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Apex Energies Optimizes Processes with Nintex for Enhanced Operational Efficiency

Technology Category

Robots - Collaborative Robots

Applicable Industries

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Maintenance
Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Leasing Finance Automation
Material Handling Automation

Services

Testing & Certification
Training

About The Customer

Apex Energies is a leading player in the solar power industry in France, managing a portfolio of over 500 sites. The company is certified to ISO 9001 and 14001, and holds “Design, Installation, Operation, and Maintenance” certification from the French Photovoltaic Quality Alliance (APQV). Apex Energies has ambitious growth plans, including a target of increasing its installed capacity to 1 GWp by 2025. The company has a strong focus on continuous improvement and is committed to enhancing operational performance. It has a workforce of 170 employees and plans to expand quickly and at scale to support its growth.

The Challenge

Apex Energies, a pioneer in solar power in France, was experiencing rapid growth and had ambitious plans for the future. The company was looking for a collaborative, scalable tool to map, document, share, and improve its processes. The company's quality, health, safety, and environment (QHSE) department had been using free process modeling software, but these tools had several drawbacks. Mapping and updating processes was a complex and time-consuming endeavor, and users were unable to share information in-house, link documents, and collaboratively describe processes, give feedback, or make changes. The company needed a more collaborative, user-friendly application that could support its continuous process improvement program and help it achieve its target of increasing its installed capacity to 1 GWp by 2025.

The Solution

Apex Energies decided to use Nintex Process Manager to collaboratively map and improve its processes. The software was chosen for its ability to allow the company’s support and business teams to continuously optimize processes. It was also used to document requirements for the IT department, and to streamline the onboarding process for new hires. The software was rolled out in February 2022 after a series of training workshops. Apex Energies uses Nintex Process Manager to model and continuously optimize more than 300 processes. The software has become a key enabler of the company’s system quality management program, allowing the IT department to develop custom applications tailored to specific business needs, while also streamlining employee onboarding and job mobility processes.

Operational Impact

The implementation of Nintex Process Manager has brought significant operational benefits to Apex Energies. The software has lived up to the company’s expectations, demonstrating its capability to map processes accurately and in detail, and enabling the continuous improvement the firm needs to support its operations. Processes are now shared and documented company-wide, fostering collaborative working across departments. All front-line and support teams can add comments to report errors and suggest updates and improvements. Operational staff can change processes directly in the software, and all people affected by the process are notified of the change via their dashboard. The IT department can now detect repetitive and time-consuming tasks, as well as opportunities for automation. On the HR side, the detailed, accurate, documented process map makes it considerably easier to onboard new hires and prepare internal job movers for their new role.

Quantitative Benefit

Time saved in documenting and improving processes
Processes documented accurately and in detail
IT department able to develop custom applications tailored to business activities