POTTING IT All TOGETHER: New applications and real-time requirements drive integration of automation technologies at co-ops large and small

摘要

Wen it's tightly integrated, larply focused and properly eployed, new technology in offer a co-op cost savings, perational efficiencies and service improvements. But when it's cobbled together over the years, purchased and pursued without a plan and imposed on staff without any training, technology can drive everyone crazy. "Our old system was just plain silly," says Cal Rutherford, chief financial officer at San Miguel Power Association in Nucla, Colo. "We had to enter data in four placesat a time. Mistakes were made. Time was wasted."