➔ Register for the free webinar
One of the variable costs that fluctuates the most, with the increase in tariffs and taxes, is electricity, a fundamental input for all sectors of a company.
In the face of economic volatility, which leaves the country in a constant scenario of uncertainty and companies facing major challenges, more accurate and efficient cost control becomes an urgent and indispensable measure for maintaining corporate financial health.
Reducing environmental impact through the rational use of energy and water, for example, also contributes to business resilience to the market, attracting the eyes of investors willing to contribute only to businesses truly committed to sustainability, and also of consumers, who are increasingly aware of whether companies are conscious of their leading role in sustainable development and in contributing to a better future.
By minimising the negative impact on cash flow and improving sustainability indicators, such as carbon dioxide emissions, 4.0 technology has provided significant results throughout the value chain of companies worldwide, not just large corporations.
Continue reading to learn about financial management and energy monitoring technology solutions in real time, available for companies in all segments.
Energy Efficiency and Financial Management
Investing in energy efficiency processes and solutions means generating positive financial impact on corporate cash flow.
Energy efficiency, according to ABESCO (Brazilian Association of Energy Conservation Services Companies), can be understood as the rational use of energy, that is, the efficient use of energy to obtain a certain result. This is a way to make significant savings, reduce environmental impact, make your business time resistant, and accelerate the decarbonisation of the economy.
The innovation of digital tools oriented to integrated financial management of utilities bills, such as energy, water and sewage, combined with energy efficiency programmes can transform the culture and reality of a company's financial management.
"With process automation, predictive analysis, data processing and accurate report generation, digital solutions are considered indispensable for top management decision making and fundamental for increasing competitiveness, especially during the economic recovery period", Francisco Anizio, Enel X Brasil Solutions Manager.
Customer Insgiths - Learn how an integrated technology ecosystem can help your business in a fully customised way.
Energy Management (EM)
This is a system for monitoring energy consumption in real time, designed to collect, analyse and compare data related to your company’s energy use in terms of consumption, costs and other variables.
The platform offers real-time visibility into the behaviour of energy consumption on all company sites and production processes, precisely detecting points of waste, operational failures, generating quick and powerful insights through predictive analysis and customised reports.
Utility Bill Management (UBM)
The management of utility bills (energy, water, sanitation, etc) is a challenge for companies of the most diverse sizes and segments, especially for those with operations distributed across multiple sites.
This platform generates a very high gain in productivity and efficiency, especially in the Finance and Purchasing departments, by centralising invoice receipt and payment information in a single system, creating a centralised repository of detailed images and processed data from invoices and standardising data analysis reports.
The tool compares spending between sites, detects undue tariff charges and clearly highlights cost reduction opportunities such as electricity, gas, water and sanitation.
With the UBM platform it is also possible to do environmental management, controlling several CO2 emission factors and financial management, working with customised KPIs and cost projections.
EM + UBM: Integrated Digital Ecosystem for Greater Savings and Efficiency
The integration of both Enel X technologies will promote a synergy for decision making between strategic areas in top management, generating results of value for partners, shareholders, clients, employees, partners, communities, investors and other stakeholders.
In other words, the high performance of the 4.0 technology, associated with Enel X's specialised and globally recognised consultancy, supports companies in reorienting their management processes, promoting energy transition, decarbonisation of the economy and, above all, increasing their clients' business competitiveness.
See now, in practice, the main gains and benefits of Enel X's ecosystem of solutions for energy efficiency gains and utilities cost management.
Gains and Benefits
|
EM (Energy Management)
|
UBM (Financial Management)
|
Integrated Management
|
Through energy efficiency guidelines and standards, optimise the full energy use potential and energy savings of all company sites.
|
Allows you to visualise at a single point, cost and consumption of the multiple consumer units of your company.
|
Operational Efficiency
|
Identifies waste points with maximum efficiency and accelerates problem solving for short-term cost reduction.
|
Eliminates operational and process failures, optimises tasks in the Purchasing sector and increases the efficiency result in financial management.
|
Comparison
|
Compares performance and power consumption across multiple industrial sites, stores or buildings within the same company using custom KPIs.
|
Compares costs and consumption of energy and other utilities from the company's multiple consumer units using customised KPIs.
|
Automation and Prediction
|
Detects points of energy inefficiency and compares data between the actual consumption and the ideal that can be obtained, by means of predictive analyses.
|
Avoids fines for delays by centralising and standardising the payment process and allows viewing consumption and cost forecasts.
|
Cost Reduction
|
Alert of variations in energy consumption for the rapid adoption of saving and efficiency measures.
|
Identifies cost drivers, eliminates undue charges, corrects billing errors and avoids extra payments.
|
Sustainability Indicators
|
Promotes the mitigation of environmental impacts, accelerates the decarbonisation of the economy, increases competitiveness in the global market and generates gains in image reputation.
|
Collects, monitors and reports correct sustainability data from your company. Converts data on electricity, natural gas, fuels and other power generators into CO2 emission reports and other key performance units and indicators.
|
Decision Making Support
|
Ensures accurate, personalised and easily accessible data and reports for decision making, contributing to the prioritisation of projects, budgets, optimisation of consumer units or specific equipment and processes
|
Ensures accurate, personalised and easily accessible data and reports for decision making, contributing to the prioritisation of projects, budgets and optimisation of consumer units
|
About Enel X
With the Customer Insights digital solutions for companies, Enel X is dedicated to developing flexible digital tools, helping organisations to consciously manage energy consumption, facilitating the control and optimisation of expenses and favouring the company's competitiveness, transforming energy: from cost to new source of income.