Implementing the replacement of customer-side settlement
Project duration: 1 year, 2 months
Brief description
The aim is to develop and implement the business logic of the newly designed customer-side settlement process (see ID 2562). The functions are based on the process sequence and implemented in multiple cycles. The process sequences are agreed in close cooperation with the specialist department and the concepts are continuously refined.
Supplement
Customer-side settlement is decoupled from the existing settlement system and integrated into the existing, centralized master data application. This master data application is based on a multi-layer .Net architecture and is programmed with C#. The database system is an MS SQL server 2005. Data exchange with the posting system (SAP) is via a BizTalk server through interfaces. The implementation takes place in parallel for the German and Austrian clients. The iterative procedure makes it possible to also take new requirements into account in the running, old settlement system during the implementation phase.
Subject description
The business logic to be implemented is used to create advance payment plans, monthly billing of these, and to create settlements for the supplied customers on a fiscal year basis. One fundamental innovation is the decoupling of the settlement periods (fiscal years) from the calendar year. Furthermore, in addition to the energy or network fees calculated by the network operator, other items, such as services and payments relating to other periods can be posted within a settlement. The creation of settlements can be automatically triggered in packages using adjustable parameters and no longer needs to be carried out individually and manually for each customer.