Microsoft Scenario Library Energy and Resources Streamline electric vehicle charging business development

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Energy and Resources scenario: Streamline electric vehicle charging business development

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Scenario

Develop new business opportunities for the electric vehicle charging market

1. Assess the opportunity

Get data on shopping malls to assess the EV charging opportunity. How many shopping malls are in the [location] metropolitan area? How many customers in and out daily? How many parking spaces do they have and how many EV chargers are there?

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Benefit: Quickly find public data to help assess the size of the opportunity in terms of potential customers.

To understand the potential of the opportunity, the business developer asks Copilot how many electric vehicle in the [location] metropolitan area and how was the growth over the past 3 years. Then asks Copilot in Excel to create a chart with a 5-year outlook of the opportunity potential.

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Copilot in Excel

Benefit: Easily create a 5-year forecast and chart of the potential revenues without in-depth Excel knowledge.

The Business Developer asks the narrative builder Copilot in Power Point to draft an executive presentation. Why commercial EV charging stations would be valuable for a retail organization, including how it will help attract customers and increase foot traffic and sales.

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Copilot in PowerPoint

Benefit: Quickly create a draft of a presentation to present the opportunity at next executive meeting.

Using Copilot, the business developer keeps improving the presentation by adding images and by revising few key slides using recap from internal brainstorming meetings. Then he asks Copilot to a add a new slide on market potential using an internal marketing research report.

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Copilot in PowerPoint

Benefits: Improve the presentation from your notes, documents and market research.

The Business Developer asks Copilot in Word to generate the draft of the speech to present the opportunity to top management.

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Copilot in Word

Benefits: Ask Copilot to create a draft of your speech from the current presentation.

KPIs

Opportunity to impact key functional area KPIs

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  • Check for similar issues and resolutions
  • Quickly send follow-up communications

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Efficient ticket resolution​
  • Quickly identify urgent issues​
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How Microsoft Copilot can help increase revenue generation

Increase revenue generation by optimizing trading decisions and accelerating licensing and permitting process for capital projects, thereby maximizing financial returns.
Boost productivity
  • Rapidly find information
  • Diagnose problems faster
  • Check for similar issues and resolutions
  • Quickly send follow-up communications

How Microsoft Copilot can help improve safety and compliance metrics

Enhance safety protocols by analyzing incident reports and real-time data. Ensure compliance with regulatory standards by generating accurate and timely reports.
Improve quality of internal materials and processes
  • Improve job descriptions for further role clarity
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  • Completely focus during the meeting

How Copilot can help improve operational efficiency

Use Copilot to lower operational costs by automating routine tasks and improving workflows and scheduling. Utilize AI-driven insights to maintain the highest standards of process excellence.
Speed problem resolution​
  • Rapidly find information​
  • Diagnose problems faster​
  • Check for similar issues and resolutions​
  • Quickly send follow-up communications​

The content in this example scenario is for demonstration purposes only. You should evaluate how Copilot aligns with your organization’s business processes, regulatory requirements, and responsible AI principles.