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Process AutomationGeoConX – October 30, 2019

Overview

• TSA Exit Overview

• GIS Platform Overview

• Field Operations

• Business Process Automation

Introductions

Leonard Brinson Jr.| VP and Chief Information Officer, SJI

Richard Citkowicz | GIS Specialist II, SJI

Bruce Taylor | Senior Geospatial Consultant, Critigen

South Jersey Industries (SJI)South Jersey Industries Background

TSA Exit Program Overview

Elizabethtown Gas and Elkton Gas acquired from Southern Company• 60 SJI IT Staff involved, 15 Vendors

• Go Live in January 2020

35 Enterprise Systems constructed including…• Salesforce

• Oracle CC&B

• Oracle Mobile Work Management

• IBM Maximo / Maximo Spatial

• Workday Financials

• Esri GIS

GIS Overview – Major Components

• Utility Network

• UPDM 2018

• ArcGIS Pro 2.x

• Workforce, Collector

• ArcGIS Explorer

✓ Out of the Box Solution

✓ Integrations: Maximo, Salesforce

✓ Automation to Streamline Business Processes

GIS Platform

Maximo Spatial

Desktop GIS

(Editing)

Mobile GIS

Portal

Apps

GIS is Fully Integrated in Business Processes

• View assets, leaks

• View, edit work

• Assign work spatially

• Asset hierarchy

Maximo Spatial IntegrationEsri REST ServicesMaximo Objects Maximo Spatial Synchronization

Pipeline AssetsCathodic ProtectionDripsStationsService AddressesStreetsMunicipalities

MetersWork Order PolygonsMoratoriums

Outbound

Inbound

Bi-DirectionalTapsLeaksMeter SettingService Address LocationsWork Order Points

UPDMBasemapAuxiliary

BasemapAuxiliary

UPDMBasemapAuxiliary

Maximo Hierarchy

Significant ETL Effort

Automation Required to Maintain Relationships

= Shared ArcGIS Asset

Address Workflow – Single GIS Creation Point

• Addresses “Owned” by GIS

• Other Systems Use GIS Addresses

✓ Reduced Address Duplication

✓ Cleaner Address Definitions

✓ Improved Efficiency

✓ Reduced Rework and Confusion

Addresses Created

(Statewide DB)

New Customer Created

(Map Anything)

New Premise Created

New Customer Created

Meters, Taps, Locations Created

ArcGIS

Salesforce

MaximoCC&B

Maximo

Leak Survey Workflow

Maximo / GIS Integration

Custom Esri Python Script Extracts Work Orders from Work Order REST Service

Gas Leak Survey• Unique Work Orders per Contractor

• Creator Level License

• Active Directory Integration

• View Nearest Work Order

• Navigate to Work Order

• Location Tracking• 30 sec Breadcrumbs

Workforce

Gas Leak Survey

COLLECTOR for ArcGIS

Create Leak Investigations• Location of Leak

• Attributes of Leak

Update Existing Work Orders

Gas Leak Survey

COLLECTOR for ArcGIS

• Measure Line / Areas

• Toggle Layers On / Off

• View/Search Thousands of Assets

• Smart Mapping Design

• Scale Dependency

• Logical Symbology

• Domains

• In-house maintained Geocoder

• Compass to Feature

• Redline

• Ability to send map & data corrections back to office for investigation

Gas Leak Survey

Administrators will be able to see breadcrumbs, active locations, and dashboard reporting

Gas Leak Survey

• Real-time location information of field workorders

• Improved information tracking

• Flexibility for work assignments with daily sync

• Crews can see completed surveys

• Replace Palm Pilots survey from acquisition

• Bring your own device

• Improved location of detected leak

Benefits of Mobile Solution

Workforce

Questions & Answers

Thank You Leonard Brinson Jr.VP & CIO, SJI

Richard CitkowiczGIS Specialist II, SJIrcitkowicz@sjindustries.com

Bruce TaylorSr. Geospatial Consultant, Critigen