Innovations in SAP Planning: SAP Cloud for Planning

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1 Innovations in SAP Planning: SAP Cloud for Planning Scott Cairncross TruQua 2015 ERP Corp. All rights reserved. Introduction In this presentation we will explain how the cloud enables software delivery. We will delve into the exciting new public cloud product from SAP Cloud for Planning. We will walk through an introduction to this public cloud product. We will provide an overview of various features in the product including the Event Manager. Together we will walk through a live demo of the Cloud 4 Planning system. 3 1

2 Topics Cloud Computing Options SAP Cloud for Planning An Overview SAP Cloud for Planning Diving In Demo Summary Start of first section: List the main points in your presentation and insert this slide at the start of each new topic. Move the highlighted box down for each new section. This divides your presentation into easy to follow sections. 4 Cloud Computing Scenarios 5 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Servers available On the Fly Customizable networks Elastic Storage Elastic Computing Resources Managed Private Cloud Examples: Amazon Web Services Windows Azure Google Computing Engine SAP Examples: HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) 6 2

3 Platform as a Service (PaaS) Development platform available on the internet Platform to build Public cloud Apps Shared development infrastructure Examples: Red Hat OpenShift Google App Engine Amazon Web Services Windows Azure SAP Examples: HANA Cloud Platform (HCP) 7 Software as a Service (SaaS) Software available on the internet Public cloud Shared infrastructure Formerly known as On Demand Software Examples: Salesforce.com Linkedin.com SAP Examples: Concur SuccessFactors SAP Cloud for Planning (C4P) 8 The Perfect Analogy 9 Source: Albert Barron, IBM 3

4 Cloud Adoption Nexus of Forces* Adoption Thus Far Cloud Don't leverage any Four offerings/ products 16% Don't know 76% use at least one of the Nexus technologies One offering/ product, 23% Two offerings/ products, 24% Mobility Information Social None of the above Three offerings/ products, 13% Don't know Percentage of respondents *Gartner defines the nexus of forces as the convergence and mutual reinforcement of four interdependent trends: social interaction, mobility, cloud, and information Source: Gartner. John Van Decker. Survey Analysis: Critical CFO Technology Needs from the 2014 Gartner FEI Study. June Topics Cloud Computing Options SAP Cloud for Planning An Overview SAP Cloud for Planning Diving In Demo Summary Start of first section: List the main points in your presentation and insert this slide at the start of each new topic. Move the highlighted box down for each new section. This divides your presentation into easy to follow sections. 11 SAP s EPM Vision Connect finance and lines of business High-performance, real-time platform SAP vepm Consumer grade user experience Embedded ERP and standalone In the cloud 12 4

5 Introducing SAP Cloud for Planning Future Oriented People Centric Analytics Embedded 13 SAP Cloud for Planning See how SAP Cloud for Planning can help you Plan Simpler 14 SAP Cloud for Planning (cont.) 15 SAP Cloud for Planning is a people-centric solution designed to help simplify financial planning and analysis and eliminates the need for different tools. Finance and other line of business professionals are envisioned to eliminate the complexity of their planning processes and quickly integrate corporate and divisional plans to drive better results with data driven decisionmaking. Future-Oriented Completely based in the cloud People-Centric Removes complexity between you and your plans Analytics-Embedded Fully integrated into your work 5

6 Future-oriented Enjoy a new generation of planning in the cloud with a modern look and feel Plan and simulate at any level of detail, with any number of users, at any time Trust your application will perform when and how you expect 16 People-centric 17 Simply create and modify planning models on the fly Take action anytime, anywhere on the desktop or on the go Align plans across Finance and business units with direct integration into SAP Business Planning and Consolidation Analytics-embedded Analyze and plan in the same app Personalize your KPIs and dashboard Collaborate incontext of your plan 18 6

7 Topics Cloud Computing Options SAP Cloud for Planning An Overview SAP Cloud for Planning Diving In Demo Summary Start of first section: List the main points in your presentation and insert this slide at the start of each new topic. Move the highlighted box down for each new section. This divides your presentation into easy to follow sections. 19 SAP Cloud for Planning: Home Screen The home screen is a dashboard a personal place in which you can organize your data such as in charts, reports, events, and notes Interactive Tiles Flexible visualization and drilldown capabilities Hichert IBCS Notation Professional business charting Collaboration and Timeline Panel Organize and structure your work with build-in chat and workflow functionality SAP Cloud for Planning: Models A model is a representation of business data to define relationships, calculations, and data of an organization or business segment Easy set up Models with multiple perspectives are easy to create in an Excel-like interface Preview Panel Visual representation of your modeled data Data Import Upload of external data sources and integration with SAP on-premise systems 7

8 SAP Cloud for Planning: Reports A report is an organized representation of data, comprising multidimensional data views for the purpose of analysis, reporting, and planning Version Management Create and copy versions of data and define access rights Conditional Formatting Create, personalize, and monitor KPIs Visualization Context-specific visualization proposals SAP Cloud for Planning: Reports (cont.) Start your planning in private versions and decide when you want to submit them Share them with you coworkers for joint planning or publish them to make them available to everyone Entered data gets automatically spread over all perspectives in a model Use advanced features such as cell locking and specialized report layouts to get more productive SAP Cloud for Planning: Collaboration To optimize collaborative decision-making processes and ensure future accountability, SAP Cloud for Planning comes with context-based social collaboration capabilities Stay in context Collaborate directly on your plans instead of having to use yet an other application and send offline data Access from anywhere Share report versions, discuss on cells, assign tasks, and attach any file you uploaded 8

9 SAP Cloud for Planning: Events The events section is a calendar interface to organize events and assign tasks to dedicated team members Content and Reminders Add content such as documents, plans, or versions and set reminders for upcoming events and tasks Workflow Management Export and import workflows to synchronize your planning data with other applications Multi-Step Approval Define assignee(s), reviewer(s), and approver to a specific task Private Versions Feature: Planning done in private versions for individuals or teams and then published as a public version for everyone to view Benefit: Changes can be made to private version and then easily discarded or shared (i.e. publish) as needed Example: Analyst wants to model some sales promotion scenarios using private model prior to sharing with his colleagues Calculated Members Feature: Create formulas on the account dimension Benefit: Formulas will be applied to all versions Example: General Manager would like to track some key KPIs calculations to track his team s performance. He can create formula to track value like operating profit %, sales per headcount and other metrics to help manage the business across various regions and in this case product groups. 9

10 Simple Report Calculations Feature: Create reporting formulas to aggregate values or perform simple calculations within the summary sheet Benefit: Reporting formulas can be used to aggregate information from multiple sources Example: Brand manager would like to track her team s performance by creating a variance calculation to compare actuals to plan Direct Entry Feature: Adjust value in a report view by directly entering this value at parent or base level or by adding by % Benefit: Can directly enter in plan change at various levels or change them by a certain % to streamline plan adjustments Example: Purchasing manager wants to estimate cost saving by switching vendors to lower raw material costs Multiple Model Integration Feature: Integrate multiple models into a report that can be used for analysis and plan adjustment Benefit: Can integrate data from multiple sources and write back results to various models Example: Analyst wants to separate out headcount data within a profitability report to validate profitability based on possible headcount changes 10

11 Hybrid Scenario BPC and C4P Corporate Finance Strategic Business Units On premise Extend SAP Business Planning and Consolidation deployment with complementary, integrated Departmental/Strategic Business Unit (SBU) scenarios in the Cloud SAP Business Planning and Consolidation SAP Cloud for Planning Public Cloud Private Cloud (HEC) SAP Cloud for Planning Topics Cloud Computing Options SAP Cloud for Planning An Overview SAP Cloud for Planning Diving In Demo Summary Start of first section: List the main points in your presentation and insert this slide at the start of each new topic. Move the highlighted box down for each new section. This divides your presentation into easy to follow sections. 32 DEMO 11

12 Topics Cloud Computing Options SAP Cloud for Planning An Overview SAP Cloud for Planning Diving In Demo Summary Start of first section: List the main points in your presentation and insert this slide at the start of each new topic. Move the highlighted box down for each new section. This divides your presentation into easy to follow sections. 34 Resources & Acknowledgements YouTube youtu.be SAP Help 43df9e83923e906b7a03/9.0/en-US/frameset.htm Thanks to Pras Chaterjee and Jason Reid from SAP. 35 Five Key Ideas SaaS is a growing channel that more and more organizations are leveraging for their Enterprise Software needs SAP Cloud for Planning is a new Public Cloud solution from SAP SAP Cloud for Planning is a unified planning and analytics solution that is future oriented, people-centric and analytics embedded. C4P has a number of rich features including Event Manager, Allocations and Stories. C4P does not replace BPC but is instead complementary and can be used in Hybrid planning scenarios

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