ADS Utilities2024-02-16T08:43:15+00:00

Address data solutions for utility providers

Increase efficiency in service delivery, infrastructure maintenance and accurate billing by optimising and maintaining your address data to the British Standard BS7666 with our address management solution.

Increase efficiency in service delivery, infrastructure
maintenance and accurate billing by optimising and maintaining your
address data to the British Standard BS7666 with our address management solution

Utilities face significant challenges in cleansing and maintaining accurate address data for use across the entire organisation:

2.7M address changes in Great Britain every six weeks.

Poor address data causes incorrect billing, erroneous switches and fraudulent use – costing income when utilities are pressured to do more with less.

Manual address and meter ID data entry across disparate datasets is inefficient and error-prone.

The UK Government’s Faster Switching Programme for energy companies increases risk of erroneous transfers if address data is not up-to-date and accurate.

Inefficient identification of meter location on properties with numerous buildings.

Risk of data inconsistency, poor insight and inefficiency when disparate datasets and meter IDs are not linked to a single source of address data via Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRN).

How Idox’s Address Data Solutions can help you:

Transformative address management solutions for cleansing, maintaining and sharing accurate address data in the British Standard

Our software built on the Aligned Assets platform provides an advanced solution for managing addresses centrally. It utilises the most up-to-date and accurate dataset available, AddressBase Premium, providing UPRNs and Unique Street Reference Numbers (USRN), to underpin every address. Its advanced technology is easy-to-use driving efficiency and productivity.

Cleanse your address data by matching against AddressBase Premium or your LLPG to deliver exceptional accuracy at unparalleled speed

Matching and cleansing

Our matching and cleansing tool matches data in your disparate datasets with AddressBase Premium, providing UPRNs and USRNs to ensure consistency and the capability to link the data.

Address search APIs

Integrating our APIs enables your operational systems to look up accurate addresses from a single, central source quickly and securely.

Robust address-search APIs for accurate, consistent address lookups across the entire organisation
Going beyond address management

Going beyond address management

Our address management solution (AMS) seamlessly integrates with our complementary software products to enhance your address data. This includes incorporating additional data, such as meter IDs, alongside existing addresses, and the ability to organise and share your location and spatial data from one central place.

Continuous product development

Our solutions are fully up-to-date with changes in technology and data standards, including Ordnance Survey’s forthcoming National Geographic Database (NGD).

Continuous product development
Developed and refined over 27 years, our comprehensive portfolio of address data products is simple to use and can be tailored to suit your needs.

Our suite of address data solutions

Developed and refined over 27 years, our comprehensive portfolio of address data products is simple to use and can be tailored to suit your needs.

Our address data solutions streamline the management, sharing and analysis of location data:

Ensure precision in supply, maintenance, switching and billing, and reduce risk of fraudulent use by using our Address Management System (AMS) as a single source of the most accurate address data available, AddressBase Premium. 

Drive universal address accuracy and efficiency by integrating our APIs with your operational systems, such as front-end customer portals and your CRM systems.

Add local properties and streets to your address management solution, such as unnamed access roads or outbuildings, to provide precise locations that do not exist in AddressBase Premium.

Match meter IDs to your address data to ensure accuracy and reduce incorrect supply and billing.

Ensure faster and more accurate energy switching to reduce erroneous transfers and compensation costs.

Reduce infrastructure and maintenance costs via our hosted and cloud-based solutions that enhance resilience and agility.

Choose one or several of the following products depending on your requirements:

Manage your address data more efficiently with our feature-rich Address Management System, Bluelight

Address Management System for AddressBase Premium data

Bluelight

Store, maintain and share AddressBase Premium address data, complete with UPRNs and Unique Street Reference Numbers (USRNs).

Cleanse your address data by matching against AddressBase Premium or your LLPG to deliver exceptional accuracy at unparalleled speed

Matching and cleansing

iMatch

Match disparate address datasets against AddressBase Premium data in your AMS, ensuring accuracy, consistency and the ability to link data through UPRNs.

Robust address-search APIs for accurate, consistent address lookups across the entire organisation

Address search APIs

Symphony Search

Enable third-party systems to search for accurate addresses from your AMS via our APIs.

Share your British Standard address data with your operational systems to ensure consistency and accuracy

Data sharing

iExchange

Share your accurate address data with other departmental systems and users direct from the AMS, ensuring consistency across the entire utility.  Requires Bluelight AMS.

Enrich your address data with industry-specific information for a more comprehensive location overview

Extending your data

Xtended Data Manager (XDM)

Add extra data to a land or property record that’s not included in the British Standard BS7666 format, such as meter IDs or property outbuildings. Requires Bluelight AMS.

Centrally organise your location and spatial data from different systems and share tailored versions with any user

Centralising location and spatial data

Location Manager

Organise all your location and spatial data from different systems in one place so you can publish tailored versions in any format to any user e.g., smart meter areas. Requires Bluelight AMS.

With access to expert consultants, trainers and an ongoing support team, you can rest assured your transition to our solution will be seamless.

Consultancy, training and support

Our address data solutions experts provide advice, specifications, proposals, project management, training and ongoing support for all your address management needs.

Testimonials

“Through using Idox’s address data solutions, we’ve been able to link the UDPRN and UPRN, enabling us to completely remove the potential for erroneous transfers.”

Farouk Alhassan, Senapt Ltd.

“Working with Idox on the development of FindMyAddress was a great experience. We embraced a truly collaborative approach and worked closely on all aspects of the project from its initial design all the way through to go-live. The project team hit the project with high energy, momentum and enthusiasm and were extremely responsive throughout – it’s been a great pleasure working with them.”

Luke Studden, Data Acquisition and Integration Manager, GeoPlace.

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