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“SAP Cloud Platform Integration is easy to use, reduces costs and helps us respond faster to changes and customer demands.”

Changes and innovation

Eneco has been active in the energy field for more than 100 years. They supply 100% green electricity, generated by the wind and sun in our own country. In 2017, the Eneco Group was split into an energy company (Eneco) and grid operator (Stedin). A year later, Eneco announced a change in its organizational structure. ‘In addition to these developments, we also bring about many changes with innovations,’ says Marco Verhoef, Product Owner SAP Cloud Integration at Eneco, ‘We not only supply energy, but also help the customer to become self-sufficient.’ For example, with solar panels, smart thermostats and compact heat pumps that recycle the heat in the house.

Flexibility

According to Verhoef, to support all these changes, it is necessary that both the people and the IT systems are flexible. Standardization of processes with standard software from the cloud helps with this. Guido Koopmann, Manager Technology at Acorel: “Cloud solutions contribute to shorter lead times, which make innovation possible. An additional advantage is that it provides cost savings. You pay according to use and not for keeping a system up and running. And responsibility for the roll-out of upgrades rests with the supplier.”

SAP Cloud Platform Integration

With the help of Acorel, Eneco chose to implement SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI). According to Verhoef, ‘a daring case’, because CPI was a new product at the time and still under development. Koopmann: ‘Then it is important that you quickly get the right people together.’ We succeeded. Eneco and Acorel have transferred all interfaces of Eneco in 2 years.

Simplicity stimulates innovation

SAP CPI provides Eneco with annual cost savings of 50 to 60 percent, compared to the previous on-premise system. And the simplicity of the system encourages innovation. “We can now deliver new solutions much faster than before,” says Verhoef. ‘In CPI you can immediately start developing. Our customers also benefit from this!’