Copyright © 2000 SAS EMEA
ERP StrategyWednesday 11:45
Patrick XhonneuxHead of Business Development
Agenda
IntroductionThe Power to KnowTM
Get more and faster knowledge out of your ERP System with SASKnowledge Solutions
Business CasesKnowledge Solutions in practice: what benefit can you expect?
Future DirectionsHow can SAS serve you even better in the future?
Conclusion
Introduction
Why a paper on ERP Strategy?SAS is now recognised as leader for developing Data Warehousesfor ERP systems*After the « HOW can you help with my ERP system?» question,customers are now asking « How FAST can you help me and howcan you help to not ‘reinvent the wheel’ (reduced cost, packagedbusiness applications,…)? »SAS has built extensive on-site business expertise and you shouldbenefit from itThe shift from ERP Implementation to ERP Information Exploitationis a top issue on most decision makers’ agenda and a proven ERPROI is most wanted
* Source: Hurwitz BalancedView BulletinArpil 18, 2000
Why this paper?
Recent independent studies* show that SAS leadsthe path of ERP data warehousing :
SAS understood that ERP (and especially SAP R/3)users need and prefer packaged solutions for datawarehousingSAS meets both principal requirements for ERP datawarehousing
Packaging RequirementsTechnical Requirements
* Source: Hurwitz BalancedView BulletinArpil 18, 2000
Why this Paper?
Packaging Requirements*Prebuilt data extraction and transformation routines specificallydeveloped for the ERP systemPredefined schema for populating a data warehouse or data martsfrom the ERP systemPackaged reports, analysis, and queries for the predefined schema
Technical Requirements*Built-in CDC specific for the ERP EnvironmentBuilt-in extraction and flattening of ERP hierarchies (SAP) to preparethem for OLAP and reportingAutomatic generation of ABAP code (SAP).
But SAS has a strategy to go further than just ERPdata warehousing
*Source: Hurwitz BalancedView BulletinArpil 18, 2000
In two years time…
ERP Implementation ERP Roll-Out ERP Production
Expectation Level
Frustration Level?
High
LowTime
Information Need
…the pain has grown…
While SAS’ Information Delivery focus hasevolved towards Business Applications
S
PC AStrategic Planning
ProductsAssetsCustomersSource: Frontline Decision-making -
The Forrester Report - June 1999
EVAROA
BudgetingBalanced scorecard
Churn C.R.M.
CampaignMgt
ClickstreamCustomer
Profitability
ConsolidationHR MgtA.B.C.
Risk MgtA.L.M.Fraud
Analysis
S.R.M.S.C.M.TotalQuality MgtChannelevaluationSLA & IT
Enterprise Analytic Applications
From tools to applications:A decisive market shift
Tools
Applications
PC A
Strategic Planning
ProductsAssetsCustomers
S
From Software Solutions to…
Business requirementSoftware solution
What about manageability ?What about efficiency ?
What about costs ?
Business requirementSoftware solution
From Software Solutions to…
Knowledge Solutions
Let’s look for clusters
What is a Knowledge Solution?
Intelligent Software Consulting Best Practices
…packaged to solve specific business problems
Knowledge Solutions for ERP
Financial Consolidation and Reporting
Supplier Relationship Management
Human Resources Analysis
Sales Order Analysis
Retail Industry Template
IT Service Delivery
Human Resources Analysis
A set of simple, integrated,processes
SAP /HRMaster DataPayroll data (cluster table)Time data (cluster table)…
Other sources
MS ExcelPC filesFlat Files
Get the Data
Turn it to Info
Produce theKnowledge
All in 1 !
Ready to use templates
Standard extraction routinesPredefined data transformation and cleaningroutinesPredefined subjects (e.g. HeadcountAnalysis, Absences Analysis,…)Standard, pre-defined Data Marts / DataWarehouse Processes
HR Templates 1 HR Knowlede Solution:Business Templates
Native Extraction Enginefor the ERP system (here
SAP)
Additional tools thatfasten implementation
Predefined Extractionroutines
Predefined informationcreation processes
Cleaning, Mapping,Joins to get a ready-to-use information subject
Predefined reports andsimple analysis
Financial Consolidation& Reporting
R/3 PerformanceManagement
Other Examples
Business Cases at SeUGI 18
…Check the Leveraging ERP stream for successful stories
A new process-based IT landscape for a German telco:SAS, SAP and a central internet portal (Wednesday 15:00)Magia: Global Management of accounting collections(Wednesday 17:45)Coal Coating quality on the web (Thursday 09:00 )A data mart on top of SAP HR, a practical Experience atElectrabel (Thursday 15:00)Purchasing budget and price evolution: two innovative ‘closeloop’ projects (Thursday 15:45)
Future Directions
Provide more and more knowledge solutionsContinue to enrich methodology through (e.g.)best practices documentation
Close the loop between Knowledge Solutionsand ERP SystemsAdd technical functionalities to existingextraction engines (BAAN, SAP R/3, SAPBW,…)
8e: an architecture to integrateback to operational systems (ERP)
Attend AllanRussell’s Plenary
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Technology update
SAS/ACCESS to SAP R/3More platforms supported: ACCR3 GUI available on: Sun Solaris, AIX (RS/6000), HP-UX, Windows
95/98/NT (Intel), Tru64 UNIX Alpha, OpenVMS Alpha, OpenVMS VAX, OS/2,Intel ABI (NCR MP-RAS), SGI IRIX
ACCR3 RFC server available on: Sun Solaris, AIX (RS/6000), HP-UX,Windows NT (Intel), Tru64 UNIX Alpha, Windows NT (Alpha), RFC server onUNIX or NT accessing R/3 application server on AS/400
Several enhancements Dictionary Extraction Wizard Only relevant tables shown in attribute windows New utility to compare R/3 data dictionaries Add-in available for multiple extractions Experimental true batch support …
Technology update
SAS/ACCESS to SAP BW:
- Navigate the SAP BW architecture in a(very) easy way (InfoAreas, InfoCubes,…)- Load SAP BW Metadata with a ‘click’- Create an InfoCube with a ‘click’- Export InfoCube Metadata for multdimensional analysis in SAS/EIS
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ERP StrategyThank you for your attention
Patrick XhonneuxHead of Business Development