Use Case — Industrial
Energy investment aligned to production continuity
Industrial sites carry heavy load profiles, existing maintenance discipline, and low tolerance for interruption. GRIDSTROM keeps energy projects, vendors, and equipment history in the same structure the plant already thinks in.
Operating Context
The environment this work happens in
- Production schedules that constrain when work can occur.
- Existing CMMS and maintenance practice that must not be displaced.
- Demand charges and power quality tied directly to process equipment.
- Multi-site operators comparing plants with different vintages and utilities.
The Fragmented-Data Problem
Where the record breaks today
- Load data in the energy manager's spreadsheet, equipment data in maintenance.
- Capital requests written per plant with different assumptions.
- Vendor scope defined in quotes that never reach the operating team.
- Reliability events analyzed after the fact, without connected records.
Financial Decision
Which energy scope protects production and clears the capital threshold?
Operational Workflow
How the work moves
- 01
Characterize load
Interval and process data build the baseline the case rests on.
- 02
Compare scenarios
Storage, generation, and upgrade options sit on one project.
- 03
Approve with plant input
Operations sign-off is part of the record, not a side email.
- 04
Sequence the work
Orders and outage windows are coordinated with production.
- 05
Maintain
Assets inherit service intervals and evidence requirements.
Representative Product Experience
Site energy register — Meridian Works, Plant 4 (demonstration data)
Energy assets and projects held against the plant, with maintenance state visible.
| Record | Record | Type | State | Next action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRJ-4410 | Peak load storage | Project | Approved | Order issued |
| AST-9120 | Switchgear section B | Asset | Operating | Inspection due |
| AST-9134 | Compressor feed meter | Asset | Exception | WO-7742 open |
| PRJ-4418 | Power quality study | Project | Scenario review | Quotes requested |
Records shown are fictional demonstration data. Capabilities are released progressively.
Outputs by Role
What each role gets from the same record
Executive
- Multi-plant comparison on consistent inputs
- Capital commitment and delivery status
Finance / Planning
- Scenario record with load assumptions attached
- Approval trail by plant and cost center
Operations
- Asset state and open exceptions by area
- Outage-aware scheduling of vendor work
Technician
- Work order with equipment history and prior evidence
- Structured completion capture
Partner
- Request with site and access conditions defined
- Order scope tied to the asset
Integration Approach
Connect what is already in place
- Vendor-neutral intake: existing spreadsheets, ERP exports, monitoring portals, and equipment telemetry are read into a canonical asset record.
- GRIDSTROM is not the general ledger. ERP and accounting platforms remain systems of record for financial postings.
- CMMS and historian exports align to the canonical asset record; the plant keeps its maintenance system.
- Metering and controls data are read where an interface exists, without requiring equipment replacement.
Security & Governance
How access and evidence are handled
Role-based access, least-privilege permissions, and an append-only history for approvals and status changes. Documents and evidence are stored privately, and access is scoped to the organization, project, and role that requires it.
Measurement
What success could be measured
Metric categories only. Results depend on the organization, its data, and how the work is adopted; no outcome is promised.
Baseline quality
Share of projects supported by recorded load data.
Schedule adherence
Work completed within the planned outage window.
Exception aging
Time energy exceptions remain open by area.
Record continuity
Share of assets with unbroken service history.
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Next Step
Discuss your use case
Bring the sites, systems, and decisions you are working with. We will walk through how the record would be structured.
Roles served: Executive · Finance / Planning · Operations · Technician · Partner