LYNQTECH is an innovative technology company which, with its modular cloud platform for energy suppliers, provides groundbreaking solutions for the energy distribution of the future. Sales-relevant processes in energy supply companies are networked from start to finish (“end-to-end”): from contract conclusion to customer support to billing of all products purchased by the end customer. The sales business of EVUs is optimized using digital solutions, creating positive customer experiences and reducing acquisition, service and operating costs at the same time.

CEDIO GmbH offers its customers consulting services around the topics Business Intelligence and Data Analysis. The service portfolio includes strategic consulting as well as industry-specific conceptual design, implementation and operation of data analytics solutions. In addition to the pharmaceutical, financial, retail and insurance sectors, the customer focus is primarily on the energy industry. The consulting approach focuses on the development of customized data analytics solutions and the professional support of utilities in the transformation and digital challenges to the data-driven Utility 4.0. By partnering with CEDIO, utilities benefit from its expertise in innovative digital solutions and technologies. Thus, CEDIO is available to customers of the epilot cloud solution to provide advice and support during implementation.

With Billogram, EVUs can create and send invoices in a variety of ways. Whether by post, email, SMS, in the app or via the customer portal — your customers have the freedom to choose the method that is most convenient for them. This omni-channel presence allows you to reach a wide range of customers and meet their needs. However, Billogram offers more than just billing: Invoices are used as an effective communication channel to promote proactive customer interactions and enable personalized upselling. This not only increases customer satisfaction, but also revenue per customer. Billogram provides innovative tools to automate and optimize the payment process. An intelligent chatbot, automated payment reconciliation and personalized, gentle payment reminders and reminders are part of the offer. This means: on-time payments and satisfied customers. This partnership between epilot and Billogram is a significant step towards more efficient and customer-oriented billing for energy supply companies. We are excited about the opportunities this opens up and look forward to working with Billogram to shape the future of billing for EVUs.

The credit agency Creditreform Boniversum is part of the Creditreform Group and one of the largest providers of creditworthiness information on private individuals in Germany. epilot offers the option of integrating Boniversum within the online ordering process, for example when selling broadband tariffs. End customers agree to the transmission of data for the credit check via checkbox and the result of the credit check is transmitted automatically when the lead is received in the epilot employee portal. The creditworthiness check can also be used in direct sales – employees see the result immediately after entering the relevant data in the customer journey. The connection of Boniversum to epilot thus enables risk minimization by reducing payment defaults, increased efficiency through automated data transfer and the flexible use of credit checks in the online customer journey and in direct sales.

DATAFACTORY AUTOCOMPLETE is a service specializing in address and data management provided by Deutsche Post Direkt, a wholly owned subsidiary of Europe’s largest postal service provider, Deutsche Post.A total of around 1.2 million different address suggestions are available, including all delivery-relevant streets, more than 16,000 postal codes and destinations, 14,000 towns and 75,000 district names. The basis for the automatic completion is the street directory based on the original Deutsche Post postal routing data. Through interface connection and encryption, epilot customers can always access current postal data quickly and securely. As an integrated service in our epilot platform, DATAFACTORY AUTOCOMPLETE enables effective assistance in the user-friendly completion of address entries. As soon as your customers enter the first alphanumeric characters in the address input field of the epilot order route, they receive up to 15 suggestions for valid German addresses.

Carbonify has set itself the task of making the climate protection instrument “greenhouse gas reduction ratio” as easy, transparent and profitable as possible for its customers. To this end, as part of their market-leading position, they bundle the GHG quotas for e-mobility and sell them to companies in the petroleum industry. This ensures that money from the petroleum industry is invested  into electric mobility and creates a positive impact on the environment. The GHG quotas recorded with epilot are forwarded via an interface to carbonify, which takes care of the complete settlement with the Federal Environment Agency and carries out trade with the petroleum companies. Both the supplier and the e-mobilist remain informed via the customer portal throughout the process. Depending on preferences, the supplier does not have to carry out any operational processes. Even customer support and payouts can be processed via Carbonify. Best prices are guaranteed.

CONUTI is an innovative IT consulting company with many years of experience in the energy industry. CONUTI works closely with the established software providers powercloud, SAP or Next Level Integration in numerous implementation, migration and development projects. CONUTI provides utilities with end-to-end projects from the initial workshop through implementation, migration and training to go-live with subsequent 24/7 technical and business support.The partnership between CONUTI and epilot enables the introduction, provision and operation of a smart billing cloud for the epilot platform, including support services, with a short project duration. The billing of the bundling of electricity and gas tariffs with, for example, a wallbox as well as desired additional options, such as season tickets for local indoor swimming pool and Spotify, is automated. Thus, efficient use can be made of the cross-selling and upselling opportunities offered by the epilot solution. All subsequent processes for billing, market communication and accounting are included.Further information can be found in the product information.

The partnership between Cursor and epilot promises extensive benefits for customers in the energy industry. Through this collaboration, both companies can combine their strengths and offer an end-to-end range of services from B2C to B2B for business areas such as commodities, energy solutions or network processes. As a CRM specialist, Cursor has extensive expertise in the energy industry and has already developed specific solutions for this sector with its industry solutions EVI for the energy industry and TINA specifically for network operators. Thanks to the interfaces between Cursor and epilot, customers can now also benefit from epilot's cloud platform and exchange their data between CRM solutions and the cloud platform. Jürgen Heidak, CTO at Cursor, emphasizes the high level of interest shown by customers from the energy industry in combining both solutions and the benefits for customers, who can benefit from the complete functionality including concrete, EVU-specific added value. The cooperation promises a win-win situation for both companies and their customers in the energy sector.

The DMS Group‘s expertise is in providing customer service, process management and automation solutions to the utility industry. With over 700 employees, the DMS Group is one of the largest independent service providers in the utility industry. The focus of the DMS Group is on automation with the help of RPA – Robotic Process Automation. RPA is software capable of emulating arbitrary workflows in completely different programs and is therefore often referred to as the spearhead of digitization. As a certified partner of UiPath, DMS can realize fully comprehensive end-to-end automation via Robotic Process Automation. For example, data transfers from the epilot platform to the company’s own billing system are automated and thus less error-prone, cost- and time-saving. In addition to process automation, completely hybrid solutions can be offered with the help of artificial intelligence and qualified employees and unstructured data can be automated and processed end-to-end.

To ensure the best possible data management service, eClerX Digital combines human and technical capabilities and focuses primarily on support and consulting services. This should enable improved automation via RPA, efficient data lake solutions for data integration and effective legacy migrations. The collaboration between epilot and eClerx Digital is focused on improving data efficiency, always focusing on customer needs. This unleashes enormous digital potential, accelerating transformations and improving business outcomes. While eClerX Digital supports its clients as a neutral consulting firm with questions and/or tasks, epilot's software solutions are effectively integrated into project work. In turn, epilot brings eClerX Digital's support and consulting services to its clients and projects.

As a leading IT company, GET AG and its approximately 90 employees have been collecting industry-relevant data since 2000, preparing it and developing software to enable customers to use it for everyday market requirements. Thanks to its expertise in setting up and operating online portals, the Leipzig-based company offers market participants and consumers attractive platforms in e-commerce. With the Cockpit, an intuitive cloud application for market analysis, product calculation and sales management was established on the electricity and gas market. More than 500 customers and partners from the IT and energy industry rely on the services and competences of GET AG. The connection of the GET-AG solution to epilot makes it possible to determine the current network usage tariff and the associated network usage costs (network charge, metering prices, levies, concession fee as well as taxes for standard load profile customers and power metered consumers) for each German location or network operator on an address-specific basis.In epilot predefined components are filled with GET-AG data. In the epilot Customer Journey, an availability check of the packages is carried out after the customer has entered the geo-data. If the packages are available, an API transfers the GET-AG data and the prices are transmitted directly into the Journey.

ConVista Consulting AG is one of the leading management consultancies for IT and business consulting. Founded in 1999, ConVista now supports around 350 international customers from the insurance, finance and energy industries in their digital transformation and business process optimization based on SAP, JAVA and Microsoft.From years of practical experience, ConVista knows the complex processes of energy suppliers and, on this basis, can advise them individually on how best to keep pace with digital change, implement new legal regulations with foresight and adapt to changing market conditions. The focus of their work is the digital transformation of energy and condition data collection, provision and analysis of intelligent metering systems (smart meters). As experts for the industry software SAP IS-U, ConVista advises its customers from the initial concept to day-to-day operation.As part of our partnership, ConVista Consulting advises and supports customers of the epilot solution in the implementation and integration of the cloud platform into existing processes in order to take advantage of the opportunities for digitizing business processes. ConVista’s SAP expertise also enables an optimal connection of the epilot solution to SAP IS-U. You can find more information about the partnership here.

The energy transition requires innovative solutions. Energy supply companies and grid operators must therefore expand their systems with modern cloud solutions. Interfaces are essential here, and dflow is an expert for this challenge. As a 100% subsidiary of INTENSE AG, dflow offers the perfect combination of many years of experience in the energy industry and innovative cloud integration.dflow specializes specifically in the integration of cloud software and ERP software interfaces in the energy sector. With a strong focus on data integration, dflow offers fully automated integrations and interfaces as a service. In the “integration as a service” model, dfow specialists take care of updates, data flow, provision and consistency. This allows you to free up time for more important things — such as for your customers or your IT roadmap.

ene’t GmbH is an independent systems house for the German energy industry, offering utilities a broad portfolio of software solutions, web services, databases and consulting. The integration of ene’t web services into the epilot cloud solution makes it possible to determine the current network usage tariff and the associated network usage costs (network charges, metering prices, apportionments, concession fee as well as taxes for standard load profile customers and power-metered consumers) for each German location or network operator on an address-specific basis. In epilot, predefined components are filled with ene’t data. In the epilot Customer Journey, an availability check of the packages is carried out after the customer has entered the geo-data. When available, an API transfers the ene’t data and prices are transmitted directly into the Journey.

The energy service provider ENEDI is entering a new era for energy suppliers in the development, distribution and handling of energy services. All energy products and services for residential and commercial customers are sold online by ENEDI on behalf and in the name of the energy supplier or network operator. ENEDI advises its customers on the implementation of sales and handling processes, starting with lead generation, through order creation and realization, to transfer to the respective billing system.As a consulting partner of epilot, ENEDI supports energy suppliers in implementing the epilot cloud platform so that all processes are covered digitally.

envelio is an IT company from Cologne that has developed the Intelligent Grid Platform: a software assistance system for distribution grid operators that can be used to digitize and automate technical grid planning and grid operation processes. An important application is the automated processing of network compatibility checks for new network participants. The integration of the envelio Intelligent Grid Platform enables customers of the epilot solution to directly and automatically check grid compatibility, so that the entire approval process for new grid participants can be handled digitally and efficiently.

With its “strategy-to-action” approach, excubate sees itself as a companion for the digital transformation of a company. Together with their clients, excubate’s consultants drive forward innovations in companies and support the implementation of a sustainable transformation strategy. In doing so, excubate integrates both corporate and start-up mindsets to bring together the best of both worlds. As a consulting partner, excubate supports energy suppliers in the implementation of the epilot cloud solution and thus helps them to face the challenges of the energy market as a digital, competitive and future-proof company. As part of epilot world, we spoke with excubate and SVO about our total solution for electric car owners – watch the recording here.

As a multi-award-winning management consultancy, FourManagement GmbH focuses on its holistic and implementation-oriented consulting approach for medium-sized companies and corporations. They therefore consistently involve middle management. They distinguish themselves from other management consultancies through their close and trusting cooperation with their clients, as a relevant basis for successfully implemented change. While FourManagement provides targeted content support for corporate strategies and operational issues with deep energy industry know-how, the epilot complete solution offers a platform to easily connect the products and services with processes and partners. The collaboration between FourManagement GmbH and epilot is intended to drive forward the customer-focused digitization of business processes among epilot customers.

iAdvize is a 360° conversational platform that has already enabled over 2,000 brands to create a unique conversational experience for the entire customer journey by bringing people and AI together. Since its launch in 2010, more than 1.3 billion messages have been exchanged via the platform. Renowned brands use the application to increase their sales, reduce operating costs and strengthen customer loyalty. In addition to omnichannel messaging, which includes automatically forwarding customers 24/7 to the most suitable contact person with the help of intelligent chatbots, the iAdvize conversation platform also offers immersive, interactive live shopping experiences.

Fichtner IT Consulting advises and implements powerful IT solutions for technical networks, systems and infrastructure. They combine their industry knowledge and process know-how with the latest technological expertise to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions for the success of their customers. According to the Fichtner IT Consulting approach, the key to efficient and effective business processes is the acquisition, structuring and linking as well as the targeted preparation and presentation of information — including in spatial context. Their concepts and solutions ensure that their customers are optimally positioned for digitization. They have extensive expertise in the areas of utility and grid operator processes and offer tailor-made solutions to optimize business processes and increase companies' productivity. This experience helps to establish the epilot cloud platform for customers in an even more targeted way. This includes services for the introduction and configuration of the epilot environment as well as integration into customer-specific IT systems and relevant business processes.

Frequentum GmbH was founded with the aim of supporting the energy turnaround and the mobility turnaround and tackles the obstacles faced by energy suppliers, the housing industry, construction companies and local authorities. Basically, several topics will be addressed: Smart City, energy generation, photovoltaics, electromobility, etc. Frequentum always uses the best technology and is vendor-neutral. Her current focus is the topic of electromobility for the residential and commercial sectors. Since 2016, Frequentum has been working in the product development, sales, planning and realization segments in this field. As part of the cooperation between Frequentum and epilot, consulting and planning solutions for the development of charging infrastructure in the housing industry are offered to the energy sector nationwide. While epilot uses its e-commerce solution to digitally map customer-focused end-to-end processes from lead generation to technical implementation to active customer management in the areas of (non), commodity, and grid, Frequentum takes over the planning of charging infrastructure on behalf of energy providers after an on-site appointment. With planning and costing complete, utilities can then use regional service providers or their own resources to take over the distribution and construction of the basic technology, the charging stations and the operation of the charging technology controlled by epilot. The regional partners of the energy suppliers are integrated into the process chain at the right interface in each case. This guarantees correct processing of the individual work orders.

With Google Analytics, you can easily analyze how your website and app users interact with your content to find out what’s resonating well and what’s not. Through various reporting tools, you can gain insights into how customers interact with your website and apps, and easily share information within your organization. Google’s comprehensive statistics and machine learning algorithms enable you to realize the full potential of your data. Thanks to Google’s machine learning algorithms, you can draw completely new insights from your data – such as which users are likely to make a conversion or are particularly strong buyers. An individual Google Analytics tracking ID can be stored in the epilot Customer Journey, which makes it possible to track the behavior of users in the Customer Journey in detail. For example, the effectiveness of advertisements (e.g., Google Search Ads, Display Ads, Youtube Ads) that redirect to the corresponding customer journey can be evaluated. In addition, potential drop-off points in the customer journey can be identified in order to optimize conversion.

The core competence of items is the takeover and support of IT and IT-related business processes for the utility industry and public transport. With more than 5 million meter points and 90 customers, items is another experienced partner in the epilot ecosystem. As a full-service provider, items offers a comprehensive portfolio of IT infrastructure, consulting and process services with a focus on cloud services, collaboration platforms, IoT integration of smart city technologies, AI products and robotics. items sets standards in the concrete implementation of digitization in smart city and smart region projects for the supply and mobility sector. Thefocus of the cooperation between items and epilot lies in the integration of epilot into the existing software landscape of an EVU. items takes over the software management as an IT node and thus enables an optimal and efficient integration of epilot into the existing landscape of standard and individual software. A classic scenario is that epilot is used by a utility or network operator, e.g. as a sales or process tool. In the process, items transfers the relevant information to the respective billing systems and plays the data back to provide a 360 customer view in epilot. Thus, items acts as an operational service provider and data holder, while epilot maps the sales interface and the customer view.

As one of the leading providers for IT implementation in the energy supply industry, INTENSE AG advises and supports energy suppliers in optimizing their business models and building a customer-oriented customer journey. With its Billing as a Service solution, INTENSE AG also offers the possibility to design the basis for an optimized, competitive customer experience with modern billing solutions. INTENSE AG as solution and system integration partner of epilot is the development and integration partner to establish customer experience functions sustainably in the system landscape/platform of the EVU. The cooperation between epilot and INTENSE AG focuses on the efficient integration of billing systems in order to benefit from the digital marketing potential on the epilot cloud platform. Individual product offerings can thus be implemented with a high degree of automation in the shortest possible time. With INTENSE AG as a partner, the transformation from energy supplier to holistic platform provider is accompanied with the help of epilot cloud solutions. Together, we are digitizing the business models of utilities and the customer journey of their customers. At epilot world, Jonathan Klotz (INTENSE AG) and Kerstin Schliebe (Gates IT) presented an eCommerce Customer Journey and vividly demonstrated how the components (building blocks) of different vendors can be seamlessly and efficiently integrated into a future-oriented, hybrid architecture. – click here for the recording.

Lowell is one of the leading European providers in receivables management. The company’s goal is to develop viable solutions for its customers and for consumers when dealing with outstanding receivables. Lowell operates in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. Thanks to extensive expertise in data analysis and excellent risk management, Lowell can offer its customers expert solutions in all areas of receivables management – from debt purchase and collection services to outsourcing business processes. Lowell takes an ethical approach to receivables management and always tries to find the most appropriate, sustainable and fair solution, taking into account a consumer’s individual situation. As a service partner, Lowell handles receivables management for epilot customers in order to achieve rapid payment success. By partnering with Lowell, utilities benefit from fast processing and takeover of their outstanding receivables and an easy way to outsource this process.

Since its foundation in 1982, IBC SOLAR has become the leading system house for PV and energy solutions. The spectrum ranges from solar parks that feed electricity into the grid, to self-consumption systems for businesses and private households, to off-grid photovoltaic systems and neighborhood storage systems. With its specialist partner portal, IBC SOLAR supports registered installers in their daily photovoltaic business to give them market advantages. Advantages that have already convinced more than 600 solar installers throughout Germany. Through the partnership with IBC SOLAR, users of the epilot platform gain access to experienced installers from IBC SOLAR’s network for the assembly and installation of the photovoltaic systems sold. Likewise, registered installers in the IBC SOLAR network benefit from new orders via the epilot platform.

The partnership between epilot and Schleupen offers numerous benefits for energy suppliers and network operators, in particular for municipal utilities. The integration of Schleupen's billing solution into epilot's flexible platform enables seamless automation of the billing process for bundling products, which often pose a challenge for energy suppliers. By configuring “Journeys” on the website, customers can be guided through the enquiry or ordering process in a user-friendly way. Installers and other partners are digitally involved in the process, resulting in greater efficiency and a better customer experience. In addition, epilot's 360-degree offering offers a portal world for customers with cross-selling offers, contract management and status tracking. The competencies of Schleupen and epilot complement each other perfectly to create a consistent cloud-based customer experience. While Schleupen contributes its know-how to the automated billing process, epilot offers a modern customer experience, efficient online sales and process management. Thanks to the partnership, all Schleupen customers can connect the epilot solution to Schleupen.CS via plug & play and vice versa. This enables energy suppliers and network operators to act agilely at the customer interface and flexibly adapt their products and services.

proenergy consult GmbH, Cologne, is a consulting firm specialized in energy sales. The focus of their consulting services in energy sales is the development of new business models and products, the optimization of customer management processes and their mapping in the development of new business models as a supplement to traditional business. They focus on aligning sales with active customer management in new customer acquisition, customer recovery and cross-selling. Together with epilot, they develop solutions for customers to digitally market innovative energy products and integrate them into the process and system world of energy supply companies.

Servicum pursues the vision that customer service should not be just an (unloved) back-office process. As an outsourcing solution for customer service in the smart energy industry, they accompany companies through the energy and mobility transition. Since 2020 Servicum offers a platform for the industry and related sectors dealing with Smart-Energy and takes over the complete customer service of its industrial customers as a BPO service provider (Business-Process-Outsourcing). With its offering, Servicum accompanies its customers through the entire customer journey. At the core of this are three components: an omnichannel contact center, a field service (provision of nationwide installer capacity), and a knowledge center. As part of the cooperation between Servicum and epilot, municipal utilities without their own supra-regional service network can benefit from the services offered and map their back-office processes nationwide via Servicum.

Intrum is present in 24 European countries with Credit Management Services . With over 10,000 employees and 80,000 companies as clients, Intrum is the market leader in this segment. Intrum offers its clients solutions to improve cash flow and long-term profitability. The focus is on financial services, from direct debiting for retailers, accounts receivable management and secured purchase on account in e-commerce to the management of receivables with service disruptions and the support of over-indebted customers. Customers should be supported on their way out of debt so that they can actively participate in economic activity again. Intrum is committed to sustainable development. For Intrum, it goes without saying that financial sustainability also goes hand in hand with ecological and social responsibility. For example, since 2016, Intrum has been a signatory of the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact and has integrated the sustainability goals into business operations. As part of the cooperation between Intrum and epilot, customer service, accounts receivable and receivables management, collection management and specialist energy services are offered nationwide. Through many years of know-how, Intrum has the tact to provide clarification work in the area of receivables management and to achieve willingness to pay in a holistic process. While epilot digitally depicts customer-focused end-to-end processes from lead generation to technical implementation to active customer management in the areas of (non-) commodity and network with the cloud platform, Intrum uses the synergies of the partnership for receivables management.

For over 20 years, PayPal has revolutionized the digital payments market as a leading provider. Through the use of technology, the PayPal platform enables more than 375 million consumers and merchants in over 200 markets to successfully participate in international commerce, making financial services and commerce more convenient, cost-effective and secure. In Germany, 25.6 million people already use PayPal as an online payment method.By integrating PayPal PLUS into the epilot cloud platform, customers can pay with the four most popular payment methods PayPal, direct debit, credit card and purchase on account – even without a PayPal account. PayPal Seller Protection also protects against possible payment defaults. This enables a user-friendly and secure checkout and thus fits perfectly into epilot’s all-in-one eCommerce solution. As part of our March 2021 webinar series, we presented the integration of PayPal together with Stadtwerke Stade – click here for the recording.

PwC sees its role as building social trust and solving important problems. More than 284,000 employees in 155 countries contribute to this with high-quality, industry-specific services in the areas of auditing, tax and management consulting. The energy industry is facing numerous challenges with the energy transition, regulatory requirements and digitalization. Some utilities lack a clear strategic direction to successfully push their products into the market. The introduction of new software solutions must therefore be accompanied in parallel by a clear digitization strategy, process redesign and cultural transformation. The partnership between epilot and PwC addresses precisely this point: epilot provides the digital solution, PwC Germany provides the corresponding strategic support, e.g. to transform product management or initiate marketing campaigns, and supports the introduction of epilot.Further information can be found in the press release.

SMARTWERK is the energy transition partner for municipal utilities. The “Smartwerkers” support energy suppliers in their change and digitization processes. The human factor is always in focus here. They help with a comprehensive problem and potential analysis via the well-founded solution finding up to the operational implementation of the jointly developed roadmap. This is where epilot’s cloud solution comes into play, enabling the digitalization of EVU sales processes with a 360° view of the end customer as well as the integration of relevant partners (installers, tradesmen and other service providers). If required, SMARTWERK supports the municipal utility to “fill the epilot solution with life” and to develop and jointly implement suitable products (e.g. wallbox, PV, e-mobility) in a marketable manner. SMARTWERK advises and supports utilities before, during and after the implementation of the epilot cloud solution. The partnership between epilot and SMARTWERK thus addresses a far-reaching problem faced by many energy providers: Lack of resources for the implementation of digital sales solutions. The “Smartwerkers” have each worked in municipal utilities for several years and therefore know the individual problems of the energy suppliers & can provide direct and target-oriented support.

epilot is a new member of the SAP PartnerEdge Build. Our platform is integrated with the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). As a result, our entire portfolio of solutions for sales, service, network and implementation processes as part of the energy revolution is available to customers within a very short period of time. In addition, the SAP Business Technology Platform and its options will of course also be of interest to companies that have not used the platform before, but are interested in epilot solutions or are already a customer of ours. Companies get access to already connected solutions and digital processes and (cloud) services via SAP BTP, which can be purchased in their own app store. From now on, you can also find our complete epilot 360 solution there. Thanks to our development and integration partner Intense, it is also fully compatible.

SMP Strategy Consulting stands for excellence at the customer interface — personally and digitally. Consulting creates outstanding customer experiences for its clients and ensures efficiency in service delivery. In doing so, it makes use of all options offered by digitization. Three values are decisive for the quality of advice: SMP Strategy Consulting acts strategically, humanely and pragmatically. That is exactly what their customers, industry leaders among banks, insurers, energy suppliers and telecommunications service providers, appreciate about SMP.

SCHUFA is Germany’s leading solution provider of credit and information services for companies and consumers. In total, more than 10,000 corporate customers are connected to Schufa’s services as contractual partners. In addition, around 2.3 million private customers use SCHUFA services. The company provides private and business customers such as banks, savings banks and retailers with credit-relevant information relating to creditworthiness, identity and fraud prevention. On the basis of Schufa decision-making aids, it is possible for private and business customers to conclude contracts quickly, inexpensively and without red tape. Information about products and services for private customers as well as an online view of one’s own data stored at SCHUFA are available on the Internet portal www.meineSCHUFA.de. SCHUFA’s database comprises 1.052 billion pieces of information on 68 million private individuals and 6.0 million companies. The connection of Schufa to epilot thus enables increased payment security and fraud prevention, increased efficiency through automated data transfer and the flexible use of credit checks in the online customer journey and in direct sales for energy suppliers.

Solarize Energy Solutions GmbH uses an innovative SaaS solution to simplify the billing of electricity costs for multi-party properties using PV and grid power. The sustainably generated solar power is efficiently delivered, balanced and billed to any number of tenants in the area via the digital platform. The billing of residual electricity is also automated using the Solarize software. Solarize thus contributes to decentralization in the energy sector. With Solarize's services, plant operators are joining the flow of tenants, simultaneously upgrading properties according to ESG criteria and realizing attractive returns. For epilot customers, Solarize's software can be easily connected to and used with epilot 360.

Taktsoft Energy implements customer journey solutions and customer interfaces specifically for EVU. Together with customers and partners, Taksoft Energy explores and develops the appropriate functionality in conjunction with existing software systems. The combination of technology and process know-how creates innovative and customer-oriented solutions with which EVUs operate successfully on the market. These software solutions either run independently and “on-top” of the well-known industry platforms or are deeply integrated into them. As part of the cooperation with epilot, Taksoft Energy develops extensions to the epilot platform as apps. This includes Taktsoft Energy Apps, contract developments and in general everything that is not covered by epilot platform features.

For more than 50 years, SOPTIM AG has been a leader in the development of IT solutions and services for all market roles in the energy industry. With more than 400 employees in Aachen and Essen, SOPTIM offers everything from standardized software products to tailor-made project solutions that are necessary for stable and efficient system operation. The cloud-based SOPTIM Elements platform provides energy industry operators in German-speaking countries with tailor-made product solutions that efficiently represent their specialist processes. The partnership between SOPTIM and epilot opens up new opportunities for epilot customers to benefit from the diverse solutions offered by the SOPTIM Elements platform. The cooperation starts with the introduction of SYNC-Mastr, an intelligent solution that enables grid operators to efficiently manage their mandatory tasks in the market master data register (MaStR). Thanks to the fully automated comparison of master data with that of the epilot network connection portal, discrepancies are immediately identified and can be easily corrected. This reduces manual effort and minimizes sources of error, which is particularly important in light of the new registration requirements of the recently adopted solar package for balcony power plants. Further innovative products from the Elements series will be integrated as a result.

Sun, climate protection and economic efficiency — combined with sales support for the energy industry, expansion forecasts for grid planning and research and development expertise — that is the area of expertise of tetraeder.solar gmbh. The focus of its work lies in the area of surveying and forecasting renewable energy potential and the development of information and planning tools. As a leading company, tetraeder.solar gmbh creates its own software for the best results. It efficiently combines the most suitable data sources for the benefit of its customers. tetraeder.solar gmbh started in Germany almost 10 years ago, grew in Europe and is now active as a partner of leading data suppliers worldwide. The cooperation expands the epilot range of energy services with the interactive solar potential register with an interesting tool. It also offers smaller EVUs the opportunity to compete for customers with an attractive offer.

coneva’s mission is to support municipal utilities on their way to becoming service providers in the new energy world. For this purpose, coneva offers white label solutions for energy management and networks and integrates all relevant devices and systems of private as well as commercial end customers across sectors. In doing so, coneva places a clear focus on user-friendliness, enabling greater transparency and proximity when dealing with end customers. Whether pure consumer or prosumer, coneva’s energy management solution offers the possibility to visualize energy flows, to couple power systems, battery storage and electromobility as well as to optimize energy consumption. For the municipal utility, coneva offers scalable solutions to energy communities as part of the decentralization of energy supply.As part of the cooperation between coneva and epilot, these energy management functions will be integrated into epilot’s customer portal. This allows consumers and prosumers in the electricity market to visualize their smart meter data. During epilot world, Tina Hadler presented the concept of coneva and the “way behind the counter” – click here for the recording.

Sprungwerk GmbH is a service provider for digital processes in the energy industry and takes over the operational process handling, digitalization or automation of processes for you. Sprungwerk accompanies the processes “end-to-end” with fresh ideas, expertise and state-of-the-art technology. Sprungwerk offers maximum flexibility with a simultaneous promise of quality. Our energy industry specialists support you in processes such as: Market communication, Offer processing for grid connection processes, Installation Metrology & Charging Infrastructure, Automation of duty schedulesetc. Both sub-processes and entire process chains can be taken over.

Cooperation with epilot

The name “jump mechanism” describes a device used for the mechanism of switches, which allows immediate transition from one state to another. Therefore, the cooperation of Sprungwerk and epilot is a wonderful symbiosis. Where epilot provides the software and expertise for your new eCommerce solution, Sprungwerk ensures a quality-assured transfer of data. You can count on us in the following areas: Master data cleansing by the Sprungwerk specialists, Transfer of your data to the respective billing tool and back, Support with implementation processes necessary for the introduction of your epilot solution.

Vaira UG is a company founded in Paderborn in 2019. They are working on the digital transformation of the energy and construction industries. For this purpose, the team is developing the Vaira platform of the same name, which consists of a smartphone app and a web application. The company was able to establish important connections through EWE AG as a strategic investor, projects with industry giants such as Thüga AG and Veolia, and partnerships such as the one with global component manufacturer Georg Fischer. Since 2021, the Vaira platform has been distributed in a regular license model and digitizes Germany's construction sites. While Vaira takes care of the construction and documentation, epilot takes care of customer contact, which allows the uniform digital transformation to be further advanced as a partner.