Global Industry Director for Energy and Utilities
Colin is the Global Industry Director for Energy and Utilities within IFS where he has worked for nearly 15 years. Colin has been involved in implementing and project managing IFS software into many Project and Asset Intensive organisations in Europe and worldwide. These cover many industries including Energy, Utilities, Pulp & Paper, Aviation and Defence. He is therefore ideally placed to understand the real challenges faced by organisations working in the Service and Asset Intensive Industries. He is a key member of the IFS product directions board and plays an instrumental role in the decisions regarding IFS product strategy. Prior to this Colin worked as a Management Consultant specialising in maintenance continuous improvement philosophies such as TPM and RCM. He completed a Mechanical Engineering apprenticeship many years ago and spent over 15 years working in Automotive manufacture including time as a Maintenance and Facilities Manager.
Three of the many challenges facing organizations that helping to deliver smart meter programs around the globe. In many parts of the world, smart meter installations have been around for some time, and in some countries, second or third generation devices are now being fitted. According to Metering and Smart Energy International, over the next…
Renewables, smart homes, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) will have a massive impact on how energy companies need to address the market in 2018, predicts Colin Beaney, IFS’s Global Industry Director for Energy & Utilities. Trend #1 Renewables hot up—global capacity will double over the next 10 years Every year we’re…
A recap of the European Utility Week 2017 (EUW 2017) event and more. It’s now been just over a few weeks since we took a stand at the European Utility Week event in Amsterdam. The theme of our booth was aligned with our global Industry Experts campaign and was a look back at the original founders…
Partnering, collaboration and a rapid implementation – what more could a utility organization want from enterprise software? Clearly, the answer to that is lots of things. However, the point I am trying to make here is that if you procure either an enterprise business application or a point solution for a specific business need, you…
Research shows that the fundamentals of asset management and maintenance excellence will remain integral to the optimal performance. Organizations in asset-intensive industries must ensure that their adherence to EAM excellence goes beyond the surface. Enterprise asset management (EAM) excellence can be defined in many ways, but essentially, it is about optimizing the operation of assets…
In the UK, our government has told energy suppliers that they must install smart gas and electricity meters in every home and small business by 2020. The issue here, which is the same for any major project undertaking, is the question of whether this an achievable target and what can be done to mitigate delays,…
Changes in consumer demand and new opportunities in renewable energy production are leading energy companies to invest in alternative sources, modernize their infrastructure and seek new revenue streams. This will continue as energy and utility companies come to grips with building smarter infrastructures and integrating powerful new technologies and analytics platforms. Colin Beaney, Global Industry…
Earlier, I had blogged about how the investments and efforts we’d made into our GIS integration. And, these investments are beginning to pay dividends for many of our customers. At our recent IFS World Conference in Sweden, one of our regulated water companies presented, “Integrating with Geospatial Tools,” about the improvements and progress they have…
Back in October at IFS World Conference 2016, some delegates from William Grant & Sons explained their asset management journey from a primarily reactive maintenance situation to a far more proactive mindset. AMIS is the Asset Management Information Service they used to assess their performance. Today, that journey has obviously not stopped and the company…
An enterprise asset solution will always be a constituent part of an APM strategy— the key is ensuring it sits at the heart of that vision, not in some peripheral position. According to Gartner, “APM encompasses the capabilities of data capture, integration, visualization and analytics tied together for the explicit purpose of improving the reliability…
