Sustainability: A leading mega-retailer brings energy savings to market
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- Africa
Country
- Egypt
Product
- EcoStruxure Facility Advisor
- EcoStruxure Power
Tech Stack
- IoT
- Cloud Computing
- Data Analytics
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Energy Saving
- Environmental Impact Reduction
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Retail
Applicable Functions
- Facility Management
- Maintenance
Use Cases
- Energy Management System
- Predictive Maintenance
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
Carrefour Egypt is a leading mega-retailer operating in a highly competitive retail market in Egypt. The company is part of Majid Al Futtaim Retail, which operates 40 Carrefour hypermarkets and supermarkets throughout the country. Carrefour Egypt focuses on customer satisfaction by constantly finding ways to improve quality, choice, and prices. As part of its strategy, the company is committed to sustainable business practices. Jean-Luc Graziato, the country head for Carrefour Egypt at Majid Al Futtaim Retail, is on a mission to deliver customer satisfaction in a different way: sustainable business practices. Graziato recently implemented a project to reduce power consumption and ensure uptime in about half of all Carrefour stores.
The Challenge
Carrefour Egypt, a leading mega-retailer, operates in a highly competitive retail market. To differentiate itself, the company focuses on customer satisfaction by improving quality, choice, and prices. As part of its strategy, Carrefour Egypt is committed to sustainable business practices. Jean-Luc Graziato, the country head for Carrefour Egypt at Majid Al Futtaim Retail, implemented a project to reduce power consumption and ensure uptime in about half of all Carrefour stores. The key goals included measuring energy consumption across stores to identify high- and low-performing stores, using insights from energy dashboards and performance reports to continually optimize power usage, ensuring protection against downtime threats, such as equipment malfunctions or power outages, via timely notifications, and maximizing uptime for power, lighting, ovens, refrigerators, and other business-critical assets.
The Solution
To achieve the goals, Schneider Electric proposed a digital solution that could monitor individual devices and offer expert guidance on power use optimization. The solution chosen was EcoStruxure Facility Advisor from Schneider Electric. Schneider experts collaborated alongside Graziato’s team to adapt Facility Advisor solutions to the specific configurations of 19 stores. The installation and configuration were completed in 16 weeks. The Schneider engineering team analyzes data from Facility Advisor dashboards to provide two annual performance reports to Carrefour. These reports serve as action plans for optimizing energy use. They also allow Graziato to compare one store’s power consumption against another, thus empowering him to create performance benchmarks. Graziato’s team uses the Facility Advisor suite of services to centrally manage each store’s assets and power consumption from a single computer or tablet.
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