Abstract

Creating GIS enabled Information Value Chains
Track: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater
Authors: Christina Miller, John St. Clair

Industry standard practice is data integration at a data system level, e.g. connecting the geospatial systems, work management systems and the financial software platforms. Anchorage Water & Wastewater recognized that data integration needed to expand beyond connecting software platforms into developing Information Value Chains, so that the best value information could be available at the lowest cost with the highest degree of accuracy. This has resulted in processes relying on integration of the analytics with the various software platforms for each level of planning processes, from tactical planning relying on the spatial and work management system data to long range financial planning based on evaluating the business value of information at each step of information flow.