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... and the winner is: EPLAN! eplanet EPLAN leaves the competition standing, even in a direct comparison were equipped with bootlegged software copies, and their knowledge was drawn from a wide variety of different programs. This made effective cooperation between the individual departments far more difficult. EPS was determined to acquire a licensed software package, which would become the company’s only standard in the future. The contract was offered for tender throughout Europe, and the proposals submitted were carefully scrutinized. After many months of hard work, the announcement came: “… and the winner is EPLAN!” It was not only the software solution itself which had convinced EPS; the company’s professionalism, and the tremendous praise among customers, users and testers for its support and service, also scored important points over its competitors. The range of training courses and consulting services on offer likewise helped to tip the scale in EPLAN’s favor. Company news Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS), the largest industrial company in Serbia and Montenegro, was on the hunt for a software package to optimize its engineering processes. Not an easy task, since this meant replacing numerous evolved, stand-alone solutions. EPS offered the contract up for tender, and EPLAN was the chosen bidder, thanks in great part to its cooperation with Vesimpex. The government power supply company EPS produces a nominal output of 8,355 GW, and is the largest industrial company in Serbia and Montenegro, with a workforce of around 50,000. EPS generates, transports and distributes energy, and is also the largest supplier of coal, with an annual production of 50 million tons. In order to optimize the engineering process in electrical design, EPS needed a software package with a range of applications encompassing far more than just the ability to draw electrical circuit diagrams. In the beginning, the situation was rather bleak: Most of the employees’ workstations 6 A clever move The success was also due in part to an excellent job done by EPLAN’s distribution partner Vesimpex, whose resolute action at a critical moment really paid off. Following a management change at EPS, the competitor product Elcad was suddenly in the running for the contract. At this point, EPLAN’s distribution partners played their winning hand: Vesimpex proposed a oneday direct comparison of the two systems on site at the company’s premises. In practice, everyone knows that these kinds of situations entail a certain degree of risk. However, a company that firmly believes in the quality and performance of its products need not shy away from competition. And rightly so: The comparison revealed that existing circuit diagrams and electrical documents could be transferred into EPLAN 5 without problems. EPLAN’s competitors failed to achieve this within the allotted time. Apart from securing an excellent contract, this is also an impressive testimony to the corporate philosophy: “Quality is in everything we do”.
Company news Extracts from an article by Thomas Reznicek, Editor-in-Chief of the journal AUTlook in Austria Faithful to one system for 20 years Austrian electrical plant engineer is one of the original CAE users Over the past 20 years, the entire IT world has undergone an incomparably fast development process. Parallel to the hardware evolution, a seemingly infinite software diversity has emerged. Two decades ago, when “burgeoning” CAE systems were still in their infancy, the Austrian company Schubert Elektroanlagen was already producing its circuit diagrams digitally. Since then, it has remained faithful to EPLAN throughout the years. There are a number of traditional brands in the automotive industry that have existed for many decades – in some cases for more than 100 years. One may well ask whether the world of automation, particularly the ever-expanding market for design and planning software that is characterized by ever-shorter product cycles, is capable of attracting the same degree of brand loyalty as the automotive industry. The answer is yes, as this story shows. Werner Gugarel, Technical Director at Schubert Elektroanlagen: “If you have Schubert Elektroanlagen in Oberbeen working with a CAE program for Grafendorf near St. Pölten has been as long as we have, you particularly appreciate every new feature, because using EPLAN for the best part of 20 you are able to put it to good use right years. Werner Gugarel, Technical Di- away and organize your day-to-day rector at Schubert, recalls how it all star- work more efficiently“. ted: “Of course, the first EPLAN version which we installed back in 1984 is not comparable with the current release in terms of performance and function. However, the software-assisted planning made our work easier from the outset, which in turn made us more productive“. The company’s very early entry into the age of computer aided engineering is testimony to the entrepreneurial spirit needed today in order to keep one step ahead of the fierce competition. Reliability counts The planning department employs a staff of 25. The company handles between 1,500 and 1,800 projects each year, a vast number of circuit and terminal diagrams to be generated by only four draftsmen. At first glance, this may seem an astonishing achievement. However, a closer look reveals one of the main reasons for this incredible level of productivity, in the form of a digital data archive that has been carefully maintained for many years. “This extensive library of EPLAN drawings represents our collective know-how, and is therefore an extremely valuable asset for us”, company’s CEO Claus Benedict explains proudly. What is more, it is also one of the significant benefits of remaining loyal to the EPLAN system. “We have created a large collection of macros”, continues Gugarel, “in which we have stored specifically tailored functional units, which we are able to access at any time. This makes our planning work very productive”. Claus Benedict, CEO of Schubert Elektroanlagen: “The library of EPLAN drawings, accumulated over many years, represents our entire knowhow, and is therefore a very valuable asset to us”. Other modules under consideration At Schubert, the standard version of EPLAN 5 is only used for the generation of circuit and terminal diagrams. However, prompted in part by the growing number of projects in the field of instrumentation and control technology, the company is considering purchasing other products from the EPLAN portfolio. “The automatic generation of circuit diagrams, as well as the new “eCabinet” for enclosure planning, are interesting tools”, admits Gugarel. But that is a story for next time … When it comes to CAE, Schubert Elektroanlagen has put its faith in EPLAN for the past 20 years. 7
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