Sierra - SAP _S4 HANA _RMP_V1

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SAP S/4 HANA Finance Transformation Customer Workshop

From Strategy To Execution

Agenda

Demystifying S/4 HANA Finance

1 Sierra Overview � Sierra Overview� Sierra’s Five Pillars of SAP S/4 HANA Digital Core

2 Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA Finance Demo � Solution Scope� Central Finance � Logistics � Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting � Financial Predictive Analytics � Financial Reporting � Financial Close � Upgrade and Migration

3 Q & A � Open Discussion

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Demystifying S/4 HANA

Sierra Overview :

• Founded in 2002, headquartered in Houston, Texas

• Worldwide operations in US, Canada, Malaysia and India

• 255+ employees worldwide with over 150 in the US

• Growing at over 65% every year

• Serving more than 75 key accounts across the globe

• Partnerships

SAP certified premier partner

• S/4 HANA Offerings

Advisory, Implementation, Training and Post Production Support

S/4 HANA implementations, upgrades

S/4 HANA sFIN implementations, Migration and upgrades

S/4 HANA and HADOOP Integration

S/4 HANA and Open Source Analytics - R & Payton

S/4 HANA Finance, SAP BPC, SAP BOBJ, SAP BW, FICO, BASIS, HCM, CRM, SCM, SEM, BI

24x7 Global Support Services

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Industry Expertise:

• Utilities

• Public Sector

• Oil & Gas

• Retail/ CPG

• Manufacturing

We have around 25 qualified experts in

SAP S/4 HANA


SAP S/4 Finance


SAP BPC & IBP

We have around 30 qualified experts in SAP VORA & SDA


SAP Big Data

Sierra’s Reimagined SAP S/4 HANA RDS Solution To Reimagine Business

� S/4 HANA Finance� Central Finance � Integrated Order to

Cash� Integrated Procure to

Pay

Integrated Business Planning � Planning � Budgeting� Forecasting� Finance Close� Closing Cockpit

� Digital Core � Enterprise Data

Platform� Implementation� Legacy ERP Migration

� Predictive Analytics� Data Mining� Interactive Analysis� Self-servicing

� HADOOP Integration� SAP HANA VORA� SAP Dynamic Tiering� IOT Integration� Predictive Analytics � Advanced Analytics � Machine Learning

Sierra’sDigital Lab

Sierra’s Rapid Deployment Solutions

Sierra’s Ready To Go Pre-build Solutions

Sierra’s Template Based Guided Approach

Sierra’s On Cloud Data Engineering

SAP S/4

HANA

SAP S/4

HANA Finance

SAP Embedd

ed & Classic

BPC

SAP VORA &

SDA

SAP Big

Data & Analytic

s

Sierra’s Five Pillars Of SAP S/4 HANA Digital Core


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Sierra’s SAP HANA Capabilities:

S/4 HANA Finance Services Being Offered By Sierra

� Sierra accelerates S/4 HANA implementation through Rapid Deployment Solutions (RDS)� Sierra has proven industry use cases for financial, integrated planning and analytics� Sierra empowers SAP HANA upgrades and migrations with pre-built Sandbox systems

Advisory Implementation Upgrade MigrationSupport


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SAPS/4 HANAInnovation

Lab

Finance Transformation Big Data Transformation

Digital Transformation

� S/4 HANA Finance� Central Finance� Financial Insights

� S/4 HANA Finance� SAP Central Finance� SAP BPC� SAP IBP

� Data Engineering� Advanced Analytic � Data Science

� SAP Lumira � SAP BusinessObjects� Unstructured Data� Semi-structured Data

Sierra has a proven SAP S/4 HANA innovation lab locally here in Houston, TX.

� Connected Device � Instance Insights

� SAP VORA

� SAP SDA

� Machine Learning

Our innovation lab empowered with pre-configured business analytics, including

o Financial Solutions o Financial Analyticso Supply Chain Analyticso Customer Analytics o Sales and Marketing Analytics o Human Resource Analytics


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Agenda


1 Sierra Overview � Sierra Overview� Sierra’s Five Pillars of SAP S/4 HANA Digital Core

2 Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA Finance Demo � Solution Scope� Central Finance � Logistics � Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting � Financial Predictive Analytics � Financial Reporting � Financial Close� Upgrade and Migration

3 Q & A � Open Discussion

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SAP S/4 HANA Finance Solution Scope

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SAP S/4 HANA Finance

SAP S/4 HANA Logistics

� Order To Cash (OTC)

� Procure To Pay(PTP)

Universal Journal � AP� AR� GL

SAP S/4 HANA Enterprise

Performance Management

(EPM)

� Planning � Budgeting � Forecasting

SAP Lumira –Reporting &

Analytics

� Financial Predictive Analytics

SAP S/4 HANA Digital Platform

SAP S/4 HANA BPC

� Instant Close � Real-time

Month Close Reporting

1 2 3 4 5

Our reimagined SAP S/4 HANA solution deeply address several business challenges. In our today’s demonstration, we are going to focus on how our solution address the business challenges around financial processes, financial planning, financial close and financial reporting.

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Upgrade and Migration

SAP S/4 HANA Finance Solution Scope

Solution Summary

Financial Posting

Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting

Financial Close

Financial Reporting and Data Analysis

Financial Predictive Analytics

Pre-built Rapid Solution For Finance Transformation

At Sierra, we deeply understood the financial systems, financial processes and financial data. To reduce the risk in SAP S/4 HANA finance transformation initiatives and also to cut down the cost and time in SAP S/4 HANA Finance implementation we developed SAP S/4 HANA Finance Rapid Deployment Solutions.

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Solution #1 : Central Finance - Universal Journal

Business Challenges Business Benefits

Business Process Data Management User Experience

Simplification&

Improvements

� Multiple Financial Process and Standards to Follow

� Multiple Financial Accounting System to Operate - Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and File Systems

� Multiple GL Accounting Structure

� Time Consuming Complex Traditional Process, Data and Systems with Poor User Experience

Easy To Use

Simple To Adopt

Fleaxiable To Follow

� Centralized Financial Accounting System with Real-time Financial Posting Replication Across Financial System Including Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and File Systems

� Single GL Accounting Structure

� Simple Process, Data and Systems to Follow

� Real-time data access� No physical data

movements � Simplified data model

� Reimagined, unified and consistent processes to operate – A 5 step Journal posting process has been simplified to 1 step

� With SAP FIORI, rich user experience delivered on a single screen without any TCODE

� On mobile and desktop

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Transaction To Actionable Analytics

SAP S/4 HANA Digital Platform Single Platform for Both OLTP and OLAP – All in One

Create Sales Order and

Purchase Order

Track and Manage Sales

Order

Manage Outbound Delivery &

Billing

Manage Customer

Invoice

Process Incoming Payments

Financial Reporting

Financial Analytics

Financial Reporting

Financial Reporting

Universal Journal Table

SAP Lumira


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Solution #2 : Logistics - OTC and PTP



Simplification&

Improvements

� Limited unified insights on PO status, invoice and cash flow management

� Decentralized LoB silos with redundant data management processes - Significant challenges in connecting financial processes with sales and procurement

� Customer buying channel challenges and poor customer satisfaction

Easy To Use

Simple To Adopt


� Integrated end-to-end business processes – From sales order to PO to payment processing

� Seamless data interoperability between processes such as OTC, PTP and RTR –Single version of truth

� Able to immediately react and address business challenges when a change occur

� Unprecedented Analytical Capabilities

� Real-time data access� No physical data

movements � Simplified data model

� Role, process driven Apps for unmatched master, transactional, reporting and analytic capabilities

� With SAP FIORI, rich user experience delivered on a single screen without any TCODE


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Solution #2 : Logistics - OTC and PTP

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Solution #3 : EPM – Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting



Simplification&

Improvements

� Limitation in Detailed Line Item Budgeting

� Users Has Been Challenged by Automatic Data Reconciliation

� Distributed Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting Systems

� Decentralized Data Sources and Complex Data Provisioning Process

� Lack of Predictive Analytical Capabilities

Easy To Use

Simple To Adopt


� Detailed Line Item Budgeting

� Real-time Variance Analysis - Plan vs. Actual

� Automatic Data Reconciliation

� Predictive Analytics

� Market Factors Driven Forecasting

� Real-time data provisioning – SAP ECC , Success Factors and Other Systems

� No physical data movements � Optimized information

model for analytics

� Reimagined, unified and consistent processes to collet and analyze plan and budgeting data across business functions

� With SAP Business Objects Analysis for Office , rich user experience delivered on MS Excel

� On Mobile and Desktop

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Solution #3 : EPM – Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

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Solution #4 : Financial Reporting and Analytics



Simplification&

Improvements

� Time Consuming Manual Reporting Process

� IT Driven Complex Reporting and Analytical Solution

� Lack of Self-servicing Functionality -Reporting and Data Analysis

� Not a Repeatable Process

� Lack of Data Accuracy

Easy To Use

Simple To Adopt


� Instant Reporting

� Business Driven Analytical Solution

� Self-servicing Functionality - Reporting and Data Analysis

� Increased Trust in Reporting Accuracy

� Repeatable Process

� Real-time data provisioning

� No physical data movements

� Optimized information model for analytics

� Reimagined, unified and repeatable processes to report, analyze and predict financials

� Business process driven business solutions

� With SAP Lumira , rich user experience delivered


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Solution #4 : Financial Reporting and Analytics

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Solution #5 : Financial Close



Simplification&

Improvements

� Time Consuming Manual Financial Close Process Such as IC Matching, IC Booking, IC Elimination, Equity, Ownership, and Month End Close Reporting, etc.

� Complex Data Collection and Data Preparation Steps - Multiple GL Accounting Structure and Standards to follow

� Tremendous Challenges in integrating external processes with close process -discloser management , tax and audit

Easy To Use

Simple To Adopt


� Real-time Financial Close Process Such as IC Matching, IC Booking, IC Elimination, and Month End Close Reporting, etc.

� Standardized GL accounting system

� Quickly integrate close process with other processes such as disclosure management, tax and audit

� Real-time data provisioning

� No physical data movements

� Optimized information model for analytics

� Reimagined, unified and repeatable processes.

� Close takes places in hours, not in days

� With SAP BPC EPM ADD-IN, rich user experience delivered on MS Excel


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Solution #5 : Financial Close

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Solution #6 : Upgrade and Migration

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� Lessons Learned� Strategy and Roadmap� Methodology and Approach

Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA Upgrade & Migration Approach

SAP S/4 HANAUpgrade & Migration Approach

Business Challenges &

Needs

Current State Review

Business Alignment

Business Challenges

Business Needs

Solution Landscape

Technology Landscape

Strategy and Roadmap

Development

� Stakeholder Analysis� Maturity Level –

People, Process & Technology

� Manual Time Consuming Reporting and Analytics Process

� Process Simplification� Self-servicing

Analytics� Real-time Data Access

� Finance Solution� Supply Chain Solution� Reporting Solution

� Multiple GL Systems� Complex BI Systems � Decentralized Legacy

Systems


12 3

RTR

RTR

Identified Immediate Business Needs - Sample� Optimizing Financial Reporting� Landscape Simplification



3

Upgrade & Migration Checklist

Project Preparation

Business Blueprint

Realization

Final Preparation

Cutover, Go Live and Support

DetailedProject Plan

4

Upgrade & Migration Detailed

Project Plan

Detailed Task List

Resource Matrix

Timeline

Milestone

Deliverables

Agreed Upgrade & Migration Options - Sample � Greenfield Implementation � Brownfield Implementation


GreenfieldImplementation –New Landscape

On Cloud

On Premise

PlatformInstallation & Setup

Software Installation & Setup

Business Solution Configuration &

Setup

User Adoption and Learning

BrownfieldImplementation –

Existing Landscape

On Cloud

On Premise

PlatformUpgrade & Setup

Software Upgrade & Setup

Business Solution Configuration &

Setup

User Adoption and Learning

Upgrade & Migration Scenarios


GreenfieldImplementation –New Landscape

On Cloud

On Premise

SAP S/4 HANA S/4 HANA Finance RTR User Adoption and

Learning

BrownfieldImplementation –

Existing Landscape

On Cloud

On Premise

SAP S/4 HANA S/4 HANA Finance RTR User Adoption and

Learning

Upgrade & Migration

User Adoption

ContinuesImplementation

Upgrade & Migration Scenarios - Continued


Appendix

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� Sierra’s Innovation Lab� Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA Finance RDS Architecture� Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA Finance Solutions

ProvenMethodolog

y

Pre-builtDigital

Lab

Pre-configured

Assets

Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA

Business Benefits

Sierra’s Value Delivery

Confidently Migrate to SAP S/4HANA With Sierra

Sierra helps you find the right path

� Ready-to-go SAP S/4 HANA lab infrastructure

� Proven Reference Architecture� Technical � Application� Data� Security

� Real-time data provisioning for application, reports and analytics

� Pre-built interoperability across technology, data source and data format

� Pre-configured role based security model

� Business has no investment to make in hardware, infrastructure and people

� Business can quickly deliver business values of central finance and S/4 HANA Finance

� Enable business to the digital core � No risk and high return

Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA Innovation Lab - Business Benefits and Values


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At Sierra, we developed a RDS solution to accelerate central finance implementation.

Solution Scope:

� Consolidating multiple financial systems such as Legacy SAP ERP, Oracle Financials and File Based GL Postings to a single centralized financial accounting system.

� Single Centralized Universal Journal Posting across Financial Systems

� Real-time data provisioning from Legacy SAP ERP system to Central Finance through SLT

� Process Scope � Integrated Order to Cash � Integrated Procure to Pay� Closing Cockpit

Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA Rapid Deployment Solution (RDS) - Central Finance


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At Sierra, we developed a RDS solution to simplify Big Data and Internet-of-Things (IoT) implementation.

Solution Scope:

� Interoperability across technology, data source and data format� Structured Data� Semi-structured Data� Unstructured Data� Machine Data

� Pre-built Analytics� Predictive Analytics � Advanced Analytics � Machine Learning � Data Science

� Analytics Business Function� Financial � Supply Chain� Human Resources� Customer� Marketing

Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA Rapid Deployment Solution (RDS) - Big Data Analytics


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At Sierra, we created a RDS solution to accelerate SAP HANA migration by simplifying the migration activities and the technical procedures that’s required for the migration.

Solution Scope:

� Pre-built Templates� Pre-configured Business Process� Pre-developed Reports� Ready-to-go SAP S/4 HANA Finance

System Landscape � Pre- and Post-migration Activities� Pre-defined Security Model� Leading Practices � Lessons Learned

Customer Current State &

Requirements

Sierra’s Migration Approach & Methodology

Customer Future State

Central Finance

New Implementation

Sierra’s SAP S/4 HANA Migration Approach & Methodology

Existing Implementation

Upgrade to SAP ECC6

Install and migrate database to SAP S/4 HANA

Install SAP ECC6 and S/4 HANA Finance Packages

Develop Interfaces to Existing SAP ECC and Other Financial Systems

Install SAP S/4 HANA, SAP ECC6 and S/4 HANA Finance Packages

Develop Interfaces to Existing SAP ECC and Other Financial

Systems

S/4 HANA

Finance

SAP S/4

HANA

SAP S/4 HANA Rapid Deployment Solution (RDS) - Migration


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Financial Accounting : Central Finance Rapid Deployment Solution

S/4 HANA Rapid Deployment Solution From Sierra

� Pre-configured functionality � Pre-built reports � Ready-to-go analytics� Reduce time, cost and risk

� Sierra Values


Order To Cash-OTC

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� Sierra Values


Procure To Pay-PTP


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� Sierra Values


Universal Journal


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Contact:

RajMohan Pendyala

Sierra Infosys,

6001, Savoy Dr, Suite # 210,

Houston, TX-77036

Phone : 832-455-8575

Thank You !Fax : 713-222-2434

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Documents

Sierra - SAP _S4 HANA _RMP_V1