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DTE Energy Selects ESRI and Miner and Miner for Multiyear, Multiphase Enterprise GIS
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Redlands, California-DTE Energy Company (DTE) has selected ESRI software and support services for an open, standards-based enterprise geographic information system (GIS). Miner and Miner will supply its leading utility applications.
The implementation will consolidate DTE's previously disparate electric and gas GIS systems and provide a platform for sharing geospatial information corporatewide. The selection came after an extensive six-month request for proposals and benchmarking process.
"We're looking forward to working with DTE Energy and establishing a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership," says Jeff Rashid of ESRI. "DTE Energy, which has a long-standing tradition of pioneering GIS success, has a strategic, long-term enterprise vision in place. It will use enterprise GIS to carry out and integrate all aspects of its business and deliver value to the entire organization. The scalable technology platform will service future growth and expansion."
One of the largest energy businesses in the United States, Detroit, Michigan-based DTE is a diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Its largest operating units are Detroit Edison, an electric utility serving 2.1 million customers in southeastern Michigan, and MichCon, a natural gas utility serving 1.2 million customers in Michigan.
The multiyear, multiphase implementation is part of DTE's overall corporatewide information technology (IT) and business process standardization initiative; GIS will provide a digital framework for improved data management, streamlined business processes, and easier access to spatial and tabular information. It will also be integrated with DTE's overall IT infrastructure.
Phase one of the implementation will begin with DTE's electric utility, Detroit Edison. This will initially involve DTE's engineering and design and mapping departments, with approximately 250 designers utilizing Miner and Miner's ArcFM Designer. Approximately 50 mappers will perform as-built recording utilizing Miner and Miner's ArcFM software. Eventually, hundreds of mobile workers will use mobile GIS and mobile GIS design tools to streamline their work and provide accurate, timely information to assist in real-time decision making.
Phase two will integrate MichCon, DTE's gas utility, resulting in one fully integrated, cross functional system for energy distribution.
A host of geoprocessing tools will be used in DTE's enterprise GIS such as georeferencing, computer-aided design integration, distributed data management, and advanced annotation and labeling. Applications will include asset and facility management, network performance, inspection and maintenance, and more. Mobile GIS will also be used to help with field data collection, inspections, and remote data access.
DTE will utilize the entire suite of ArcGIS 9 software including ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView, ArcIMS, ArcSDE for Oracle, ArcPad, and ArcGIS Publisher. ArcGIS energy data models will also be available to DTE. Miner and Miner software includes ArcFM, ArcFM Viewer, ArcFM Conduit Manager, ArcFM Designer, and ArcFM Network Adapter.
"The capabilities that the new GIS applications offer will allow us to continue our tradition of leveraging geospatial information in our day-to-day operations and for future planning," says Alan Yonkman, director of DTE's implementation of the new GIS applications. "We are very pleased to be partnering with ESRI and Miner and Miner, and we are confident that our combined GIS experience will lead to a successful implementation."
The GIS software will integrate with other corporate information systems such as the company's enterprise work management and outage management software. Future applications may include compliance, customer service, marketing, land right-of-way, vegetation management, logistics, and finance.
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About ESRI
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS software with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI software is used in all 200 of the largest cities in the United States and in more than 60 percent of counties and municipalities nationwide. Headquartered in California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international distributors in more than 90 countries, and more than 1,600 business partners. ESRI's goal is to develop comprehensive tools that enable users to efficiently manage, use, and serve geographic information to make a difference in the world around them. ESRI also provides consulting, implementation, and technical support services. ESRI can be found on the Web at www.esri.com.
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