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Gas Natural Fenosa implements Smartflex to launch its services in Peru

Gas Natural Fenosa partnered Open to support its operations.

Gas Natural Fenosa, a global leader in gas and electricity integration, is a multinational group operating in more than 30 countries and serving over 23 million customers. As part of their strategic plan to begin operations in Peru, Gas Natural Fenosa acquired Smartflex, a cutting edge solution that will allow the company to begin commercial operations in the regions of Arequipa, Tacna, Ilo, and Moquegua.

Carlos Andres Plata, responsible for the company´s information systems in the Andean region, stated “After conducting a thorough market assessment, we have chosen Smartflex, a robust platform with high quality standards that has been implemented in other markets of the region. A key factor that encouraged us to choose this solution was the experience of the company in the Peruvian market, known for its strict regulations. The project has been in the implementation stage since August. Our objective is to experience a flawless, problem-free implementation that will allow us to begin operations by the first three months of 2017.”

Gas Natural Fenosa will rely on Smartflex to support its core business processes, including installation, sales, after-sales service, payments, and billing. This platform has been designed based on the needs and best practices of gas companies Latin America and North America and is characterized by its great simplicity, flexibility, and a rule-based architecture that makes it easy to adapt to changes in regulations and customer need in each particular market.

Erick Vivas, Open’s vice-president of business development, added “We are very pleased to partner with Gas Natural Fenosa as its allies to upgrade their operations. We are sure that, with our strong experience in utilities markets in more than 18 countries, we can help them achieve their corporate objectives with this project.”

Sempra International has completed its technological renovation in Chile with Smartflex

Chilquinta EnergĂ­a S.A. successfully implemented their new customer care and field service solution: Smartflex, and is using Smartflex to manage all of its subsidiaries in its Valparaiso, Maule, and Biobio regions.

Closing this year’s first trimester, Chilquinta Energía S.A., a daughter company of the Sempra International Group, successfully implemented their new customer care and field service solution: Smartflex. Chilquinta will now be able to seamlessly manage their customer care, sales, readings, billing, payment management, and collections from one integrated system. Using this solution, Chilquinta is confident it will strengthen its position as the market leader, having the ability to get closer to customers and execute processes more quickly. Chilquinta is using Smartflex to manage all of its subsidiaries in its Valparaiso, Maule, and Biobio regions.

Chilquinta will be able to manage their work orders in the field in real-time using mobile devices, which will improve field productivity. Work units will be able to schedule activities, plan routes, take readings, and communicate with dispatch on the fly. Managers are equipped with dashboards to measure the progress of field activities and the fulfillment of performance indicators.

Chilquinta EnergĂ­a S.A. in Valparaiso was the last subsidiary in the group to finalize the implementation process, which was done directly with the Open International team. The project started in March 2015 with the implementation in Casa Blanca, followed by Litoral, Luz Linares, and Luz Parral. However, the objective was met when Chilquinta in Valparaiso, the substantially largest of the five companies, was successfully up and running. In total, these companies are providing services to over 720,000 subscribers.

Today, all of Sempra International’s subsidiaries in Chile are running their commercial and operation processes through Smartflex’s single, integrated solution. Now, they can begin to see the benefits of their new system and are able to provide even better service to their customers.