SAP Fleet Management and fuel consumption data

As we mentioned earlier in the month, HPC has developed a template for improved fleet management on SAP by integrating mileage and fuel consumption data. Our approach retains preventative maintenance schedules and costs in SAP; allocates fuel costs per vehicle; and derives truly accurate fleet rental prices based on actual cost of service. And all with a single point of entry that improves operational efficiency. Learn more about our SAP fleet management settings for utilities.

SAP New GL prototyping - continued

We've now gotten deep into the data redesign for prototyping the SAP New General Ledger at a utility company in the midwest.

During this pre-migration discovery phase, our joint HPC-client team has also identified a number of areas in which the utility could benefit from a larger SAP footprint, including extending Plant Maintenance to a greater portion of its business; utilizing Project Systems to manage schedules while FI/CO manages costs; and implementing a Fleet Management solution that tracks per-vehicle costs. More on this latter opportunity in the near future, as we're just about to roll one out at Sonoma County Water Agency that will be applicable to many other utilities and municipalities that want to track fuel consumption and vehicle costs as part of sustainability initiatives.

Pepco Holdings Implements HPC Utility Financials Accelerator

Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI) is one of the largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region, serving about two million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and New Jersey. PHI wanted to enhance its processes of categorizing and reporting accounting data, and selected HPC Utility Financials Accelerator to deliver greater automation and less reliance on external Excel files outside of SAP. Just nine months after kickoff, PHI and HPC achieved all of the project's initial objectives. Read the complete case study to learn more about the innovations that HPC brought to PHI.

SAP FI/CO Consultant - On-site contract in Santa Rosa

We're seeking an experienced SAP FI/CO Consultant for part-time, on-site work at one of our customer's facilities in San Francisco's North Bay. The role will entail first-tier functional support for SAP Finance and Controlling, some user training and documentation, and a little bit of project management along the way. We're estimating two days a week on-site, with some additional remote hours. The initial contract will be for three months, with an extension possible based on your performance and the customer's needs.

This new role will be a prominent HPC "face" to our customer, entrusted with helping to manage the overall relationship. Ideal candidates will have fundamental accounting knowledge and at least several years of experience supporting SAP FI/CO. Bonus points if you've worked in smaller organizations, municipalities or utilities that do not have large IT support teams and require you to think creatively and wear many hats comfortably. Due to the regularity of on-site work, candidates who live in Marin, Sonoma, or Napa will likely provide better service to our customer. You will also, of course, enjoy teaching users and helping them to solve problems, and have glowing references that can speak to your customer service abilities.

While this position will work independently, you won't be entirely on your own. Our team of senior functional and technical SAP consultants, several of whom have first-hand experience with this customer, will provide additional support and be available as resources to you whenever tough questions come up.

To be considered for this opportunity, please send your resume, phone number and city of residence, and a short cover letter that describes your relevant experience and how it will help HPC delight our customer. 

SAP UCES Consultant (contract job)

HPC America is looking for an SAP consultant with proven experience in SAP Utility Customer E-Services (UCES) to join our team of SAP experts for a short-term project. Qualified candidates will be located in the San Francisco Bay Area and have the following skills and experience:

• 1+ year of consulting at a utility company, with references
• Proficiency in configuring and testing standard SAP UCES features
• Proficiency in programming custom features in UCES
• Experience managing small projects
• Excellent client communication and expectation management skills
• Experience with training and documentation

The project will entail a combination of on-site and remote work in the Bay Area, approximately three months in duration (to discuss). Only candidates currently living near San Francisco will be considered. Please send your resume, phone number, and a cover letter explaining how you will add value to our team. We look forward to hearing from you, and will respond promptly to candidates who meet the core requirements outlined above.

SAP FERC White Paper to Enhance Regulatory Reporting

If your configuration of the IS-U/FERC module has not kept pace with the utility industry's increasingly stringent reporting requirements, request a copy of our free white paper for utilities on SAP, "Five Tips to Enhance Regulatory Reporting." It's written by the original creators of the FERC module, and presents five highly practical, actionable steps that you can take to better meet the needs of both management and regulators. Topics include leveraging functional location hierarchies, automating translation tables, and more. Request your white paper from HPC America online.

New client work: SAP New GL prototyping for utility

We're pleased to announce that HPC will be starting a new project for a utility in the Midwest that intends to improve its financial reporting and gain more robust regulatory reporting. We'll help our client achieve this by exploring the impact of a transition from the classic FERC module to the SAP New General Ledger, which supports functional accounts by production, transmission, distribution, maintenance, A&G, customer accounts, and cost of energy.

HPC will also lead the prototyping of new master data such as cost centers and orders; the redesign of profit centers to enable business segment reporting; and the design of cost flows and overhead allocations. Through this modeling, the utility will be able to visualize results prior to starting the actual migration to production. And that is the best way to prepare for New GL migration in a way that meets all stakeholders' requirements and eliminates nasty surprises.