04 — Product · PR-450
Sensus
Xylem's metering line for electric, gas and water utilities: smart meters and endpoints, the FlexNet two-way network on licensed spectrum, and the Sensus Analytics applications for data checks, alarms, remote service control, pressure monitoring and leak detection. The network can be utility-owned or bought as a service.
// FIG. 04 · Capability coverage
Each tile is an L1; the bar is how many of this product's capabilities realize something beneath it. Our judgment, not a vendor claim.
Direct & Govern
Finance
People & Workplace
Customer & Market
Products & Services
Operations & Supply
Technology & Data
Resilience & Responsibility
Industry L1s
- Plant Operations0
- Production Planning & Scheduling0
- Maintenance & Reliability0
- Manufacturing Quality & Compliance0
- Industrial Engineering & Continuous Improvement0
- Plant & Process Safety0
- Dealer & Distributor Network0
- Aftermarket & Service Parts0
- Platform Engineering0
- Software Product Release0
- Site Reliability0
- Developer Experience & API Ecosystem0
- Subscription & Tenant Operations0
- Product Analytics & Experimentation0
- Trust & Compliance Assurance0
- Open Source & Community0
- Merchandising & Assortment0
- Store Operations0
- E-commerce & Omnichannel0
- Category & Trade Promotion0
- Loss Prevention0
- Consumer Insights0
- Store Network & Real Estate0
- Returns & Reverse Logistics0
- Network Planning & Engineering0
- Network Build & Field Operations0
- Network Operations & Assurance0
- Subscriber Order & Activation0
- Usage Charging & Subscriber Billing0
- Content & Programming0
- Advertising Sales & Operations0
- Communications Regulatory Obligations0
- Network Planning & Investment0
- Network Construction & Field Work0
- Network Operations & Control6
- Generation & Treatment Operations0
- Metering & Meter Data13
- Utility Customer Service & Billing3
- Energy Supply, Markets & Flexibility0
- Utility Regulation & Resilience1
Product capabilities · 11
How to read maturity and confidence
Maturity · how much it covers
- core
- What the product is built around; the capability is covered end to end.
- strong
- Covered well, with a few gaps a buyer would notice.
- partial
- Covers part of the capability; expect to pair it with something else.
- emerging
- New or thin; on the roadmap more than in the product.
Confidence · how well it is evidenced
- Evidence confidence: high
- The vendor's own documentation describes this module doing it.
- Evidence confidence: medium
- Documented, but how far it reaches into the capability is our reading.
- Evidence confidence: low
- Our judgment; we found no public page that confirms it.
- PC-450.10
FlexNet Communication Network
Evidence confidence: highMaturity: coreA two-way point-to-multipoint radio network on licensed spectrum that brings meter and sensor data in several times a day and carries commands and on-demand reads back out.
- BC-1550.20.10Meter Read Collection
- BC-1550.20.30Meter Event Monitoring
- BC-1550.20.40Meter Communication Performance
- PC-450.20
Smart Meters and Endpoints
Evidence confidence: mediumMaturity: strongElectric meters, gas and water meter endpoints and communication modules that read consumption and report it over the network, replacing older drive-by or power line carrier reading.
Vendor page: xylem.com/en-ca/resources/case-studies/xylems-sensus-advanced-metering-solutions/ ↗ - PC-450.30
Meter Insight
Evidence confidence: highMaturity: strongChecks the meter data arriving from the network and points staff to devices with communication problems so gaps can be worked before billing.
- PC-450.40
Alarm Insight and Alert Manager
Evidence confidence: mediumMaturity: strongShows the sequence of alarms and status changes before an event to find its cause, and routes urgent alerts to the right utility staff.
- PC-450.50
Service Management
Evidence confidence: mediumMaturity: strongTurns service on or off for large numbers of devices at once and reports their status back in near real time.
- PC-450.60
Remote Gas Shutoff
Evidence confidence: highMaturity: strongA shutoff at the gas meter set that can be closed remotely for disconnection or non-payment, and set to act on its own on unsafe pressure, heat, tampering or seismic movement.
- BC-1550.20.20Remote Meter Commands
- BC-1560.40.30Disconnection for Non-Payment
- BC-1530.50.30Gas Escape Response
- PC-450.70
Smart Gateway and Cathodic Protection
Evidence confidence: highMaturity: partialRemote monitoring of gas line pressure highs and lows and automated daily reads from cathodic protection test points and rectifiers, with alerts when values move out of range.
Vendor page: xylem.com/en-us/solutions/communication-networks/flexnet-for-gas/ ↗ - PC-450.80
Pressure Profile
Evidence confidence: highMaturity: strongA map view of pressure across the water distribution network, built from sensors on the metering network, so crews can act when conditions turn adverse.
- PC-450.90
Acoustic Monitoring
Evidence confidence: mediumMaturity: strongAcoustic loggers on the network listen overnight for the sound of escaping water and the analytics flag a likely leak for follow-up.
Vendor page: xylem.com/en-us/catalog/products--services/software/acoustic-monitoring-application-c6447992/ ↗ - PC-450.92
Device Access
Evidence confidence: mediumMaturity: partialGives customer service staff the detail of each device and its usage, with custom alerts for anomalies such as unexpected use, to answer questions and track issues.
- PC-450.95
Xylem Data Lake
Evidence confidence: mediumMaturity: partialA central store for the utility's metering and network data with flexible reporting, used to share consumption data with other teams and systems.
Sources · checked
The public vendor documentation this mapping is based on. Maturity and confidence are our judgment, not the vendor's claim.
- Sensus Home | Xylem US www.xylem.com/en-us/brand/sensus/
- FlexNet for Gas | Xylem US www.xylem.com/en-us/solutions/communication-networks/flexnet-for-gas/
- Xylem's Sensus Analytics: Making your data simple, relevant, and actionable prod.xylem.com/siteassets/brand/sensus/resources/brochure/sensus_analyticsflyer_090225.pdf