Findings of the SD USERS' SATISFACTION SURVEY 2020 suggest that today's customer is very price & quality concise. The higher rating customer is extremely quality conscious still he wants good value for money and thinks UPS to be an integral part of the computing system while at the lower end too the myth "that customer is price sensitive & it's the price that matters for him" is gone. Today the customer going in for lower rating online UPS is very curious to know the quality of the product and the quality of service he will receive post purchase. He is no more interested in sacrificing quality for price. But the computer vendors are more interested in pushing as far Desktops are concerned. The survey shows that power protection equipment customers in India primarily evaluate product reliability, maintenance and service capabilities while selecting power protection equipment and hence companies with presence (having a service center) nearer the installation are preferred, this is more true in case of large installations, this is also evident with more higher end UPSs are now being sold by Indian UPS companies compared to earlier.

In the SME segment, suppliers need to actively anticipate the customer needs and offer pioneering solutions with assured services. Manufacturers that leverage this opportunity to distinguish themselves from other peers are likely to gain a strong competitive advantage. Today most corporate are willing to pay a premium for a truly reliable product rather than take the risk of suffering outrages by compromising on quality. Softdisk believes, though Power continuity & Quality still are the key mantra for success of a UPS System albeit it is the ability of the company to customize its product to customers satisfaction which will turn the tide in its favor. Energy saving is going to be huge factor in determining the success of UPS equipment. "Manufacturers will need to be more creative and proactive in identifying and grasping presently unexploited opportunities in the field of energy saving. With all suppliers already providing high value to their clients and competition being intense, energy saving differentiation - although very difficult to achieve - will be key to accessing new markets. With increasing value of space, there is an increased focus amongst the new age customers to incorporate higher wattage per cubic inch and demand high power factor for higher efficiency. This is where the Indian manufacturers had lost the plot to the Chinese & Taiwanese companies. With rack mounted version even the high end UPSs are coming with small foot print. However Indian companies are fast catching up. New vendors who want to position themselves in the Indian Power Conditioners and transient voltage surge suppressors markets are taking the easy way out of R&D and now even the established once need to enhance their capabilities by going the Chinese way. This years survey clearly indicates that trading their way out to win market is no longer yielding success. Softdisk has always been trying its level best to educate the end-users. We have always maintained that it is for the manufacturers who have to identify the users' need and provide with cost effective, long term solutions to address them. No wonders, our readers (the end-users) have positioned us as Power Quality Consultants. Our mission is to forge partnerships between Power Protection Equipment manufacturers and end users.

Our magazine is the first to come out with Complete Solar Industry Survey with SD's Top 5 SPV Manufacturers, SPCU Manufacturers, OffGrid/Hybrid & Top 3 Grid-tie Solar Solutions Providers, separately for the year 2019-20.

As usual we have updated the SD RATINGS, with stale companies earlier in the list being removed and new companies included which serves as a benchmark for quality & price-worthiness. May this survey allows the end-users to take correct decisions, which help their business in the long run.

Switching along with Fuji Consul were adjudged best in After Sales Service came a close second & Third respectively in this years overall satisfaction ratings.

Fuji Consul clinched the 3rd spot in the above 200 kVA ratings in the 3 Phase category securing (93.5%). Close on the heels was the HYKON INDIA sharing the 4th Spot in terms of percentage points securing (93%).

However Numeric were adjudged best in Pre Sales End User Education.

Hykon was also adjudged Best in Technology Advantage vis-a-vis Cost Effectiveness along with Nexus.

ARVI & NEXUS both company secured 92% to clinch the 5th spot in online UPS There UPSs are sturdy and cost effective.
 

KEOR, FALCON & Galaxy Series were adjudged best in product quality while Switching AVO & Fuji Consul were adjudged best in After Sales Service.

Close on the heels were the Galaxy Series from Thrissur based Hykon India having a satisfaction rating of (92%), the product along with POWERONE Platinum PPT & PPM range was adjudged best in Product Quality vis-a-vis cost Effectiveness Satisfaction Rating. PowerOne were rated 5th in SD Users' Satisfaction rating with (91%) points.

Next in the list UPS from ARVI with 91.5% satisfaction level clinched the 4th spot in this category.

PowerOne Platinum PPT & PPM range was adjudged 5th in SD Users' Satisfaction rating with 91% points.

Hykon India Limited, & Powerone Micro systems Pvt. Ltd. with (93%) satisfaction rating clinched the second spot in the Users' Satisfaction Survey, 2020.

AVO, along with Fuji Consul, Techser & Nexus were adjudged best in After Sales Service.

Close on the heels was Kolkatta based Switching AVO Electro Power Ltd. which managed to clinch (92%) satisfaction ratings clinched the third spot. AVO earned the distinction of being the Best in Pre Sales End User Education.

Fuji Consul clinched the 4th spot in this category with (91.5%) satisfaction level.

Bangalore based E & C with (91.5%) satisfaction level clinched the 5th spot in this category. AVO along with Powerone & Hykon was adjudged Best in Technology Advantage vis-a-vis Cost Effectiveness.

PowerOne Micro Systems & Techser Power with (93%) satisfaction rating clinched the 2nd spot in the Users' Satisfaction Survey, 2020.

Fuji Consul clinched the 3rd spot in this category with (92%) satisfaction level.

Close on the heels were Accenta from Electronics & Controls Power Systems Pvt. Ltd., managed to clinch (91.5%) satisfaction ratings clinching the fourth spot along with Uniline.

BPE with along with Nexus having achieved (90%) satisfaction level with A++ ratings clinched the 5th spot in this category.

Numeric, AVO, along with, was adjudged best in providing After Sales Service.

Cyber Power came a close second in the over all rating with (93%) satisfaction level in this satisfaction rating.

Next in line was Elent bagging overall 3rd spot by clinching (92.5%) satisfaction level.

Elent along with Numeric had the distinction of having been judged Best in Technology Advantage vis-a-vis Cost-Effectiveness. However it was Numeric, Cyber Power & Microtek which emerged as the best in terms of After Sales Service.

Microtek made mark in UPS with its LEGEND Series clinching (92%) satisfaction level to clinch the 4th spot. They are also adjudged best in After Sales Service.

Hykon India Power Systems having one of best service network clinched the fifth spot with 91% satisfaction level for their GREEN INLINE series.

It is also incorporated with GSM based SMS pre-trip alert for initiating necessary preventive action. The uptime is significantly enhanced using the intelligent DSP based Predictive Self Analysis built-in in the UPS. Using 16 sensors, the UPS periodically carries-out Self Analysis of various parameters and initiates alarm for preventive and corrective action well in advance and facilitates high uptime of machines and process. One can monitor the UPS mains input voltage, output voltage, battery voltage, load percentage etc from a remote location using a SNMP-simple network monitoring protocol Remote UPS monitoring software interface. Its SNMP feature facilitates the user to carry-out preventive action remotely without physically reaching the UPS. Pre-trip alarm pops on the monitoring screen prompting the user/system admin/maintenance engineer to initiate preventive action. Without the SNMP feature has been specially used by Arvi as they noticed that the pre-trip alarms are often unnoticed as the UPS is located away from the users and can cause ungraceful shutdown of machines/servers/process. It comes with Regenerative energy (4-quadrant load) handling capability & Galvanic isolation which offers Comprehensive Protection & High Availability.PFC303 senses the regenerative back feed voltage (AC voltage) and clamps the same using resistive load bank. The re-generative braking energy is produced in the following conditions. Galvanic isolation via transformer is the way it uses to safely protect loads from lightning. It provides protection from high energy transients, which are clamped at the AC input from propagating to the output.

All these feature making it useful for CNC, laser cutting, wire EDM cutting, declining conveyors, Milling, cutting, Drilling operation, industrial saw etc., Process and Automation application Data centers, IT, servers Office, Hospitals, Educational institutes. MRI & CT scanners Digital & offset printing, Analytical & research labs. All these were analyzed by Softdisk Technical Team with the Editors nod, it was selected as :

SD's Best in Class Technology for 60KVA-200KVA Industrial Grade UPS.
Arvi Systems & Controls Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore was also adjudged the SD's No. 10 Indian Power Electronic Company of the year.