Outage Overview

The Outage Overview module is the central repository of Planned, Unplanned, and Forced outages on a particular asset (or location, part of the network).

This data can be filtered by any attribute and used for centralized reporting

Each outage record specifies the root cause or type of outage, as well as the expected losses.

These outage records can be created automatically through interfaces with systems such as SCADA, IPS Mobile outage reporting application, etc.

The outage is linked to the network topology, providing the ability to take advantage of needed outages to coordinate other work that may need to be done in the same equipment zone.

Outage Request

The Outage Request module gives an overview about events for requesting planned or maintenance outages, as well as tracking responsibilities for executing the outage task.

Outage Planning

The Outage Planning module supports the outage planning process by containing the list of outage plans. These plans can be scheduled on a reoccurring basis (Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly, etc.).

Each outage plan contains a list of planned outages and each planned outage is assigned to an outage request.

o The entire process for planned outages from requesting, to planning, to approval is supported within a business process workflow
– There is a direct connection between IPS^®Outage Management and IPS^®Business Process Management. In this way, outage, outage request, outage plan, and the planned outage will relate to other associated objects like
– Business process will have an associated workflow which will streamline and simplify the entire execution. Workflows are easily customizable (configuration) and include multiple types and classes