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2016+SWUtilityDays EWM Final PDF
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Implementation on HANA
Miriam Montross – CenterPoint Energy
Kevin Gandy – CenterPoint Energy
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
Gas operations
• 10 gas distribution jurisdictions in six
states with ~3.4 million customers
• 5th largest U.S. gas distribution company by
customer base1
• Recently ranked 1st among the largest
Midwest region natural gas utilities in the
U.S. for operational satisfaction in a 2014
Cogent energy study
Electric transmission & distribution • Gas distribution company and energy
Natural gas distribution services company delivered ~1.1 Tcf of
natural gas in 2014
Energy services
SPM
Supplier
self-
Contractor website – service
CNP custom web front portal
end to ECC EWM
Custom solution designed by CNP for
Content assigning work to 3rd party contractors and
server facilitate their ability to invoice for services
(Filenet) performed.
CENTERPOINT ENERGY DISTRIBUTION CENTERS
MINNEAPOLIS
• Number of bins: 19,825 bins
• Annual lines rcvd = 38,061
• Annual lines picked = 278,424
• Trucks receipt/ship = 75/wk
• Warehouse employees = 13
• Sq ft = 50,000 HOUSTON
• # of SKU’s = 10,900
ISSUE
OPPORTUNITY
OBJECTIVE
• Delayed EWM implementation to February to synchronize with move to new Golden Valley Facility
2016
PROJECT METHODOLOGY
The end goal is for the CenterPoint Energy SAP Support Team to be able
to provide product support for the company after the product has been
implemented.
Rapid MaxAttention
Develop BPDD
•Usage of story Prototyping •Show and Tell •Consulting team Review
cards •Consulting team developed list of
•Whiteboard demo’d customizations
flow charts •Consulting team prototypes to •Consulting team that would be •A session was
prototyped CNP team to developed the required based held with SAP
•Focus on how it
processes in a validate design Business Process on workshop MaxAttention
“needs to be
sandbox system. based on Design sessions group to review
done”
workshop Documents to proposed list of
sessions be used during customizations
Interactive Realization and confirm
Playback Phase Develop RICEF they were valid
workshop List and necessary.
sessions Sessions
Production Production
Ease of Use
• Customizations were made to the RF to streamline activities
• Custom solution was developed for consolidated picks of materials
• Custom programs developed to streamline master data activities for mass creations
• All physical moves can be scanned which fosters efficiency and accuracy and eliminates key
strokes
An enhancement was made to create the TU by scanning the pre-printed TU label and then
load Pick Hu's onto the TU. Materials will remain “staged” on the TU until carrier arrives.
NOTE: Both the Pick HU and the TU have barcoded tags for logistics to scan.
ENHANCEMENT TO PGI THE TU
Multiple HU’s can be assigned to a single TU. When the carrier arrives and picks up the
materials, logistics will scan the TU label. A single button is pushed on the handheld and
all HU’s/materials will be PGI’d against the EWM delivery and the appropriate goods
movement is posted in ECC.
CHALLENGES AT GO LIVE
Project resources
• Make sure you have someone with strong ECC business and system
knowledge to pair with the EWM resources
• Have a resource that can focus on the master data components for both ECC
and EWM
• Have a resource that can focus on the RF and printer elements of the project
Testing
• Make sure to include integration with production like batch job variants and
scheduling and XPS
• UAT should be more encompassing and threaded to ensure transactions post
correctly between ECC and EWM
• Provide adequate time for end user training
• Properly plan for security roles testing per SAP security guidelines. Formalize
role testing and ensure that’s it’s a part of UAT.
LOOKING AHEAD
Continuing Improvements
Subsequent Implementations