Digitize your company’s internal energy management? Isn’t that far too much effort? Not necessarily. At first glance, it seems like an insurmountable hurdle. In fact, the digitalization of industrial processes – including energy management – has never been as flexible and simple as it is now. KENEXOS® guides you step by step into the world of digital energy management. Here are our six key stages on the road to a more sustainable industry.
1. consider secondary processes
According to various studies, companies in the industrial sector consume an average of two thirds of their energy in ancillary processes alone. These are often very small, granular processes with a significant scope. For this reason, you should not focus solely on the core processes in the belief that this will suffice. Secondary processes deserve the same attention as your core processes during the planning and implementation phase of the digitalization strategy.
2. expand management or appoint responsible persons
When implementing a digitalization concept in the energy sector, there needs to be a clearly defined person responsible who is not only the driving force behind the project, but is also the point of contact for all other internal and external departments. The appointment of an energy manager also ensures that the project is given the necessary weighting. The energy manager can focus entirely on the implementation of the project and systematically leads it to success.
3. define goals
Where should the digitalization project go? Which areas should ultimately be automated as far as possible and where do skilled workers still need to be deployed in a targeted manner? Where specifically should energy be saved and how should this ultimately be reflected in the figures? These and other questions can only be answered once the goals are clear. Digitization is so extensive and interwoven that an unclear formulation of objectives is more likely to turn the firmly defined digitization schedule into an endless project. Formulate the goals as clearly and unambiguously as possible. Go back to basics and use the SMART method to record your goals in the project.
4. perform benchmark
Unfortunately, blinkers won’t help you in your digitalization project. If you only keep an eye on your own key figures, you can never be sure whether you are really on the right track. In many cases, a benchmark with comparable companies reveals details that you may have overlooked in your company and at the same time provides helpful starting points for setting your own energy management goals. Useful comparative values that could be useful for the project can also be obtained from industry associations. Here you will find helpful examples of energy indicators for initial orientation.
5. create transparency
Reporting is extremely important in order to keep all stakeholders fully informed about the progress of the project. Integration into operational controlling is also essential in order to give management the opportunity to strategically influence the development of energy management if necessary. It is important to ensure that the systems to be used, such as energy management solutions, are able to create comprehensive reports and display all key figures in a comprehensible manner. This starts with the collection of energy data and extends to the generation of report files.
6. expand communication
Of course, energy management cannot be digitized overnight. Such a project often extends over several months or years. It is therefore all the more important to keep everyone involved at the same table at all times and to keep them informed of the latest developments. Key energy figures, consumption values, implementation statuses and further planning steps should therefore always be communicated transparently. Therefore, make sure you create a centralized solution where internal company communication can run smoothly and digitally.
Digital energy management has long been an important topic in the industry, but has become even more urgent in recent months and years. So now is the time to think about new processes and the digitalization of energy management – after all, there are many individual ways to achieve the goal. Excessive costs or a lack of expertise are therefore no arguments against it.
Would you also like to take your energy management to a new level? Please feel free to contact us! With its visualization options for energy monitoring, KENEXOS® makes it easy to get started and provides you with all the tools you need for process optimization in construction and building technology, industry and the public sector. Test the centralized, device-independent software solution for documentation, order entry and awarding, process planning and optimization as well as complete team communication now for 14 days free of charge. You can find all the information you need at www.kenexos.com.
About KENEXOS®
With Kreutzpointner Business Software GmbH (KBS for short), Kreutzpointner is setting a significant milestone in the technical development of the entire group of companies. Kreutzpointner Business Software GmbH focuses on the special requirements and digital needs of industrial customers with an independent business model. The operational launch took place in October 2020.
With KENEXOS®, KBS offers corporate customers an individually expandable application platform with its own software products and focuses on the implementation of industrial applications. KENEXOS® offers modern web technology for access via a wide range of end devices and enables integration with existing systems via an API interface. The standard modules include, for example, construction site documentation, task and ticket recording, plant management and maintenance and many more. The application platform is available for in-house installation (on-premise) or as a cloud solution (SaaS).
The ideas and the technical basis for Kreutzpointner Business Software GmbH have been successfully developed in recent years as part of the company-wide “Research & Development” process. In addition to the IT systems division, the new digital unit ideally rounds off Kreutzpointner’s large portfolio.
