integrated with our existing systems, while still completely able to run on top of a 3rd party EAM system. IPS has made great strides making sure it can fill the gaps left in other solutions, from sending risk data and OPEX/CAPEX analysis to an AIP (Asset Investment Planning) system, to collect data in the field with our fully integrated mobile solution named MobApp.

When contemplating what a complete solution looks like, consider the following:

Through integration with our EAM system, update your maintenance plan by automatically creating needed maintenance actions or notifications.
Through integration with our Outage Management module, maximize your outage schedule by moving maintenance activities forwards or back to take advantage of scheduled outages.
Through integration with our RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) module identify, define, and track failure modes and perform root cause analysis to help make informed decisions to improve your overall maintenance strategy.
Use industry-recognized analytics such as Weibull Curves, Duval Triangles, and Rogers Ratio.
Use nearly 150 out-of-the-box algorithms or create your own in the IPS analytics engine called SmartGridDI (no third-party analytics engine needed).
Define or change existing inputs for any analysis. Define or change the weighting for all defined attributes.
Create Rules Algorithms to create data validation for any data value in the system.
The same system is available On-Premise or through SaaS (Cloud)
Integrate with 3^rd party data systems such as ERP, OsiPi, SCADA/EMS, ArcGIS, and more.
Too much functionality to list it all here. Come visit our solutions page to find out more information!

This is an area of constant evolution and growth here at IPS. We work closely with our clients to stay on the leading edge of functionality in APM.

1 Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
2 Gartner, Market Guide for Asset Performance Management Software, Nicole Foust, Kristian Steenstrup, 26 June 2019

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IPS and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) sign contract for Innovative CIM Network Model based Outage Management Project

August 2019: Following recent successful completion of Asset Performance Management (APMS) projects for both the TNB Transmission and Distribution Networks, IPS and TNB have now signed a further contract to implement an innovative CIM Network Model based Outage Management.

The project is focused on replacing in house made CTIS – Central Tripping Information System which is managing all unintentional tripping within TNB Transmission Grid. Latest Innovative CIM based technology is used as Grid Digital Twin with advanced close to real time interfacing to all related system, will allows reduction of the costs by data processing, faster information and faster network restoration with automated notification and reporting.

This is further evidence of digitalization boosting productivity and flexibility being driven by the IPS-Global Group in continuing to supporting TNB and many other utilities around the world in digital transformation of the global energy industry with its advanced and specialized EAM (Enterprise Asset Management), Asset Performance Management (APM), Network Model Manager (NMM), Outage Management System (OMS) and many other Solutions available for the industry.

Pictured below: Dr. Zeljko Schreiner, CEO of the IPS-Global Group together with TNB representatives, Nurul Jannah binti Mohd Aris and Norazlina Kasim at the signing at TNB office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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As of 7/9/2019, Microsoft has announced discontinued support of SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, and all associated products.

As a result, IPS will also be ending standard support for these products as well. If there are special arrangements that need to be made for continued support during a transition period to SQL Server 2012 (or above), please contact your account representative.

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Have you ever heard someone say “no-one gets fired for implementing “A” or “B” EAM Systems…”? You might also have heard of EAM Projects out there that never get fully implemented, as the process becomes a time and money sink, resulting in not realizing the expected outcomes.

The reality is, although there are EAM solutions which have been traditionally considered “low risk” choices, in this fast-moving and changing landscape with the age of Industry 4.0 (Digitalization) already upon us, the smart money investment now is on modular, best-of-breed, highly Customer-configurable EAM systems as the “low risk” option for delivering value faster now and into the future.

Consider the powerful and advanced features and benefits of implementing the IPS-EAM™ Solution, which will deliver a fast step-up in efficiency and effectiveness of your Asset Management processes and assist in valuable ongoing improvements to your Asset Performance and company bottom line.

As IPS is a highly specialized and advanced Developer and Implementer of Software and Analytics, using our hybrid Agile and Lean methodology – not only can we deliver value to your Company quickly and cost-effectively, the value delivered will increase over time, as we continuously improve and develop new features and applications.

We continue to engage deeply with our ever-expanding Global Customer Base at the forefront of all of our leading-edge development and implementation processes, thus ensuring your investment in IPS-EAM™ is “future-proofed”, with flexibility and adaptability to changing business and market environments and predictively and pro-actively meeting changing needs and priorities of your business operations.

Just some of the other key benefits of choosing IPS-EAM™ are as follows:

Provides you with the ability to define maintenance cycles based on any combination of desired values, such as time, condition, risk value, or RCM Methodology.
Uses advanced analytics for improvements to your maintenance plan, such as removing maintenance actions for assets scheduled for replacement and replacing major maintenance actions with minor actions for assets in excellent health.
Provides one of the most extensive master type libraries in the world, updated several times per year.
Helps to reduce and control your maintenance costs through outage and maintenance optimization.
Provides a unique and detailed data model for linear assets and the ability to define, track, and display the topological connectivity.

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In the context of Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Operations, an outage is an event causing one or more elements of the electrical grid to lose primary voltage. During the outage, the electrical grid, in whole or in part, cannot perform one or more of the primary functions of generating, transporting or delivering electrical energy. The outage definitions are set down by the IEEE standards 762 – Generation, 859 – Transmission, and 1366 – Distribution. Depending on the regulatory agency you are dealing with, there are different reporting mandates, but every electrical utility has a need to track and manage system outages.

An effective Outage Management System (OMS) can assist system operators in providing quicker response times for outage events, faster restoration leading to reduced outage durations, which leads to greater reliability for the entire Grid

The IPS-OMS™ is specifically designed to perform the outage planning function of power system utilities, including the management of all outages. The main features and vocabulary used in the system are driven by the existing processes and terminology currently used by power system transmission operators in Europe, North America, and Australia. The system is designed to interface with all external and internal systems which require information exchange (including Outage Coordination with Interconnects), manage work permits and work requests related to scheduled outage plans, and manage forced outages as well.

The Outage Browser allows you to view outages in 3 different ways.

A system diagram view highlighting the outage

A list view allowing full filtering

A Gantt view for outage information

The IPS-OMS™ provides full support of the entire Outage Management Process.

For Planned (Scheduled) outages, this includes managing the Outage Requests, assigning the requests to an outage plan, managing the approval process, and allowing full Outage Reporting and Scheduling.
For Unplanned (Maintenance) outages, this includes managing the Outage Requests, managing the approval process, and allowing full Outage Reporting and Scheduling.
For Forced outages, the system supports outage event management, root cause investigation, the fault clearance process, complete protection operation investigations, COMTRADE management, CB Operation Analyses by COMTRADE Analytics, and Forced Outage Reporting.

The overall goal is to simplify the Outage Process and to reduce the number of Planned Outages, as well as their duration. Having a single system to coordinate information reduces work related to outage management by increasing data quality. By using modern CIM compliant Topological Connectivity Model as well as the Asset Hierarchical Model, you can optimize the Outage Management Process by mapping and correlating all related information. The system uses powerful algorithms and calculations to provide analytics to assist in predicting outage effects and estimated time to restoration when outages occur. As an additional benefit, the system allows you to optimize maintenance by grouping all connected network assets to be maintained by one outage.

For more information, visit our Solutions Page.

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Visit us at the 25^thinternational conference and exhibition on electricity distribution.

CIRED, the Leading Forum where the Electricity Distribution Community meets, holds the major International Electricity Conference & Exhibition every two years in different venues in Europe with a worldwide perspective and participation.

The 2019 EVENT will take place in Madrid, located in the heart of Spain. So visit our booth and have a chat with our Experts Dr. Zeljko Schreiner and Jože Bizjak

Booth #F8

Location: EU, Madrid, Spain

Date: June 3-6, 2019

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Did you know….????

By the end of 2020, organizations with data virtualization capabilities will spend 30-40% less
Multiple Chatbots (Alexa, Cortana, Google, Amelia…) will rapidly increase productivity and (field) work performance over the next 5 years
By the end of 2019, 50% of analytics queries will be generated using search, natural-language query or voice, or will be autogenerated
By 2020 advanced analytics like AI, ML, NN will overtake certain decision-making capability by humans

IPS has been at the forefront for a while now in technology development for powerful, dynamic and comprehensive Mobile Maintenance Management Solutions, with some of the key and features including:

Specially designed for Field Users in order to reduce complexity.
Supports complex data models required for advanced performance analytics including tables, photos, formulas, etc.
Dynamic maintenance templates which adopt conditional branching of activities.
Field data collection through advanced image recognition technology.
Searching for assets through QR or BAR Code Scanning.
Real-time estimation of the action results and automatic machine learning-based definition of follow up actions

In a significant technology Next Level step-up, IPS has developed Mobile Maintenance Management applications Augmented Reality Systems and is now also developing with a Brand New Technology*, with capability and flexibility to adapt to other Augmented Reality technologies, as required:

IPS AUGMENTED REALITY

Real-time expert assistance
Hands-free
On-site analysis
Increase productivity
Improves employee training
FAST Station Screening for 15-30 min during a site visit
See and visit your station from your office
Easy and low cost
Get the detail floor plan
3D model generation
Visual analytics, for example for thermal images
Nameplate scanning with data validation and data quality analysis
Predefined templates for import and analytics of test results from the field, or directly from the test device software
Configurable user interface
Time optimization, fewer clicks / faster data entry
Digital signatures and site diaries
Embedded QR Code Generation

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Nowadays there is a deep and widespread interest to understand more about the digital age. We can read everyday news in different media about the forefront of innovation, the Internet of Things (IoT) or how important is the digital transformation in any industry to create business efficiencies. We, the IPS-Global Group, has the mission to create this immediate digital future for global supply. IPS provides specialized and valuable EAM, APM, Mobile Software Solutions and support to Customer organization all over the world to transform data into real-world intelligence for critically important business and technical decisions.

We believe that amazing things happen at IPS-Global Group because we connect those dots of utility and value. Our success as a company and mainly as an employer is the combination of Intelligent Solutions, Human Brainpower and Values like i.e. team spirit, passion & expertise as well as integrity. IPS-Global Group establishes company values as a team, in this way everyone in the company feels belong to it.

Thinking about the Human Brainpower, at IPS there is an expertise, passionate and committed worldwide team, who works to make things happen. Behind IPS there’s something special, there are energetic and brilliant colleagues, who support each other on a day to day basis to approach business common goals and a sense of pride to be a part of a big family, the IPS-Community.

Today, we would like to share a story outside of the IPS-offices in order to show that skills don’t have borders. This is the story of our colleague Mawaheb, who arrived some years ago to Serbia from Syria to start a new life. As a computer programmer, Mawaheb has found the way to introduce himself into a new country culture, to create a family and to find not only a job but a position in a company, where he can develop himself, convert his passion into action and continue growing within a diverse team. In IPS-Global Group there is only place for cooperation, innovation, and integrity. We are a team of people who has different backgrounds and ideas and who works in offices across the globe.

“It is my good luck to be a programmer. I was able to start from zero and support myself.”
Mawaheb talks to a colleague at IPS Energy, a digital solutions company for the energy industry, in his office in Belgrade. Mawaheb recently married the love of his life, Ida. ; In 2012, Mawaheb Seraj Eddin fled Aleppo after taking part in demonstrations. In his newly adopted country, he met and married the woman of his dreams, Serbian artist Ida Perisic. Ida’s dog Lulu and Mawaheb’s cat Fidel have also learned to live together in their happy household. Mawaheb works as a software programmer and has never been unemployed in all his time as a refugee. In Turkey, he worked for a global IT firm and in Serbia, once he had full refugee status, he was eligible to apply for jobs. By the end of 2018, Serbia was home to 4,300 refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, with most living in 16 governmental reception and transit centers.

We invite you to read an article published last 9^th April 2019 with the title “Coder who fled Syria launches a new life in Serbia” by “The UN Refugee Agency” (UNHCR), where our colleague Mawaheb has shared his story with all of us. A story full of emotions to inspire others, who are in the same situation, or just to connect across wonderful people to each other.

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September 17-18, 2019, Indianapolis, USA

Visit us at the 14^th edition of our User Meeting, this time in Indianapolis, USA.

Get excited about our annual User Meeting, in Indianapolis, USA – coming up this year!

Enjoy the Presentations from IPS, our Customers, and Partners on the latest and greatest developments with IPS-SYSTEMS, the discussions and networking opportunities, and the local Hoosier hospitality.

Our conference will be at the beautiful downtown JW Marriott. For the reservations click here.

Preliminary Agenda

Updates from our Development Groups
a) What has changed? What is next?
b) Interactive demonstrations of advanced technology including Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Presentations from our Customers on ongoing projects in IPS-Systems^TM
Presentations from our Partners on ongoing collaboration with IPS
Enterprise Asset Management and Compliance – Compliance has changed, your EAM system must change with it.
Network Model Management / Topology Manager – From Planning, to Engineering, to Operations; how to get the most from your Network Model.
Asset Performance Management – How to optimize your maintenance budget using advanced analytics with IPS
Advance Mobile Solution with MobApp^TM – Mobile Asset Condition and Failure Root Cause Explorer with advanced data collection and verification capability
Outage Management – From planning and managing system outages, to optimizing your maintenance plan to take advantage of scheduled outages.
Business Process Management – Creating Business Process Workflows for Compliance or any other business processes
Overhead Line Management – Improvements to the modeling and management of Overhead Lines.
New Website – See what our completely redesigned Website has to offer!
Luna^TM – Future Vision of IPS-Systems^TM

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Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is the largest electricity utility in Malaysia and a leading utility company in Asia. Listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia with almost RM 142 billion in assets, the Company’s more than 35,000 employees serve an estimated 9.1 million customers in Peninsular Malaysia.

IPS has recently implemented a world-leading Asset Performance Management System (APMS) for TNB’s distribution and transmission networks, with two separate projects running concurrently.

The establishment of the world-class APMS for TNB included the following critical and complex work by IPS:

The functionality of data modeling for asset analytics such as asset health index (AHI), asset criticality index (ACI), asset risk index (ARI), asset cost, dashboard, reports and predictive analytics for transformers and circuit breakers
Integration with TNB’s existing systems which are required for asset performance analytics, allowing near real-time monitoring
Data modeling for asset analytics i.e AHI, ACI, ARI, asset performance and cost, dashboard and reports, predictive analytics, system integration, and real-time monitoring
Impact analysis on asset cost and risk based on variable simulation of asset condition
Integration with 3rd party GIS such as Google Map APMS provides the dashboard and reports view of all asset health from Google Maps. Users can view the drill down reports from Google Map dashboard
Integration with Work Order Management (SAP EAM and IBM Maximo) with the ability to auto-create fault/defect/abnormality notification based on AHI, ACI, and ARI.
Conversion/ migration of structured and unstructured data sources, which are required for Asset Performance analytics in TNB.

Within these two concurrent projects for TNB, IPS performed end to end integration with very complex requirements and configurations applied.

In the near future, TNB intends to extend the application of APMS on other asset classes such as isolators, surge arrestors, CVTs, CTs, and protection relays. IPS is happy to continue to partner with and support TNB in its drive to continuously improve and expand its valuable Asset Performance Management System in the future.

See some snapshots below of our intensive and successful journey with TNB with APMS!