Case Study: Dixie Electric Membership Company (DEMCO) achieves 80% faster permit processing with Microsoft Power BI

DEMCO reduces joint use permit processing for 135,000 assets by 80 percent using Joint Use 365 and the Microsoft Power Platform

Dixie Electric Membership Company (DEMCO) was overwhelmed in 2022 by a surge of joint‑use pole requests for its 135,000 utility poles as broadband projects accelerated. To respond, Varasset Software implemented Joint Use 365 — built on Microsoft technologies including the Power Platform, SharePoint and Power Apps — with vendor support from Microsoft Power BI.

Joint Use 365 centralized permits and designs in SharePoint, automated GIS workflows, and enabled technicians to submit documents from the field, cutting permit processing time by 80% to three days and allowing one person to coordinate requests across all 135,000 poles. The solution reduced analyst workloads and data‑entry issues while providing a single shared repository for engineering and field teams; these results were delivered using Microsoft technologies and supported by Microsoft Power BI.

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