Identity and Supplier Management….
…..no i’m not going to rabbit on about XRI, Liberty, SXIP or any of those identity technologies that attempt to enable digital identities with some functionality; this is a far more practical issue that is troubling me.
As i’ve mentioned, i’ve kicked out British Gas, and replaced them with EDF Energy as my gas and electric provider – or at least i’m trying to. The problem is an identity one, namely the identifiers for my gas and electricity meters. In order to make the change, EDF need to know these numbers, and needless to say British Gas are not that interested in giving them to me.
I think i’ve finally got them after much hunting around and several phone calls.
The underlying message – individuals need to have much better access to the unique identifiers required to run supplier relationships, and have somewhere to store them…….i’m working on that!!!!
