SIPC Generates New Relationship with Inventory Management and Transmits Ambitions for Accuracy
Sitting shoreside on Southern Illinois’ famed “Lake of Egypt”, Southern Illinois Power Cooperative hosted the MOBILETrak install team to train their staff on how to best utilize the capabilities of MOBILETrak WMS. Even though they had just recently adopted NISC as their new ERP, their teams took the time to hear about and learn our software. Over the span of two days, the MOBILETrak install team worked quickly and effectively focusing on ensuring the SIPC team was feeling confident in their new solution. Although it may be some time before they move MOBILETrak to point to their live production in iVue, the time that was spent and conversations that were had all focused on the one main goal of keeping inventory as real-time accurate as possible. We will continue to support and advise SIPC where applicable while they tread the new waters brought on by their commitment to inventory best practices.
About Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
“Southern Illinois Power Cooperative (SIPC) is a generation and transmission cooperative serving seven distribution cooperatives and one municipal. SIPC was originally organized in 1948 by Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association (Steeleville), SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative (Eldorado) and Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative (Dongola) and the City of Cairo. The purpose of the group was to obtain bulk power from the Tennessee Valley Authority through a Kentucky linkage. That attempt failed, but the new organization was able to obtain a notable reduction in electric rates when it signed a ten year bulk power contract for its member systems in 1950. A major goal accomplished, the organization then became dormant until 1957, when it was revived by the three member cooperatives. In 1959, the three electric cooperatives decided to apply to the REA for a $25 million loan with which to construct their own power supply facilities. The loan request made history when it was approved in 1960 as it was the first REA loan for a generation facility.”
