PowerPortal%20for%20Power%20Companies%20by%20SAP%20and%20Siemens%20Dr%20Isaac%20Coker

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PowerPortalfor Power Companiesby SAP and
SiemensDr Isaac Coker
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Power IT Solutions for Generation

• Introduction
• Overview
• Siemens Business Services
• PowerPortal
• PowerMaster Maintenance Scheduling
• Our Key Differentiators
• Developed by Siemens and SAP for Utilties
• Based on Siemens experience and knowledge of the
  Utilities Business
• Operator
• Partner
• Vendor
• Siemens is also a SAP User like Eskom
• Benefits
• Add Measurable value (time and money)
• Increase and retain knowledge of operations

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PowerMasterThe bridge between SAP and Power Plant
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Transformation in Power Generation
Mergers, Restructuring and Takeovers

• Unbundling of the Value-adding Chain

Marketing
Distribution
Transmission
Generation
New conditions require uniform,consistent
solutions
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The Challenge Value Oriented Corporate Management
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The ChallengeTasks
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The ChallengeAchieving Increased Competitiveness

• Competitiveness in Power Stations
• Reducing cost of unit Generation
• Fast turnaround of none core administration
• Manage long term performance
• Improve Productivity KPIs
• Minimise Impact on the Environment

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Situation at a Typical Head OfficeDifferent
Business Processes Data Formats
Load ?
Market Situation ?
Manager Power Plants
Production Cost ?
Load Restrictions?
Efficiency ?
Emission Quota ?
Outage Plan ?
Reserve Capacities ?
Contribution to Margin ?
Special Events?
Scheduling Unit Commitment
Power Trading
Status Report ?
Fuel Stock?
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Situation in Power Plants Various Data Sources
and Formats
Load ?
Market Situation ?
Power Plant Manager
Production Cost ?
Load Restrictions?
Efficiency Rate ?
Emissions Quota ?
Shift Supervisor PlantControl Room
Head of Production
Reserve Capacities ?
Outage Plan ?
Contribution Margin ?
Special Events?
Status Report ?
Fuel Stock?
Process.- opt.
Intranet
. . .
Internet
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Our Solution A Single Platform
Load ?
Market Situation ?
Power Plant Manager
Production Cost ?
Load Restrictions?
Efficiency Rate ?
Emissions Quota ?
Shift Supervisor PlantControl Room
Head of Production
Outage Plan ?
Reserve Capacities ?
Contribution Margin ?
Special Events?
Status Report ?
Fuel Stock?
PowerPortal
Process.- opt.
Intranet
. . .
Internet
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The Combination of Strengths SAP and Siemens
PowerPortal

• Technical and commercial information on one
  platform
• Condensed and qualified online information for
  decision-making

LAN
Generation Cockpit
SAP Enterprise Portal
Process Data Archive
ODBC- Database
Business Warehouse
File Server
Intra-net
Inter-net
Mainframe
ERP
I C
Business Information
Process Information
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PowerPortal - Key Features
5 Special Features of PowerPortal
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Key Feature No. 1Integration of all Applications
Everything at a glance!
Web
Own Application
All information required clearly structured in
one window One password for all systems Direct
access to all systems
MS Outlook
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IC
SAP PM
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Key Feature No. 2Configuration According to
Specific Role
Focusing on the Essential!
Role 1
Presentation as required Different views for
different people (groups) of all
levels Curtailing "information overload" Easy to
configure
Role 2

• Examples for Roles
• Fleet Manager
• - Plant Manager
• Shift Supervisor Power Plant
• Maintenance Director
• - Head of Operations

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Key Feature No. 3Screens Specific to Task
Just what you need!
Only the fields you actually require Easy
operation Easy to understand for all users Easy
to configure
Mängelmeldung
Original Application
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Key Feature No. 4Context-Sensitive Navigation
One-click Access to all Data!
Workorders Sp-Ppe 1
Characterisicpump curve Sp-Ppe 1
Fault notifications Sp-Ppe 1
Object-relatedSelection of an object in an
application ... ... all other applications will
automatically display their information on the
same object and Time-based Example Selection
of a fault notification of 2002-3-4
101510 Display Operating data for the same
object at the same time
Drawings Sp-Ppe 1
Process Overview
Spare parts Sp-Ppe 1
Operating data Sp-Ppe 1
Feed-pump 1
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Key Feature No. 5Compressed High-quality
Information
Reliable Information forfast Decisions
High-quality information, ready for
decision-making instead of lots of data All data
from all areas are considered Reliable
information due to verification of the
data Reproducible result
UnitCommitment
DemandForecasts
LoadCapability Forecast
WeatherForecasts
ProcessData
ContractData
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Role-specific Content Examples
For each user group ...
Generation/Power Plant Management
Shift Supervisor Power Plant/Control Room
Power Trading /Resource Planning
... the presentation of relevant data
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Home Page?User Management Power Plants
Welcome, Mr. Schmidt
PowerPortal by SAP and Siemens
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Overview Production Costs Risk
Performance
Eskom online
Today Week Month
Trend / Month
GO
Electricity Production Enterprise 36,346
MW Joint Venture PP 1,503 MW Total 37,849
MW
Electricity Production / Enterprise 61
GWh 480 GWh 2231 GWh
Electricity Production / Joint Venture PP 23 GWh
124 GWh 789 GWh
PowerPortal New Content PowerPortal User
Training PowerPortal FAQs En.D in Today's
Press Employee Portal
Steam 5.8 GWh
41 GWh 168 GWh
District Heat
6.5 GWh 52 GWh 228 GWh
Role Management PPs
Market
Spot
(Excerpt)
JSE R 44.89 1623 GMT
Future
Eskom Enterprise Information
Dr. Johannes Meyer Chairman of the Board of
Eskom more ...
Theba Ndlovu Joins Board more ...
Submit
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Production Overview? Production Parameters at a
Glance
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Procurement and Sales?Procurement and Sales
under Control
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Plant Outages?Visualize Scheduled Unscheduled
Outages
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Plant Overview?No Detours Analyze Causes in
Detail
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Operating Costs?Production Costs Beyond
Limitations
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Technical Performance Indicators? Benchmarking
Beyond Limitations
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System Status of all Units? Zoom into the Plant
Welcome, Mr. Schmidt
PowerPortal by SAP and Siemens
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Overview Production Planning
Load Restrictions Performance
Eskom Generation System Status
Matimba 1
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System Status of all Units?Detailed Information
on Equipment Malfunction
Welcome, Mr. Schmidt
PowerPortal by SAP and Siemens
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Overview Production Planning
Load Restrictions Performance
Dskom Generation System Status
Matimba 1
Status all open
Work Orders ( SAP )
Funct. Location Description
Date Status
10 HFB30 AS001 CT501 Feeder
04.05.2003 clsd.
10 HFB30 AS001 Overhaul
Feeder d... 14.05.2003 open
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Typical Benefits for the Operator

• Effective Reporting
• high transparency of data for decision makers
• Improved Decision Making (Revenue/Best Practice)
• - employees sensitized to economic correlations
• sound, fast decisions
• Increased Productivity
• information tailored to requirements
• permanent access to information, even to
  historical values
• very easy operation/straightforwardness/fast
  access (Internet Browser)
• Affordable Investment through
• continued use of existing systems
• - standardization of interfaces between the
  systems

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SAP and Siemens Power Initiative Technical meets
Commercial!
PowerPortalby SAP and Siemens
P o w e r P o r t a l

• Integration of all software
• existing and new
• standard and best of breed
• technical and commercial
• into o n e common platform.

Siemens
All you need for qualified decisions
Qualified information for qualified decisions for
more profitability
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PowerMaster Solution Concepts
Integration of the business processes Establishme
nt of a uniformInformation Management
environment Integration of technical and
commercial processes in a single Data Processing
system Creation of transparent andcomparable
company data
SAP fulfills these requirements to a great extent
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Benefits
30 faster
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• Pre-customizing
• Transfer of existing data

30 better
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• Good compliance with technical requirements

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30 cheaper

• Additional functionality

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• Increased acceptance due to modified user
  interface

... and the effort for a release change is hardly
worth mentioning!
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Conclusions

• Drivers in the market will continue to pressure
  Power Station Management to reduce operating
  costs , increase productivity and satisfy
  stakeholders
• Significant benefits can bee found in integrating
  information management
• Adopt ERP
• Utilize Industry Solutions SAP IS-Utilities
• Integrate Plant and Business IT Systems
• Significant operational improvements and cost
  savings can be achieved in terms of
• Administration and Reporting
• Operations Management
• Operations Costs
• User Experience of IT
• Management Decision Making

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Our Competence
PowerMaster combines our SAP and Power Plant
knowledge!
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PowerPortalfor Power Companiesby SAP and
SiemensDr Isaac Coker