Take your Financial Planning and Analysis to the Next Level with SAP BPC Cloud on HANA. Plan, Budget, Forecast, and Report…Faster

1. Take your Financial Planning and Analysis to
the Next Level with SAP BPC Cloud on HANA
Plan, Budget, Forecast, and Report…Faster
December 2013

2. The “New Normal” for Finance professionals
Volatility in
economic
conditions
Increasing
globalization
Increased focus
on risk
On-going
changes to
regulatory
requirements
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Pressure on
margins
Ability to Make
Sound Decisions
to Benefit the
Organization
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Innovative
business models

3. Financial Planning and Analysis…Innovate through
Big Data, Mobile, and the Cloud
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4. Financial Planning and Analysis…Challenge of
planning and forecasting with Big Data
Plan 1
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Plan 2
Plan 3
All Relevant Big Data
Quick Insight
Adjusted Plan
Process
Analyze
Decide
 Collect all relevant internal
and external data (can be
very large volumes and
very different varieties)
 Structure the way the
organization would like to
consume the information
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 Analyze data
 Quickly understand the
meaning of the data
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 Build different scenarios
and adjust the plans
 Make informed and
quick decisions based
on the plans

5. In-memory technology (HANA) enables better
planning and analysis
SAP BPC Cloud on HANA
 Make better decisions based
on what-if analysis and scenario
planning
 Reduce cycle time, close the
books faster
 Align plans with strategic goals
 More accurate plans, budgets,
and forecasts
 Increased stakeholder confidence
 Minimize risk by meeting statutory
and management reporting
requirements
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 Plan better and act faster with
instant insight into all relevant data
and real-time planning capabilities
powered by SAP HANA
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Executive Dashboards – iPad Version
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6. What is SAP Planning & Consolidation (BPC) used for?
Planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial consolidation in one application
Business planning
● Budgeting
● Sales/revenue planning
● Capital expenditure planning
● Headcount/staffing
● Expense planning
● Cash flow/liquidity planning
Forecasting and consensus building
● Rolling forecasts
● Continuous planning
● Collaboration
Consolidation
● Intercompany matching/reconciliation
● Intercompany eliminations
● Management roll-ups
● Legal consolidation
Financial reporting and analysis
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● Ad hoc
● Variance analysis
● Driver analysis (industry, growth,
capacity, etc.)
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7. SAP BPC Cloud on HANA
 Rapid Time to Value for SAP Business Planning
and Consolidation (BPC)
 G/L Planning
 Strategic Financial Planning
 Financial Close / Disclosure Management
 Headcount Planning
 SAP BPC Cloud features:
 ‘Out-of-the-Box’ SAP BPC Modules
 Subscription Service
iTM
SAP BPC Cloud
 No software or hardware to maintain
 Executive Dashboards & Mobile Apps
 Start your POC in 24 hrs
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SAP BPC 10.x without
BW 7.3 dependency

8. CFO’s Gain with…SAP BPC Cloud on HANA
1. Focus on your core business – Spend less
time and energy building and maintaining IT systems.
SAP BPC
2. Improve cash flow – Avoid the up-front cost,
impact on cash flow and balance sheet, and lengthy
approval cycles associated with capital expense
financing.
3. Lower your total cost of ownership –
Instead of hiring your own dedicated staff and procuring
your own IT infrastructure
4. Accelerate time to value – Don’t wait longer
than you need to get up and running.
5. Reduce risk – Mitigate the uncertainty of
anticipating your future software usage requirements &
operating costs.
6. Run the most current software – Never fall
behind on the latest fixes, enhancements, and new
features of SAP software.
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SAP BPC Cloud from
iTMethods provides
organizations with a
fully integrated,
proven SAP software
solution to manage
Business Planning
iTM
and Consolidation
processes in a cloudbased offering.

9. Innovate with…SAP BPC Cloud on HANA
Latest internal performance test results
Reporting and Data Entry
200x
60x
improved query
performance
faster report
refresh
14x
quicker input of large
data volumes
Business Calculations
2.3x
2.4x
improved allocation
performance
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faster driver-based
planning calculations
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10. G/L Financial Planning Module
Best Practice
Data Integration
Best Practice
Planning Model
1.
Based on SAP G/L
2.
Profit & Loss &
Balance Sheet
3.
Built by SAP, for SAP
customers, using SAP
planning solution
4.
1.
Pre-packaged data
integration to SAP G/L
1.
Trend
b) Variance
c) G/L Reconciliation
Master Data
b) Transaction Data
2.
Sets the stage to drillthrough to source
detail
Reports: 10 standard +
a)
a)
G/L Planning on SAP
HANA
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Best Practice
Planning & Analysis
iTM
2.
Planning process input
forms
Cost Center
b) Profit Center
a)
c)
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Balance Sheet

11. Strategic Financial Planning Module
Ad-hoc
strategic planning
Long-range
planning
1.
2.
3.
4.
Simple, summary-level
chart of accounts
1.
a)
Interrelated profit and
loss, balance sheet, and
cash flow statements
Configurable driver-based
planning and calculations
Capital and liquidity
planning, financing
options
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Deal analysis
b)
2.
Mergers, acquisitions, and
divestitures
New products and new
projects
Corporate restructuring
a)
Leveraging equity and
debt funding options
b)
Change in ownership
structures
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Scenario Analysis /
Planning
1.
Company analysis
a)
What-if analysis
b)
Competitor analysis
2.Trend
a)
analysis
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Key
indicators
b)
Financial ratios
c)
Workforce needs

12. Operational Headcount Planning Module
Operational Headcount Planning is a rapid deployment solution bringing together software and
What’s included – Solution scope of operational headcount planning processes.
services that enable the rapid delivery
What’s Included
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 Pre-configured functionality, ready to use
 SAP Business Planning and
Consolidation (BPC) planning templates
and Excel Ribbon functions to facilitate
planning and improve performance
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Reporting and
Reporting
monitoring and
monitoring
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2
Review and
release final
headcount plan
Executive
 Flexible configuration tools
 Pre-built data management packages to
load data from SAP ECC, Netweaver
BW, BW infocubes and data models to
support the planning process
Set up corporate
workforce
demand
Global HR
controller
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3
Align with
corporate
demand plan
Global HR
Controller
Local HR
controller
Manager /
Planner
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Approve and
consolidate
 Security concept and workflow (based on
Business Rules Framework) that is tailor
made during implementation
Set up local
planning
guidelines
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Execute
planning
SAP BPC
SAP NetWeaver BW
 Pre-defined reports for Workforce cost
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Extract
headcount
planning data
Optional - SAP BO BI4.0
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13. SAP BPC Cloud - Reduce Risk, Speed Implementation
Rapid Deployment “Out of the Box” Cloud Modules
Traditional delivery model
(tailored solutions)
– Service
– Software
– Long implementation cycle
Cloud delivery Model (Rapid out-of-box solution)
– Predefined services
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–
–
–
Step-by-step delivery methodology
Fixed scope, fixed cost
Delivered in typically 7-8 weeks
Low risk
– Enablement content
SERVICE
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–
– Preconfiguration
–
–
–
SOFTWARE
Guides
Educational material
Best practice processes
Automation
High reusability
– Software
–
–
–
SAP Subscription Software
Bring your own license
Integrates to future and current landscape
SAP BPC Cloud brings to bear years of experience, a broad portfolio, and best practices to
increase time to value while keeping TCO low
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14. Rapid Time to Value…for SAP BPC
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BPC Cloud
Assessment
• Understand Business
Outcome
• BPC Assessment
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
G/L Planning
Strategic Fin. Planning
Financial Close
Headcount Planning
• Opportunity
 BPC 7.X Upgrade
 HANA Migration
 New BPC Deployment
• POC and Rapid
Deployment Options
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Proof of Concept
(POC)
3
Rapid Cloud
Deployment
SAP BPC
Roll-Out
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• 2-3 Week Duration
• 7-8 Week Duration
• End user training
• Scenarios
• Production
Readiness
• Hand over of solution
• Security Compliance
• Post go-live support
and activities
 G/L Planning, Headcount
Planning, etc
 Business Processes
• Load Customer Data
• Knowledge transfer
to key users
• Executive Reporting
Dashboards
• Master data load
• Showcase to Key
Business Users
• Solution Testing and
Validation
• Operational
Readiness
• Formalize Business
Case & Deployment
Plan
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• Go-Live
• BPC Cloud Support
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
Do it Yourself (DIY)
 SAP BPC Cloud
Support
• Enhancements

15. iTMethods…Helping Customers Run Better
 Global SAP & Cloud Services Provider
Strategic Partners:

SAP Centric, SAP Certified
 Leadership team of former SAP and IT industry executives
 Strategic Partnerships with SAP and AWS
 SAP Solutions

SAP BPC Cloud on HANA
 Analytics/BI, Business Suite → HANA
 Platform migrations, upgrades, consolidations
 SAP software & cloud infrastructure subscription service
 Cloud and Managed Services

Cloud Strategy, Roadmap and Migration Services
 24x7 Application and Cloud Management Services
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16. Thank You
iTMethods Inc.
257 Adelaide Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 1X9
innovate@itmethods.com
iTM
Toronto:
416-849-1284
New York:
212-574-4775
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