How Pacific Gas & Electric used the SAP Cloud Model to rollout a Portfolio and Project Management Solution (PPM 5.0)

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1 How Pacific Gas & Electric used the SAP Cloud Model to rollout a Portfolio and Project Management Solution (PPM 5.0) Anthony DeRosa, Platinum DB Bill DePrater, Pacific Gas & Electric May 15, 11am to 12 pm

2 Agenda 1. Presenter s Background 2. Learning Points 3. PG&E Company Background 4. History of SAP, PPM, and Business Objects at PG&E 5. Cloud Model Return on Investment 6. PGE Enterprise PPM Roadmap Objectives 7. Cloud Model Approach 8. Functionality Delivered on the Cloud 9. Best Practices 10. Key Learnings 11. Q&A

3 Presenter s Background Bill DePrater, Client Portfolio Lead for Energy Supply for Pacific Gas &Electric. Worked at PG&E in nuclear, fossil, hydro and renewable generation in IT for 21 years. Anthony DeRosa, President and Founder of Platinum DB PLM, PPM, Business Objects, Project System, Plant-Maintenance- Hosting Practice Leader. 17 years SAP experience.

4 Learning Points The benefits of a Cloud Based PPM 5.0 and Business Objects implementation How PG&E leveraged the cloud to implement PPM 5.0, Business Warehouse, and Business Objects Reporting at the speed of light You will be educated on how a PPM 5.0 cloud model works and the Return on Investment potential. 4

5 PG&E Company Background PG&E spans 70,000 square miles of service territory Electric generation capacity Nuclear DCPP 2 Units Fossil 3 new Generating Facilities 1 in planning Hydro Units at 68 Powerhouses 8,000 MW 2,400 MW HBPP 117 MW Gateway 580 MW Colusa 650 MW Oakley (in construction) -650 MW 3,896 MW 142,000 acres of watershed lands, 135 miles of tunnels, 99 reservoirs New Generation: Photo Voltaic (PV), Compressed Air Storage (CAES) 4 sites operating, 11 PV sites either under or in plan for construction by EOY MW. CAES 250MW

6 PG&E Company Background SAP since 1996 Migrated from SAP ERP 4.72, to ECC 6.0 in 2009 RPM 4.5 implemented in 2010 for Power Generation PPM 5.0 implemented in 2011 for Power Generation and Electric Transmission and Distribution Current plans to onboard Gas Transmission and Distribution and Finance to PPM 5.0 in 2012/

7 PG&E Company Background 8,500 users for all back office and field operations Finance/Controlling Human Resources - Benefits/Personnel/Payroll Customer Care Electrical Transmission and Distribution Gas Transmission and Distribution Fleet Power Generation Fossil / Hydro / Renewables Nuclear Generation Energy Procurement Employee Self Service: 20,000+ employees; 18,000 retirees Supply Chain Management: Materials Management & Supplier Relationship Management Corporate Real Estate Technical Environmental Services Risk/Audit 7

8 Cloud Model Return on Investment The cloud based PPM model resulted in a 40 % cost savings to PG&E IT and Business Units. Utilized Platinum DB s UtilityFIRST platform for rapid deployment. No capital expenses, cloud services purchased in pay-as-yougo manner. Platinum DB infrastructure already existed, did not have to buy and build it. No lengthy PG&E project acquisition approvals. No extra burden on PG&E IT personnel. No extra training for PG&E SAP team to support environment. Platinum DB is considered the leader in rolling out PPM, leveraged their experience and avoided common costly mistakes. 8

9 Enterprise PPM Roadmap Objectives Implement a PPM tool to be used across the enterprise Utilize a PPM hosted model in an effort to increase speed of delivery Integrate long-term planning independent processes and tools and centralize data storage Integrate data or identified master sources Support new Finance processes and tools ( BOBJ Business Planning & Consolidations (BPC) ) Provide integration between Long-Term Planning and Project Management schedule impacts driven via Primavera P6 V8.1. Minimize data maintenance Implement best practice for portfolio and project management across the enterprise Optimize available funding for project planning Ability to simulate scenarios & see impact 9

10 Enterprise PPM Roadmap Objectives Hydro 4.5 LTP POC Release Strategy Hydro Go-Live Hydro Productive Hydro 5.0 LTP Uprade ET&S 5.0 LTP ET&S 5.0 MS Server ET&S Hydro 5.0 PPM 5.0 PM Primavera In-house ET&S 5.0 TCR ET&S & Hydro Scoring Finance BPC Integ. Gas Implement

11 Cloud Model Approach Platinum DB services treat PPM and BOBJ as a black box, PG&E simply consumes these services. Data exchange between PG&E and the cloud accomplished through standard accepted encrypted web-services Infrastructure housed in an SSAE-16 certified data center. Network and core services are all highly available and redundant. PG&E chose the service level appropriate to their requirements from the multiple service levels available to them. Performance and availability metrics included on all systems. Platinum DB individually crafted the service agreement to meet PG&E specific needs. 11

12 PDB Layout Of PPM In The Cloud Web Browser MS Project Excel SAP PPM Portfolio Management, Project Management, Financial and Capacity Planning, Resource Management Non-SAP Project Management Tools SAP ECC SAP PLM Reporting, Analytics, Business Intelligence SAP CRM Primavera FI, CO DMS BW MS Project Server PS, PM HR EH&S Recipe Mgmt. Business Objects Teradata SAP BPM Business Process Management, Modeling, Execution

13 Functionality Delivered on the Cloud All standard and custom BOBJ and PPM services can be reliably delivered using the cloud model. PPM Functionality supported via the cloud: PPM long-term planning via Adobe and WebDynpro forms PPM financial planning by year and month PPM to SAP financial integration via BW Excel integration to PPM for financial & master data maintenance PPM to Primavera P6 integration to hosted P6 system PPM to MS Project integration PPM master data maintenance to key configuration tables Business Objects Crystal and Web Intelligence reporting Document management Change Order Management Self-service reporting 13

14 Functionality Delivered on the Cloud Customer satisfaction scores high. Customer really likes the quick and expert support they receive as part of the cloud offering. 14

15 Self-Service Reporting via the Cloud Figure 2 Self-service reporting Versus Standard Global Reporting

16 Web Intelligence Reporting via the Cloud Figure 3 Cash flow Analysis by Program

17 Crystal Reporting via the Cloud Figure 4 Drill-down into Project Functional location 3 year plan

18 Crystal Reporting via the Cloud Figure 5 Drill-down into Project Functional location 5 year plan

19 Crystal Reporting via the Cloud Figure 6 New Monthly and Annual planning supported

20 Portfolio 5 year Planning Dashboard SAP

21 Excel Integration SAP

22 Adobe Interactive Form SAP

23 Best Practices Self-service reporting is a key ingredient to a successful cloud model Keep the interface simple On-site presence during the client project is critical 23

24 Key Learnings A Cloud Based PPM 5.0 and Business Objects implementation can be cost effective and score you a quick win. Cloud based model gives your organization an opportunity to develop internal resources while your organization takes advantage of the PPM tool 24

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