Today the world has changed with new pressures that are here to stay probably from some considerable time:Volatility in markets, commodity prices and stocks, growth in the last few years has been slow to resume (Bloomberg study) Increased focus on risk, including financial risk, new trends such as social sentiment analysis affecting brand value Regulation that wont go away, with more than 30 countries and some industries requiring XBRL disclosures Increasing globalization than will mean better corporate management across diverse cultures, consolidating operations in shared service centers Continuing pressure on margins, while CFOs are looking to grow the business, the cost portion of the equation remains important Innovative business models, including shared services, use of mobility
Now that may sound like a stark and somewhat depressing picture but actually we are now beginning to see how this landscape is actually driving a new focus and creating real opportunities. Back at the end of the nineties (2008 – 2009) when the world was in recession, CFO’s knew exactly what to do- they cut costs, conserve cash and pay off debt.As a result of that many organizations are now left with better liquidity than they ever had are sitting on piles of cash which in the most part companies will invest to growing revenues and in M&A activities. They won’t lose sight of the need to keep costs under control and protect margins but positive growth is back on the agenda and the results of the Deloitte Q4 survey of CFO sentiment published in January shows this.
Now that may sound like a stark and somewhat depressing picture but actually we are now beginning to see how this landscape is actually driving a new focus and creating real opportunities. Back at the end of the nineties (2008 – 2009) when the world was in recession, CFO’s knew exactly what to do- they cut costs, conserve cash and pay off debt.As a result of that many organizations are now left with better liquidity than they ever had are sitting on piles of cash which in the most part companies will invest to growing revenues and in M&A activities. They won’t lose sight of the need to keep costs under control and protect margins but positive growth is back on the agenda and the results of the Deloitte Q4 survey of CFO sentiment published in January shows this.
Now that may sound like a stark and somewhat depressing picture but actually we are now beginning to see how this landscape is actually driving a new focus and creating real opportunities. Back at the end of the nineties (2008 – 2009) when the world was in recession, CFO’s knew exactly what to do- they cut costs, conserve cash and pay off debt.As a result of that many organizations are now left with better liquidity than they ever had are sitting on piles of cash which in the most part companies will invest to growing revenues and in M&A activities. They won’t lose sight of the need to keep costs under control and protect margins but positive growth is back on the agenda and the results of the Deloitte Q4 survey of CFO sentiment published in January shows this.
So what are the best practices that customers are deploying in order to achieve the successes that we know are possible?To ENSURE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT, customers are looking to embed risk management and access and process controls all the way through from transactional processing to financial reporting. They are looking for specific compliance functionalities in core financial and performance management systems and they are implementing new solutions to address specific pain points.When it comes to OUTPERFORM FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES AND CREATE SUSTAINABLE VALUE the best in class organizations have designed a 360 degree view of both financial and operational performance across their organizations so managers can take better decisions more quickly. Kaplan and Norton often refer to the Execution Premium process, I’ve been know to refer to closed-loop performance management but essentially this is about breaking down traditionally siloed performance management processes and increasing alignment, insight and the ability to take action.And finally by streamlining all financial functions (from transaction processing right the way through to disclosure management) and by leveraging self-service analytics, built in content organizations are able to DELIVER SUPERIOR SERVICE AT REDUCED COST.
SAP End-to-End Processes for LoB Finance map to these 3 business challenges:[BUILD]For ENSURE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT we have Treasury and Financial Risk Management, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Managementand Accounting and Financial Close[BUILD]For OUTPERFORM FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES AND CREATE SUSTAINABLE VALUE – we have Financial Planning and Analysis[BUILD]For DELIVER SUPERIOR SERVICE we have Invoice to Pay, Receivables Management, Travel Management and Shared Services Framework for Finance[BUILD]Together this comprehensive portfolio of applications and end-to-end processes can help you achieve Financial Excellence with strong cashflow and liquidity, compliant and accurate financial reporting, maximized profitability while reducing the cost of finance and freeing up time to partner with the organization to drive value creation
In the face of sustained market volatility, increasing regulatory compliance and growing pressure on margins, finance organizations must put in place best practices that enable them to excel.Outperform Financial Objectives Outperform corporate financial objectives and create sustainable valueAccelerate Financial and Regulatory ReportingProvide timely and accurate financial and regulatory reportingManage Treasury and Financial RiskSeize and fund business opportunities as they arise, while avoiding financial risksDeliver Superior Service While Reducing CostsImprove finance efficiency and deliver superior service at reduced costManage Enterprise Risk and ComplianceProactively Enterprise Risk and Compliance Managementat reduced cost
In the face of sustained market volatility, increasing regulatory compliance and growing pressure on margins, finance organizations must put in place best practices that enable them to excel.Outperform Financial Objectives Outperform corporate financial objectives and create sustainable valueAccelerate Financial and Regulatory ReportingProvide timely and accurate financial and regulatory reportingManage Treasury and Financial RiskSeize and fund business opportunities as they arise, while avoiding financial risksDeliver Superior Service While Reducing CostsImprove finance efficiency and deliver superior service at reduced costManage Enterprise Risk and ComplianceProactively Enterprise Risk and Compliance Managementat reduced cost
In the face of sustained market volatility, increasing regulatory compliance and growing pressure on margins, finance organizations must put in place best practices that enable them to excel.Outperform Financial Objectives Outperform corporate financial objectives and create sustainable valueAccelerate Financial and Regulatory ReportingProvide timely and accurate financial and regulatory reportingManage Treasury and Financial RiskSeize and fund business opportunities as they arise, while avoiding financial risksDeliver Superior Service While Reducing CostsImprove finance efficiency and deliver superior service at reduced costManage Enterprise Risk and ComplianceProactively Enterprise Risk and Compliance Managementat reduced cost
In the face of sustained market volatility, increasing regulatory compliance and growing pressure on margins, finance organizations must put in place best practices that enable them to excel.Outperform Financial Objectives Outperform corporate financial objectives and create sustainable valueAccelerate Financial and Regulatory ReportingProvide timely and accurate financial and regulatory reportingManage Treasury and Financial RiskSeize and fund business opportunities as they arise, while avoiding financial risksDeliver Superior Service While Reducing CostsImprove finance efficiency and deliver superior service at reduced costManage Enterprise Risk and ComplianceProactively Enterprise Risk and Compliance Managementat reduced cost
In the face of sustained market volatility, increasing regulatory compliance and growing pressure on margins, finance organizations must put in place best practices that enable them to excel.Outperform Financial Objectives Outperform corporate financial objectives and create sustainable valueAccelerate Financial and Regulatory ReportingProvide timely and accurate financial and regulatory reportingManage Treasury and Financial RiskSeize and fund business opportunities as they arise, while avoiding financial risksDeliver Superior Service While Reducing CostsImprove finance efficiency and deliver superior service at reduced costManage Enterprise Risk and ComplianceProactively Enterprise Risk and Compliance Managementat reduced cost
In the face of sustained market volatility, increasing regulatory compliance and growing pressure on margins, finance organizations must put in place best practices that enable them to excel.Outperform Financial Objectives Outperform corporate financial objectives and create sustainable valueAccelerate Financial and Regulatory ReportingProvide timely and accurate financial and regulatory reportingManage Treasury and Financial RiskSeize and fund business opportunities as they arise, while avoiding financial risksDeliver Superior Service While Reducing CostsImprove finance efficiency and deliver superior service at reduced costManage Enterprise Risk and ComplianceProactively Enterprise Risk and Compliance Managementat reduced cost
In the face of sustained market volatility, increasing regulatory compliance and growing pressure on margins, finance organizations must put in place best practices that enable them to excel.Outperform Financial Objectives Outperform corporate financial objectives and create sustainable valueAccelerate Financial and Regulatory ReportingProvide timely and accurate financial and regulatory reportingManage Treasury and Financial RiskSeize and fund business opportunities as they arise, while avoiding financial risksDeliver Superior Service While Reducing CostsImprove finance efficiency and deliver superior service at reduced costManage Enterprise Risk and ComplianceProactively Enterprise Risk and Compliance Managementat reduced cost
In the face of sustained market volatility, increasing regulatory compliance and growing pressure on margins, finance organizations must put in place best practices that enable them to excel. Delivering our end-to-end Finance solutions within the HANA platform accelerates the speed to value and ROI for our customers. Outperform Financial Objectives Outperform corporate financial objectives and create sustainable valueAccelerate Financial and Regulatory ReportingProvide timely and accurate financial and regulatory reportingManage Treasury and Financial RiskSeize and fund business opportunities as they arise, while avoiding financial risksDeliver Superior Service While Reducing CostsImprove finance efficiency and deliver superior service at reduced costManage Enterprise Risk and ComplianceProactively Enterprise Risk and Compliance Managementat reduced cost
Manage and reduce process costsIdentify areas where the cost to serve is high and ways to reduce itSegment your customers, products, sales territory, sales channel based on the impact they have on profitabilityKnow which customers are creating profit and which customers are destroying profitIdentify the amount of monthly revenue that is “left on the table” due to customers with net margin below the customer segment average Connect to SAP Profitability Cost Management and visualize profitabilityCreate lists of customers and products that require attention to reduce costs to serve and improve profitabilityWhat’s IncludedPre-configured functionality, ready to usePre-built dashboards (9) and reports (13)ETL mappings between SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management and SAP BusinessObjects Net Margin AnalysisTemplate for data extraction from SAP CO-PA Accelerator to SAP BusinessObjects Net Margin AnalysisData modelSystem RequirementsSOFTWARESAP BusinessObjects business intelligence suiteSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) platform* SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards*SAP BusinessObjects Explorer*SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence*(* Level 4.0 Service Pack 2 Patch 8)SAP BusinessObjects Data Services 4.0 Service Pack 2Microsoft SQL Server 2008OPTIONAL SOFTWARESAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management 10.0SAP ERP 4.6CCLIENT MACHINESMicrosoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and aboveAdobe Flash Player 9.0.151.0 and above HARDWARESee Product Availability Matrix for SAP BusinessObjects DashboardsOPERATING SYSTEMSee Product Availability Matrix: http://service.sap.comDATABASESee Product Availability Matrix: http://service.sap.com
Accelerated Reporting and AnalysisNew GL, Profit Center Accounting, Asset Accounting, and Special Purpose LedgerOverhead Management, and Investment managementMaterial Ledger including material price analysis and Product Cost ControllingAccelerated Period End Closing ProcessesOverhead calculation and Accrual calculationMaterial Ledger costing run (CKMLCP)CONTENT:Finance DashboardNew GL Line Item ReportingDue A/R itemsTop X TransactionsOpen Item ReportOverdue Items ReportFlexible Customer Open Item ReportingFlexible Vendor Customer references:KENNAMETAL: http://www.saphana.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/3648-9-10425/KENNAMETAL.pdfProvimi: http://www.saphana.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/3648-9-10424/Provimi_-_Reference_Slide_(EN).pdfTamko: http://www.saphana.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/3648-9-10423/Tamko.pdf
4 areas covered:Net position reportingCompanies that are buying or selling commodities are striving for increased transparency in their commodity related activities. The net position reporting provides:Geographical overview of net open commodity positions across the globeAbility to filter commodities by type and locationAn exploration view with the option of visualizing commodity positions by different chart typesRisk policy complianceMany companies exposed to the commodity market have a well defined risk strategy. Risk policy compliance provides:Geographical overview of commodity risk compliance across the globeAbility to filter commodity risk compliance by type and locationTabular view of risk policy compliance with detailed analysis of forecasts and hedgesExploration view to visualize risk policy compliance graphicallyExposures and HedgesA commodity position is a commodity market exposure resulting from the quantity of physical commodities or financial derivatives bought or sold. Exposures and hedges provides a 4-quadrant view allowing you to analyze the composition of total exposures broken down into:exposures from forecasted demandexposures from committed quantities with fixed pricescommitted quantities with floating prices quantified by exposures and financial derivatives hedgedabsolute volume and percentage ratio of financial hedging derivatives versus the above exposures. Detailed commodity positionCommodity management companies are striving for increased transparency in commodity related activities. Detailed Commodity Position Reporting provides A graphical long/short report of commodity positionsAbility to analyze and drill down into commodity positions by location and different time intervals Ability to easily configure reporting according to individual reporting needsSystem Requirements:SOFTWARESAP Solution Manager application management solution 7.0SAP ECC 6.0 EhP6 SP5 for TRMSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 SP5SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 4.0 SP5OPERATING SYSTEMMicrosoft WindowsDATABASESAP HANA 1.0 SP5 or above
SAP Fraud Management’s objectives are to help companies:Detect fraud earlier, to reduce financial loss The solution provides real time detection that leverages the power of HANA, and very robust integration capabilities into business systems, along with alert notification and management features for the fraud team Improve the accuracy of detection at less costFraud Management helps minimize false positives through real-time calibration and simulation capabilities on very large volumes of data. With that the workload (and coast) of the investigation team can be reduced. (for ex. with the calibrator tool, the user can run simulations by testing fraud detection criteria, to determine the right level of severity and avoid excessive load of false positives to be sent to the fraud investigation team) Prevent and deter fraud situationsBy combining rules and predictive methods Fraud Management users can optimize fraud scenario analysis, and adapt measures to changing fraud patterns to better prevent fraud situations from happening.