Abstract
 Integration of GIS With Asset Management: Creating a Road Map for Success Track: Electric and Gas Author(s): Andy Schmidt Great River Energy, a generation and transmission cooperative based in Elk River, Minnesota, is committed to maintaining their transmission assets in an integrated system utilizing asset management with GIS. A well defined roadmap for any organization is essential when embarking on a major project like integrating two systems containing data in two unlike data models and expanding it interdepartmentally and into the field. This integrated system is an essential tool for daily operations and business in many areas. Many benefits attained from the project are described including a checks and balances for accurate accounting and maintence, streamlined on-demand data retrieval, minimizing data redundancy, system modeling, enforcing departments to work efficiently with each other, and other future integration. Many successes and pitfalls from the project will be discussed like management support and utilizing existing staff in order to help you create a roadmap for success in your organization. Andy Schmidt Great River Energy United Services Group 17845 East Highway 10 Elk River , MN 55330 US Phone: 763-241-2234 Fax: 763-241-6034 E-mail: aschmidt@usgweb.com |
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