As a result of our engagements with a worldwide group of clients, our consultants are constantly searching for emerging business approaches and new business models that can help our clients in dealing with rapidly evolving issues. From time to time we package our insights and perspectives into published articles and white papers, which we make available at this web site. Below are a few recent additions to our library of published work.

 White Papers

Performance Management Weekly

PAS 55 - A New Hype?

Jan Schipper
Managing Director, UMS Group Europe B.V.
Liesbeth Dik
Associate, UMS Group Europe B.V.

Strategically Optimizing Investment Risks in Powering 2020

Jan Schipper
Managing Director, UMS Group Europe B.V.

Grid Modernization: A Roadmap to Tomorrow's Infrastructure (Or, "Don't Get Lost on the Way To AMI")

Jeffrey W. Cummings
Principal, UMS Group Inc.

The Role of Performance Measurement in Rate Cases

John M. Shearman
CEO and Chairman, UMS Group Inc.

Making the Matrix Organization Work in Multi-State Utility Holding Companies

Adapted from a White Paper by :
John M. Shearman
CEO and Chairman, UMS Group Inc.

A weekly column dedicated to the measurement and management of performance in the workplace and beyond. The most recent installments of PM Weekly are listed below.  To view all article titles, click here for the Article Index.

Don't Go Overboard on KPI's
Bob Champagne, VP - Performance Management Solutions
While much has been written in the past about performance management, most of it has dealt with things like . . .

Garbage In Garbage Out
Bob Champagne, VP - Performance Management Solutions
One of the age-old problems we encounter as performance managers is one of data reliability . . .

Managing Those Elusive Overheads
Bob Champagne, VP - Performance Management Solutions
One of the biggest challenges faced by operations management
is . . .

Published in Water Asset Management International, Volume 3 Issue 2, June 2007:

Benchmarking Mechanical and Electrical Maintenance:
Key Perspectives and Emerging Challenges

Written by:
Paul Harris, Managing Director-Asia Pacific, UMS Group Australia
Tony Saker, Director of Consulting, UMS Group Australia
Don Vincent, Asset Management Service Line Leader, GHD Australia

Published in WSAA Journal, Issue No. 4, November 2005:

Benchmarking Civil Maintenance Performance and Practices in the Urban Water Industry:
Key Perspectives and Emerging Challenges

Written by:
Paul Harris, Managing Director-Asia Pacific, UMS Group Australia
Tony Saker, Director of Consulting, UMS Group Australia
Don Vincent, Asset Management Service Line Leader, GHD Australia

Published in Energy Pulse:

Project 'Prioritization' – Superseded by 'Optimization', But Not a Panacea For All Asset Management Ailments

Written by:
Jack Shearman, CEO, UMS Group Inc.
John Elliott, President, UMS Group Inc.

Published in Electric Light & Power:

Performance Management Helps Merging Utilities Hit Value Targets

Written by:
Bob Champagne, Vice President-Performance Management, UMS Group Inc.

Published in Energy Pulse:

A New Look at Spending Optimization Written by Scott Sidney, Director, UMS Group Inc.

Written by:
Scott Sidney, Director, UMS Group Inc.

Published in Energy Houston:

Strategic Asset Management: An Earnings Growth Driver in the Energy Delivery Business

Written by :
James M. Seibert, Principal, UMS Group Inc.
Wade Freeman, Executive Vice President of Oncor Utility Solutions, a TXU Company

Published in Electric Perspectives:

New Moves in Reducing Costs

A three-function strategy for managing utility assets can help boost performance and the bottom line.

Written by:
Jack Shearman, CEO, UMS Group Inc.
John McNeel, Vice President, UMS Group Inc.

This article was published in Electric Perspectives and presents how Strategic Asset Management
can be used structurally to improve cost and performance and also to provide a channel for earnings growth.

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