Apps Run The World Apps Purchases

Customer	Industry	Empl.	Revenue	Country	Vendor	Application	Category	When	VAR/SI	Insight Source
Samra Plant Operation and Maintenance Company Jordan	Utilities	1500	$8M	Jordan	Infor	Infor d/EPM	EPM	2020	n/a
Austin Water	Utilities	15	$1M	United States	Synario	Synario	EPM	2020	n/a	In 2020 Austin Water implemented Synario, deploying the Synario application as an EPM solution to support its annual forecast, five year capital improvement plan and budget planning cycles. The implementation targeted the Finance department that manages a roughly $600 million annual budget and a five year CIP of $971 million, shifting core work that had previously been concentrated in a two person modeling effort into a multiuser forecasting environment. The deployment implemented Synario as a full stack financial analysis, forecasting and budget planning tool, using scenario modeling, multi assumption inputs and automated presentation capabilities. Synario’s Presentation Mode and modeling engine were configured to support rapid alternate scenario builds and mid presentation adjustments, and the team configured model areas to capture capital project impacts, fund summaries and debt service coverage metrics. Within months the team produced the annual forecast in one to two weeks and prepared board level presentations in a matter of hours. Operationally the Synario solution was embedded into Austin Water’s submission workflow to the City Budget Office and City Council, and into recurring forecasting and budget cycles that inform rate setting and customer assistance program decisions. The scope of use expanded beyond the original two modelers to a forecast and budget team of eight contributors who run biweekly forecast meetings to maintain alignment. The system was used to evaluate revenue and expense changes and the financial implications of capital projects and customer assistance scenarios during the COVID 19 period. Governance and process changes accompanied the technical rollout, with Synario’s onboarding team and modeling subject matter experts working alongside Austin Water staff to customize models and transfer ownership. Team members were assigned ownership of discrete model sections to enable concurrent work, reduce single person bottlenecks and improve cross team collaboration. Regularized biweekly budget and forecast meetings replaced the prior cadence of a few meetings a year, institutionalizing model review and scenario sign off. Outcomes reported by Austin Water include compressing a months long Excel driven forecasting cycle into one to two weeks, reducing presentation preparation from one to two weeks down to hours, and increasing the number of active contributors from two to eight, which supported approval of a five year Synario extension and reduced reliance on as needed Excel consultants.
	Utilities	7700	$5.0B	Canada	SAP	SAP Business Planning and Consolidation	EPM	2020	n/a
	Utilities	200	$40M	United States	Quorum Business Solutions	Quorum Aucerna Execute	EPM	2019	n/a
	Utilities	4200	$1.4B	Canada	Workday	Workday Adaptive Planning (ex Adaptive Insights)	EPM	2015	n/a
	Utilities	4200	$1.4B	Canada	IBM	IBM Maximo	Enterprise Asset Management	2014	n/a
	Utilities	300	$50M	United States	Cayenta	Cayenta ERP	ERP Financial	2012	n/a
	Utilities	280	$50M	United States	Cayenta	Cayenta ERP	ERP Financial	2020	n/a
	Utilities	97	$30M	United States	Prophix Software	Prophix	EPM	2009	n/a
	Utilities	100	$50M	United States	Exacter	Exacter Predictive Analytics	EPM	2017	n/a

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Customer

Industry

Empl.

Revenue

Country

Vendor

Application

Category

When

VAR/SI

Insight

Insight Source

Samra Plant Operation and Maintenance Company Jordan

Utilities

1500

$8M

Jordan

Infor

Infor d/EPM

EPM

2020

n/a

Austin Water

Utilities

$1M

United States

Synario

EPM

2020

n/a

In 2020 Austin Water implemented Synario, deploying the Synario application as an EPM solution to support its annual forecast, five year capital improvement plan and budget planning cycles. The implementation targeted the Finance department that manages a roughly $600 million annual budget and a five year CIP of $971 million, shifting core work that had previously been concentrated in a two person modeling effort into a multiuser forecasting environment. The deployment implemented Synario as a full stack financial analysis, forecasting and budget planning tool, using scenario modeling, multi assumption inputs and automated presentation capabilities. Synario’s Presentation Mode and modeling engine were configured to support rapid alternate scenario builds and mid presentation adjustments, and the team configured model areas to capture capital project impacts, fund summaries and debt service coverage metrics. Within months the team produced the annual forecast in one to two weeks and prepared board level presentations in a matter of hours. Operationally the Synario solution was embedded into Austin Water’s submission workflow to the City Budget Office and City Council, and into recurring forecasting and budget cycles that inform rate setting and customer assistance program decisions. The scope of use expanded beyond the original two modelers to a forecast and budget team of eight contributors who run biweekly forecast meetings to maintain alignment. The system was used to evaluate revenue and expense changes and the financial implications of capital projects and customer assistance scenarios during the COVID 19 period. Governance and process changes accompanied the technical rollout, with Synario’s onboarding team and modeling subject matter experts working alongside Austin Water staff to customize models and transfer ownership. Team members were assigned ownership of discrete model sections to enable concurrent work, reduce single person bottlenecks and improve cross team collaboration. Regularized biweekly budget and forecast meetings replaced the prior cadence of a few meetings a year, institutionalizing model review and scenario sign off. Outcomes reported by Austin Water include compressing a months long Excel driven forecasting cycle into one to two weeks, reducing presentation preparation from one to two weeks down to hours, and increasing the number of active contributors from two to eight, which supported approval of a five year Synario extension and reduced reliance on as needed Excel consultants.