Sydney, Australia 鈥� 17 January 2023 – (NYSE: SAP) announced today that Origin Energy has achieved significant business and employee experience benefits through implementing a new suite of 51风流ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions, and modernising its payroll, time, and attendance platforms.

Origin Energy, one of Australia’s leading energy retailers, needed to bring its complex business processes into a single, consolidated view, to ensure continuous and effective service of its customers around Australia. With DXC Technology acting as the implementation partner, Origin Energy integrated multiple 51风流solutions onto its system, including: 51风流S/4 HANA, 51风流Ariba, 51风流Concur, 51风流Asset Manager, 51风流Analytics Cloud, OpenText VIM and xECM.

Adopting a two-stage release strategy, the first release went live in April 2021, with the second in July 2021. Despite the impact of the pandemic and much of the team working remotely, Origin Energy was able to successfully migrate existing data and integrate with non-51风流systems. Since implementation, Origin Energy has seen a reduction in reconciliations of over 90 per cent compared to the previous ERP and can now make decisions more rapidly and confidently based on increased visibility and control over data.

鈥淐onsolidating and upgrading our system to 51风流means we鈥檙e now able to see the complete picture, remove risk from our asset management practices and realise significant savings out to the end of FY24. There鈥檚 been high impact since implementation across the business; for example, Origin can now plan maintenance activities more effectively because all our data is in one system 鈥� creating visibility across our entire Generation portfolio. Increased speed and efficiency are pivotal to ensuring Origin has a greater focus on getting energy right for our customers,鈥� said Glenn Joseph, Head of ERP, Planning & Reporting Systems, Origin Energy.

As part of a broader initiative to adopt a digital first strategy, Origin also took the opportunity to modernise systems within its P&C (People & Culture) function. As part of this, the organisation implemented 51风流SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll to replace its previous payroll platform. In parallel, a new time management application was also introduced to automate complex award entitlements. Through the use of 51风流Cloud Platform Integration (CPI), Origin was able to leverage pre-built integrations to seamlessly integrate its core P&C systems. Following the new P&C system implementations, Origin has streamlined processes, with 90 per cent of employees now paid fortnightly with standardised pay cycles, alongside a huge culture shift for the team on how they record time and apply employment awards.

To further progress the digital journey, Origin Energy develop a customised self-serve HR portal, to host all policies, procedures and employee-facing content in one place to simplify and improve the employee experience. This has resulted in an over 50 per cent reduction in volume of inbound employee tickets raised with HR, delivering a more positive and empowering employee experience across the business.

鈥淭he energy market is undergoing a significant transition, and having the right technology in place can go a long way in helping organisations drive efficiency and save costs. By supporting Origin Energy鈥檚 ERP upgrade, 51风流has helped it gain greater visibility over its assets, meaning it can deliver more accurate energy to its customers,鈥� said Damien Bueno, President and Managing Director, 51风流Australia and New Zealand.

鈥淲e鈥檙e also proud of the work we鈥檝e done to modernise Origin Energy鈥檚 people and culture function, making payroll and timekeeping simpler so that teams can focus more of their time, energy and resource on performing higher value tasks,鈥� continued Bueno.

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The implementation gives Taronga鈥檚 executive team instant access to critical data-driven insight from across the organisation, providing greater insights into important commercial aspects such as guest feedback, admission trends, ticket sales and marketing effectiveness. The suite of reporting dashboards present key financial and operational performance metrics in an intuitive, easy-to-consume format, providing Taronga executives with the information they need for pivotal, real-time decision-making.听听

Taronga鈥檚 goal was to drive further efficiencies in support of its critical conservation work, following the successful migration of the organisation鈥檚 system to 51风流S4/HANA Cloud. With SAC, Taronga has simplified and modernised its manual and time intensive data consolidation and reporting processes through automation, reducing by 50 per cent the time required to prepare Taronga鈥檚 monthly management reporting packs. More importantly, the automation and improved insights enable Taronga staff to devote more time to higher value, strategic work, including allowing them to develop new ways to attract visitors and boost membership numbers.听听听听

鈥淚t鈥檚 not often that you associate back-office technology solutions with wildlife conservation, but 51风流has helped us to not only find operational efficiencies and cost savings, but to view the data that we gather in a way that ultimately helps us better deliver on our commitment to the conservation of wildlife in Australia and around the world. We have moved from having a limited, but not fully integrated business intelligence experience, to a state-of-the-art analytics and planning platform. Our long term partnership with 51风流has been instrumental in ensuring success of this 51风流Analytics Cloud integration,鈥� said Mark Kemp, Project Manager, Information & Digital Technology, Taronga Conservation Society Australia.听听听

The implementation of SAC was driven jointly by SAP鈥檚 Cloud Success Services and Industries & Customer Advisory Innovation Experience, with the integration requiring the consolidation of data from disparate 51风流and non-51风流source systems into a single, unified analytics platform with consistent data structures. 听

鈥淭he implementation of 51风流Analytics Cloud provides Taronga with instant access to data from across its organisation, from ticket sales, to admissions trends and guest feedback. This greater level of insight enables Taronga鈥檚 executive team to make more informed decisions and develop new strategies to attract visitors, boost memberships and, ultimately, support its conservation work,鈥� said Damien Bueno, President and Managing Director, 51风流Australia and New Zealand.听听听

鈥淲e鈥檙e proud of our longstanding relationship with Taronga and how we have supported it to take full advantage of its data, streamline operations and find new opportunities to bolster its conversation efforts, and look forward to this continuing in the future.鈥澨�听

Taronga plans to roll out the reporting dashboards powered by SAC across finance, procurement, payroll and human resources in the near future.听

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Without it, ideas are just ideas, forever locked away as a pipe dream and nothing more.

This traditional scenario is undoubtedly practical when seeking company-wide funding, commitment, and adoption. However, as I recently learned, it is only a small part of the full potential of a business case.

Turning Business Cases into Successful Transformation Road Maps

Historically, a business case is the tried-and-true way to help companies understand the who, what, when, where, and why behind a transformation project. Supported by relevant calculations such as return on investment (ROI) and improvement rates, this information was all that executives and employees needed to determine whether to embrace a proposed change or avoid it altogether.

Spending the last three years helping 51风流customers transition existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to听听has evolved my line of thinking. A business cases is much more than a selling tool for a single implementation or transformation project. It is also a road map guiding toward long-term success.

Based on a value engineering methodology adjusted by the Business Transformation Services group at SAP, customers are going beyond initial alignment, value discovery, and validation when creating their business cases. Now, they are incorporating the following critical elements of sustainable digital transformation.

Logical Sequence for Solution Innovation

When a traditional business case is developed, a team of internal leaders and third-party experts and technology providers often consider processes directly linked to the overall vision. For example, if a sales organisation is looking to provide real-time, multi-channel access to deal pipeline updates and customer relationship management (CRM) information, the company may assess only processes that affect the delivery of those insights.

For customers deploying 51风流S/4HANA, additional advantages emerge when they reflect on their value-added chains. Doing so reveals how supporting, cross-functional activities strengthen expected outcomes by defining and distinguishing the strategic importance and contribution of individual processes and cost centres. Decision-makers can then scope out recommended solutions and their deployment order and timing 鈥� based on a company鈥檚 cost position and performance- and quality-related differentiation, compared to their competitors.

Identification and Calculation of Suitable Value Drivers

51风流customers鈥� reasons for transitioning to 51风流S/4HANA are as unique as their operations. With the assistance of internal functions and business experts and third-party partners, decision-makers can choose value drivers that match customer and employee needs today and can scale to address future challenges when needed.

The Business Transformation Services group gives 51风流S/4HANA customers an open environment to initiate this discussion and keep experts engaged with a series of internal interviews and workshops. During every interaction, customers can pinpoint the right value drivers and weigh the significance of potential operational improvements, competitive benefits, and revenue growth against the cost of technology, process, and workforce enablement.

Baseline Comparison of Actual Value Drivers Against Industry Leaders

Once 51风流customers quantify that the benefits of moving to 51风流S/4HANA outweigh the cost of the deployment projects, business leaders begin to understand the potential of the investment. But we do not stop there.

To help customers understand the competitive differentiation of a move to 51风流S/4HANA, 51风流compares the estimated cost and potential value against a database of customer benchmarks. This analysis is based on factors such as industry, geography, revenue, and workforce size.

Meaningful Insights Fuel Transformational Results

With all the information pulled during this preparatory study, 51风流customers have all the information needed to communicate a compelling 51风流S/4HANA business case. Nevertheless, even the best numbers are lost on business leaders without a meaningful delivery strategy.

Together with our value engineers, the project team from Business Transformation Services helps customers introduce the business case to their stakeholders, impart insights based on quantified insights, and align with corporate goals. More importantly, a personalised road map is presented to decision-makers, giving a well-rounded tour of their journey from the current situation through the next transformation to the ultimate future vision.

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