SAP for Industries: Utilities
SAP’s IS-U module is a utilities solution dedicated to processing customer accounts. Some of the major components of IS-U include:
- Device Management to read meters, manage installations, and certify devices
- Customizable rate structures for standard divisions of electricity, gas, water/waste water, district heating, and multimedia services
- Collective invoicing supports large customers with many locations to receive consolidated invoice
- Invoicing for both block and interval rate structures
- Payment engine to process disbursements via check, ACH, and wire
- Payment engine to process recurring customer payments
- Automated dunning notices and submission to collection agencies for past due accounts
- Direct interface to SAP Financials for posting receivables and payables
- Consolidated sub-ledger developed for large customer base and high volume of financial transactions
- Check management to process voiding, reissuing, or cashing of checks, including escheatment of stale-dated checks
- Direct interface to SAP CRM to efficiently process customer service activities
- External interfaces to banking institutions to process inbound and outbound ACH transactions, credit card transactions, wire transactions, check encashment, returns, and positive pay
- Flexible reporting solutions to provide seamless access to customer activity
- Integrated web portal for customers to pay invoices online (Biller Direct)







By using Virtusa, we were able to integrate the insurance industry's best practices into our solution and streamline our implementation.