Data Conversion - Still The Biggest Challenge

Aries Objectives - Benefits to Customers
The primary objectives of ARIES are to increase productivity and contain the growth of administrative costs while providing improved management control and responsiveness to customers. The following direct customer benefits are those we identified to achieve by the successful implementation of ARIES.

contain future rate increases by more cost-effective use of capital through better decisions and efficient designs.
improve safety to staff and public by responding with more accurate plant information in a timely manner.
provide timely and accurate supply of information to developers and customers.
improve system reliability by effectively targeting and scheduling maintenance and capital rebuilding programs.

The ARIES system will provide both records information management and engineering decision and design support. The long term project objectives, which are achieved as a result of the development of ARIES, that benefit our operations and ultimately the customer are:

improve the productivity of staff in performing current and anticipated mapping, facilities management, and engineering design work, thereby reducing these costs.
reduce redundant map and facilities information so that resources are expended on improving records rather than duplicating them.
improve inter-departmental communications and co-ordination of work by facilitating the creation of shared, specific and accurate maps and records.
improve the integrity of facilities information to reduce the number of revisions and field visits required for the design and operation of the electrical system.
improve safety through more accurate and complete records that are in agreement with themselves and the field.
provide support to Planning in identifying future supply and capacity needs.
support more efficient maintenance planning, through more complete and timely access to historical records and the use of facility inventory reporting.
provide a comprehensive distribution facilities database for related work integration.
improve North York Hydros’ marketing analysis ability to help identify opportunities for growth, conservation, or load management.