9. The Project
• 9 Divisions
becoming 1
company: One
Baker Hughes
• Focus on the
Order to Cash
process
• “Rules Before
Tools”
• Enterprise level
project
• Significant Change
Management
• Part of BPM
journey
10. Before
• No global,
standard Order to
Cash process
• Exceptions and
discrepancies in
early stages of the
process resulted
in significant
rework and effort
when it came
time to invoice
the customer
• Inefficiencies
impacted overall
Order to Cash
cycle time
11. After
• Uniform Order to
Cash Processes
around the world
• Dedicated team
from Sales Ops,
Finance & IT for
implementation,
training & change
management
• Rule-based Alerts
drive action
• Business Process
Instrumentation
monitors events
across the entire
process
13. Benefits
• Global standards
facilitate best
practices
• Visibility &
transparency
drives
operational
accountability
• Cross-functional
personnel know
when appropriate
action is needed
• Streamlined
process helped
decrease Days
Sales Outstanding
by 1.5 days
14. Technology
• Integration points
Synch & Service
XML interfaces
(technology
agnostic) – no direct
connects
• Transport e-mail;
Broker webMethods;
Translation Layer
SAP
• Analytic Engine
monitors process-
intrinsic metrics
and business KPIs in
real-time
• System can learn
what’s “normal” by
day of week and
week of month
• Feeds SAP Business
Objects for the
dashboard