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NSW Extending Your Enterprise
Preparing for
Asset Management Plan (AMP) 6
Doing
with LessMOREMORE
Chris Lloyd –
Senior Vice President, WNS
Copyright © 2010 WNS Global Services | wns.com 01Copyright © 2015 WNS Global Services | wns.com
NSW Extending Your Enterprise
Capital Investment
In contrast to 2010-15 (AMP5), the capital investment limit
for the period 2015-2020 (AMP6) has doubled to GBP 44.3
Billion. This is lower than the companies' projections of GBP
45.7 Billion, suggesting that the sector needs to enhance
productivity and become more cost-efficient. The investments
are likely to be utilized in tackling leakage, preventing supply
interruptions and better managing sewage treatment
and assets.
WNS's View:
Better Capex management through sharper focus on asset
management, increasing efficiencies in delivery of projects,
and supply chain management and well-structured metering
rollout plan.
Improve customer experience through better efficiencies in
leakage reduction, fewer floods and improved cash collection
and debt management
Cost of Capital (for Wholesale Business)
Reflecting prevailing market conditions and low financing
costs, OFWAT lowered the cost of capital from 4.5 percent in
the previous period to 3.7 percent for 2015-20, with all
players materially agreeing to the change. This will reduce
allowed revenues (based on Investments, Capex + Opex) and
profitability compared to the previous period. Customers will
benefit to the tune of GBP 2 Billion by 2020 on account of
the change while companies can save on financing costs by
raising capital at rate less than 3.7 percent.
WNS's View:
Enhance revenue assurance capabilities across customer
lifecycle encompassing order management, credit
management, billing, remittance processing, collections and
dispute management
UK water companies follow a well-defined; five-year Asset Management Plan (AMP) to ensure continuous improvement based on
guidelines set by the regulator of the water and sewerage sector in England and Wales, OFWAT. Perhaps the most important action
of OFWAT is to regulate the industry price limits, ensuring that investors get sufficient returns while customer interests are
not compromised.
Capital Incentive (Total Expense or Totex for
Wholesale Business)
Since privatization, companies have been incentivized for
Capex outperformance (i.e., lower amount spent vs. the limit
set by OFWAT) through a capital incentive scheme. But from
2015 (AMP6), OFWAT is planning to reward companies based
on Totex (Capex + Opex) in order to remove the perceived bias
towards Capex. OFWAT has assumed a lower allowance than
most companies requested, resulting in a Totex gap of ~ GBP
1.5 Billion. Most of this gap relates to just three companies.
In terms of operational performance, the regulator will also
provide incentives to achieve higher (upper quartile vs.
average) cost efficiency and customer satisfaction levels.
For companies not in the upper quartile, OFWAT will provide
a two-year window to reach the desired level and reward or
penalize them.
WNS's View:
Create a scalable cost structure for G&A spending in areas
such as Finance, HR, IT, Legal and Procurement
Retail Household Margins
To reward investors, the regulator has applied a 1 percent Net
Margin for costs incurred on retail household customers. For
2015-20, household retail costs (basis for revenue
identification) included in companies' business plans were
GBP 4.1 Billion. However, OFWAT mandated reduction in
retail household costs by GBP 0.9 Billion (based on draft
determinations) through improvement in Average Cost to
Serve (ACTS) efficiency and not automatically indexing retail
price controls to the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
WNS's View:
Optimise costs in order entry, customer invoicing, cash
application, deduction and claims management, dispute
reconciliation, and increase adoption of self-service channels
such as e-billing
Digging Deeper: Six Dimensions of AMP6
Program and Impact
02
NSW Extending Your Enterprise
Non-household Retail Margins
For non-household retail customers, OFWAT has fixed
2.5 percent Net Profit Margin on costs. The non-household
retail costs proposed in companies' business plans for
2015-20 were around GBP 580 Million. OFWAT asked the
utility players to lessen ~10 percent of costs, i.e., GBP 54
Million, suggesting a need for stricter cost discipline.
In terms of promoting competition, AMP6 will also allow
non-household customers in England to choose their retailer
from April 1, 2017.
WNS's View:
Adopt new technologies such as Customer Interaction
Services (CIS) platforms to foster customer loyalty and boost
operational efficiency
Price Limit
OFWAT sets the tariffs based on the 'RPI+K' formula - which
adds together the retail price index and the investment and
profit ratio (K). K comprises operating expenses, investments,
depreciation costs and return on capital and tax.
For water and sewerage companies, national average bill is
likely to fall by ~5 percent (excluding the effect of inflation)
from GBP 396 in 2014-15 to GBP 376 in 2019-20. Water
companies will face more pressure with their bills declining
by ~9 percent during the aforementioned period. These price
limits are, on an average, 4 percent lower than that proposed
in companies' original business plans. Customers are likely to
benefit by GBP 3 Billion owing to price reduction.
WNS's View:
Control wholesale costs related to maintaining and developing
the network and other assets
Improve Opex efficiency through reduced G&A expenses
Enhance customer service to earn incentives
Companies can use an integrated Meter-to-Cash
All this means that companies are gearing up for the biggest
efficiency challenge since privatization since there will be
a. Pressure on the revenue side with lower cost of capital,
higher price limits, lower Totex and retail costs as proposed
b. Cost of doing business, on the contrary, is likely to go up
every year
In WNS's view, water and sewerage companies should
undertake targeted programs focused on efficiency
improvement and cost reduction while preserving or
enhancing customer service levels.
Complexity in the water and sewerage sector in the United Kingdom
The water and sewerage sector in the United Kingdom varies widely by geography. Companies are owned, run and often
subsidized by the government in Scotland and Northern Ireland, while the sector is completely privatized and largely
regulated by a non-governmental body known as the Water Regulatory Authority (OFWAT) in England and Wales.
Adding to the complexity, Scotland and Northern Ireland have only one overseeing body, but differences in tariff. Water
is reasonably priced in Scotland and completely subsidized in Northern Ireland. In England and Wales, OFWAT controls
water tariffs and ensures that they remain reasonable for the customers while also allowing profit for providers.
Based on prior experience of working with
other Utilities companies, WNS can align
business process management and analytics
capabilities more closely with sector specific
business needs by
Developing and implementing anü
integrated Meter-to-Cash revenue cycle
management framework by combining CIS
platform with various customer services
including account management, billing
and remittance, exceptions handling,
collections and analytics-based services
(debt analytics, fraud analytics, etc.)
Managing shared services like accounting,ü
customer care, collections, procurement,
HR administration, legal services, etc.
Designing programs via customer journeyü
management to improve customer
satisfaction and reduce cost-to-serve
Copyright © 2015 WNS Global Services | wns.com
NSW Extending Your Enterprise
To learn more, please write to us at marketing@wns.com
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a leading global
Business Process Management (BPM) company. WNS
offers business value to 200+ global clients by combining
operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key
industry verticals, including Banking and Financial
Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Media
and Entertainment, Consulting and Professional Services,
Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods, Telecom and
Diversified Businesses, Shipping and Logistics, Travel and
Leisure and Utilities. WNS delivers an entire spectrum of
business process management services such as customer
care, finance and accounting, human resource solutions,
research and analytics, technology solutions, and industry-
specific back-office and front-office processes. WNS has
delivery centers world-wide, including China, Costa Rica,
India, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sri
Lanka, UK and US.

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Preparing for Asset Management Plan AMP 6 - Doing More with Less

  • 1. NSW Extending Your Enterprise Preparing for Asset Management Plan (AMP) 6 Doing with LessMOREMORE Chris Lloyd – Senior Vice President, WNS
  • 2. Copyright © 2010 WNS Global Services | wns.com 01Copyright © 2015 WNS Global Services | wns.com NSW Extending Your Enterprise Capital Investment In contrast to 2010-15 (AMP5), the capital investment limit for the period 2015-2020 (AMP6) has doubled to GBP 44.3 Billion. This is lower than the companies' projections of GBP 45.7 Billion, suggesting that the sector needs to enhance productivity and become more cost-efficient. The investments are likely to be utilized in tackling leakage, preventing supply interruptions and better managing sewage treatment and assets. WNS's View: Better Capex management through sharper focus on asset management, increasing efficiencies in delivery of projects, and supply chain management and well-structured metering rollout plan. Improve customer experience through better efficiencies in leakage reduction, fewer floods and improved cash collection and debt management Cost of Capital (for Wholesale Business) Reflecting prevailing market conditions and low financing costs, OFWAT lowered the cost of capital from 4.5 percent in the previous period to 3.7 percent for 2015-20, with all players materially agreeing to the change. This will reduce allowed revenues (based on Investments, Capex + Opex) and profitability compared to the previous period. Customers will benefit to the tune of GBP 2 Billion by 2020 on account of the change while companies can save on financing costs by raising capital at rate less than 3.7 percent. WNS's View: Enhance revenue assurance capabilities across customer lifecycle encompassing order management, credit management, billing, remittance processing, collections and dispute management UK water companies follow a well-defined; five-year Asset Management Plan (AMP) to ensure continuous improvement based on guidelines set by the regulator of the water and sewerage sector in England and Wales, OFWAT. Perhaps the most important action of OFWAT is to regulate the industry price limits, ensuring that investors get sufficient returns while customer interests are not compromised. Capital Incentive (Total Expense or Totex for Wholesale Business) Since privatization, companies have been incentivized for Capex outperformance (i.e., lower amount spent vs. the limit set by OFWAT) through a capital incentive scheme. But from 2015 (AMP6), OFWAT is planning to reward companies based on Totex (Capex + Opex) in order to remove the perceived bias towards Capex. OFWAT has assumed a lower allowance than most companies requested, resulting in a Totex gap of ~ GBP 1.5 Billion. Most of this gap relates to just three companies. In terms of operational performance, the regulator will also provide incentives to achieve higher (upper quartile vs. average) cost efficiency and customer satisfaction levels. For companies not in the upper quartile, OFWAT will provide a two-year window to reach the desired level and reward or penalize them. WNS's View: Create a scalable cost structure for G&A spending in areas such as Finance, HR, IT, Legal and Procurement Retail Household Margins To reward investors, the regulator has applied a 1 percent Net Margin for costs incurred on retail household customers. For 2015-20, household retail costs (basis for revenue identification) included in companies' business plans were GBP 4.1 Billion. However, OFWAT mandated reduction in retail household costs by GBP 0.9 Billion (based on draft determinations) through improvement in Average Cost to Serve (ACTS) efficiency and not automatically indexing retail price controls to the Retail Prices Index (RPI). WNS's View: Optimise costs in order entry, customer invoicing, cash application, deduction and claims management, dispute reconciliation, and increase adoption of self-service channels such as e-billing Digging Deeper: Six Dimensions of AMP6 Program and Impact
  • 3. 02 NSW Extending Your Enterprise Non-household Retail Margins For non-household retail customers, OFWAT has fixed 2.5 percent Net Profit Margin on costs. The non-household retail costs proposed in companies' business plans for 2015-20 were around GBP 580 Million. OFWAT asked the utility players to lessen ~10 percent of costs, i.e., GBP 54 Million, suggesting a need for stricter cost discipline. In terms of promoting competition, AMP6 will also allow non-household customers in England to choose their retailer from April 1, 2017. WNS's View: Adopt new technologies such as Customer Interaction Services (CIS) platforms to foster customer loyalty and boost operational efficiency Price Limit OFWAT sets the tariffs based on the 'RPI+K' formula - which adds together the retail price index and the investment and profit ratio (K). K comprises operating expenses, investments, depreciation costs and return on capital and tax. For water and sewerage companies, national average bill is likely to fall by ~5 percent (excluding the effect of inflation) from GBP 396 in 2014-15 to GBP 376 in 2019-20. Water companies will face more pressure with their bills declining by ~9 percent during the aforementioned period. These price limits are, on an average, 4 percent lower than that proposed in companies' original business plans. Customers are likely to benefit by GBP 3 Billion owing to price reduction. WNS's View: Control wholesale costs related to maintaining and developing the network and other assets Improve Opex efficiency through reduced G&A expenses Enhance customer service to earn incentives Companies can use an integrated Meter-to-Cash All this means that companies are gearing up for the biggest efficiency challenge since privatization since there will be a. Pressure on the revenue side with lower cost of capital, higher price limits, lower Totex and retail costs as proposed b. Cost of doing business, on the contrary, is likely to go up every year In WNS's view, water and sewerage companies should undertake targeted programs focused on efficiency improvement and cost reduction while preserving or enhancing customer service levels. Complexity in the water and sewerage sector in the United Kingdom The water and sewerage sector in the United Kingdom varies widely by geography. Companies are owned, run and often subsidized by the government in Scotland and Northern Ireland, while the sector is completely privatized and largely regulated by a non-governmental body known as the Water Regulatory Authority (OFWAT) in England and Wales. Adding to the complexity, Scotland and Northern Ireland have only one overseeing body, but differences in tariff. Water is reasonably priced in Scotland and completely subsidized in Northern Ireland. In England and Wales, OFWAT controls water tariffs and ensures that they remain reasonable for the customers while also allowing profit for providers. Based on prior experience of working with other Utilities companies, WNS can align business process management and analytics capabilities more closely with sector specific business needs by Developing and implementing anü integrated Meter-to-Cash revenue cycle management framework by combining CIS platform with various customer services including account management, billing and remittance, exceptions handling, collections and analytics-based services (debt analytics, fraud analytics, etc.) Managing shared services like accounting,ü customer care, collections, procurement, HR administration, legal services, etc. Designing programs via customer journeyü management to improve customer satisfaction and reduce cost-to-serve Copyright © 2015 WNS Global Services | wns.com
  • 4. NSW Extending Your Enterprise To learn more, please write to us at marketing@wns.com WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a leading global Business Process Management (BPM) company. WNS offers business value to 200+ global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals, including Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Consulting and Professional Services, Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods, Telecom and Diversified Businesses, Shipping and Logistics, Travel and Leisure and Utilities. WNS delivers an entire spectrum of business process management services such as customer care, finance and accounting, human resource solutions, research and analytics, technology solutions, and industry- specific back-office and front-office processes. WNS has delivery centers world-wide, including China, Costa Rica, India, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, UK and US.