Article title: Discussion: Unified Services, Inc. x TEPCO Energy Partner, Inc. "Accelerating business operations with Cloud CIS"
Posted on: June 25, 2024
A conversation between TEPCO Energy Partner (EP) Executive Managing Director and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Masamichi Yamazaki and our Executive Director and Head of Sales Division Hisamitsu Suzuki has been published regarding TEPCO Energy Partner (EP), the first major electric power company to adopt the Unisrv high-voltage CIS.
(Article Summary)
Unified Services Co., Ltd. provides a customer information and fee management system (CIS) using a cloud platform for the power industry, and in 2024, TEPCO Energy Partners (TEPCO EP) introduced this high-voltage CIS. This time, TEPCO EP Executive Managing Director Masamichi Yamazaki and Unified Services Executive Director Hisamitsu Suzuki jointly discussed the project and discussed its advantages. In addition to being able to flexibly respond to fluctuations in fuel prices and trends in the wholesale electricity market and provide customers with the optimal rate menu, the CIS adopts agile development to achieve rapid implementation. With the cooperation of the two companies, the period from introduction to the start of operation was shortened to about six months, and a trouble-free system was successfully built. In the future, the two companies will continue to improve the cloud system and aim to develop services that meet the diverse needs of consumers. Unified Services also aims to contribute to the efficiency and innovation of the entire power industry by leveraging the reliability and scalability of the cloud platform.
Services provided: Cloud-based Customer Information and Rate Management System (CIS) for the power industry.
Customer: Tokyo Electric Power Energy Partners (TEPCO EP).
Development method: Rapid implementation achieved through agile development based on the cloud.
Use at TEPCO EP: Rapid provision of new rate options in response to fluctuations in the power market.
Future outlook: Rapid deployment of diverse services to meet the diverse needs of customers.
