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Wednesday, September 07 2022 - 15:16
AsiaNet
Meralco Harnesses the Power of Data to Drive Business Success with Cloudera
SINGAPORE, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

-- Actionable insights from Cloudera's data management technology allow Meralco 
to make data-driven decisions to prevent outages and increase customer 
satisfaction

Cloudera ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3640630-1&h=583808816&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cloudera.com%2F&a=Cloudera 
) , the hybrid data company, today announced that the Philippines' largest 
electric power distribution company, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3640630-1&h=1862293097&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meralco.com.ph%2F&a=Meralco 
) ), is working with Cloudera to strengthen its digital transformation efforts 
by harnessing the full potential of its data to deliver more value to its 
customers. With Cloudera, Meralco plans to achieve greater operational 
efficiencies and raise customer satisfaction.

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Meralco is committed to delivering service excellence by leveraging data – 
bringing safe, stable and reliable power to homes, businesses, and COVID-19 
vital facilities. To accommodate growing data requirements as well as the need 
for more efficient data management, Meralco required a robust data platform 
that could handle the volume and speed at which data was collected and 
generated across its online channels, electricity supply chain management 
systems, and more. Driven by its customer-centricity and digital transformation 
program, the company had to implement a solution that could store and integrate 
data from across the organization while eliminating data silos, allowing them 
to use various data to improve customer service.

Cloudera worked with Meralco to develop a custom solution, a flagship analytics 
platform that processes Meralco's data and runs various machine learning (ML) 
models. Through the Meralco Data Platform (MDP), Meralco has improved the 
turnaround time for the provision of electricity services, while raising 
customer satisfaction levels through analysis of customer concerns and 
inquiries. MDP has allowed Meralco to implement predictive analytics for 
improved identification of secondary lines for rehabilitation and overloaded 
distribution transformers. These predictive models helped line offices conduct 
targeted field verification and facility correction, which resulted in 
prevention of probable outages to almost 200,000 customers in 2021.

With Cloudera's support, Meralco was able to integrate the data silos within 
the organization, including all elements of its operations. This will provide 
Meralco with full visibility of relevant data that they can leverage to know 
more about the needs and behavior of their customers, which will in turn 
uncover more opportunities to further improve customer experience at every 
touchpoint, improve asset and grid management, and increase operational 
efficiency.

Meralco has also leveraged MDP to launch M-Wing, a single-source management 
dashboard, accessible on-line via mobile devices, for reporting of key 
performance indicators. The business performance reports are presented 
internally to Meralco and the Board, as well as externally to investors and the 
media.

"By unlocking the value of information to insights and harnessing the connected 
intelligence across Meralco, we bring to light where and how we can drive 
exceptional service to our customers, streamline our internal operations and 
create new opportunities for innovation - fully recognizing the power of data 
as an enabler to business growth," said Rocky D. Bacani, Meralco First Vice 
President and Head of Information, Communication, Technology and Transformation.

"We're delighted to support Meralco on its data journey and enable data-driven 
decision-making to provide value for both the organization and its customers. 
Cloudera's scalable hybrid data management and analytics platform will help 
Meralco streamline data and maximize the value gained through its entire data 
lifecycle," said Remus Lim, Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan, Cloudera.

Additional Resources
  - For more information on the Cloudera Data Platform, please visit 
    https://www.cloudera.com/products/cloudera-data-platform.html
  - For more information about Cloudera's Energy & Utilities Solutions, please 
    visit https://www.cloudera.com/solutions/energy-and-utilities.html

About Cloudera
At Cloudera, we believe data can make what is impossible today, possible 
tomorrow. Cloudera taught the world the value of data, creating an industry and 
ecosystem powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community. We 
empower our customers, leaders in their industries, to transform complex data 
into clear and actionable insights. Through our hybrid data platform, 
organizations are able to build their data-driven future by getting data, no 
matter where it resides, into the hands of those that need it. Learn more at  
www.Cloudera.com.

Cloudera and associated marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of 
Cloudera, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their 
respective owners.

Source - Cloudera, Inc.

CONTACT: Cassandra Lew: press@cloudera.com; Anisah Ghapar: 
singaporecloudera@archetype.co
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