About NHPC

NHPC Limited, a Government of India Enterprise, is a leading player in hydropower generation, with a vision to expand its capacity to 20,000 MW. To achieve this ambitious target, NHPC needed a modern, integrated enterprise solution to streamline operations across its power plants, project sites, and corporate offices.With a strong focus on efficiency, scalability, and data-driven decision-making, NHPC embarked on Project Kiran, a pioneering initiative to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that would unify and enhance its operational workflows.

Business Challenge

Before partnering with Envecon, NHPC struggled with:

• Decentralized and disjointed operations across multiple project locations and power plants.
• Delays in contractor payments due to lack of real-time integration with financial systems.
• Limited visibility into critical project activities, making it difficult to track project progress and financials.
• Inefficiencies in inventory management, leading to delays in material procurement and maintenance activities.
• Cumbersome energy billing processes, taking 2-3 days to generate bills manually.
• Lack of automation in project lifecycle management, contract monitoring, and power plant maintenance.

NHPC required a robust, industry-specific ERP solution that could address these pain points.

Solution

To overcome these challenges, Envecon successfully implemented IFS Applications ERP at NHPC in a phased rollout, across 31 locations, including:

• 1 corporate office
• 7 regional offices (covering Kolkata, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jammu, Siliguri, Subansiri, and Banikhet)
• 11 power stations
• 11 construction sites
• 1 liaison office

The phased implementation covered:
✅Phase I – Head office &Banikhet region, with a focus on energy sales and accounting, implemented in 2008.
✅Phase II – Expansion to Kolkata, Chandigarh, and Dehradun regional offices, including associated construction projects and power stations.
✅Phase III – Rollout to Jammu, Siliguri, and Subansiri regional offices and their respective projects.

This structured approach ensured seamless integration, allowing over 10,000 users to adopt the new system with minimal disruption.

The key solutions and features included:

• Centralized Data Management:A single, unified platform covering finance, procurement, inventory, contracts, maintenance, and project management.
• Integration of finance, project management, and contract management, ensuring real-time tracking of estimates, contract costs, and government approvals.
• Predictive Maintenance & Condition Monitoring, enhancing plant uptime and reducing downtime through data-driven maintenance strategies.
• Energy billing automation, reducing billing time from 2-3 days to just 2-3 hours.
• Enhanced inventory management, allowing real-time tracking of spare parts, reducing procurement delays.
• Vendor database centralization and automated procurement workflows, improving transparency and efficiency.
• Employee self-service portal for HR functions, allowing staff to manage leave requests and claims online thereby reducing administrative burdens.

By leveraging IFS ERP, Envecon provided NHPC with a future-ready digital infrastructure, enabling greater transparency and agility.

Products & Services

• IFS EAM
• IFS Finance
• IFS SCM
• LogStarGencare

Implementation Locations / Sites

• India
• Australia
• North America

Impact

The implementation of IFS ERP by Envecon’s enterprise solutions brought significant efficiency gains and operational improvements to NHPC:

✅ Improved Coordination & Data Synchronization – Centralized processes led to better coordination across key functions.
✅Regulatory & Compliance Efficiency – Automatic generation of statutory and monitoring reports, ensuring compliance with government regulations.
✅ Faster Financial Closures – NHPC successfully completed financial year-end closure for all 31 locations seamlessly.
✅ Reduced Energy Billing Time – Generation of energy bills reduced from 2-3 days to 2-3 hours, ensuring timely invoicing.
✅ Optimized Inventory Management – Real-time stock visibility reduced procurement delays and improved planning.
✅ Automated Maintenance & Reduced Downtime – Predictive analytics using condition monitoring minimized downtime.
✅ Streamlined Procurement & Vendor Management – Automated tender tracking and vendor evaluation improved efficiency.
✅ Higher Employee Productivity – Online self-service HR tools reduced administrative burden and improved workforce efficiency.
✅ Enterprise-Wide Digital Transformation – A unified ERP ecosystem enabling data-driven decision-making.
✅Scalable ERP Adoption – Over 10,000 users across NHPC successfully utilizing the system.

With Envecon’s expertise in IFS ERP implementation, NHPC digitalized its operations, enabling greater efficiency with the added advantage of cost savings across its power plants and projects.