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Enable BPC Planning Project Rudy Erb
Enable Midstream Partners
Enable Midstream (NYSE:ENBL) is a publicly traded master limited partnership (MLP) formed in May 2013 that owns, operates and develops strategically located natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets serving major producing basins and markets.
INTRODUCTION ABOUT ENABLE
12,400 miles of gathering lines
13 major processing plants with approximately 2.3 billion cubic feet per day with construction on one new plant underway
~7,900 miles of interstate pipelines (including Southeast Supply Header, LLC) with 8.4 billion cubic feet per day of transport capacity ~2,200 miles of intrastate pipelines
85.0 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity
MLP STRUCTURE
PRIVATE CLOUD VS. ON-PREMISE
• MLP philosophy o Cashflows / maximize DCF o Managed, predictable costs > lumpy capital spend
• No interest in multi-million dollar datacenter
build (spreading the capital does not eliminate the total cash outflow)
• Stood up a hosted environment at a fraction of the cost o Utilize outsourced managed services o Mix of onshore & offshore resources
ENABLE SAP/BPC PLANNING ROADMAP
• SAP Go-Live 2015 o FICO, HCM, SCM, EAM, & SuccessFactors
• BPC Consolidation 2015 o Consolidation of 35 Enable companies
• Operational Expense Planning 2016 o Finance (O&M) planning o HCM (Human capital management) planning
• Capital Expenditure Planning 2017 o Authorization For Expenditure (AFE)
BUDGET & FORECASTING ARCHITECTURE
Prior State
SQL ServerFiles
SAP
User
MS Input FormsMS Input Forms
Budgeting FormBudgeting Form
Forecast FormForecast Form
Budgeting Report
Forecast Report
IN-HOUSE DEVELOPED FORECASTING TOOL
SOLUTION FEATURES
• Clean o All input/updatable fields are color coded o Checkbox to control appearance of additional selections o All EPM function formulas are hidden
• Simple o Finance and HCM planning process is simplified o The simplified planning process results in less volume of
input forms
• Intuitive o Fool-proof warning message reminds user of next step at
certain point, such as reminder to refresh data o Detailed instructions are enclosed in all input forms
ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT
• Strategy and Roadmap
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Business Alignment with BPC SAP BPC Implementation
• Project/Program Formalization
• Change Management & Corp Comm
PROJECT TEAM
Enable Midstream
• Rudy Erb Project Sponsor • Shannon Crutcher SAP Application Manager • Reggie Stockton IT PMO • Ram Kantemneni SAP BW • Josef McGuigan Accounting • David Kopplin Finance • Tom Champ Training • LeeAnn D’arman Corp Comm
Utegration
• Kamen Ignatov Solution Architect • Richard Guo Application Consultant • Paul Tseng Technical Consultant
TIMELINE
• Project Preparation Jan 2016 • Blueprint Feb-Mar 2016
o Requirement gathering o Functional and technical specs
• Realization Apr-Jun 2016 o Build BPC models and dimensions o Develop logic scripts and BAdIs o Input forms and Reports o Security set-up
• Final Preparation Jun 2016 o User acceptance testing o Collect transports
• Go-live and Support Jul 2016
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Current State
User
SAP BWSAP ECC
BPC
EPM
Read/Write
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Prior : Current Comparison
User
SAP BWSAP ECC
BPC
EPM
Read/Write
SQL ServerFiles
SAP
User
MS Input FormsMS Input Forms
Budgeting FormBudgeting Form
Forecast FormForecast Form
Budgeting Report
Forecast Report
INPUT FORM (FORECASTING)
Finance O&M Budget Input Form
INPUT FORM (HEADCOUNT)
HCM Head Count Input Form
LESSONS LEARNED
• Flexibility o Business driven architecture o Business users can develop Ad-Hoc report on the fly
• ASAP Implementation Methodology o SAP’s recommended waterfall deployment methodology is
applicable to BPC implementation / early attempts with agile was not optimal
• Software Component Stability o Excel 2010 or 2013 SP19 EPM Add-in is more stable compared to
other versions
• Transport Move Strategy o BPC 10.0 and later version supports the classical SAP transport
process. This simplifies the objects synchronization across each environment
• Security o More efficient to control user data access and task profiles
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