Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) Strategic Asset Management Plan

Location:

Oregon, United States

Sector:

Power & Water

“Working with EWEB has been an absolute pleasure. Their dedication to developing an effective Asset Management System made the consulting experience both productive and rewarding. I’m grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with such a forward-thinking and supportive team.”

Tammy Whipple, PM, AMCL

Client Challenge

EWEB is currently using Oracle Work and Asset Management (WAM) as its Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS), with usage inconsistent across departments. Consequently, data quality is incomplete and is challenging to retrieve, thereby making transparent and data-driven decision-making more difficult. To mitigate this challenge, EWEB has committed to implementing a new EAMS in 2026, replacing WAM with SAP Enterprise Asset Management System.

The SAP EAM implementation is an opportunity for EWEB to define its strategic asset management objectives, policy, and plan aligned to the EWEB Enterprise Solutions (EES) Program. EWEB wants to shift towards a more planned and structured approach to managing its assets (i.e., “rules and tools”) and sought assistance with maturing its Asset Management Program in advance of replacing the legacy mainframe systems with SAP’s cloud‐based utility Asset Management solution.

Scope of Work

EWEB has been successfully managing assets throughout its operating history. To be more strategic the below scope of work was identified to lay the foundation for maturing EWEBs Asset Management Program.

AMCL Solution

EWEB partnered with AMCL in this effort to:  

  • Establish a clear set of Asset Management principles that are adopted by the organization.  
  • Increase familiarity and understanding of key Asset Management concepts and gain buy-in for EWEB’s Asset Management vision.  
  • Define EWEB’s asset management policy (commitment), objectives, and strategies through workshops and meetings to develop its Asset Management Program.  
  • Support more effective and transparent decision making to proactively manage its assets. 
  • Recognize how Asset Management can support the vision for EWEB’s future and provide value to customers and the utility.
  • Support implementation of the asset management policy (commitment), objectives, and strategies through EWEB employee training and knowledge development.

 

AMCL will continue supporting EWEB in 2025 to build upon the Asset Management foundation laid in 2024. This will include:

  • Supporting accomplishment of Strategic Asset Management Objectives,
  • Supporting the development of EWEBs first Operational Asset Management Plan, and
  • Documenting defined business and functional requirements to ensure the new SAP EAM implementation meets EWEBs needs and supports effective and efficient decision-making.

“We have really enjoyed working with our AMCL partners on this project. They bring a depth of industry experience and expertise that has been useful in helping us adopt best practices and avoid reinventing the wheel. They have been flexible, reliable, and responsive to our feedback. Most of all, they bring the knowledge of what a complete AM framework looks like and what a realistic path to implementing that framework looks like for us.”

– Karen Kelley, COO

Relevant Service Lines

Diagnostic
and Roadmap

Asset Management
Training

Asset Information
and Digital Strategy
Development

Asset Management
System in a Box

Risk
Management

Key Contacts

Amy Lindblom

Principal Consultant

NAM

Tammy Whipple

Principal Consultant

NAM