Description

The Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) are standard verifications on network components and material referred to ISO standards.

FAT are an instrument to verify compliance with international standards and contract technical specification for purchased materials and before the shipment by the supplier. Such activities are executed at supplier production plant and the output is the quality approval of components and materials for material delivery at Enel’s network plants. Actually, FAT are executed by Enel inspectors and qualified third-parties in presence at supplier production plant and recently we are experimenting the utilization of Smart Glasses. This new technology permits to execute remotely the factory acceptance test.

We are facing some issues regarding technological and legal constraints which impacted on large scale utilization:

• Low battery duration and heating - through the introduction of the second generation of Smart Glasses we are going to mitigate these issues.
• Telecommunication Coverage, which limit Smart Glasses utilization to factory fully provided by proper TLC coverage
• Some suppliers denied Smart Glasses in their factory plants claiming privacy and protection of industrial property.

The evolution of digital strategy, lean processes and geographical fragmentation of suppliers’ portfolio, needs an improvement of acceptance test execution process also remotely.

The challenge consists in finding new and/or additional tool and process by using Smart Glasses or new and complementary digital instruments to achieve our goal.

The solution must have are:

• Guarantee Global application
• Guarantee standard activity execution in compliance with OI 41, purchase contracts and technical specifications 

The solution nice to have:

• Maintain adequate coverage of activity reducing time and costs

This challenge provides contribution to the following sustainable development goals (SDGs) to transform our world:

• SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
• SDG 10: Reduced Inequality

Challenge rules

Except for the people involved in the organization and management of the I&NNOVABILITY CHALLENGE and their spouses or partners and their relatives up to the fourth degree calculated according to Italian law, the proposals could be submitted by all the employees working in the legal entities pertaining to the perimeter of Infrastructure & Networks at Enel Group in the following countries Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Italy, Peru, Romania and Spain.

Explain your proposal clearly in one of the five (5) following languages of Enel Group: English , Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. If needed to provide further details, you can attach up to five (max 5) documents on the platform.

Solvers must develop their proposal so that benefits and feasibility can be assessed. Challenge seeks for solutions that can be implemented in the short term to obtain practical results. General ideas or not detailed solutions will receive low ranking in the evaluation. Additionally, the application of new technologies and a sustainability approach in the proposed solution will be considered a plus. 

The maximum number of members per team is 3. The submission will be done by the Team Leader and the list of team members must be identified in the submission. Please note that team composition must be specified in the Proposal’s attachments.

The Evaluation Committee will decide 3 finalists for each challenge and a jury will award one (1) winner per Challenge.

Proposals will be admitted on the platform from 10th February,2020 to 15th May, 2020 (within 23.59 CET), and the evaluation will start after this date.

All proposers are invited to read carefully the challenge and the regulation of this contest before submitting a solution.

By submitting a solution, you automatically accept the Regulations of this challenge other than the Terms of Use of this platform.

What happens next?

The I&NNOVABILITY Challenge Evaluation Committee will evaluate your proposal and might contact you to gather additional information.

Your innovative proposal will be evaluated based on technical, sustainable, economic and business impact parameters, for I&N. The presentation of the proposal will also be evaluated.

At the end of the assessment, you will receive feedback.

In case of being selected as a Finalist, an Enel I&N contact person will get in touch with you to discuss the next steps.