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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