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A Guide to Leveraging SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions for Finance and Controlling

Julien DelvatAlta Via Consulting

Intro Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_QaYXIu5WI

Topics

• Traditional Projects Fail• What does an RDS contain?• How to find the right RDS for you?• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?• Summary

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Traditional Projects Fail

54% of ERP implementations fail on cost, duration and scope*

* Panorama Consulting 2012 ERP Report

Achieve Your IT and Business Goals Of …

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Faster solution deployments for a faster time to value

Adopt break-through technology on your terms for more agility in challenging market conditions

Reduce complexity from software deployments with preconfigured on premise and cloud solutions that minimize disruption to the business

Speed

Agility

Simplicity

Shorter Time to Value Through Best Practices

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Best Practices for Faster Adoption

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Address Both Standard and Unique Needs

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Topics

• Traditional Projects Fail• What does an RDS contain?• How to find the right RDS for you?• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?• Summary

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Demo

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Topics

• Traditional Projects Fail• What does an RDS contain?• How to find the right RDS for you?• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?• Summary

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Where to find RDS?

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http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment.html

How to Search for an RDS?

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Example of RDS

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Alternate Way

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• SAP Store also contains RDS by partners

http://store.sap.com/

Get Updates from SCN

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http://scn.sap.com/community/rapid-deployment

Topics

• Traditional Projects Fail• What does an RDS contain?• How to find the right RDS for you?• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?• Summary

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SAP HANA Accelerated Finance and Controlling

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• Speed financial, CO-PA, overhead, material ledger, and production cost reporting

• Accelerate time-critical processes and eliminate operational redundancies

• Ensure service levels and provide self-service reporting for end users• Take advantage of preconfigured software optimized for rapid

deployment

• Applies to: Financial Accounting, Controlling, Material Ledger, Production Cost Analysis, Profitability Analysis

http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/hana-accelerated-erp-financial-reporting/index.html

SAP Net Margin Analysis powered by SAP HANA

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• Find new ways to improve net margins by reducing or eliminating hidden costs

• Easily drill down to customer and product-level detail

• Model costing strategies and tactics to understand their potential impact on margins

• Analyze huge volumes of data in real time with our in-memory platform

• Extend analytic dashboards and reports to your mobile workforce• Leverage your existing investments in SAP HANA, SAP CO-PA

Accelerator, and our BI platformhttp://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/hana-net-margin-analysis/index.html

Migration of SAP BW to SAP HANA

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(officially: Rapid database migration of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse to SAP HANA)

• Gain crucial insight and enable faster decision making with dramatically faster access to key information

• Preserve your investment in SAP BW without disruption• Reduce costs with simplified administration and a streamlined IT

landscape

http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/data-warehouse-migration-hana-netweaver/index.html

Benefits of SAP BW on HANA

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Operational Reporting

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(officially: SAP ERP Rapid Deployment SolutionFor Operational Reporting powered by SAP HANA)

• Deliver real-time analytics and reporting on large volumes of ERP data• Deliver flexible end-user reporting with powerful data slicing and dicing capabilities• Provide easy access to up-to-date, ad hoc information - including mobile devices -

to all business users• Enable more business transparency across the organization by utilizing all data• Rapidly respond to business needs and to react more quickly to changes with SAP

HANA• Get quicker time-to value with predefined data models

http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/hana-erp-operational-reporting/index.html

Details on Operational Reporting

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Supported by SAP HANA Live (aka SAP HANA Analytics Foundation, aka SHAF)

SAP Financial Close and Disclosure Management

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• Control your performance better• Report your statutory compliant financials with confidence• Increase organizational agility• Improve the quality and speed of decisions by closing your books

faster and more accurately• Understand the impact of changes, so you can align operational

capacity and support functions with demand• Have greater context for decision making

http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/financial-consolidation/index.html

SAP Spend Performance Management

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(aka Spend Analytics)• Get full visibility into total company spends to define sourcing and

procurement strategies• Optimize spend processes management to uncover savings

opportunities and act on them• Quantify the impact of supplier

failure on spend volume and buying locations

• Identify alternate suppliers to reduce supply chain disruptions and procurement failure

www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/spend-performance-management/index.html

Financial Planning

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• Rapidly access and leverage the G/L infrastructure in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation for best-practice financial planning

• Quickly configure drill-through to relevant G/L sources• Increase finance user adoption with a planning solution that uses

native Microsoft Office (Excel) and Web browsers• Allow planning owners to set up planning-only data as needed• Start analyzing and collecting profit-and-loss financial planning

figures and balance sheet information in weeks, not months• Option to leverage SAP HANA® for optimal performance• Option to integrate detailed financial planning with the SAP Strategic

Financial Planning rapid-deployment solutionhttp://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/budgeting-forecasting/index.html

Details on Financial Planning

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Topics

• Traditional Projects Fail• What does an RDS contain?• How to find the right RDS for you?• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?• Summary

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Benefits of Rapid Deployment Solutions

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• Easier Buying Process• Simpler to Understand• Faster to Purchase than Custom

• Lower Cost and Faster Time to Value• Only Applications You Need• Reduced Costs for License and Services

• Reduced Uncertainty and Risk• Costs• Schedule• Improve Predictability Around Results

• Modularity and Flexibility• Modular Approach• Buy Smaller – Think Big!

Resources

SAP Catalog for Rapid Deployment Solutions• http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/

SAP Store, search for Rapid Deployment Solutions• http://store.sap.com/

SAP Community Network for Rapid Deployment Solutions• http://scn.sap.com/community/rapid-deployment

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Five Key Ideas

• 54% of ERP implementations fail on cost, duration and scope.• Organizations need implementation strategies focused on speed,

agility and simplicity.• SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions (RDS) deliver shorter time to value

through best practices.• SAP RDS packages combine software, content and services for

faster adoption and limited risks.• SAP RDS packages can be extended with optional features.

• There are more than 100 RDS packages. See for yourself or ask your consulting partners.

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Questions

• Now:• Ask questions now for immediate answers

• Later:• Julien Delvat

Alta Via Consultingjdelvat@altavia.com

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Q&A

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