Research Of Information System Planning In Shenhua Group Guohua Electric Power Corporation

With the development of the separation of power plants from grids and on-gridprice bidding, electric power enterprises are lead into a market with fiercercompetition and large-scale electric power enterprises are facing huge challengesfrom the reform in the electric power market. These challenges require the enterprisesto be responsive enough to the market. To achieve this target, informationizationconstruction is a significant road. Although great achievements have been made in thelast round of informationization construction, there are still many problems due to thelack of overall planning and design. These problems become the bottleneck ofinformationization construction for electric power enterprises. For the decentralizedinformation management systems in the process of informationization construction, ahigh-efficient, complete and highly integrated information system, which isconstructed by utilizing the latest information technology, combining the businessesand features of electric power enterprises, and reasonable planning, is the key part forelectric power enterprises to achieve high responsiveness and resolve the pendingproblems.This essay analyzes the demand of informationization construction of ShenhuaGroup Guohua electric Power Corporation (Guohua Power for short) in a strategicpoint of view. The analysis includes the current situation of informationization ofGuohua Power, and also presents the solution to support the informationizationstrategy of Guohua Power. Firstly, it introduces the strategy of Shenhua GroupGuohua electric Power Corporation, followed by stating the importance and urgencyof informationization construction from the pointview of environment, competitionand trends of the power plants in the electric power industry. Secondly, it figures outthe development strategy by using SWOT method, which is also a key factor andtarget by Critical Success Factors method and analyzes the informationizationconstruction of Guohua Power. Moreover, it presents the structure planning, functionsof each sub-operation system planning in details and database centre construction forpower plant firms, with a simple description of basic platform construction, direction,construction principle and safety. These provide a guarantee to Guohua Power to putinformationization construction into effect. Finally, it introduces the steps, securitymethod and expected outcomes of informationization construction. The discussion of informationization construction of Shenhua Group GuohuaPower Corporation provides a direction and a guideline for Guohua Power to performa successful informationization construction and application model. Meanwhile withthe current and developing situation of power plant firms is fully considered beforeestablishing the informationization construction plan, it is also a valuable referencefor informationization construction of five biggest domestic power generation groupsand "three small powerful families”.