By Daphne Bowen


The aim of utilities is to provide basic services to the population. These services include water, sewerage, electricity and natural gas. Manual utility billing can be complicated. Most utility companies have adopted sewer billing software which enables them to keep track of their consumption of the products and services they provide to their customers.

Adopting the appropriate paying technique for a service company is beneficial to the customers and to the company itself. The company benefits from the detailed information of their meters and a full history of those meter readings of their clients. This means that the data on all their customers is readily available when required. This increases the efficiency of operations in the company.

The functions of such a system include collection of data on the usage of the sewer services. The automatic meter readers installed in the homes provide data concerning usage. From the collected data, bills can be generated according to charge rates. The bills are automated which means that they can be sent to the clients via emails. This has reduced the postage costs that were incurred by the companies earlier.

Adopting an automated system means that the customers will be billed accurately because of those already eliminated human error. The bills will also be sent on time. The software also provides an online platform where customers can view important information from their portals. Therefore, the volumes of calls from customers to the call center also reduce because most of their concerns can be addressed from their customer portals. Customer satisfaction is improved.

Companies which have adopted the sewer invoicing program have automated the repetitive tasks carried out. The employees have a reduced work load and hence get more time to deal with more demanding tasks. Human errors resulting from manual data handling are also eliminated.

Customer account management is more efficient in a company using such programs for paying. Customers who are late in paying their bills can be fined and given penalties just by the click of a button. Bills can also be resent to the clients who have requested so. It is possible to view the history of a client from his or her account. Installing an automated system will not require additional hardware. Capital investments will also not be required in order to adopt such a paying method. Therefore, this system of billing can be easily adopted.

Evidently, an automated system for invoicing clients is suitable for saving company money and also enabling it to run smoothly and more efficiently. This software saves the workers hours of manually transferring data. Human errors in accounting are also greatly reduced because the invoicing is automated.

Adopting an automated system allows the company to allow all payment options for their bills. The customers can pay online by use of their credit cards, cash, debit cards and electronic check. Repetitive internal tasks can be automated. This reduces the workload of employees and saves time. They get more time to concentrate on other demanding tasks of the day. The software allows the company to be flexible in event of changes in the processes involved in service provision.

Service billing software can reduce the costs of re billing a customer of a disputed account. Automatic meter readers are highly accurate without human errors and the cost of re billing is also low because no postage costs are involved. The bill can be easily reprinted or emailed.




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