Team,
Welcome to 2021 SAP Utilities Community Newsletter. Wanted to share with you different items going on in our community in the near future. Let me know if you want to be removed from this distribution or if there are others in your organization that should be added.
April:
The Next Decade of Utility Transformation – SMUD’s 2030 Vision – Paul Lau, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager from SMUD – April 8th
SMUD’s 2030 Zero Carbon plan is among the most ambitious in plans in the U.S. and will serve as a model for how communities and regions transform themselves in the post-pandemic world where that faces increasingly occurrences of extreme climate related events. Understanding SMUD’s plan and the unique landscape facing midsized utilities, their appetite for innovation, and the challenges they face will help utilities and their strategic partners better plan for the future. In addition, the post-pandemic world will yield significant opportunities for utilities to take advantage of digital solutions to make data-driven business decisions and improve operational efficiency. Paul Lau, CEO and GM for SMUD and SAP’s Jay Castleberry will be presenting.
https://zpryme.com/webinars/
SAP Centric EAM aka ASUG Best Practices: SAP for EAM – April 12th-14th.
https://www.asug.com/events/
ASUG Express: Utilities Insights 2021 – April 27th 10:00 am PDT
https://www.asug.com/events/
April 27 AES is presenting at ASUG event they are our first RISE with SAP customer. One more topic that can be of interest to the group is BPI.
What is available? What is coming from SAP that can help utilities rethink business process modernization with SAP BPI.
Customer Connection Project: The collect phase of the Customer Connection project SAP for Utilities on-premise 2021 is currently running, meaning that SAP customers worldwide are being asked to submit improvement requests until April 30th 2021.
May:
ASUG Next-Generation SAP Center of Excellence Virtual Conference – May 4-6, 2021
https://www.asug.com/events/
International SAP Conference for Utilities from May 18-20, 2021
Learn more about the latest innovations from SAP and partners, listen to customer presentations from E.ON, Enbridge, Société wallonne des eaux (SWDE), Nampower, Farys, Energy Queensland, Welsh Water and Wien Energy. Meet online with SAP experts and partners at the virtual exhibition. The Early Bird price of €99 is only available until April 16th. >>LINK | >>Blog
Next-Generation SAP Enterprise Architect Insights – May 27th, 2021
Planning is underway for all the enterprise architects to come together and share insights. Would be great to have all the Utility Enterprise Architects together.
Call for Papers:
2021 SAP for Utilities Conference – Call for Papers now Open – Conference will be in October
2021 ASUG Forward Conference – Call for Papers now Open – Closes April 16, 2021
https://www.cvent.com/c/
On Demand/Upcoming:
Rise with SAP for Utilities:
Commercial framework to bundle the different cloud
On Demand: SAP Industries Live 2021: Utilities Event: On March 2nd, the external SAP Industries Live Utilities event took place virtually. Get an overview on SAP Cloud for Utilities, SAP Cloud for Energy, and an interview with Stephan Kempken from E.ON about the industry cloud from a customer perspective >>video
C/4 HANA Discussion:
SMUD and SAP Utilities will share their Customer Preference Center they have implemented including both CDC (Customer Data Cloud) and C/4 Marketing in combination with their on premise CRM in May/June.
FSM-Dispatch/Scheduling Discussion:
TECO-Peoplesgas is currently blue printing their SAP FSM Dispatch/Scheduling solution along with Asset manager and will be presenting in the May timeframe. If you are not in our Dispatch/Scheduling group and would like to be on the DL, please let us know.
Mobility Discussion:
Liberty Utilities is going live in May of 2021 with Asset Manager and will be presenting soon on their go live for Asset Manager in a Gas Utility. If you are not in our Mobility group and would like to be on the DL, please let us know.
S/4 Discussion:
We had a very busy presentation schedule in February/March with Sempra, Southern California Edison, and Fairfax Water and we are planning both SW Gas and Duke in May. If you are not in our S/4 group and would like to be on the DL, please let us know.
SAP EAM Influence Council:
https://www.asug.com/events/
SAP 2021 Events Calendar for Utilities:
Thanks,
Marc
P.S. See previous January 2021 newsletter here. https://utility.community/