Upgrading to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10, version for SAP NetWeaver powered by SAP HANA. Lin Cong, Colgate-Palmolive May 2013

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1 Upgrading to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10, version for SAP NetWeaver powered by SAP HANA Lin Cong, Colgate-Palmolive May 2013

2 Agenda Company background Applications in Colgate Upgrade highlights Challenges Benefits 2 of 13

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4 ORAL CARE PERSONAL CARE HOME CARE PET NUTRITION

5 SAP Strategy at Colgate SAP software landscape Integrated Business Information: SAP ECC 6.0 CBP/TPM Trade Promotion Management esales Customer Service & Sales SAP CRM Focus on the Profession SAP PLM New Product Development SAP SCM Supply Chain Management ebuy (EBP) Procure To Pay BI Planning Financial & Commercial Planning BPC Financial Consolidation HCM Human Resources Systems Access & Optimization SAP solutions for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) SAP Solution Manager Change Manager PPM SAP NetWeaver Identity Management (To SAP & non-sap systems) SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management BI Reporting & Analytics (SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence suite) SAP HANA SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search Mobile Solutions (SAP Sybase) 5 of 13

6 Applications Consolidation Technical upgrade from current system of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver from release 7.5 to release 10.0 Continue to support Colgate finance users - Quarterly management reporting - Three estimates a year (May, Sep Latest Estimate and Budget) - Monthly rolling estimates - SEC 10K - Global savings opportunities Capital Management Replaced an application developed over 10 years ago Budget Deck mix of BI Analysis Office and BPC, pilot went live in Oct of 13

7 Upgrade Highlights Green field upgrade Sizing of SAP HANA was done by Colgate SAP delivered transaction to move app set of release 7.5 to current release (10) Technical migration (2 steps) to release 10 & release 10 on SAP HANA was a smooth process Legacy release 7.5 functions working as is with release 10 All data manager packages working as is Parallel testing strategy, day in the life testing 7 of 13

8 Implementation Teams Business Team IT Project Team SAP Team 5 Application Owners 1 Project Manager / Technical Lead 1 Key Business Partner (Macro) 6 Key Corporate Business Testers 3 Part Time team member including an ABAP programmer 1 Part Time DBA Resource SAP AGS 1 Full Time SAP Consultant and 1 Technical Consultant for 3 weeks 1 from SAP Customer Solution Adoption Team 4 from SAP AGS and SAP MaxAttention for Volume Testing for 1 week 8 of 13

9 Release 10.0 Challenges Custom programs are difficult to adjust Technical name changes after transport Sign reversal issue Single sign-on Frequent updates of release 10 for both server and client Journal functionality is moved to web UI instead of excel Security model 9 of 13

10 Release 10.0 Benefits Usability Administration is easier and more logical than previous release Reporting New web based standard comment reports Has better report writing functionality, using drag and drop Provides Book Publishing functionality Performance New consolidation functionality including out of the box business rules Reduced TCO Removal of Microsoft.NET tier for more simplified infrastructure Transport capabilities are improved in release 10. Object by object. 10 of 13

11 Performance Improvement Reporting Improved Journal Posting Calculations Improved scalability 11 of 13