Silos occur naturally within organizations, but for sustainability professionals, these silos can generate hurdles for operational excellence and stifle decision making — stunting the overall growth of their efforts. In this presentation you’ll learn: -Which internal and external silos can become hurdles -How to break down silos to access quality data -How thinkstep and Urjanet work together to unify disparate data sources Want to learn more? Download the full webinar recording here: https://bit.ly/2lGuY1z

1. Bridging the
Data Divide
Using Automation to Unify Data
Sources for Sustainability Reporting
Presented by Urjanet & thinkstep

2. Speakers
Mike Bruce
thinkstep AG,
Solution Engineer
Tim Porter
Urjanet,
Director OEM/Partner Sales

3. Initial Insights

4. It’s Time to Bridge the Data Divide
Accessing quality data for accurate sustainability
reporting can be a major hurdle for:
• Tracking performance against targets
• Planning improvements
• Driving operational efficiencies
• And much more…

5. Where the Divide Begins
Increasingly, corporate sustainability reporting teams need to access data from
more departments within an organization.
Procurement
Production
AccountsHR
Operations

6. Where the Divide Begins
Sustainability professionals also deal with external silos to retrieve the information
they need, including:
Emissions
Factors
Weather
Information
Currency
Exchange
Rates

7. The Challenge Disparate Data Creates
In the past, obtaining accurate,
timely data required a lot of
manual effort with teams
reluctant to commit financial
and personnel resources.

8. Tackling Data Silos with Automation
Tackling data silos is a
complex problem, but with
the right mix of technology,
it becomes a much more
simplified process.

9. Customer Challenge
Costly, labor-intensive
manual process
Poor quality and
alignment of data

10. The Scope of the Challenge
Each utility bill contains a wealth
of valuable data points, including:
Name
Address
Amount Due
Due Date
Usage/Consumption
Demand
Tariff
Taxes & Fees
Billing Cycle
Meter Number
And MUCH more…
… for different utilities.
Depending on the utility provider,
bills can come in different formats…
PDF CSV HTML
PDF CSV HTML PDF

11. The Scope of the Challenge
Now think of the number of utility bills from separate providers, delivered in
incompatible formats being processed by multiple facilities…

12. The Scope of the Challenge
The task of gathering reliable utility data can
become extremely complex and difficult.
… across states and regions, or even across the globe.

13. Simplifying Utility Data Automation
1. Onbard Utility Accounts
Use the Urjanet Portal or
developer API to activate your
utility accounts on the Urjanet
Utility Data Platform
2. Urjanet Retrieves Data
Urjanet connects to utility
websites every day to identify
newly posted invoices, and
downloads and extracts data
from them
3. Data Loaded Into SoFi
Urjanet data is delivered and
automatically imported into SoFi
for your use

14. Integration Partnerships

15. Integration Partnerships

16. Integration Partnerships

17. Questions?
Mike Bruce
thinkstep AG,
Solution Engineer
Tim Porter
Urjanet,
Director OEM/Partner Sales

18. Thank You!
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