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    Pranav Bhushan, Value EngineeringJune 5, 2008

    Ut i l i t ies Indust ry

    A Benchmarking Presentation

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    SAP Summit 08 / Page 2

    1. Benchmarking Program Overview

    2. Corporate Services

    3. Enterprise Asset Management4. Customer Contact Center Management

    5. Best Run IT

    6. Participant Testimonials

    7. Appendix: Links to Surveys

    Agenda

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    Enables continuousimprovement

    Allows to target whatdoes and does not workwell

    Allows to adopt bestpractices

    Allows to put evidencebehind decisions

    What is Benchm ark ing?

    Before businesstransformation

    During businesstransformation

    After businesstransformation

    What? When?

    Build a Business Case

    Assess value realization

    Compare performance

    Prove success

    Why?

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    ASUG/SAP Benc hm ark ing Designed t o get

    Act ionable Resu l ts

    Focused 360o Approach to Prob lem Ident i f i ca t i on and

    Resolut ion

    Strategic Service by ASUG and SAP, launched end of 2004 as aforum to exchange metrics and best practices

    Additional industry partnerships include APICS, TPMA and SCL

    Program covers 20 processes, with 2,000+ participants from over1,000 companies spread across North America, Latin America, AsiaPacific and Europe, who leverage the program to:

    Build a business case for change

    Compare performance to industry peers and betweenregions/divisions

    Assess value realization, year-over year

    Prove success

    Survey participation is free of charge

    Survey content relevant for business as well as IT audiences

    Core surveys also available in Spanish and Portuguese (globalbenchmarking)

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    The L ink Betw een KPIs , Best Prac t ic es and

    Enabl ing Technology

    What m ak es SAP Benchm arking Unique

    KPI achievement is linked to best practice adherence to assess business process maturity

    Results can be used to establish a technology roadmap to increase your business process maturity andrealize quantifiable business value

    Large number of participants allows for a very robus t benchm ark ing com par ison , e.g.:

    Industry peers

    Companies running on SAP

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    Benchm ark ing Met hodology and St udy

    Del iverables

    Company-Specific ReportDetailed, confidential report comparing yourperformance to peers

    1

    Intercompany/Global BenchmarkInter-divisional comparison to peers and eachother

    2

    Business Process Health-checkExecutive-level summary of findings acrossbusiness units and processes

    3

    Year-over-Year Analysis

    Comparison of current performance to peerand past performance

    4

    Business Transformation StudyStudy on leading SAP customers who realizehigher value from SAP solutions

    5

    K ey

    Performance

    Ind ica tors

    Best

    Pract ice

    Adopt ion

    Gap to Q1 &

    Average

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    SAP Benc hm ark ing St udy Del iverables

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    SAP Benc hm ark ing St udy Del iverablesThought Papers (Example)

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    Avai lab le Benchm ark ing and Best Prac t ices

    Surveys

    Note: 1) SAP owned surveys

    Cust om er Li fec yc l e Bes t Run ITCorporat e Serv ic es Supply Chain

    NPDI

    Customer Contact Centers

    NEW: Sales Effectiveness

    NEW: Order to Cash/Contract to Cash

    Trade Promotion

    Management1

    Channel Management1

    Total Cost of Ownership

    (TCO)

    Business Intelligence/Analytics

    Centers of Excellence

    Organizational Change

    Management

    NEW: Winning the ERPMarathon

    Value Realization

    AMR Terabyte Survey

    Enterprise DataManagement

    IT Strategy

    Human Capital

    Management

    NEW: Talent Management

    Finance

    Financial Compliance

    NEW:Enterprise Health Check

    Under Development:Shared Services

    Supply Chain Planning

    Transportation

    Management

    Warehouse Management

    SRM/ Procurement

    Manufacturing

    NEW: Retail Merch./Category Management

    Enterprise AssetManagement

    NEW: Business NetworkTransformation

    Under Development:EH&S Compliance

    Under Development: S&OP

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    Survey Regis t rat ion and Complet ion

    Key Stakeholders: Survey Participant Key Stakeholders: SAP

    One-to-

    On e

    sess ion

    Engagement Sponsor Business Process Owner(s) Process level IT Owners(s)

    Engagement Sponsor VE Team Member(s) VE Business Process Expert(s)

    Survey

    Regis t rat ion

    Data

    Val idat ion

    Analys is &

    Report

    Creat ion

    Register andcomplete survey at:

    http://www.sap.com/usa/solutions/benchmarking/index.epx orwww.asug.com

    Validate dataprovided in the

    survey

    Assess KPI andBest Practice

    Adoption Summarize key

    business painpoints

    Present findings toprocess owner(s)

    1 Week Post -surveySubmiss ion

    1-2 Weeks Post-data Val idat ion

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    Agenda

    1. Benchmarking Program Overview

    2. Corporate Services

    3. Enterprise Asset Management4. Customer Contact Center Management

    5. Best Run IT

    6. Participant Testimonials

    7. Appendix: Links to Surveys

    Agenda

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    Best -Run Corporat e Servic es: Analysis

    Framework

    Type MetricOverall Utilities

    Average Q1 Average Q1

    Effectiveness

    Employees per HR FTE 101 195 77 107

    % HR Staff allocated to Transactional Activities 40.5% 21.7% 39.3% 18.7%

    Finance Cost as a % of Revenue 1.1% 0.2% 0.9% 0.4%

    Days Sale Outstanding (Days) 48.6 23.8 49.7 29.2

    Efficiency Error rate in bills sent out 2.9% 0.3% 2.1% 0.9%

    Practices that Differentiate the Top Performers

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    Human Capit a l Managem ent Sample Ins ights

    Degree of Integration Reduces HR CostsHR Costs per Employee by Number of HR Applications

    in addition to ERP system

    Shared Services Reduces HR CostsHR Costs per Employee depending on Shared Services Adoption

    Operating Incomeper Employee

    +74%

    HR Costs as %of Revenues

    -29%Talent

    Management

    StrategicDecision

    Support

    Trans-actionalSupport

    Average Top Performer

    Right Pyramid Drives Employee Productivity

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    Finance Sample Ins ights

    Integration of Billing with Order EntrySystems Reduces Invoice Error Rates

    Invoice Error Rate (in %)

    Integration of G/L with DownstreamSystems Reduces Closing TimesAvg. Annual Closing Times (Days)

    OperatingMargin +38%

    FinanceCosts as %

    of Revenues-30%

    Planning/Expertise

    Based

    StrategicDecision

    Support

    Trans-actionalSupport

    Average Top Performer

    Right Pyramid Drives Employee Productivity

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    1. Benchmarking Program Overview

    2. Corporate Services

    3. Enterprise Asset Management4. Customer Contact Center Management

    5. Best Run IT

    6. Participant Testimonials

    7. Appendix: Links to Surveys

    Agenda

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    Best -Run Suppl ier Relat ionship Managem ent :

    Analys is Framew ork

    MetricOverall Utilities

    Average Q1 Average Q1

    % of spend managed strategically (Indirect) 35.8% 75% 38.5% 80.8%

    % of spend managed strategically (Services) 36.5% 75.3% 41.9% 79.2%

    Average Annual Savings in Indirect spend as a % of Total Spend 3.1% 17.1% 6.7% 16.4%

    Average Annual Savings in Services spend as a % of Total Spend 2.8% 7.6% 3.2% 6%

    PO Error Rate 11.8% 0.9% 9.2% 1.8%

    Practices that Differentiate the Top Performers

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    Best-Run Ent erpr ise Asset Management

    Analys is Framew ork

    Defining EAM Top Performing Organizations

    Return on Assets: >20%

    Annual Penalty Costs:

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    Enterpr ise Asset Management - Sample

    Ins ights

    48%

    70%

    KPIs

    Schedule attainment 87% 34%

    Traveling

    Planning & Scheduling

    Reliability Functions

    Repair & Preventive

    Maintenance

    Analyzing Readings

    Troubleshooting

    Looking for Materials

    Reporting

    High performershave a moreproductive

    utilization of timeacross different

    functions

    Correlation between Maintenance 41% 13%Program and Compliance performance

    % allocationof time in

    maintenancefunction

    Note: 1) Figures mentioned for Utilities Industry

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    Enterpr ise Asset Management - Sample

    Ins ights

    Significant Differences in Performance Results on EAM KPIs Between Top Performingand Other Companies

    Effectiveness:Return on Assets

    Efficiency:Schedule Attainment

    Strategy: MaintenanceApproach (Sum of ReliabilityCentered Maintenance andContinuous Improvement as% of Overall MaintenanceApproach)

    All Other EAMOrganizations

    Top PerformingEAM organizations

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    1. Benchmarking Program Overview

    2. Corporate Services

    3. Enterprise Asset Management4. Customer Contact Center Management

    5. Best Run IT

    6. Participant Testimonials

    7. Appendix: Links to Surveys

    Agenda

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    Best-Run Cust omer Cont ac t Center

    Management : Analysis Fram ew ork

    MetricOverall Utilities

    Average Q1 Average Q1

    Interaction Center Cost per Interaction ($) 9.38 2.74 6 3

    Interaction Center Average Queue Time (Sec.) 26 12 23 12

    Interaction Center Call Handle Time (Sec.) 238 119 240 145

    Interaction Center Post Call Work Time (Sec.) 90 16 105 30

    Abandonment Rate (%) 3.4% 1.2% 3.7% 0.9%

    Practices that Differentiate the Top Performers

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    1. Benchmarking Program Overview

    2. Corporate Services

    3. Enterprise Asset Management4. Customer Contact Center Management

    5. Best Run IT

    6. Participant Testimonials

    7. Appendix: Links to Surveys

    Agenda

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    Best -Run IT: Analysis Framew ork

    Type MetricOverall Utilities

    Average Q1 Average Q1

    EfficiencySupport equivalent FTE per 100 Active Users 4.5 0.9 3.5 1.9

    Support quivalent FTE per 100 Named Users 3.1 0.4 1.8 0.7

    EffectivenessNumber of critical interfaces 60.1 2.8 43 8

    Number of production instances 4 1 2.1 1

    Best Practice Listing Gap

    1 The COE/Support organization is as centralized as possible within the constraints of the business model 2

    2 The level of input form the business into the design and implementation of the COE/Support Organization is high 1

    3 We have regular, formal reviews of the COE/Support Organization design and services 0.8

    Practices that Differentiate the Top Performers

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    1. Benchmarking Program Overview

    2. Corporate Services

    3. Enterprise Asset Management4. Customer Contact Center Management

    5. Best Run IT

    6. Participant Testimonials

    7. Appendix: Links to Surveys

    Agenda

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    We dont want to just be better than ourcompetition. We want to be the best forestproduct company in the world and a globalleader among all industries. With the findings ofthe Benchmarking study, ASUG and SAP helpedus identify opportunities that enable that

    vision.

    Chris Van Liew, Director, IT Enterprise SystemsSAP Support, Weyerhaeuser

    Since participating in the Benchmarking andBest Practices program we can compare applesto apples. We know what each business processcosts and we can go after technical

    improvements to reduce the costs.

    Mike Stoko, Assistant Director, SAP GlobalOperations and Value Capture, DuPont

    Sample Par t ic ipant Test im onia ls

    Great information, very well presented, and veryuseful explanations we will participate again

    next year

    SAP HR Support Supervisor,Marathon Oil

    Very valuable information it is good to seewhere we stand with respect to other Best inClass companies, and to learn about potentialareas of improvement

    Senior Manager, SAP Center of Excellence,

    Canada Post

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    1. Benchmarking Program Overview

    2. Corporate Services

    3. Enterprise Asset Management4. Customer Contact Center Management

    5. Best Run IT

    6. Participant Testimonials

    7. Appendix: Links to Surveys

    Agenda

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    Links t o Surveys (1)

    Area Survey Demo URL

    CorporateServices

    HCM Comprehensive https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=2AGQX2&lg=english&rk=973912

    HCM https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=DP7WSQ&lg=english&rk=791296

    Talent Management https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=U69DGN&lg=english&rk=215418

    Finance Comprehensive https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=FSBEHS&lg=english&rk=810548

    Finance https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=GB37M2&lg=english&rk=266747

    Financial Compliance https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=Q7NFJH&lg=english&rk=567899

    Enterprise Health Check https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=JAC6QW&lg=english&rk=790520

    SupplyChain

    SRM/ProcurementComprehensive

    https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=ZUBWSK&lg=english&rk=536067

    SRM/Procurement https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=B4Z3GU&lg=english&rk=704783

    Supply Chain PlanningComprehensive

    https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=R4CWC2&lg=english&rk=446653

    Supply Chain Planning https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=3G8CAK&lg=english&rk=361218

    Transportation Mgt. https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=ZRKEM8&lg=english&rk=920118

    Warehouse Management https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=MAT52Z&lg=english&rk=333120

    Manufacturing Compreh. https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=WDPMCX&lg=english&rk=451449

    Manufacturing https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=SQPPX4&lg=english&rk=444498

    NPDI https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=ZSNNN9&lg=english&rk=536709

    Retail Merchandising https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=A5BRHN&lg=english&rk=328516

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    Links t o Surveys (2)

    Area Survey Demo URL

    CustomerLife Cycle

    Order to Cash https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=K5DW3E&lg=english&rk=705234

    Contract to Cash https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=9Z76SB&lg=english&rk=222560

    Customer Contact Centers https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=7VXYFY&lg=english&rk=314685

    Sales Effectiveness https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=WUB8EM&lg=english&rk=490272

    Trade PromotionsManagement

    https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=H9SR6B&lg=turkish&rk=324580

    Food Services https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=6Y84UQ&lg=turkish&rk=759333

    Channel Management https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=7BYDYS&lg=turkish&rk=430754

    Best Run IT Business Intelligence https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=EE5Y3H&lg=english&rk=429224

    TCO https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=FD32FA&lg=english&rk=434471

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    Ot her Impor tant L inks

    1. ASUG registration page (all ASUG surveys):https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=N4J5ND&SRP1Q5=SAPPHIRE2008

    2. Comprehensive registration page (all ASUG surveys + TPM, CHM and Food Services + Best Practicessurveys):https://www.benchmarking.sap.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=7UUCAD&SRP1Q5=SAPPHIRE2008

    3. Access to Portuguese and Spanish registration pages: http://benchmarking.sap.com/Register/

    4. Benchmarking Veki Access to Sample Reports:https://wiki.wdf.sap.corp/display/VEISGWiki/Benchmarking+Toolkit

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    Thank you!

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