Workshops
JUMPSTART WORKSHOP: All the Basics for the Successful Use of the SAP-EAM Solution
WORKSHOP 1: Asset Analytics
WORKSHOP 2: Mobility
WORKSHOP 3: Multi Resource Scheduling
WORKSHOP 4: How to Build a Business Case to Fix the Last Mile in EAM
JUMPSTART WORKSHOP
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Cost: $195, only available to conference attendees
Time:
9:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Jumpstart Workshop: All the Basics for the Successful Use of the SAP-EAM Solution
Kevin Morrow, Solution Manager, Utilities EAM, SAP Labs
Sharon Blake, Solution Management – EAM Line of Business, SAP Labs
Dean Fitt, Solution Management – EAM Line of Business, SAP Labs
Len Harms, VP EAM Energy & Utility Practice, Vesta Partners, LLC
The SAP-Centric EAM community has grown to be the premier source for keeping abreast of proven SAP EAM solutions and the continued success of our peers. As this community matures, we recognize that as with any successful group, there is turnover in organizations as people retire or new talent comes forth. Therefore, in support of our newest attendees and to be a truly comprehensive source for your success, whether new to this community or a seasoned veteran, you don't want to miss this pre-conference workshop with recognized leaders in SAP presenting on all the basics for successful use of the SAP EAM solution. This workshop is a no-nonsense approach on how to use the SAP EAM solution to support maintenance work processes and will cover the following topics:
• User Interface, "Which do I use"
• Setting up the technical asset records
• Work management process – initiate to close
• Reporting
Lessons:
• How to get the master data foundation set-up right
• Understand the reporting options and how each supports different
users and requirements
• How SAP supports the work management process
WORKSHOPS 1-4
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Cost: $795, only available to conference attendees
Time:
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Hemant Jivraj Rathod, Solution Management – EAM Line of Business, SAP Labs
Dean Fitt, Solution Management – EAM Line of Business, SAP Labs
See and understand the tools within SAP that will enable the maintenance team to efficiently access information, evaluate performance, and respond based on real time results. This workshop will cover the various type of reporting and analytic tools from the basic list edit reports in core ERP to the new Asset Analytics Rapid Deployment Solution.
Topics to be covered:
• Reporting and Analytics in SAP ERP
• SAP BI Business Content for EAM
• Use of Dashboards for exception reporting and KPI analysis
• Embedded analytics in the EAM worker role
• Predefined KPIs within the Asset Analytics Rapid Deployment Solution
• Use of SAP HANA™ for in-memory analytics
Vasee Rayan, Senior Director – Enterprise Mobility, SAP America
Karsten Hauschild, Solution Management – EAM Line of Business, SAP Labs
David Brilleman, Solutions Engineer – Mobility, SAP America
Mobility is the new front end — the new desktop — to business applications, and the business needs for mobile asset management are profound. In this workshop, gain the information and tools necessary to embody mobile EAM apps within your organization.
Topics to be covered:
• How to identify mobile use cases within your organization
• Basics to unwiring the enterprise: create/connect/control/consume
• Device and mobile infrastructure evolution
• Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP)
• Mobile workflow
• Mobile device management
• Afaria
• Mobile EAM projects currently underway
Workshop 3: Multi Resource Scheduling
Brian Larson, Solution Architect – Custom Development Group, SAP America
Learn how to use SAP's highly scalable and configurable MRS solution to increase resource utilization and transparency, optimize resource assignment according to travel times, priorities, and qualifications, and implement a more efficient resource request handling.
Topics to be covered:
• Web user interfaces
• Integration with different demand objects (i.e. EAM, PS, ERP,HR, etc.)
• How to use the tool at the work center or personnel level
• Planning status overview
• Dispatching
• Graphical planning board
• Optimization engine
• Appropriate analytics
• Execution monitoring
• Technical details for implementing
Workshop 4: How to Build a Business Case to Fix the Last Mile in EAM
Peter Aynsley-Hartwell, VP of Solutions Consulting, Utopia, Inc.
Herb Hadley, Director of Solutions Consulting, Utopia, Inc.
Historically, problems in inventory, plant and maintenance management, spend analysis, and procurement, were solved by fixing master data quality. Advances in data governance, data cleansing, and taxonomy structures solved the problems of non-standard and duplicate data, for instance.
Going forward, EAM systems are configuring for an exponential further increase in the volume of data coming in from ever-increasing sources across the enterprise, whether real-time sensors, RFID tags, or "Smart Grid" information feeds into a utility's EAM system or technologies like mobile devices and in–memory computing that make "real time" decision making a reality. Using examples from successful companies, from this workshop you will understand and learn an approach that establishes a scalable framework for embarking on a roadmap for effective data management.You will acquire the tools to build a successful business case to gain executive buy-in to fix the last mile in the EAM data puzzle so that your organization can maximize ROI on their EAM investments.
Lessons:
• Building the base case with clear linkage to business value
• How to get executive alignment and support to implement data initiatives
• Step by step execution of a data initiative from assessment, to gap analysis
and visualization of end state
• Metrics – how to measure impact and progress around a data initiative
• How to evergreen your data processes
